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Memory can be fickle.

There is a phenomenon,known as 'Morphunawareness'.

Many Scottish/Irish tunes are very similar and contain the same chord progressions and note patterns already mentioned....

I have two memorization tips.

1) Just as bigskygirl and others have said,try to relax and enjoy yourself.
It will come naturally.

2) Umm err !.....I seem to have forgotten my 2nd memory tip.

I hope you have a wonderful time.

You will hear some fantastic musicians,playing the music as it should be played.

The Mandolin without amplification,is perhaps not the best choice for an Irish...

Enda Scahill is an excellent teacher and your 17 Fret Bacon is a great choice.

Despite my very large hands,I found that 19 fret banjos with perhaps 22-23 inch scale length was quite a stretch.
I...

Absolutely !

5ths tuning, also known as symmetrical tuning, as described in this surprisingly good thread from Deering.
...

Better late than never StopStop!

I bought a bag of 12 ProPlec 1.5 rounded triangle about 12 years ago from Elderly.
Still using them when I want a mellow sound from the Holoubek.
Great picks....

Sounded pretty good to me Paul............it was a little slower than I play it. :mandosmiley:

Very nice recording Ginny.
I proves the point that speed is not the optimum for this music.
Too often, players play at breakneck speed with disastrous results.
They appear to be playing all the...

Hey!.........I just looked at your blog. Anything for 2016?

Getting back to the post. I learned cross picking first, on guitar and maybe that made the transission to cross picking on mandolin...

Tobin is of course correct and as you suggest , concentrating on one particular phrase is a good method.

There is an obvious technique problem.

Try holding the pick between your thumb and first...

Flying has become a complete pain in the neck.
Gone are the days when the entire band were welcomed on board, instruments as well.
The upright bass would be stowed at the back of the plane, and in...

The Pro Plec 1.5 is good value for money. You can buy a packet of 12 for around $10.

In the dark days before I discovered FW74 strings I used them a lot, especially for bluegrass.
Since I...

I would like to use this thread to thank Larry and Mike E. and the many other members who have consistently recommended FW74 strings.
I use them on both A and F mandolins for all types of music and...

I would say that you will be made very welcome. However,you should be aware of the differences.Especially in rural areas,between pub sessions and the “mass leader sessions” which are so...

“Ya, good idea.
(But will it start getting complicated? I've been told that programs that generate random results based on lots of rules are quite complex to create.)”

I have a friend who is an...

Well back here on planet music,we have no rules,as to what is and what is not acceptable.
Other people have said that if it sounds good,feels good and the audience like it,then it probably will be...

More bad news David............Jean Redpath died this morning in Arizona,she had been fighting the big 'C' for some time.
For those who don't know,Jean was a Scottish singer,who specialised in the...

Well done Alf! Lochaber no more (Cha Till Mor Mo Bhean ) aka Eddie Sheehy's avatar Marbhna Luimni Lament for Limerick
notoriously difficult to play any slow air and get the timing...

Now you've done it. I had completely forgotten about Kitty's Wedding.
I think that a lot of music (even modern classical) have their roots in Scottish/Irish.
I enjoy mixing Genre. eg Silver Spear...

Hello Jim

I think we are of similar vintage,and as such,I have complete sympathy for the task,that you have set yourself.
Tunes come and Tunes go,some I have played regularly for thirty odd years...

You could try http://www.luthiersaintmichel.com/

or if you talk to them and say pretty please http://www.wilderdavis.com/ although they tend to deal only in violins.

As spufman says "Thick and expensive" (sounds like my girlfriend) but yes.......works for me!

As a Scotsman I have to be careful,telling and Irishman how to play Irish music.
On both mandolin and TB I prefer to play The Banish Misfortune with Whinny Hills of Leitrim and Another Jig will do...

The Ashplant version that you posted is in the key of Em
The opening notes are E,F#,E,D,E,G,A,B
Print off a Fingerboard Chart and take it from there.
The chords are just a variation of Em,D and G.

Hey Bertram....................remind me never to Waltz with you :whistling: