McDonnell's Traditional Irish Music Slow Session – Share information on playing Celtic music

Slow & Steady Session class at the Lake School of Celtic Music, Song and Dance held in Koroit, Victoria AUSTRALIA

We have made available MP3 recordings of our slow & steady session tunes that correspond with our Lake School Sheet Music with Chords Booklet 2025. To download the booklet click on the title- Lake School 2025 Tune Booklet 5Nov2024.

To hear the tunes and play along with Mark and Lisa click: Slow & Steady Session Tunes Played by Mark & Lisa.

McDonnell’s House Party at Dukes Commercial Hotel at the Lake School, Koroit Victoria (Photos by Greg Leibel)

Scrolling down the page you will find that we have included: 1) A free, no strings attached, download of our Lake School Slow Session Booklet that we put together that contains the music and chords to 63 common session tunes along with recordings of us playing the tunes at slow and intermediate tempos and 2 ) Online Slow & Steady Sessions that allow you to play along with us at some of our previously recorded Melbourne Slow & Steady Pub sessions. They include examples of both our beginner and intermediate sessions and 3) Photographs of our Melbourne sessions over the last 20+ years. We hope that Irish/Celtic traditional players in Australia and around the world find the information, music and recordings on our website useful.

Download Free Copy of the Lake School
Slow & Steady Session Tune Booklet

For our Slow & Steady Session classes and House Parties at the Lake School, we have compiled 63 common session tunes for beginners that include chords. Many of these tunes can be heard by downloading mp3 files available elsewhere on this site. For the sheet music click on the title to download the Lake School 2025 Tune Booklet 5Nov2024 . We made this booklet available free in order to keep the tradition of playing Irish/Celtic music in sessions alive for you need to know some tunes before you can join a session. Please feel free to share it with your family, students and musical friends. We hope you find it a useful resource. Enjoy the music!

Photos of another Lake School McDonnell’s House Party

at Dukes Commercial Hotel, Koroit, Victoria

To learn more about The Lake School of Celtic, Music, Song and Dance click here or go to their official website: https://lakeschool.com.au/. Once you logon to the website you will find it has a lot of information about the classes and performances and it provides you with an easy and convient way to book your place in the 2025 Lake School.

McDonnell’s Slow & steady Sessions Online

McDonnell’s Slow & Steady Session at Clifton Hill Hotel 2012

Many beginner Irish traditional players would like to participate in slow & steady sessions but there are none available close to where they live. In an effort to fill this gap we have made available recordings of some of our previous slow and steady sessions so musicians can play along. We have provided heaps of resources on our website to help you learn the tunes. If you have always wanted to join an Irish session please check out our sessions by clicking on On-Line Slow & Steady Sessions.