Ancient Irish Hymn

In this instructional DVD renowned Celtic and folk guitarist Tony McManus takes the student through his various approaches to the 'other' music in his repertoire; for example how the ornamentation techniques he derivedfrom listening to Irish fiddlers can be applied to an ancient Jewish hymn. Some of these arrangements involve non-standard tunings such as Dropped D or DADGAD. An introduction to the ideas behind these tunings isincluded.Not Necessarily Celtic features tutorials for the pieces Gnossienne #1 Shalom Aleichem Wonderful World Goodbye Pork Pie Hat N???Kosi Sikelele Africa and Goldberg VariationsAria.A PDF TAB/music booklet of all the arrangements is also included on the DVD.

The Peace Of God from the series 'Hymns for a Changing World'. Optional harmony part in the chorus.Dedicated to St. Cairell. The Irish missionary St Cairell is thought to have left Iona c.600 AD. Along the route of his journey through the Highlands he established several centres of Christianity one such holy place being Cille Choirill in Brae Lochaber east of Roy Bridge.The highest knoll on this site is Tom Angeal (the Hill of the Angels) an ancient burial ground the final resting place of laity priests and bishops of Lochaber. According to local tradition the first recorded church on the site was built or restored by Ailean nan Creach afifteenth century Cameron chief in atonement for his violent life. Over the centuries the chapel fell into disrepair but in 1932 and again in 1991 it was restored and repaired thanks to the generous funding provided by the descendants of Lochaber people who emigrated to Nova Scotia at the end of the nineteenth century.