Fiddle Tunes in DADGAD

Fiddle Tunes in DADGAD shows how fingerstyle guitarists can use DADGAD tuning to play traditional tunes including twenty-four complete arrangements of common American Irish and Scottish ballads airs jigs and reels. The bookexplores techniques and patterns for playing melodies across the strings producing a harp-like effect that adds a distinctive and beautiful character to traditional melodies. In addition to building repertoire the materialdemonstrates ways to arrange your own melodies or even write your own tunes based on the techniques provided. This is a perfect follow-up for guitarists who have studied Understanding DADGAD for Fingerstyle Guitar and arelooking for tunes to learn or for those who want to go deeper into harp-style playing. It is also an excellent introduction for those who prefer to just dive head-first into DADGAD by learning some classic tunes.

To Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar-The ideal chance to become familiar with the stirring and heart-warming world of Celtic music on the fingerstyle Guitar with award-winning performer Pat Kirtley. Kirtley teaches six traditional tunes from Ireland and Scotland inthe DADGAD open tuning. The arrangements are designed for guitarists that already possess a fairly confident playing ability but are looking to explore new worlds of tonality and musical heritage.You will learnThestructure and form of Celtic tunesHow to understand and play dance rhythms such as the Jig and ReelHow to identify different types of tune within the genreHow to play authentic Celtic ornaments fromfiddle and wind techniquesHow to embellish a melodyThe importance of the DADGAD tuning