Lesson Repertoire

Davey Music tutors make use of four main collections of traditional Irish tunes, with a combined total of 350 tunes.  Each collection is appropriate to a different level of student proficiency:

• Introductory Collection: 80 tunes covering complete beginner level onwards.   This collection introduces the student to easy airs, marches, Belfast street songs, hymn tunes, Ó Carolan pieces and polkas, so that the beginner can quickly develop a varied and stimulating repertoire.  The collection concludes with some straightforward reels, jigs, hornpipes and other tunes, as a taster of what lies ahead in later collections.  The Davey Music Introductory collection caters for students who are preparing for the LCM Step and Grade 2 examinations. 

• Intermediate Collection: 140 tunes covering intermediate level onwards.  This extensive collection presents a wide variety of many types of traditional Irish dance tunes including reels, jigs, hornpipes, slides, polkas, set dances, marches and more, and also includes a number of slow airs.  The collection includes both easier and more demanding examples of all the dance tune types covered, and will stimulate the student towards further development of their repertoire and playing technique.  The Davey Music Intermediate collection caters for students who are preparing for the LCM Grade 4 and Grade 6 examinations. 

• Intermediate Collection 2012: A further varied selections of 50 tunes, supplementing the main Intermediate Collection.

• Advanced Collection: 80 tunes for the advanced student.  This collection presents a more demanding selection of many types of traditional Irish dance tunes including many multi-part reels, jigs, hornpipes and more, and also includes a number of more challenging slow airs.  The collection includes sets of three and even four tunes, and will further stimulate the student in the development of their repertoire and playing technique.  The Davey Music Advanced collection caters for students who are preparing for the LCM Grade 8 and DipLCM examinations. 

Davey Music students also have access to an extensive resource of additional material, and this resource is regurlarly expanding.

All collections come with CD recordings of the music, and students are always encouraged to make use of these recordings as an aid to practice and to facilitate advance preparation for lessons.  Experience has shown that those students who make use of their CD recordings will make progress more quickly, as this is the most effective means of developing the student’s natural awareness of the sounds and styles of traditional Irish music.

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