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Same Song?

#6

And I’d add Banish Misfortune to this list, which which really sounds like Swallowtail Jig

#7

You could learn them all and play them as an irish tune set

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#8

@Maggie Your love for all these Irish tunes you should have gone for the Irish Tenor Banjo and a Blue Chip Flat Pick and tried your hand at these lessons. Lisa is my other great teacher almost as good as Ben but much better looking and check out her gorgeous red hair.

@BanjoBen I bet you wished you had hair like this.

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#9

Bluegrass is my fav, but these Irish jigs and reels and laments and all are such love lovely diversions for a change now and then don’t ya think?

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#10

I can still get it done with a 5 string and finger picks. I have a nice Banish Misfortune I’m working on.

I used to have hair like that. Still do… with a little chemical help that is.

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#11

Just had a though @Maggie you can learn these on your new mandolin, same tuning.

Try this one

#12

Ya see… What is it they say about great minds?

I go to Seattle on the 22nd for a fortnight and I’ll take the Mandolin with me to get started with @BanjoBen beginner track.

So, you’re saying that mandolin and tenor banjo have the same tuning? And the same number of (sets of) strings? How cool is that? I’ll try it out. Thanks for that.

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#13

Hi @Maggie for Irish tenor banjo the tuning is the same as a mando uses for bluegrass. The tenor banjo only has four strings mandolin has eight strings tuned in pairs.

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#14

Yes, I also love irish music and Celtic music in general, actually most of my fiddle repertoire is Celtic with a few bluegrass tunes

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#15

Isn’t this the online academy of irish music?

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#16

Yes @K_G I am trying to persuade them to get Lisa back to do more lessons (Intermediate & advanced)

#17

Cool, I’m not a member there but have checked them out, you could use Paddy Cummins’ mando lessons as their same tuning just a thought anyway, I love the sound of tenor banjo wish I had one

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#18

Hi @K_G I have gone through Paddy’s lessons. he doesn’t explain things in the same amount of detail as Lisa and his strong Irish accent makes it difficult to understand what he is saying most of the time.

#19

Yeah, but it sure is fun to listen to! I am curious how do those lessons and the website compare to this one (I think this comparison is ok since it’s not a direct competitor) e.g. do they charge much more per instrument? Is it easy to use? Are the lessons good quality? Also what are your personal impressions of it in general? (Told you I was curious :wink:)

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#20

You play fiddle too? That’s so neat.

#21

Hi @K_G their website is great but does not come close to what’s on Ben site. Each instrument is charged separately I am not sure what the extra cost is, but they do respond to email enquiries fairly quickly if your interested.

There is not the same amount of content as you find here. No TABs which is why I prefer Lisa over Paddy.

The site is easy to use just select the instrument and all the lessons are there, Basically it’s a set course that you work through. I found it pretty easy because a lot of what they teach I learned on the five string. Obviously your using a flat pick so that was a skill I needed to learn. Lot’s of triplets in Irish music. and the rhythm patterns are different to bluegrass, lot’s of dotted notes.

Lessons are of a high quality. sound and video quality are what you see on the samples. I liked it a lot although I wished there was a lot more content. I haven’t played much on my tenor banjo since I completed the course and my subscription ended and I feel a little guilty as a result.

#22

Yes ma’am I do. I play several various instruments and I would play more if I had money to buy them :disappointed_relieved: but five is more than most people so I’m still happy :joy:

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#23

Well, you make that sound pretty good! I play a few instruments so additional costs would be a matter of some interest, although I have no money so at the moment it’s moot :joy: you should pick it up again the tenor banjo sounds amazing! Maybe post a video? :wink:

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#24

absolutely and for more of a change, throw in some Classical tunes by Bach or Mozart, etc. Keeps me sane to cross genres!!

#25

@DLS
Yeah I like the different genre thing and i (attempt to) do that alot. I’ve a practice/warm up thing I made up that I do regularly (started a few weeks ago) (mandolin), that has a Bach tune with fiddle tunes interspersed throughout. Maybe I’ll post it here… (its not exactly smooth at the moment).

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