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Celtic Mandolin with Matt Flinner Curriculum

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This course has concluded.  To view the current list of courses offered, visit the Winter Online Course page.

 

 

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New this fall is a course in Celtic Mandolin playing!  This course will explore techniques for playing lead and rhythm in traditional Irish fiddle tunes.   Each week, students can choose between three reels, jigs or hornpipes to learn, along with several exercises to help with various aspects of technique (during the class sessions, Matt will focus on one of the tunes each week, but students are given the option of learning one or two more if they have time, or focusing on one of the other tunes if they so choose).  Rhythm playing and picking technique on reels and jigs will be explored, as well as picking technique for triplets and various ways of playing ornamentations.  The course is recommended for players at an advanced beginner to intermediate level.

 

The live sessions occur online on Wednesday evenings at 9 pm eastern, though week 3 (Oct 17) and week 6 (Nov 21) will occur on Monday evenings at 9 pm eastern.  The weeks of October 12 and November 2nd will be off due to Matt’s tour schedule (giving students more time to practice!).  There will also be practice/review sessions on Saturdays from 12:15-1 pm eastern time (with the weeks of October 15 and November 5 off, again, due to Matt’s tour schedule).

Students are NOT required to attend all (or any) of the live sessions; all sessions are recorded and uploaded to the class website where they can be viewed after-the-fact at the student’s leisure.  Students also have the option of downloading all class videos and practice videos, as well as all PDFs and practice mp3s for the course, so that they can revisit the materials any time.

 

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Here is the curriculum:

 

WEEK 1 (9/28)

Picking Exercise I

Playing basic rhythm on reels

Rhythm Exercise I

A few scales

Off to California

Rights of Man Hornpipe

The Lobster

 

WEEK 2 (10/5)

Picking Exercise II

Adding some hammer-on and pull-off ornaments

Varying the octave

Rhythm Exercise II

My Love is in America

The Maids of Mitchelstown

Jim Coleman’s

 

WEEK 3 (10/17)

Jigs

Picking Exercise IV

Emphasizing the beat in 6/8 time

Playing rhythm on jigs

Rhythm Exercise III

Tripping Up the Stairs

Merrily Kiss the Quaker

Kesh Jig

 

WEEK 4 (10/26)

Using chord inversions in your rhythm playing

Picking Exercise III

Pull-off ornaments

Julia Delaney

Music for a Found Harmonium

The Maid Behind the Bar

 

WEEK 5 (11/9)

Adding trills to your playing

Picking Exercise V

Cooley’s Reel

Tarbolton Reel

Jenny’s Wedding

 

WEEK 6 (11/21)

Jigs II

Further rhythmic ideas on jigs

Rhythm Exercise IV

Octave variations

Banish Misfortune

Morrison’s Jig

The Mist Covered Mountain

 

WEEK 7 (11/30)

Slip Jigs

Picking Exercise V

Rhythm Exercise V

Patterns in 9/8

The Kid on the Mountain

The Butterfly

 

WEEK 8 (12/7)

A few more reels

Tying it together: moving chords, ornaments and trills

The Star of Munster

The Fisherman’s Lilt

The Musical Priest

Salamanca Reel

 

The course fee is $200.

 

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