Details
$175 general / $145 member 90 minutesDate(s)
Apr 16, 2019 – May 21, 2019
6:00pm
Contact
Box Office
888-616-0274
boxoffice@irishartscenter.org
Phone hours:
10am-6pm, Monday-Friday
In person:
Opens 60 minutes before the performance on show days
Location
Please note this class is NOT at Irish Arts Center.
Venue:
Ripley-Grier
520 8th Ave (between 36th and 37th Street)
Studio 10A, 10th floor
New York, NY 10018
Overview
Peadar Hickey, Tuesdays, 6pm—7:30pm
6 weekly sessions beginning Tuesday, April 16th, 2019
This class will deal with guitar chord choices, voicing and rhythms with an emphasis placed on accompanying Irish tunes and songs. The class will look into some standard tuning shapes and methods but will have an overall focus on Drop D tuning as it is more common in Irish music settings. Students interested in accompanying jigs and reels or songs will all be catered for in this class. This class is best for those with some prior experience playing guitar. Best for advanced beginners and intermediate levels.
This class requires an instrument. For information about instrument rentals and purchases, click here.
Our Supporters
Irish Arts Center programs are supported, in part, by government, foundation, and corporate partners including Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office and the New York City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Howard Gilman Foundation; Tourism Ireland; the Jerome L. Greene Foundation; the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation; the Charina Endowment Fund; the Ireland Funds; the Shubert Foundation, Inc.; the Arnhold Foundation; the Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; the Irish Institute of New York; the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York; Northern Ireland Bureau; Invest NI; CIE Tours; M&T Bank; the Dead Rabbit; the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland in New York; and thousands of generous donors like you.