Celtic Songs For Fingerstyle Guitar

17 solo arrangements from the British Isles and beyond, in Orkney and other tunings, with standard notation, tablature, and performance notes

(Guitar Solo). 15 favorites arranged for solo guitar in notes and tab, including: Down by the Salley Gardens * The Foggy Dew * The Galway Piper * The Gypsy Rover * Londonderry Air * Molly Malone * Sweet Rosie O'Grady * Water Is Wide * The Wearing of the Green * When Irish Eyes Are Smiling * Whiskey in the Jar * Wild Rover * and more.

Forty beautiful Celtic melodies arranged for solo fingerstyle guitar. All the songs are arranged to be easily playable. Most of the songs are in standard tuning plus there is an additional section in DADGAD tuning. A CD is included featuring all the songs.

(Guitar Solo). A beautiful collection of 15 Celtic arrangements: The Ash Grove * Birniebouzle * Carrickfergus * Danny Boy * Loch Lomond * Mist Covered Mountains of Home * O My Love Is like a Red, Red Rose * Ned of the Hill * O'Carolan's Journey to Cashel * Scarborough Fair * Sheebeg and Sheemore (Si Bheag, Si Mhor) * The Skye Boat Song * Tarboulton Reel * Wild Mountain Thyme * Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon.

These Celtic folk tunes have been passed down through the generations and still endure today as culturally relevant music. Daryl learnt them from his grandfather, and has created beautiful arrangements of each one that will heighten your guitar skills, increase your repertoire, and help you discover a whole new side to your musicality on guitar.

This book and online audio presents solo guitar settings of thirteen Celtic and traditional compositions in standard notation and tablature. In addition to well-known Celtic tunes, the author offers a couple of original solos plus arrangements of tunes by the famed Irish harper-Turlough O’Carolan. It is intended for the intermediate to advanced guitarist. All of the arrangements were created with the guitar in an alternate tunings including: CGCGCD, CGDGCD (Orkney), DAAEAB, CFCGCD and DGDGCD. Includes access to online audio that contains all of the tunes in the book and should provide a welcome assist in learning these tasteful, sometimes challenging arrangements.

This book contains thirty of the most requested Celtic session tunes, arranged for DADGAD tuning. Accompanying audio is available as an online download, whichincludes performances by Rob MacKillop. To assist playing these tunes, a technique primer and specific exercises are included. With the use of a capo youwill be able to play these tunes in their traditional keys. The tunes can be played fingerstyle or with a pick. The repertoire includes classic tunes such as DrowsyMaggie, Soldier's Joy, St. Patrick's Day In the Morning, The Kesh, The Rights ofMan and The Wind That Shakes The Barley. A bonus twenty-five traditional Scottish lute pieces are included, also arranged for DADGAD tuning! Includes access to 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 advanced sections 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 G and D respectively, and all other selections in standard tuning.