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Lesson 7: How to play Britches Full of Stitches

  • Lesson 1: How to play The Three Sea Captains
  • Lesson 2: How to play The 42 Pound Cheque
  • Lesson 3: How to play John Ryan’s
  • Lesson 4: How to play Donnybrook Fair
  • Lesson 5: How to play The Banshee
  • Lesson 6: How to play The Flogging Reel
  • Lesson 7: How to play Britches Full of Stitches
  • Lesson 8: How to play Tell My Ma
  • Lesson 10: How to play Shi Bheag Si Mhor
  • Lesson 11: How to play The Banks of Loch Gowna
  • Lesson 12: How to play Denis Murphy’s Polka

In this lesson you’ll be learning Britches Full of Stitches, a Belfast children’s street tune. It’s one of the easiest in the book, but there are plenty of things you can do to the tune. Chris talks through bowing techniques and ornamentation including where to add cuts.

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