#23wksp4 Jamie McKeogh – Irish Flatpicking Guitar

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10 am to 4pm CDT          Intermediate Level – Irish Flatpicking Guitar

This workshop will cover Irish flatpicking guitar and Irish backing/ accompaniment in standard tuning. We will cover many Irish reels, jigs, hornpipes and other dance tunes along with many bluegrass tunes which would have originated as Irish tunes. We will focus on the notation of the tunes for flatpicking and delve into ornamentation, rhythm and variations typical to the Irish style. The backing/ accompaniment side of things will give instruction how to accompany an Irish or bluegrass tune in an Irish style through chord selection, chord progressions and right hand rhythm playing. This will allow the player to sit into any session and accompany tunes in anny key or time signature. All of the above will be in standard tuning for guitar.