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GFW Improving Beginners Mandolin

This class began in September as a Beginners class, but is now classed as for improving beginners.

During the course we'll be learning the techniques necessary to playing the mandolin, building up a repertoire of tunes, and learning about mandolin music from around the world.

Below is the schedule for the course up to this time. If you have any further questions, please ask (email me).

Location:	Stow College
Day:	Mondays
Time:	7.30-9.25

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Date	Aims	Tunes
2010	Term C (April-May 2010)
19/4	C1 Irish slip jig	The Butterfly	[MP3]
26/4	C2 Air:	Farewell to Fiunary	[MP3]
3/5	HOLIDAY - no class
10/5	C3 Minor keys:	The Burning of the Piper's Hut	[MP3]
17/5	C4 Schottische:	The Smith's a Gallant Fireman	[MP3]
24/5	C5 Review	Review of the Year
31/5	HOLIDAY - no class
7/6	C6 Sessions	Class session
2010	Term B (Jan-Mar 2010)
1/2	B1 Scales: A major, D major	Unbestandige Little Diamond	[MP3] [MP3]
8/2	B2 Irish Music	Star of the County Down	[MP3]
15/2	MID-TERM - no class
22/2	B3 Reels	Short Coated Mary	[MP3]
1/3	B4 Jigs	Fear a Bhois Fada Gun Phosadh	[MP3]
B5 Hornpipes	Harvest Home	[MP3]
15/3	B6 American Music 2	Liza Jane
22/3	B7 Irish & chords	Scattery Island Slide Over the Sea to Skye
29/3	B8 End of term session
2009	Term A (Sep-Dec 2009)
31/8	A1 Introduction/1st steps	The Clock Tower
7/9	A2 Tune structure	First of October Jenny Long Legs	[MP3] [MP3]
14/9	A3 Upstrokes	Coulter's Candy
21/9	A4 Rhythm	Over the Sea to Skye	[MP3]
28/9	SEPTEMBER BREAK - no class
5/10	A5 Song airs	The Barnyards of Delgaty	[MP3]
12/10	MID-TERM - no class
19/10	A6 C natural	The Rakes of Mallow	[MP3]
26/10	A7 Note durations	Doon In the Wee Room	[MP3]
2/11	A8 A Scottish sound	Wha Wadna Fecht for Charlie	[MP3]
9/11	A9 American music	Old Joe Clark	[MP3]
16/11	A10 Irish music 1	Britches Full of Stitches	[MP3]
23/11	A11 Something different	Norwegian Wood
30/11	A12 MIX-UP MONDAY
7/12	A13 Recap
14/12	A14 END-OF-TERM SESSION