overview
- Mondays & Wednesdays 7:30 AM PST
- Zoomlink: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84235671611?pwd=XQ3CucBEyzT016HK0O4Ts7zKNGiJ2p.1
Week by Week
| Mondays | Wednesdays | |
| Week 1 | 29 | 1 |
| NO CLASS | NO CLASS | |
| Week 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Leitrim Thrush | Leitrim Thrush | |
| Week 3 | 13 | 15 |
| Aarons Key | The Star | |
| Week 4 | 20 | 22 |
| Tolka Polka | The Hop Down | |
| Week 5 | 27 | 29 |
| NO CLASS Maldon at Lark Camp | NO CLASS Maldon at Lark Camp |
Keep Her Lit/Endurance
- June Material – Keep Her Lit
- Maldon’s Jig Steps
- Reels – Advance & Retire Mick/Willie, Clare 1,2,3 & Mick off beat
- Teampall an Ghleanntánn
- Waltz Steps
- July Music Recordings – These are rough recordings for learning and practicing only. These are from the Colúr band (Autumn, Ben and Maldon).
- Teampall an Ghleanntánn/Keegan’s Waltz
- Leitrim Thrush/Aaron’s Key/Star
- Tolka Polka/The Hop Down
week 2
Week 2
Monday: Leitrim Thursh (single reel)
- Create a step for each part of the tune
- A Part Step
- B Part Step
Homework:
- Level 1: 70% slower
- Level 2: 80% slower
- Level 3: 90% slower
- Level 4: 100%
Wednesday: Leitrim Thursh (single reel)
Homework:
- Level 1: 70% slower
- Level 2: 80% slower
- Level 3: 90% slower
- Level 4: 100%
Ideas for the tune
- A-part – beginning – same but different – ‘hick up step”, ‘kick up step”, “drum”, “slide”
- B-Part – Clare 1 / Clare 2 / Clare 1 / Mick Dance at home off beats (or improvising around the b part, but always going back to “Mick’s step’ for the last 2 bars).
Variations, Ornamentations, Improvisations
Play with variations, adding ornamentions into your steps and improvising your steps. You can map these out or keep it lose and in your toolbox to bring out while dancing the tune.
- Level 1: Lock down transitions from the A and B parts
- Level 2: Create 1 – variation, ornamentation or improvisation
- Level 3: Create 2 – variation, ornamentation or improvisation
- Level 4: Dance All 3 varsations
Over all variation ideas
- Full list of ideas
- Rythmical varations – listen to Nathon and Joey
- Emphasis – changing it, swinging it
- Shifting the Beat
- Accross the bars
- Echo the rhythm
- Same but different – visually diferent but rythmcially the same
- Space
Homework:
- Level 1: 70% slower
- Level 2: 80% slower
- Level 3: 90% slower
- Level 4: 100%
week 3
Week 3
Woodshed
- Aaron’s Key (jig)
- Sheet Music: https://thesession.org/tunes/2266
- Recordings: https://thesession.org/tunes/2266/recordings
Monday: Aaron’s Key (jig)
Keep Her Lit/Endurance Homework:
- Leitrim Thrush Steps – your own and/or Maldon’s, keep building and improvising
- June Material – Keep Her Lit
- Maldon’s Jig Steps
- Reels – Advance & Retire Mick/Willie, Clare 1,2,3 & Mick off beat
- Teampall an Ghleanntánn
- Waltz Steps
Aaron’s Key Homework:
- Level 1: 70% slower
- Level 2: 80% slower
- Level 3: 90% slower
- Level 4: 100%
Wednesday: Star (jig)
Homework:
- Level 1: 70% slower
- Level 2: 80% slower
- Level 3: 90% slower
- Level 4: 100%
week 4
Week 4
Monday: The Hop Down
Homework:
- Level 1: 70% slower
- Level 2: 80% slower
- Level 3: 90% slower
- Level 4: 100%
Wednesday: Kevin Keegan’s Waltz
Homework:
- Level 1: 70% slower
- Level 2: 80% slower
- Level 3: 90% slower
- Level 4: 100%
