How To Accompany Irish Music – Traditional Jig Strumming

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In this lesson, we cover how to accompany Irish music using a traditional jig strumming pattern.

Firstly we learn the “double downstum, then we practice it at various tempos.

Then we move on to emphasizing different beats within the strum to get a groove going.

Finally, we practice that strum to a tune.

The tune is called “The Haunted House” and is played on the whistle by my dad, Mick Coyne.

He’s a renowned uilleann piper and here’s a great example of him playing on national TV if you’d like to have a listen – https://youtu.be/5CztjmKj1OM

Brilliant, now lest move on to making this jig strum a little more interesting

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