Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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🎸 Welcome to **OAIM Tutor Tunes – Episode 8**, featuring OAIM tutor and guitar maestro **Jean Damei**.

In this episode, Jean plays two Irish jigs on guitar, Whelans & Paddy O'Rafferty's, using a **very unusual DADADE tuning** — flat-picked, rhythmic, and full of lift. Flat-picking Irish tunes on guitar is rare, and Jean’s approach offers a fresh and inspiring way to explore traditional music on the instrument.

One of the fascinating things about this tuning is how naturally it suits musicians who already play **banjo, mandolin, or fiddle** — four of the strings mirror familiar intervals from those instruments, making it an exciting crossover option for trad players.

Jean teaches **Beginner Guitar for Irish Music** on OAIM in **standard tuning**, with courses available in **both English and French**, making his teaching accessible to students around the world.

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