Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School Classes
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M01: Tunes and Repertoire Class
Instructor: Jimmy Keane - Read full bio
Price: $150.00
Location: Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School
Start Date: Mon, August 15, 2016 Start Time: 05:30 PMEnd Date: Wed, August 17, 2016 End Time: 07:30 PMDescription: Accordionist Jimmy Keane, a five time All-Ireland champion, composer, and music collector will teach a tune intensive class open to all melody capable instruments.
Students should have a solid rudimentary understanding of their respective instruments and a basic knowledge of traditional Irish tunes and its many forms (jigs, reels, hornpipes, etc).
The classes will be taught by ear so please bring a recording device. Don't worry -- students who have never learned by ear, were playing by ear after the first few tunes. The tunes will be played by Jimmy for students to record for future reference and practice, first at a regular pace then slowed down. Each tune will then be broken down in class and taught by ear in a phrase-by-phrase manner.
The tunes taught will range from some of Jimmy's favorites, to unusual settings of more common tunes, to newly composed tunes within the traditional idiom. The overall aim is building repertoire (and having an enjoyable time during the learning experience)!
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