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Black Friday Special:
Learn Irish Folk Guitar - 50% Off For the month of November only!

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  • Learn All The Classic Irish Songs and Ballads

  • Learn all the fundamentals of guitar A-Z

  • Can be applied to any genre of music

  • Over 100 training videos

    • GETTING STARTED

    Master the timeless sound of Irish folk songs and ballads
    — with step-by-step lessons, clear demonstrations, and support from an experienced teacher.

     Have you always wanted to play Irish folk songs… but didn’t know where to start?

    Most learners struggle with:

    Not knowing the right chords and rhythms.
    Feeling unsure if they’re “getting it right”
    Jumping between random YouTube videos
    Losing motivation without guidance

    It doesn’t have to be that way!

    Introducing: The Irish Folk Guitar Course

    A complete, structured video course that teaches you to play the most beloved Irish folk songs — even if you’ve never played before.

    What’s inside:

    Step-by-step beginner modules
    Traditional strumming + fingerpicking patterns
    Full song tutorials (start to finish)
    Clear whiteboard teaching 
    Downloadable resources
    Lifetime access

  • Watch Mike Playing Guitar in this video!

    • Get Started in 3 Simple Steps!

    Sign up now for limited time offer

    You’ll get an email with your login and how to start.

    Take one lesson a week or go at your own speed

    Join our Facebook community for support & connection.

    Here's What You Will have access to

    Access To Membership Portal

    Learn from scratch the concepts of guitar in a step by step method via our membership portal 

    Downloadable Worksheets

    Download the PDF sheets that contain all the chord diagrams, rhythm patterns and tablature taught in the video lessons.

    Access To Private Facebook Group

    Join our exclusive private Facebook Group and share your learning and results, get accountability partners, make friends and share your challenges.

  • COURSE CONTENT

    What's included in this training?

    This training has been specially structured to go over all the core concepts of guitar within 6 modules.

    Learn guitar through all your favourite Irish folk songs & ballads

    CHORDS

    Learn All Chords

        Open position chords

  • Chords further up the neck.

  • Bar chords-partial chords/triads.

  • Joining chords with bass runs.

  • Suspended chords and variations and how to use them.

  • Common chord progressions found in all styles of music 

    • RHYTHM

    Jam in any Rhythm

  • Strumming patterns.

  • Make your strumming  sound more interesting.

  • Strum like a pro.

  • Strum like a pro.

  • ÂĽ ,1/8th 1/16th note    strumming patterns.

  • Combining patterns and variations.

    • SCALES

    Solo over any song

  • How to play melodies and improvise.

  • Major and minor scales.

  • Major and minor pentatonic scales.

  • How to transpose all scales (play them up the neck in different keys)!

    • FINGERSTYLE

    Fingerpicking Good!

  • Basic arpeggiated fingerstyle patterns

  • More advanced fingerstyle

  • Playing melodies over a bass string rhythm!

    • READING

    How to Read Music

  • Chord charts

  • Tablature!

    • THEORY

    Understanding music

  • Building blocks of all music

  • Understanding how everything fits together

  • No more confusion

  • e.g.what chords belong in a particular key

  • what scale will work over a particular chord sequence

    • SONGS & REPETOIRE

    All your favourite songs

  • Lots of the most famous Irish Folk songs each week to practice the above skills.

  • Backing Tracks to practice your chords and scales to.

  • -Full ballad group backing tracks to play and sing along to...with and without vocals.

    • Songs include:

  • Fields of Athenry

  • My Cavan Girl

  • Song for Ireland

  • Whistling Gypsy Rover

  • Clare to Here

  • Homes of Donegal

  • McAlpines Fusiliers

  • ....plus many more

    • Take your guitar playing skill set to the next level

    Start learning today!

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    THEORY

    Understanding music

  • Building blocks of all music

  • Understanding how everything fits together

  • No more confusion

  • e.g.what chords belong in a particular key

  • what scale will work over a particular chord sequence

    • Here's what you get when you sign up!

  • CHORDS: Learn All Chords

  • RHYTHM: Jam in any Rhythm

  • SCALES: Play the melody or Solo over any song

  • FINGERSTYLE: Fingerpicking Good!

