Irish Concertina Lessons

[Bruce McCaskey]

I'm anticipating good things from Caitlín's new website:

 

https://www.irishconcertinalessons.com/

 

[mathhag]

Hi Bruce, 

i am looking forward to the lessons. I tried the sample today and I think it is just want I need. 

Hope to see your book soon

susan

[Ann Sanders]

Yes, excellent tuition. 

[papawemba]

Yes promising ! I also like the "The Story behind the Tune" (something usually non existent in tab book/DVD...)

Playing a Irish tune to someone who has zero knowledge of Irish music makes it much more interesting for the listener to know the story :-)

[Marcus]

This is another great resource for Irish style playing! However - when will we get the same for harmonic/English style?!

[Ann Sanders]

Over the first few lessons or ‘basics’ as Caitlín calls them she goes through the D and G scales with the G scale being based entirely on the inside row. I gather that as an introduction, this is slightly different than what is usually done, with most teachers in Ireland preferring to introduce the G scale as starting on the middle row. She then goes on to do what she describes as the “extra notes” and these would be the options such as the two of the As,Bs etc and explains that although  the high D on the left is the one she wants students to use initially, the high D on the right, and indeed the other options, have to be practiced and used. I have been using the OAIM facility and whilst it has been brilliant and I have learnt a lot, there is something refreshing and different about Caitlín’s set up. In my experience so far.