I had a lot of positive feedback from the first Folk Friend Irish guitar lesson covering the unusual playing style of one of my acoustic guitar idols, Dennis Cahill. In fact I had so many messages about it that I've decided to have a more in-depth look at some unusual chords he uses to accompany a cracking Irish reel called The Old Bush. Thanks to my mum as ever for acting as my inexhaustible encyclopedia of tune titles!
You can watch part 1 of my guide to Dennis Cahill's guitar style, which covers picking technique, using dynamic changes to build energy and some more standard chord choices, here:
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The original clip of Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill live from the Irish Arts Centre in New York City is available here:
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Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill play this tune on their album The Lonesome Touch, which you can buy here: amzn.to/37FqH5H
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In this week's Folky Fridays live stream I'll be attempting to arrange another folk tune for fingerstyle guitar in under an hour! This week it's a jig in A dorian called Slieve Russell. You can tune in on Friday from 5:30pm UK time here:
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You can also enter my Irish Fingerstyle Arrangement competition here (3 weeks until the draw!): • How to write Celtic Fi...
If you are looking for a complete guide to learning to back Celtic music on the guitar, with chord diagrams, music theory instruction, audio examples and much much more, then you'll want to check out my book Backing Guitar Techniques For Traditional Celtic Music.
If you like jazzy fingerstyle arrangements of traditional Irish tunes then my book Irish Tunes For Fingerstyle Guitar is the one for you!
My invention The Amazing Mode Wheel can show you all the notes and chords which fit in any scale used in Celtic music...
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19 авг 2024