  • READING: How to Read Music

  • THEORY: Understanding music

  • SONGS & REPETOIRE: All your favourite songs

  • Bonus 1: One-On-One Support 

  • Bonus 2: Top 10 Irish Songs Play Book 

  • Bonus 3: Rare footage of the greats 

  • Bonus 4: Beginners chords/strumming course 

  • Bonus 5: Beginners fingerstyle course 

    (See below for bonus details)

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    Meet Our Featured Artists

    Planxty

    Christy Moore

    The Dubliners

    Mary Black

    The Fureys

    Paul  Brady

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     Free Bonuses!

    Bonus #1: One-On-One Support 

    Get exclusive access to a private online community, where you can ask questions, get feedback, and connect with fellow learners. I’ll personally check in regularly to answer your biggest challenges! 

    Bonus #2: Top 10 Irish Songs Play Book

    E-book containing chords and music to the top 10 Irish Folk Songs as voted by an Irish TV audience on a recent Mary Black TV show..

    Bonus #3: Rare footage of the greats 

    Rare video footage of some of the top Irish singers and musicians from the 70’s and 80’s ..

    Bonus #4: Beginners chords/strumming course

    Learn step-by-step beginner chords, common chord progressions and strumming patterns in 5 easy lessons. Perfect for build a solid foundation.

    Bonus #5: Beginners fingerstyle course

    Learn to accompany slow ballads using simple fingerstyle patterns-The building blocks for more advanced fingerpicking guitar. 

    No payment. No card needed. This is a 100% free resource for people with Parkinson’s.

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    YOUR TEACHER

    Meet Mike Varden

    Hi Mike here. Just a bit about my background.

    I completed a diploma at 'The Guitar Institute' in London in 2002 after having qualified as a secondary school teacher from UCC (University College Cork) some years previously.

    In 2003 I decided to go into teaching music full-time and combining my love of guitar with my passion for teaching, I set up the 'Ennis Guitar School' in my home town Ennis in Co. Clare, Ireland.

    I have been playing and teaching guitar for more than 30 years now (having taught privately before opening my school) and I have taught thousands of students of all ages and all levels, both one-to-one and in groups.

    During this time I also delivered guitar workshops on behalf of a wide range of organisations including Music Generation Ireland (set up and funded by Bono and U2) and taught guitar in several primary and second level schools throughout County Clare as well as running Adult workshops.

    I am interested in and play many types of music including Folk, Rock, Blues, Country, Ragtime and Fingerstyle and I have played in bands, solo and other musical combos.

    I grew up listening to Irish ballads and folk songs performed by artists such as the Dubliners, Clancy brothers, Mary Black, Christy Moore, Planxty and the Furey brothers to name a few and this music in particular has always been close to my heart.

    What other students say about this course?

    “If any of you are wishing you could play guitar and sing some of your favourite songs don’t hesitate…I guarantee you will not regret it. It was one of the best decisions I ever made. Within a month I was playing some of my favourite songs”

    Paul Barrett

    Paul Barrett

    Co.Clare

    “I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this course to anyone interested in learning guitar or for anyone who already plays but has hit a wall and wants to improve”

    Dan Kennedy

    Dan Kennedy

    Co.Kerry

    “I found the course content excellent: you are developing a first class site and content”

    Nessan Rickard

    Co.Dublin

    FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

    Your questions answered

    I’ve never played guitar before. Will this course be too hard for me?

    No. The course is laid out for complete 'never picked up a guitar before' beginners to intermediate players so it has something for everyone on that spectrum.

    Is this a physical product? Will anything be shipped to me?

    No, this is a digital product only. There will be no shipping of any kind. Once you have purchased the product, you will be able to get instant access to all the materials in the members area.

    I already strum some basic chords and play some songs. Is the course for me?

    Yes absolutely. Most lessons have a level 2 for more intermediate players like you but I would encourage you to watch all the lessons... lots of level 1 lessons contain more than the basics.

    How much time do I have to go through the course?

    You have 24/7 lifetime access to the course which will include all updates and will always be available on our membership portal whenever you log in.

    How long will it take before I can actually play a song ?

    Obviously, everyone is a bit different. However, this course was created in such a simple way that you can be playing a song after your first lesson. That may be a bit hard to believe, but I literally break it down to the simplest basics possible. However, realistically it generally takes approx 6 months to be able to play several songs in a few different keys and maybe 2 years to be quite competent on guitar if you are consistent in your practice and follow the guidelines.

    www.vardenguitar.com

    Questions? Contact Mike at [email protected]

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