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Improvers Mandolin
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Day/Time Tues, 6.45-7.45
Latest update 23 Apr 23 9pm

This is an online adult evening class in Improvers/Lower Intermediate Mandolin. Participants should know the basics of the mandolin and have been learning for at least a year. During the course we'll be further developing the techniques necessary to playing the mandolin, increasing our repertoire of tunes, and learning about mandolin music from around the world.

    The fee for the eight-week term is £46.00, or £65.00 for two classes. You can use the button below to pay, or for alternative ways of paying, visit this page.

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Meeting ID   962 2019 2263
Password   mandolin
Term C (Apr - Jun 2023)
Date Tunes Info
25/4 C1 Miss Rowan Davies
Among Friends
slow air
Irish air
2/5 C2 Margaret's Waltz
Waltz of the Little Girls
waltz
French waltz
9/5 C3 Off to California
The Liverpool Hornpipe
hornpipe
hornpipe
16/5 C4 Spootiskerry
Willafjord
Shetland reel
Shetland reel
23/5 C5 Da Slockit Light Shetland slow air
30/5 C6 Kitchen Girl old time
6/6 C7 My Cape Breton Home slow air
13/6 C8
 
Term B (Jan - Mar 2023)
Date Tunes Info
10/1 B1 The Four Maries and
Morag of Dunvegan
waltzes
17/1 B2 The Dark Island with double stops slow air
24/1 B3 The Echoing Strings hornpipe
31/1 B4 Ashokan Farewell slow air
7/2 B5 Three French Bourees world music
21/2 B6 Dennis Murphy's Polka
John Ryan's Polka
Irish polkas
28/2 B7 The High Road to Linton reel
7/3 B8 Corriechoillie's Welcome march
14/3 B9 Mazl Tov
Shalom Aleichem
world music
21/3 B10 Kimberley's Waltz slow air
 
Term A (Sep - Dec 2022)
Date Tunes Info
13/9 A1 Jigs 1
Jigs 2
Fear a Bhois Fada Gun Phosadh
styles
jig
20/9 A2 A A Cameron's Strathspey
A Cup of Tea
strathspey
reel
27/9 A3 Calum Beag
The Twisted Bridge
strathspey
reel
4/10 A4 Jes Sonnichen's Styk
Lyo Skottis
world music (Denmark)
11/10 A5 Passepied classical
18/10 -- Mid term - no class
25/10 A6 Jaybird old time
1/11 A7 John Kelly's Polka
The Cuil Aodha Polka
Irish polkas
8/11 A8 For Ireland I'll Not Tell Her Name
Spancil Hill
Irish airs
15/11 A9 Johnny McIljohn's No.1
Johnny McIljohn's No.2
Irish reel
22/11 A10 Fanny Power
Planxty Irwin
Carolan
29/11 A11 Lucy Farr's Barndance
The Stack of Barley
barndance
hornpipe
6/12 A12 Recap

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