Traditional Irish Accordion | Beginner 2

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Last updated on June 21, 2025 1:15 am

Learn how to play the Irish button accordion with award-winning musician Conor Connolly. Progress from learning scales to playing jigs in nine easy lessons.

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This introductory and self-paced button accordion course is ideal for beginners who know the notes on the treble hand and wish to progress to the next stage. Irish champion musician Conor Connolly, who also teaches our Beginner 1 course, will teach you how to play some popular jigs. In the process, you will learn to play the C scale and the notes in the higher octave. This nine-lesson course concludes with an introduction to ornamentation.

What You Will Learn In This Free Course

  • Discuss the origins of the jig, ?The…
  • Summarise the influence of Ann ?Ma? …
  • Recall how to play the jig, ‘The Rol…
  • Indicate the notes on the higher oct…
  • Discuss the origins of the jig, ?The Rollicking Skipper’
  • Summarise the influence of Ann ?Ma? McNulty
  • Recall how to play the jig, ‘The Rollicking Skipper’
  • Indicate the notes on the higher octave
  • Recall how to play the slip jig ‘Cucanandy’
  • Recognise when you can slur notes together and when each note must be given its space
  • Discuss what a triplet is
  • Identify the notes on the C scale
  • Recall how to play the jig, ‘The Geese in the Bog’
  • Distinguish between a straightforward rendition of a tune and one that?s been ornamented
  • Explain what a ?cut? is
  • Easy Jigs on the Button Accordion

    Learn the fundamentals of playing the higher octave and the C scale. Tutor Conor Connolly demonstrates how to play the jigs ?The Rollicking Skipper?, ?Cucanandy? and ?The Geese In The Bog? in this sequel to the Traditional Irish Accordion Beginner 1 course.

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