Welcome to my suggested Learner Paths.
If you’re new or feeling overwhelmed by the many lessons available, these curated paths will help guide you. I’ll keep updating and adding new lists as fresh lessons become available, so you’ll always have a clear direction on your learning journey.

Beginner's Path
Technique Path
Challenging Path
Lessons with a strong beginner technique focus
Lessons designed to improve an array of techniques
A series of more challenging lessons
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
An in-depth tutorial explaining picking patterns for reel
The Harvest Home
A lovely simple hornpipe with graduated lessons
The Blackbird
An easy hornpipe that will help develop and practice picking patterns
The Glen of Aherlow Reel
A lesson in which I compare different picking patterns
The Brosna Slide
Another simple little tune. Learn the basic melody and then add some easy ornamentation
Toss The Feathers
A very comprehensive lesson on picking and ornamentation
Sporting Paddy
Triplets, Triplets and more triplets! I discuss all of the ways that you can play and place ornamentation in a reel
The Musical Priest
A terrific lesson on difficult high B notes and how to play, avoid and substitute the awkward notes and fingering
Jim Ward's Jig
An in-depth discussion on jig picking patterns
The Black Frog
I use this lesson to discuss several different ways you can vary jig rhythm using emphasis and ornamentation
The Mason's Apron
Perhaps the biggest banjo tune of all time! This lesson takes in all 7 parts plus a wonderful version played by Micho Russell, called Micho's Masons
Pressed For Time
This Scottish bagpiping tune offers tremendous opportunities to understand and master cross picking patterns
Banish Misfortune
This jig lesson tackles the techniques of variation and using ornamentation to create many different moods in a tune
Fishers Hornpipe
This is a big lesson on ornamentation, chords and awkward picking
Cousin Sally Brown
This old time tune offers lots of opportunity to learn new techniques and new rhythmic emphasis