Irish Bouzouki Lesson [Learn D Chord Variations] Start Today

These Irish bouzouki tutorials show you how to play the bouzouki in the Irish style, step by step. This is the first of 13 lessons in this course "Irish Bouzouki Progressions" which has been designed to build your skill set in a progressive way with each lesson building on the last. By the end of this course, the student will have a repertoire of 13 tune accompaniments, that can easily be transferred to other tunes in the tradition.

0:00 Intro
0:36 Tune "The Mountain Road"
1:39 D Chord Variations
3:52 A Part Chords
5:49 B Part Chords

Course Synopsis:
Bouzouki Progressions is for the player who already has the basics and is ready to progress into the more finer nuances of bouzouki playing.

This is a well thought out course; it starts with Alan demonstrating different voicing for common chords in Irish music along with strumming patterns. As the course progresses, he teaches how to play more quirky techniques: rhythmic embellishments, triplets, hammer on skills, how to use counter melodies and cross picking.

Play along melody backing tracks are available for each and every tune in the course, so students can practice the chords along with a melody player. Mute the accompaniment track, choose your speed and play along with the fiddle!

By the end of this course, the student will have a repertoire of 13 tune accompaniments, that can easily be transferred to other tunes in the tradition.

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[dontbovver]

Good to see new bouzouki videos posted! Just dusted off my zouk need to relearn mostly everything!

[samuelgoad]

thanks for this video, Im coming to the Bouzouki from the Seagull Merlin Dulcimer(tuned DADD) so the Bouzoukis (GGDDAADD) makes alot of sense but is still intimidating for a non musician. this video gave me some confidence that the modal chords im used to still apply in many ways!

[PatrickGraven]

Very good lesson, thank you for sharing that with me. I have recently bought an Irish Bouzouki and just getting used to the tuning (G, D, A, D) and finding it a bit tricky as I've been playing the guitar for over 15 years but it's just a matter of time and practice to get used to it. I appreciate videos like these, it's helpful as another thing I really wanted to see was the way someone else rests the instrument on their knee as the shape to the Bouzouki body is more rounded.

[arbor]

This give me hope that one day I can actually play well in a session with a bouzouki

[pierstownsend]

What is the high pitched instrument that sounds kind of 'flute-esque'? Between 1:00-1:30

[andrewringrose]

I have a Octave Mandolin can I take these Irish Bouzouki lessons to learn how to play it? I have been told that a Octave Mandolin is basically a short scale bouzouki, is that true?

[Chriswoodworker]

You have a big Bouzouki if you don't mind me saying so... Whats the make?

[drunkenviking]

Who made that bouz and where do I get it? :P

[aubreynoftall]

why do you call strings chords? dont you know the difference?