- 13 lessons teaching how to play 13 popular Irish tunes.
- Progress at your own pace, pause & repeat videos.
- Access on all your devices.
- PDF sheet music & mp3’s to download & keep for each tune.
- 14-day free trial. Cancel anytime
- Access to 14 instruments, 40+ courses, 700+ tutorials
BONUS:
- Access our Entire Course Catalogue for Every Instrument.
- Library of over 150 popular Irish tunes to practice along with.
- Virtual Reality Sessions for the unique Irish Pub Session experience – a real treat for the Irish music lover.
- Community Forum of students and teachers, all friends with a love of Irish music.
Donegal Fiddle Styles covers a lively collection of jigs, reels and hornpipes for the discerning Irish fiddle player who has a particular grá (Irish word for love) for the fiddling and musical legacy of the Dohertys, the McConnells, James Byrne, Francie Dearg O’Beirn, Con Cassidy, Vincent Campbell and Danny Meehan.
By the end of the course, you will have a great variety of Irish traditional tunes to add to your growing repertoire. The course has 13 lessons, broken into 3 to 4 tutorials each, where tunes are taught phrase by phrase.
Course Structure
All the tunes taught on this course are firmly rooted in the Donegal tradition. Bowing techniques feature prominently: the use of the up-bow, tight bowing, open and closed triplets, and crans. Various droning techniques are also taught: the use of finger drones, octave drones and double stops. This is all rounded off with teachings on position playing, octave playing and finger plucking. This course is a must for any student interested in the fiddle styles of Donegal or advanced Irish fiddle techniques.
Tunes taught in this course:
James Byrne’s Reel
Bundle And Go
The Glen Road To Carrick
The Teelin Highland
The Cat That Kittled In Jamie’s Wig
Séan Sa Cheo
Bean An Tí Ar Lar
Bundle And Go
The Glen Road To Carrick
The Teelin Highland
The Cat That Kittled In Jamie’s Wig
Séan Sa Cheo
Bean An Tí Ar Lar
The Glasha Highland
Mickey Doherty’s Reel
The Low Level Hornpipe
Alec McConnell’s Waltz
Danny Meehan’s
Trip To The Cottage
Mickey Doherty’s Reel
The Low Level Hornpipe
Alec McConnell’s Waltz
Danny Meehan’s
Trip To The Cottage
Sheet Music and Mp3s available to Download for each Tune
Sample Sheet Music
Download James Byrnes Reel ABC Sheet Music.
Download James Byrnes Reel Standard Notation Sheet Music.
Sample mp3 of James Byrnes Reel
Your Tutor
Aidan O’Donnell has been described as one of the finest young Irish musicians at present. He began his music making at the age of 12, and since then has performed with some of traditional music’s finest artists, including Donal Lunny, Mícheál Ó’Súilleabháin and the Chieftains. In 2007, he won the prestigious ‘Oireachtas na Geailge’ fiddle title, and has been a regular tutor at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, at the University of Limerick, for the past number of years. Read more.
Detailed questions and discussion on the course can be found in the Community Forum, available to paying members only.
