Lesson 21 – Enhancing Your Jigs

• Introduction
• Checklist
• Practice Tune
• Summary

Lesson 22 – Second Frame Long Rolls

• Introduction
• ABC Notation
• Recapping First Frame Long Rolls in Reels
• Exercise 22.1 – Reaffirming the Timing of First Frame Long Rolls in Reels
• Second Frame Long Rolls in Reels
• Exercise 22.2 – Emphasis within Second Frame Long Rolls
• Exercise 22.3 – Second Frame Long Roll Practice
• Exercise 22.4 – More Second Frame Long Roll Practice
• Exercise 22.5 – Random Notes Before and After Second Frame Long Rolls
• Exercise 22.6 – Integrating Second Frame Long Rolls into the Rhythm of Reels
• A Note About the Breath
• Exercise 22.7 – Clipping the breath
• Practice tunes
• Summary

Lesson 23 – Advanced SNCs Continued

• Introduction
• When to use this Technique
• Exercise 23.1 – Practice on the notes F, E, and D preceded by G, F, and E
• Exercise 23.2 – More practice on the notes E and D
• Exercise 23.3 – Practice on the note G in the low octave
• Alternative Technique to the ‘Swapping’ Motion Method
• Exercise 23.4 – Practice on the notes F, E & D preceded by the note A
• Exercise 23.5 – Practice on the notes F, E & D preceded by the note B
• Exercise 23.6 – Practice on the note G’ preceded by the notes A’, B’ & C’
• Exercise 23.7 – Practice on notes B, A, G, F, E & D preceded by the note C
• Exercise 23.8 – Practice on the note high D preceded by the note C
• Practice
• Summary

Lesson 24 – Fingering Options for DNCs, SNCs & Long Rolls

• Introduction
• Exercise 24.1 – Fingering methods for DNCs and SNCs on the note D
• Exercise 24.2 – Fingering method for DNCs and SNCs on the notes E and F
• Exercise 24.3 – Fingering method for DNCs and SNCs on the notes G, A & B
• Various fingering methods for the cuts when playing Long Rolls
• Practice
• Summary

Lesson 25 – Various Useful Techniques

• Introduction
• Advanced Tunes Versus Advanced Playing
• The Flutter
• The Flutter in Written Notation
• The Flutter Technique
• Tonguing
• Exercise 25.1 – Practicing the Flutter – Tonguing Method 1
• Exercise 25.2 – Practicing the Flutter – Tonguing Method 2
• Additional Techniques
• Exercise 25.3 – Intermingling Cuts and Triplets
• Exercise 25.4 – Substitute for a High D Roll
• Exercise 25.5 – Substitute for a Low D Roll
• Exercise 25.6 – Triplets with Unordered Notes
• Exercise 25.7 – Another Useful Unordered Triplet
• Exercise 25.8 – Softening a Note
• Practice tunes
• Summary

Lesson 26 – Long Rolls that Straddle a Bar

• Introduction
• Examples
• Exercise 26.1 – Emphasis in Rolls that Straddle a ‘bar’
• Monitoring your progress
• Practice Tunes
• Summary

Lesson 27 – Long Roll Variation

• Introduction
• Potential Pitfall
• Exercise 27.1 – Long Roll on F beginning on the note below (method 1)
• Exercise 27.2 – Long Roll on F beginning on the note below (method 2)
• Exercise 27.3 – Long Roll on F beginning on the note below (method 3)
• Exercise 27.4 – Long Roll on F beginning on the note below (method 4)
• Exercise 27.5 – Long Roll on E, G, A, & B beginning on the note below
• Practice Tunes
• Summary

Lesson 28 – Short Rolls

• Introduction
• Short Rolls in the written Notation
• Exercise 28.1 – Short Rolls on the notes F, E, G, A & B
• Exercise 28.2 – Additional Practice on the notes F, E, G, A & B
• Exercise 28.3 – Short Rolls in Reels & Hornpipes
• A Note about Short Rolls and Slip Jigs
• Practice Tunes
• Summary

Lesson 29 – Crans

• Introduction
• Crans in the written Notation
• Practicing Crans
• Exercise 29.1 – Emphasis within Crans
• Exercise 29.2 – Cran on High D
• Exercise 29.3 – Cran on Low D (example 1)
• Exercise 29.4 – Cran on low D (example 2)
• Exercise 29.5 – Combination of D note and Cran
• Practice Tunes
• Summary

Lesson 30 – Half-Holing

• Introduction
• Half-holed Notes
• Exercise 30.1 – Half-Holing the notes E flat, F natural, G sharp and B flat
• Exercise 30.2 – Half-Holing practice
• Exercise 30.3 – Half-Holing sequences
• Practice Tunes
• Summary

Lesson 31 – Introduction to Slow Airs

• A brief outline of Sean Nós singing
• How to approach the playing of Slow Airs
• A word of encouragement
• A note on versions and variations of songs
• The Written Notation
• Tips for breath, phrasing, & tonguing in slow air playing
• Exercise 31.1 – Ornamentation in Slow Air playing
• Exercise 31.2 – Taking the edge off the note in Slow Airs
• Vibrato
• Vibrato using the fingering method
• Exercise 31.3 – Vibrato using the breath
• Practice tunes
• Summary

Lesson 32 – General Guidelines and Troubleshooting

• Guidelines for practicing
• Considerations when adding ornamentation
• Guidelines for variations in tunes
• Guidelines for putting sets of tunes together
• Guidelines for Session etiquette
• Troubleshooting
• Fingering within the melody
• Fingering within the ornamentation
• Articulation
• Breath and blowing
• Solving rhythmic problems and issues relating to tempo
• Tuning your whistle

Lesson 33 – Bringing all into play!

• Practice tunes
• The ‘Club’