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Road to Lisdoonverna - Adding Variation

3,845 views · Published 15 January 2016 · 12:56 · Indexed 23 October 2026

Channel: FiddleHed · 2016 · Music

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Here's a step-by-step lesson on an Irish jig called Road to Lisdoonverna. First I'll play a mid-tempo version of the whole thing. Then we'll slowly learn it, note by note, building notes into phrases, building phrases into quarters, until we have each part.

Left hand fingerings (TABS):
Comments:
Try to hold the first finger across both D and A strings for the 1st and 3rd quarters

A part
first quarter: D1-A1-1-0-1-2-3
second quarter: D2-A0-0-1-0-D0-1-2-1-0
third quarter: D1-A1-1-0-1-2-3
fourth quarter: A2-3-2-1-0-1-D1-1

B part
first quarter: E0-1-L2-1-0-A3-1-1-2-3
second quarter: A2-0-0-1-2-3-1-1
third quarter: E0-1-L2-1-0-A3-1-1-2-3
fourth quarter: A2-3-2-1-0-1-D1-1

WARM UP WITH:
D major, E dorian scales, alternating

STUFF TO LEARN IN THIS TUNE:

These video lessons will help prepare you for this tune:

It’s always a good idea to play the scale of the song. I made a video in which I play all the common scales for fiddle and violin music: https://youtu.be/mytWy3VyjpE. There are also finger illustrations to help you.

Just use the tabs to get going, don't rely on it or continue to read it once you've got the tune...

I made some “Learning Chunks” on the FiddleHed site to help you do this. These focused exercises contain sheet music, tabs and mp3 snippets to guide you on each step of your fiddle journey. 

These and all new lesson pages can be viewed for one week after publication with a FREE trial membership. Check it out here: https://fiddlehed.com

And after you sign up, I’ll also send you a mini-course of lessons specially designed for your skill level.

Alrighty. Play every day, have fun 😀 and thanks for making music 🙏  
   
Now, go fiddle with it...

Jason 🎻

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