Welcome to Tradlessons!
Starting in November 2009, along with the tune demonstration videos, I’ve been producing traditional Irish music focused apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Uilleann pipers, please check out JustDrones, 3QuarterSet and 4QuarterSet, my virtual drones and regulator apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Click on any of the icons below for more information:
JustDrones- Three Drones in the keys of Bb, B, C, C#, D, E, F, G, and A
plus 3rd, 4th, and 5th interval drones:
3QuarterSet- Three Drones, Tenor and Baritone Regulators
in the keys of D, C#, C, B, and Bb:
4QuarterSet - Three Drones, Tenor, Baritone and Bass Regulators
in the keys of D, C#, C, and B:
3QuarterSetFree, a free version of 3QuarterSet that only plays in the key of C, is also available on the iTunes App Store.
Concertina a series of very high quality virtual Anglo concertinas in C/G, Bb/F, A/E, G/D and Baritone C/G for the iPhone/iPod Touch (2nd Generation), now available on the iTunes App Store:
Concertina (Anglo Concertina):
Englitina a series of very high quality virtual English concertinas in Treble/Baritone, and Bass ranges for the iPhone/iPod Touch (2nd Generation), now available on the iTunes App Store:
Englitina (English Concertina):
Uillitina and UillitinaB Uilleann Pipes chanters and drones in the keys of D and B presented as an English Concertina for the iPhone/iPod Touch (2nd Generation), now available on the iTunes App Store:
Uillitina/UillitinaB (Uilleann Pipes English Concertina):
PipeKeys and PipeKeysB Uilleann Pipes chanters, drones, and regulators in the keys of D and B presented as a standard piano keyboard for the iPhone/iPod Touch (2nd Generation), coming soon to the iTunes App Store:.
PipeKeys/PipeKeysB (Uilleann Pipes Keyboard):
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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