I’m an student of Irish Traditional Music specialising in Tin Whistle and Uilleann pipes. We have access to weekly guitar lessons in college, but I want a bit of extra help and to be able to play a broader range of music. I want to be able to learn how to improvise in group sessions with acoustic guitar, and be able to sing while playing guitar solo. It’s been a long time since I played so I feel like I’m back at the beginning again, but I don’t mind. I have a brand new acoustic now and I’m excited to get started.
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welcome 
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Hi Joanna,
Welcome here and I wish you a lot of fun 
and photos of a brand new guitar always do well here 
Greetings,Rogier
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Welcome aboard, Joanna 
We have a lovely, supportive community here and Justin’s teaching approach is fab.
If you have any clips of music you’ve been involved in, why not share in the AVOYP section?
Cheers, Brian
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Welcome to the community Joanna!
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Welcome to the forum Joanna
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Welcome Joanna! Wow, actually studying Irish traditional music…and playing pipes! How lovely. One thing I admire about Irish music is how it has embraced a non-traditional instrument (guitar) as one of its own, and in doing so has probably broadened the audience. (Of course, I welcome being schooled if my understanding is inaccurate! 
) Hope to see you around the community.
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Welcome Joanna
You are in the right place. Guitar is perfect for accompanying voice as you can get away with just a few chords but you could end up driving a session as a rhythm player which looks like great fun.
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Hello Joanne nice to meet you Cheersd Hec
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Welcome to the community, Joanna!
I love traditional Irish music so hopefully you’ll share a little bit of that around here some time. Besides that, have loads of fun learning and exploring the guitar!
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Welcome Joanna. I grew up listening to a lot of Irish traditional music. Nothing better than a good trad session in an Irish 
pub !
Enjoy your guitar journey .
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Hello Joanna & Welcome!
Lots of music-minded people here to swap stories/troubles/accomplishments/questions with along the way on your guitar Journey!
Have loads of fun!
Tod
Welcome, Joanna. I had to look up tin whistle. Now I want to find my recorder. So many instruments, so little time!
Hi Joanna,
Welcome to the community forum. 
Hi Joanna, welcome to the community forum. Enjoy learning to play on your new acoustic guitar.
Hi @jmckeyyy and welcome.
My sister, Liefe, has long played the Irish flute and has recently taken up the Viol de Gamba. I usually play bluegrass guitar, which has obvious Irish/Celtic roots, and have a lot of fun playing with my sister. Celtic music seems to touch my soul, no matter the instrument it is played on.
I think you will find a lot of support and assistance here. I’m from the US and I think that a lot of us, here, if we aren’t Irish, wish we could be. The music is just so wonderful.
Anyhow, don’t be a stranger.
Hello Joanna.
Welcome to JustinGuitar and this fantastic community. Please take your time to look around and get to know the wider space.
https://community.justinguitar.com/categories
We are a supportive and encouraging group of students and guitarists from across the world. Essentially, we are all here for music and to improve as players. We truly are a ‘community’. Members help and support one another and a friendly, positive attitude underpins this. We hope that all - young or old, experienced or new players - adopt and foster the pay-it-forward ethos that Justin personifies and embedded all those years ago when he started the website and forum.
Also, please make sure to read the community etiquette announcement for some important information and guidance.
Richard