With Online Audio-These favorite Irish tunes have been arranged in sections of varying difficulty to provide material for beginning to advanced students. The first section of each arrangement is the easiest to play with one or two more advancedsections following.Beginning students should be able to play the first section of these arrangements to produce a satisfying fingerstyle solo while advanced players should be capable of playing the complete arrangement.This collection offers something to satisfy guitarists at all levels and yet challenge them at the same time.Written in notation and tablature with two tunes in dropped-D tuning one with the A and E strings dropped to Gand D respectively and all other selections in standard tuning. Includes access to online audio.

Doc Rossi a well-known citternist and guitarist in traditional and early music has created this book for intermediate to advanced players wishing to improve their technique and learn new repertoire. He's chosen tunes from England France Flanders North America and Corsica to reflect the broad range of the instrument. He teaches right- and left-hand techniques ornamentation arranging and other topics as well as his own unique tuning to make playing traditional music easier. The CD features all of the tunes played at medium tempo.

This, the third book of a power-packed series, begins with exercises for developing speed and agility. Techniques such as machine gun strums, right-hand muting, slapping, tapping, slap harmonics and tremolo are introduced. You'll go further into Celtic music, blues, modal improvisation and alternate tunings and learn some world music styles, such as reggae, African/Brazilian, norteno and conjunto. This in-depth, thorough method for intermediate to advanced acoustic guitarists includes a look at more than ten alternate tunings and teaches analysis, counterpoint and voice leading. Any player, no matter how advanced, can improve their playing with this book. The CD offers play-along opportunities and demonstrates the examples.

Whether Guitarists are new to open-tunings or already working with them fingerstyle specialist Jim Goodin offers a progressive look at the popular D-based Harp-like tuning.Classical Celtic Blues Folk Gospeland several original compositions are represented in the 15 notation/tablature arrangements each arranged proportionately to offer beginning intermediate and advanced fingerstyle players opportunities to grow theirtechnique.Interspersed with the song arrangements are sections featuring major and minor scale studies and popular Folk and Jazz style chords. Includes a 15-track audio produced at Will Ackerman's Imaginary Road Studiowhere the book's arrangements were recorded. To round out this robust offering Goodin includes thoughts about the origin of DADGAD the songs his technique with special how-to features such as one on playing natural andHarp style harmonics and recommended listening audio to expand listening knowledge on this tuning. Includes access to online audio.