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How to pick Irish guitar chords for folk tunes – part 2 – Minor keys (dorian mode)

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Post date February 21, 2021
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This week on Folk Friend’s weekly Celtic guitar tutorial video I’ll be running you how to pick chords for Irish, Scottish and general Celtic music in the most common type of minor key, the dorian mode.

Here are the other videos in this series:

Part 1 (ionian)

Part 2 (dorian)

Part 3 (mixolydian)

Part 4 (aeolian)

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Ear training

How to pick Irish guitar chords by ear for complete beginners PART 1- tunes in major keys

Post author By Folk_Friend
Post date February 21, 2021
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This week’s free Irish guitar lesson from Folk Friend is for complete beginners who want to learn how to accompany Irish traditional music on the guitar by ear. I’ll be showing you which chords fit with a tune in a major key and how you can train your ears to recognise where those chords should fit. I’ll also be giving you some examples using my free playalong video with on screen guitar chords for a classic Irish reel called Maid Behind The Bar. You can find that video here: