Of the most awe-inspiring acoustic guitar players Pete Huttlinger has become widely known as one I think you’ll beĭownload Arrangement PDF. Or pre-bend a note, strike it, and then releaseĪll these things in mind as you play not justĬeltic music, but all music. So many options: We can bend up to a note, Or finger a repeated pitch differently to create Penny whistle or tin whistle) will bend notes Player (whose instrument is also known as a In the ways that players approach a given The extended flurry of single-note playing Measures, a triplet in the second measure, String-this is important for the strengthĭescending slides in the example’s first two Make them all be heard, I just lose interest. Like this cleanly, then why play at all? If a guitarist To my way of thinking, if you don’t play parts Simply have to be played cleanly and evenly. I can’t stress enough how important it is to The example’s first, third, and fifth measures. Pesky triplets come into play: In the first section “The Cup of Tea” is a three-part tune with Open strings is essential to emulating the harp-like That’s immediately followed by the pull-offįrom B to A. In the example’sįourth measure, there’s a slide from C# to D Once again, higher notes (F# and E) are played To notice here is the passage shown in Fig.
To making this phrase smooth, and the fingeringsĭew.” This one has four 8-measure phrases, This slide gets you in positionĪnd the hammer-on from G to A are crucial It’s best to get used to the concept quickly. Tricky, but if you’ll play this phrase over and Played on a lower string (the 5th) than theĭ (the open 4th), even though it’s pitched Important to plant your 4th finger solidly I chose to raise it an octave to give the line Occurs at the end of measures 1, 3, 5, andħ, and is normally played down an octave. Thought you’d benefit from them, and you’llįirst tune, “Drowsy Maggie,” you’ll notice I’veĪdded fingerings for both hands wherever I Take your time working through these tunesīecause the picking-hand fingerings are aīit tough at first, thanks to all the cross-string
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In this lesson, but for the full arrangement, look at the end of this lesson.įolks are always curious about the tuning Share a “morning” theme and were suggestedįrom Arizona. Traditional Celtic tunes I arranged for fingerstyle
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So let’s talk about how to play this great Whether it is the fog at the seashore or aĬloudy day over a green field filled with People and brings up images of their lands, Good reason: Like any great folk style, this These tunes haveīeen around for hundreds of years and for More guitar players playing “at” Celtic music