Welcome Video
Who I am—What I do—The experience
Foundation (section one) Introduction Video
Why Irish Tunes?
Why I chose these four tunes
Meditation Video Respite Moment (Out on the Ocean-Tune #3)—Play-along Tips (rhythm—mode—first note—basic chords)
The Importance of Stories
Meditation Video Respite Moment (Gander in the Pratie Hole-Tune #3)—Play-along Tips (rhythm—mode—first note—basic chords)
Story Lessons from Melvin the Therapy Dog
Meditation Video Respite Moment (Gander Improv-Tune #3)—Play-along Tips (rhythm— mode—first note—basic chords)
The Importance (or not!) of Tune Names
Irish Style Video
Meditation Video Respite Moment (Pig Improv-Tune #1)—Play-along Tips (rhythm—mode—first note—basic chords)
Jig Rhythm
A closer look at Irish rhythm
Written notation, keys, and modes
A classical fix?
Writing chord names
Meditation Video Respite Moment (Ocean Improv-Tune #3)—Play-along Tips (rhythm— mode—first note—basic chords)
Accompaniment
What chords should I use? Should I even use chords?
Key and mode left-hand suggestions
Modes Video
The idea of modal ethos
Modes now and then
Western system of modes
Looking for in-depth exploration?
Meditation Video Respite Moment (A Fig for a Kiss-Tune #4)—Play-along Tips (rhythm— mode—first note—basic chords)
What about Irish Modes?
Meditation Video Respite Moment (Fig Improv-Tune #4)—Play-along Tips (rhythm— mode—first note—basic chords)
What are the four Irish modes?
Breathwork Video
Breathe in 4/4—calming your nerves
Breathing with the harp
Why nose breathing?
Meditation Video Respite Moment (The Price of My Pig-Tune #1)—Play-along Tips (rhythm— mode—first note—basic chords)
Meditation metronome—another way of breathing
Walking to the beat
Your internal metronome heartbeat
Your musical, responsive metronome
Breathe like a singer
Tools
Musescore—Blank manuscript paper—Notation notebook—Regular notebook—Metronome—Recording device—Writing Tools
Bibliography
Complete bibliography includes books, journal articles, websites, and interviews
The Tunes (section two)
The Price of My Pig * Gander in the Pratie Hole * Out on the Ocean * A Fig for a Kiss
Each tune includes
Introduction Video
Tune Story—learning about the background, origin, and associations of the tune
Practice—apply your learning
Meditation Video of the tune and commentary on its use in therapeutic music
Improv demonstration
Levers, Mode, Rhythm, Phrasing—theory and practice of the technical aspects of the tune
Tune notation
Breathwork techniques for the unique characteristics of each tune
Mode history, theory, and ethos
In Context—therapeutic applications for this tune