Learn to play the guitar
A huge hit at Amble concerts with its great sing-along chorus! Just 3 simple chords and a simple finger-picking pattern for this song. Tabs for the melody are included in the Resources section...
This emotioinal song is a tribute to Bobby Sands who died whilst on hunger strike in the Maze prison in 1981. We’re using a popular 4/4 strum pattern to accompany the song, and look at a couple...
Another big hit fot Kingfishr! An audio file for the full song is included in the Resources section to aid your practice...
This great song is by Amble, one of the recent high-flying Irish bands. We have 2 lessons on this song – one on how to accompany the song and in the second lesson we look at how to play the...
Learn how to play the recent big hit from Kingfishr. This great song captures the essence of parish and GAA club allegiance! We have a second short lesson on how to play the intro, with onscreen tabs...
3 lessons for you here – two easy lessons on how to pick the notes of the melody, one lesson in the open position and one lesson on playing the melody an octave higher (see Bundle 1b). Our third...
One of the best known county songs, this song was written by Thomas P. Keenan around 1900 I believe. It’s in waltz time, in the Key G. I’m using 9 chords – all simple chords in the...
Learn how to play this great song from the pen of Offalyman, Mundy. We’re using a Drop D tuning to play this song, and we have a capo on fret 5. Have a listen to the short sample audio clip...
Written by the great Bob Dylan, this classic was released in 1965. The Byrds also released their version of the song in 1965, and this lesson is broadly based on their version. We look at the short...
Learn how to strum along to this great country song. Written by the great Dolly Parton, Jolene was released in 1973 and went on to become one of the best loved songs in her impressive catalogue. It is...
Written by Stephen Foster, this American folksong was written over 170 years ago! The song is very popular in Ireland and Irish artists who have recorded the song include Tommy Fleming and Mary Black...
Written by Tommy Makem in the late 60’s, this is an easy song to play along to and to learn, with just 4 chords and an easy strum pattern. A popular version was recorded by Luke Kelly and the...