Irish Polkas - Egan's and John Ryan's - Mandolin Lesson (Beginner & Intermediate)

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A lesson for Beginner & Intermediate mandolin players on how to play some Irish Polkas. For the first time in these Free Lessons I'll be teaching two tunes in one lesson: Egan's Polka and John Ryan's Polka. They are almost always played as a pair in sessions, so it seemed only right that that is how we learned them in this lesson. After we've looked at both tunes, we'll have a full jam through both at the end with some added Bouzouki.
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0:00 Introduction
01:54 Polkas and pick directions
04:00 Egan's Polka
05:51 John Ryan's Polka
08:15 Harder Melody
09:00 Full Irish Session

[@robnaylor4494]

Thanks for this one Mike. Will try and have them ready for next week's pub session! 67 is a bit old to be taking up the mandolin but your lessons are helping enormously. Small donation made this month. I'll repeat as and when I have a bit of spare cash.

[@MandoMikeLessons]

Thanks so much Rob, really glad you like the lessons ... never too late to start to learn an instrument! Happy picking Mike

[@bass_ist]

Your videos are great and really helping me on my transition to mandolin from many years of guitar and bass. Your method of teaching is brilliant, thank you!

[@MandoMikeLessons]

Thanks so much! Welcome to the mandolin ... it'll make your bass frets feel massive :)

[@carolvargas6507]

Beautiful!! Can't wait to start learning these tunes. They have such a sweet sound.

[@MandoMikeLessons]

Have fun!

[@carolvargas6507]

What did you do in the accompaniment at the end of the second tune, B part? So neat and beautiful. It's not just the three basic chords. Wish you could teach us that, too!

[@MandoMikeLessons]

Good question, I will be doing lessons in the future on these kinds of accompaniment (but on mandolin) Mike

[@user-xo1tc9ts1q]

But shouldn't every mandolin player be able to pick up the guitar and play rhythm for their music partner? I want to learn! 😉@@MandoMikeLessonsI'm sorry, I logged in under a different user, but this is still Carol Vargas.

[@slackeratslack]

I think John Ryan is played by the Irish below deck in the film Titanic but the speed they play it at!! Great bouzuoki work. My inability to play guitar accompaniment like that at sessions pushed into buying a mandolin to learn the tunes and then hopefully play better guitar. Trouble is, the guitar has been sadly neglected. :-)

[@user-xo1tc9ts1q]

Isn't he playing a guitar?

[@user-xo1tc9ts1q]

Isn't he playing a guitar?

[@MandoMikeLessons]

It's a guitar-bodied Bouzouki :)