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Welcome to Trad Irish Music Tutorials.
Hi there,
I’m Éamonn de Barra, and on behalf of the whole team at TradIrishMusic I’d like to welcome you to our site.
Here at TIM we strive to provide the most comprehensive and enjoyable learning experience on the web. With a long history of teaching credentials and professional performance, all our tutors are perfectly placed to deliver the most insightful tutorials available online. The TradIrishMusic team is working hard to bring the full range of Irish traditional instrumental tutorials to the web.
We are currently working on Harp, Uilleann Pipes, Guitar, Concert Flute, Bodhrán, Fiddle, and Bouzouki. As soon as these tutorials are completed we will make them available to you.
Ethos of TIM: Providing - the best Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced tutorial videos to the highest standard. We have incorporated HD quality video, and graphic inserts to give the student a step-by-step version of every tune, allowing for maximum learning experience.
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Compass Ceoil, produced by Éamonn de Barra for RTÉ Lyric FM
Compass Ceoil is a four-part documentary series on the history of Irish music. The program is hosted by Moya Brennan of Clannad. She is joined by a star-studded lineup of guests including Paddy Moloney (Chieftains), John Sheahan (Dubliners), Donal Lunny (Planxty/Bothy Band), Nicholas Carolan (ITMA), and Colin Dunne (Riverdance). Produced by Éamonn de Barra at Digital Audio Productions for RTÉ Lyric FM - Lyric FM Producer Eoin Brady - made with the support of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland's Sound and Vision Broadcasting Funding Scheme. RTÉ Libraries and Archives provided archive material.
Compass Ceoil 1
Director of the Irish Traditional Music Archive, Nicholas Carolan, explains how traditional music in Ireland dates back to the middle Stone-Age and talks about the crucial work done by collectors such as Bunting, O'Neill and Breathnach in preserving the music. Cormac de Barra talks about the history of some of the instruments central to traditional music including our national emblem, the Irish harp.
Compass Ceoil 2
In programme two Fintan Vallely talks about the Folk Revival in the 1960s and how its roots can be traced back to the 19th century. Moya Brennan talks to some of the major figures in the tradition, including Paddy Moloney (Chieftains), John Sheahan (Dubliners) and Donal Lunny (Planxty) and explores how the Catholic Church lobbied the first Fianna Fáil Government to create the Dance Hall Act of 1935 which changed the way Céilà music was to be performed forever.
Compass Ceoil 3
We'll hear about some of the great composers of tunes in the tradition, including how Carolan was heavily influenced by baroque music and why we often hear the same melodies being used for a number of different songs. Professor Micheál Ó Súilleabháin explains how Tommy Potts changed the ground-plan of the tradition and paved the way for a new wave of interpreters.
Compass Ceoil 4
Moya concludes the series with a present day view of Irish traditional music. She explores how the growing global appetite for traditional music has grown over the past 30 years with Barry Stapleton of the Milwaukee Irish Fest. Commercialism in the tradition is discussed by Professor David Cooper of Leeds University and Colin Dunne explains how everything changed after Riverdance in 1994.
