I’ve Been There as Celtic Accompaniment has Just “Clicked” for Countless Guitarists. I Want to Be There When That Happens to You Too.
Your love for Celtic music and your ability to play even a little guitar, is the perfect starting to point to get you playing in a session one day – one day soon.
Too often, guitarists can get stuck in cycles of frustration, unfruitful repetition, lethargy or demoralisation – never finding the time or the right direction to know how to accompany Celtic music.
The Beating Hearth is more than a course. It is a guided system, decades in the making, combining effective in-person mentorship and tried and tested online teaching resources.
You will get access to everything you need to become a skilled, intuitive and confident Celtic guitarist.
You’ll Receive:
- 🎻 4 Week JIGS MADE EASY Challenge –
The signature one month journey that will introduce you to to DADGAD tuning and have you playing along with fiddle tunes in no time
👣 Great Glen Way and West Highland Way –
The main pathway that will guide you to the skills, knowledge and confidence you need to go out into the world and play in a live session
🤝 The Beating Hearth Community –
A place where you and other members will get to put yourself out there and learn to avoid mistakes and pitfalls before taking the step to live session playing
💻 Live Mentorship Calls –
Real time coaching and direct messaging to answer questions, assess your progress, and keep you motivated
📕 DADGAD STARTER KIT –
An essential reference guide to playing in DADGAD tuning
Imagine being able to show up at a session, receive smiles as you are recognized, and then take your guitar out as you grab a seat at the table eager to join in.
How do you get to that point though? Surely it takes years and years of learning; hour after hour of practice; and on top of that, a lot of guts to take that seat?
Going it alone is hard. Learning Celtic, DADGAD tuned guitar with a mentor and like minded players will get you your seat at the table much sooner than you think.
Yet, how are you supposed to find that time when your life is already busy and, are you supposed to just jump into a random session when you think you might be ready?
These are the type of questions that can hold you back indefinitely if you can’t find a teacher and if the only other way you see to get there is to try to teach yourself. Even with a teacher, you still need to find time to practice, and to do that well, you will need to constantly inspire yourself. There is a very good chance that you will struggle to stay motivated, get frustrated, get disheartened, and maybe never reach your goal of playing Celtic music well.
As a member of the Beating Hearth, you will find a unique community, where you are surrounded by other people working on goals just like yours. You can lean on them, learn from them, be held accountable by them, and most importantly, be motivated and encouraged by them.
As well, you will have a direct, in-person connection to Andy Webster, who has been playing Celtic accompaniment professionally for almost 30 years and passing that knowledge on to others for just as long.
For nearly 30 years, I have been teaching people how to play DADGAD accompaniment and, just like learning to play, my methods and ability to teach effectively developed over time too.
I could see how inspired people were when they came together to learn at workshops and festivals, but how that inspiration could easily wane when they returned to normal life. This was even true of some people that continued with private lessons – there was always a time when being motivated to practice was incredibly difficult. Those that tried to self teach themselves using online videos, DVDS, or method books struggled even more (and eventually tried private lessons after a while).
With all this in mind, I realised that learning this type of music works so much better when we are able to surround ourselves with other people that inspire us whenever we need them to – and that is what the Beating Hearth makes happen.
I fell in love with the Celtic scene over 25 years ago and hit the usual hurdles in becoming part of it:
- not knowing the rhythms
- not knowing what chords to use where
- building up the courage to simply take a seat in a session
- making myself start to play once I sat down
- making myself do it again after making horrendous mistakes.
I was lucky enough to have people in the area that loved the Celtic scene and nurtured me in a way that gave me the chance to develop my skills, try different things out and ask questions when I needed to.
I was able to make plenty of mistakes, some private and some public, but eventually, I ended up playing and teaching worldwide.
Most importantly, whenever and wherever I find myself around other Celtic musicians today, I am now able to connect with them through making incredible, beautiful music together.
Course Info
Courses at the Beating Hearth go further than just teaching you how to play music well and with confidence.
Our Core Courses are based upon famous hiking routes and mountain ranges found in Scotland. The level of challenge in each course matches the route or range it is named for and stunning imagery from these places appear throughout as you learn, inspiring you even more!
