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C Major and D Minor Tunes, Part 1 

This lesson is part of the course Irish Backup Guitar with Flynn Cohen.
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Learn to accompany jigs and reels and other traditional Irish dance tunes in the style pioneered by Irish guitar greats Paul Brady, Mícheál Ó Dhomhnaill, and Dáithí Sproule and used at Irish seisiúns. With chord voicings, rhythm patterns, and practice tracks.

 
 
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Jigs are the other most commonly played dance form in Irish traditional music. The 6/8 jig rhythm is unique and has a specific strumming pattern and a particular feel. Beginning jig players often use an alternating picking pattern, but to get the right feel, it’s usually better to use a down-up-down, down-up-down pattern. Flynn demonstrates the pattern and gives you a couple of exercises to help you get used to the pattern.
 
 
 
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  • Lessons on accompanying 29 traditional Irish tunes, including reels, jigs, hornpipes, O'Carolan tunes, and more
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C MAJOR AND D MINOR TUNES  
 
C MAJOR AND D MINOR TUNES  
 
C Major and D Minor Tunes, Part 1 
C Major and D Minor Tunes, Part 1 
 
The keys of C major and D minor are less common than other keys in Irish music, but there are some great tunes in those keys, so you need to know how to accompany them. In the key of C, the I, IV, and V chords are C, F, and G. You’ve learned the C and G voicings in dropped-D tuning, so Flynn shows you the F voicing for dropped D, a handy voicing that you can also use for G and A. He also shows you a G/B chord, which you can use in place of a regular G chord. You’ll also learn a crosspicking pattern, a variation of the rolling strum in which you play individual strings instead of full strums.

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