Welcome to Tradlessons!
Starting in November 2009, along with the tune demonstration videos, I’ve been producing a series of high quality traditional Irish music focused virtual instrument apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch. These include Anglo, English, and duet concertinas, Button and Piano accordions, Uilleann pipes drones and regulators, and full sets of Uilleann pipes implemented as English concertinas and standard piano keyboards:
On this site you will find a collection of short videos demonstrating tunes commonly played in San Diego and Los Angeles Irish sessions. Each tune is played once up to speed and then once slowly.
If the site is useful to you, or you would like to request a video for a specific tune, please consider making a small contribution to the site via the PayPal donation box on the right. Your donations support the hosting of the site as well as production costs and are greatly appreciated.
The tunes are organized by instrument:
Tin Whistle (73 tunes)
Group 3
Group 2
Group 1
Uilleann Pipes
(26 tunes)
Anglo Concertina
(9 tunes)
Wooden Flute
(9 tunes)
Tenor Banjo
(3 tunes)
Drop-D Guitar Backup
(8 videos)
Firefox users can install the DownloadHelper plugin to download the videos for future viewing:
DownloadHelper
For more traditional Irish music resources, please visit my personal site at:
Michael’s Traditional Irish Music Page
or my Facebook page at:
Michael Eskin on Facebook
If you have a specific request for a lesson tune on a specific instrument, comments or suggestions for the site, please send me an email by clicking here.
Cheers and many thanks!
Michael
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