OUR VISION…
“Our vision is to create the best courses in the world for people who want to learn how to play Irish traditional music”.
Trad Success offers you the opportunity to finally succeed at learning how to play a musical instrument using our revolutionary teaching techniques. Our step-by-step Free YouTube Video Tutorials will walk you through how to play many Traditional Irish instruments, songs and tunes. You can download a wide range of our Free PDFs as well as buy Selected PDFs from as little as €0.99! We also offer PDF Books for various instruments too!
- Free access to all of our Video Tutorials on YouTube 24 hours a day!
- You can watch any of our YouTube Video Tutorials on various devices as many times as you wish!
- Free PDF downloads to many of our video tutorials including diagrams, chords, notes, exercise sheets, strumming patterns and much more!
- Option to buy Specially Designed PDFs of songs and tunes for as little as €0.99 each!
- Option to buy Specially Designed PDF Books of different instruments.
- No contracts!
- Follow the lyrics, chords and notes so you won’t get lost or confused.
- Incredibly easy to progress due to our easy incremental steps.
- Option of viewing clips and playing along at different speeds to aid learning.
Course Overview
In our Course, you will learn:
The names and locations of the various parts of the guitar.
- How to hold the guitar.
How to hold the plectrum.
How to tune your guitar using a tuner.
How to read the manuscript for guitar songs.
How to play various chords.
A number of different strumming patterns.
How to play some very simple songs such as Frère Jacques on the guitar.
28 popular Irish songs on the guitar.
How to use a capo to change the key of a song to better suit your voice.
How to finger pick various chords.
How to finger pick along to songs.
You get access to three different courses!
For your convenience, this incredible package is sub-divided into three separate courses.
Beginners’ Course
(Lessons 1 – 14)
- Lesson 1
Promotion Video - Lesson 2
About the Guitar (History, Parts and Some Useful Tips) - Lesson 3
Holding the Guitar and Plectrum - Lesson 4
Tuning the Guitar - Lesson 5
Manuscript - Lesson 6
Chord D – Lesson 6 –
* Extra tip video (Standing Our Fingers Up) - Lesson 7
Strum 1 (d du) - Lesson 8
Frere Jacques (song) - Lesson 9
Chord A - Lesson 10
Mary Had A Little Lamb (song) - Lesson 11
Chord G - Lesson 12
I’ll Tell Me Ma (song)
Lesson 12 – Extra tip video (Tap, Down Up) - Lesson 13
Chord E - Lesson 14
Muirsheen Durkin (song) – Lesson 14 – Extra tip video (Changing Chords)
Intermediate Course
(Lessons 15 – 35)
- Lesson 15
Strum 2 (d du du) - Lesson 16
The Wild Rover (song) –
Lesson 16
* Extra tip video (Chords in Blue) - Lesson 17
Chord C - Lesson 18
My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean (song) - Lesson 19
Chord E minor - Lesson 20
Jug of Punch (song) - Lesson 21
Chord B minor - Lesson 22
In Dublin’s Fair City (song) - Lesson 23
Chord A minor - Lesson 24
The Foggy Dew (song) - Lesson 25
The Black Velvet Band (song) - Lesson 26
An bhFaca Tú Mo Shéamuisín (song) - Lesson 27
Spancil Hill (song) - Lesson 28
The Spanish Lady (song) - Lesson 29
Will You Go Lassie Go (song) - Lesson 30
Beidh Aonach Amárach (song) - Lesson 31
Chord D minor - Lesson 32
The Wild Colonial Boy (song) - Lesson 33
The Cliffs of Dooneen (song) - Lesson 34
The Rare Old Mountain Dew (song) - Lesson 35
The Rising of the Moon (song)
Advanced Course
(Lessons 36 – 52)
- Lesson 36
How to Use a Guitar Capo - Lesson 37
Whiskey in the Jar (song) - Lesson 38
The Shores of Botany Bay (song) - Lesson 39
The Holy Ground (song) - Lesson 40
Strum 3 (d u) - Lesson 41
The Banks of the Roses (song) - Lesson 42
Strum 4 (d du udu) - Lesson 43
Joe Hill (song) - Lesson 44
Peggy Gordon (song) - Lesson 45
F Bar Chord - Lesson 46
The Galway Shawl (song) - Lesson 47
Finnegan’s Wake (song) - Lesson 48
Kelly the Boy From Killane (song) - Lesson 49
Introduction to Finger-Picking - Lesson 50
Teaching of Finger-Picking the Main Chords - Lesson 51
The Sally Gardens (song) - Lesson 52
Nora (song)