Irish Banjo Lessons

08/03/2024

The fiddle master Mick Conneely was round the house a few days ago to record some backing tracks for my Patreon students and we knocked out a duet of Tom Billy's Jig & The Castle Jig.
I hope you enjoy them!

18/12/2023

https://youtu.be/apFb98eMPbQ?si=J5NaF5sT1csXzCGT

Merry Christmas!! An arrangement of Joy to the World as we recorded it with on our album A Winter Wonderful 🥇 Join my Patreon Page for immediate ...

29/10/2023

What Irish tune is on your AVOID list? The Musical Priest is one of those for many people (Mine is Jenny's Chickens by the way!!)
In this video I show you exactly how to play the awkward third part, making it really easy and simple way for you to join in at sessions.

19/09/2023

Can you pick a favourite?

I played nine different Clareen Banjos and here is the comparison video. There are two Oysters, one with a black mouth head and one with a Renaissance head. And two Setanta banjos that look the same but sound quite different! You may need to listen a few times to pick the one you like.

15/09/2023

Full tutorial for The Rocky Road to Dublin and Barney Brannigan's slip jig. Great tunes!!

22/08/2023

Tutorial video for Air Tune, composed by the great Chicago fiddler Liz Carroll

PDFs, notation, all available on Patreon.

08/08/2023

O'Carolan's Concerto, arranged for Irish tenor banjo. Full tutorial on Youtube and all lesson videos and notation available on Patreon

04/08/2023

Full video tutorial for The Temperance Reel!

17/07/2023

The deceptively simple waltz Inisheer offers great opportunities to learn quirky and tricky slide, pull off and hammer on ornaments. And to harmonise yourself as you play the melody.

10 video lessons available now

16/07/2023

The deceptively simple waltz Inisheer offers great opportunities to learn quirky and tricky slide, pull off and hammer on ornaments. And to harmonise yourself as you play the melody.
10 video lessons available now

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