Guitar Picking Tunes - Celtic Gems

Guitar Picking Tunes - Celtic Gems. A sparkling collection of 35 Celtic airs, ballads, reels, jigs and slip jigs arranged for solo flatpick guitar. Written in notation and tablature and includes access to an online recording of each selection.

The colourful tones of the guitar are well suited to the music of Ireland and Scotland. Jody Stecher has developed a unique approach to flatpicking Celtic music drawing on the sounds and techniques of the harp fiddle and pipes. This lesson presents a graded course starting with simpler fingering with special attention to picking techniques. Building on a base of a confident and deliberate right hand more challenging left hand work is graduallyintroduced. The typical ornaments of Celtic music are shown to be manageable and effective on the guitar - including rolls which have been thought by some to be too difficult to achieve on the instrument. Jody presentsmemorable tunes in the keys of G D and A which are played in either dropped-D or standard tuning. Titles include: Reel Sheehan’s Reel • Jig The Connaught-man’s Rambles • March A Trip To Mabou Ridge • Strathspey TheDevil In The Kitchen • Reel Muilleann Dubh • Reel Doctor Gilbert.

Book With Online Audio and Video-Co-authored by William Bay and Michael Christiansen Mastering The Guitar is an innovative exciting new way to learn the Guitar. This extremely comprehensive method applies theinternationally acclaimed Mel Bay teaching concept to the vast array of musical styles and techniques found in today's music. Written in notation and tablature it covers Guitar solo and accompaniment styles ranging from Celtic toClassic to Cajun; from Flamenco to fiddle tunes to rock; from Baroque to blues to bluegrass; and from Latin to jazz to Reggae. A special feature of this method is that it teaches both flatpicking and fingerstyle solo andaccompaniment techniques.The two books in level 1 present essential foundational studies for contemporary Guitar performance. Book 1A covers the keys of C Am G and Em in great depth presenting over 155 solos andduets and more than 140 scale and picking studies chord etudes and accompaniment pieces. Book 1B covers the keys of D A E F Dm and Bf. In addition Book 1B has over 130 solos and duets and over 40 comprehensive scale andpicking studies. Numerous chord progression studies and chord accompaniment pieces and etudes are also included.A Technique Studies book is available which will bring an added level of flatpicking and fingerpickingexcellence to each key presented in Book 1A and Book 1B. The advanced levels of this method introduce a creative and unique approach to learning and mastering the higher positions on the Guitar fingerboard. Mastering The Guitar 1A comes with audio examples and videos to download online.

Celtic Music offers the fingerstyle guitarist many beautiful and haunting melodies as well as intriguing dance rhythms and exciting tunes. Duck Baker is one of the leading fingerstyle guitarists arranging melodies from thevast Celtic repertoire. In this DVD Duck explores the possibilities of playing a wide variety of Celtic music on your guitar. The character and feel of the Celtic style is expertly conveyed here and with a selection ofpieces to learn and practice the skills you will soon be adding melodic picking and arpeggios to your own playing. With a 24 page PDF music booklet.