God bless Donal Lunny and the people he brought together to create beautiful music.

I'm an intermediate guitarist and I'm pretty good at standard accompaniment, mixing up mostly diatonic chord progressions, trying different voicings up the neck, the odd diminished passing chords here and there... I'm figuring out more and more about modes, and now I'm just trying to get it to the next level.

It's hard to say exactly what hurdle I'm at here to be honest. Whenever I'm sitting in sessions where there's another guitarist I find that what they're playing just sounds more interesting that what I'm coming up with. Lots of chords that I wouldn't use and can't easily identify. I have a feeling it's mostly suspended or augmented chords, less extensions, with good movement between them, but trying these chords myself I find that they just don't fit the tunes.

Does anyone have any resources/books on advanced trad guitar accompaniment?

Hi guys! I’m looking for any band that is looking for a female vocalist in their band in Ireland! Preferably Limerick, Galway, Dublin or Cork!

Hello, I have only ever played a Casey Burns keyless flute, which is great, but I’ve never tried a keyed flute. Does everyone eventually transition to a keyed flute, or do some folks stay keyless their whole lives? Can a person get good enough at half-holing that keys become unnecessary?

I play other instruments as well but only pipes and whistle professionally

I’ll probably try get that grant scheme for new instruments next year but need to figure out what to buy first

I play a lot of normal trad but also a lot in F major, e major/ Bb major etc etc so will need keys on the flute