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Learning Irish music
Tradschool gives Irish music classes and workshops at all levels.
Flute and tin whistle
Steve Ducke
· Repertoire development : jigs, reels, hornpipes…
· Study of a slow air or clan march
· Breathing techniques, articulation, embouchure
· Rythmic ornaments, breathing
· Ornamentation : cuts, rolls, taps, slides, crans
· Flute repertoire : study of a given player
· Learning a tune by ear, without written support
Fiddle
· Repertoire development : jigs, reels, hornpipes…
· Articulation, phrasing and bowing technique for dance music
· Rhythmic and melodic ornamentation and accompaniment
· Study of a slow air or a piece byTurlough O¹Carolan (harpist 1670 1738)
Guitar
· Repertoire development : jigs, reels, hornpipes…
· First approach to DADGAD accompaniment
· Rhythmic and melodic ornamentation and accompaniment
Bodhran
· First approach : holding the instrument and "beater", getting and modifying a sound, choosing your "beater"
· Rhythmic accompaniment : jigs, reels, hornpipes...
· Ornamentation, advanced techniques : rolls, "rim shots", advanced rhythms
Singing
· Repertoire : songs from the Irish tradition
· Technique: phrasing, melody and harmony, pronunciation.
· Context : the "story" of a song
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