Welcome!
Here you will find a collection of short videos demonstrating tunes commonly played in the San Diego and Los Angeles session scenes on a variety of traditional Irish instruments, including Uilleann pipes, whistle, flute, anglo concertina, and Drop-D backup guitar.
Click here for the Uilleann piping tunes. (26 total)
Click here for the whistle tunes. (62 total)
Click here for the flute tunes. (8 total)
Click here for the Anglo concertina tunes. (9 total)
Click here for the Drop-D guitar backup demonstrations. (8 total)
Each of the lessons demonstrates a tune or technique first one time through at session speed, then one time through slowly.
I’m now also hosting a few high-definition concert and session videos on my Vimeo channel at:
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.
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.
The instruments I play on the videos are whistles by Michael Burke and Michael Copeland, Uilleann pipes by Kirk Lynch and Benedict Koehler, wooden flute by Terry McGee, Anglo Concertina by Wally Carroll, and Martin dreadnought style guitars. Elaine plays a Hammy Hamilton blackwood flute.
If you’d rather watch the whistle videos in full DVD sound and video quality instead of at YouTube resolution, I’ve made a DVD-Video (NTSC format) available of the first 40 whistle videos available for purchase.
Please email me if you are interested in buying a copy or would like to become a reseller. Price is $19.95 + $5.00 postage/handling to USA, please inquire about international shipping.
Cheers and many thanks!
Michael Eskin