This lesson looks at how to get a sound from your instrument. It will show you how to grip the flute and where to place your fingers. It will teach you how to blow a high D note and progress to the D Major scale. The scale is your first introduction to pitch. You will practice your scale of D slo...

Getting to know your notes - the fingerboard of your flute. You will learn your first tune: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. You will be taken through each section of the tune with the aid of a chart to help you with your note placement. During the lesson you will be given the notes live as you rehea...

Learning your first traditional tune – ‘The Dawning of the Day’. In each lesson you will hear the tune. It will then be broken into sections which you will rehearse and play through slowly. You will be given a scale chart to help with your note placing while learning. After you learn each part, y...

Learning a traditional tune called Roddy Mc Corley (and a quick look at the G Major Scale - 3 ways of playing a C Natural note). You will hear the tune, break it into simple sections and rehearse each section to be able to play full parts. You will still have the aid of a chart to help you with n...

Learning a traditional dance tune called Shoe the Donkey. In each lesson you will hear the tune first to get familiar with the air (melody) of the tune. You will still have a note chart to help you with note placing. Each section will be broken into smaller sections which will be rehearsed twice ...

The Mountains of Pomeroy - You will hear the tune to get familiar with the air. The tune will be broken into sections and rehearsed with the aid of live notation on screen. After learning each part, you can play the part you have just learned with me and with the help of live notation. You will d...

Introduction to the polka. You will learn “The Kerry Polka” which is really associated with the process of learning any instrument in Irish Traditional Music. It is played by all levels of players. You will hear the tune first and then each section will be broken down for you to learn in little b...

Terry Teehans Polka - You will hear the tune first. The tune will be broken into short sections (usually 4 short sections per part) for you to learn slowly. You will be aided by live music notation. At the end of each part you will be able to play through what you have just learned. Towards the e...

Maggie in the Woods (polka). The tune will be played first for you to grasp the melody. You will then rehearse and learn smaller sections until you are able to play through each part. You will be guided by live notation and the visual aid of my own finger movements. You will be introduced to the ...

The Britches full of Stitches (polka). The tune will be played first for you to have an idea of the melody. You will then learn the tune in smaller sections with live notation to help you with finger placing. When you have learned each part individually, you will then play through the tune once a...

O’Sullivan’s Polka - At this stage you will have learned 4 polkas. You will hear the tune first. Then each section/phrase of the tune will be broken down to make it easy to learn. You will hear more about glottal stops and how they create rhythm. At the end of each part you will play through what...

Tripping to the Well (polka). In this lesson I will encourage you to wean yourself off the decency of notes once you learn the tune. I will give you an exercise to practice more difficult intervals on the flute and to be more confident playing your low D note. You will learn the tune as before an...

Kerry Polka

F'-ABAF'-ABA-
D'-E'-F'E'D'BA-
F'-ABAF'-ABA-
D'-E'F'E'DD-

F'A'F'E'E'D'BA-
D'-E'-F'E'D'BA-
F'A'F'E'E'D'BA-
D'-E'-F'E'D'D'-

Maggie In The Woods

G-D-G-AB-E'-E'-
D'BG-AB-A-A-BA
GDG-ABE'-E'-
D'-B-A-B-G-G-

G'-F'-E'-D'-B-E'-E'-
D'-BG-AB-A-A-
G'-F'-E'-D'-B-E'-E'-
D'-B-A-B-G-G-

The Brit...