DVD-Celtic Instrumentals For Fingerstyle Guitar #2- Alternate Tunings

Description

Al Petteway continues his excellent lesson with five beautiful and evocative guitar instrumentals in the Celtic style. This time, he covers songs and effects that can be attained through a variety of tunings, including standard, dropped-D, open G and low C.

Al shows you how to create your own arrangements by finding the melody within the chord structure, then fleshing it out with pipe-like drone notes, chord substitutions, moving bass lines, the rhythmic "Scottish Snap" and other Celtic-sounding elements. Embellishment techniques_right hand rolls, hammers, pull-offs, etc._help you turn basic tunes into elegant guitar pieces.

You'll learn wonderful exercises for developing your right- and left-hand speed and dexterity, along with complete arrangements for five beautiful instrumentals: Fy to the Hills in the Morning (Johnny Cope), Light and Airy (a slip jig), the classic Sidh beag sidh mor, Red Haired Boy and Jock O'Hazeldean. Finally, Al pulls all the elements together with his Caledon Wood, a piece that incorporates everything he has taught on both volumes: right hand rhythm patterns, damping effects, harmonics, lyrical and percussive playing, and more.

These videos will give you invaluable insights into the music of one of the world's most accomplished fingerstyle soloists and accompanists. A natural and engaging teacher, Al's music features beautiful renderings of both traditional Irish and Scottish tunes as well as his own Celtic-inspired compositions.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent DVD.......2007-07-17

Excellent DVD. Great selections, great teacher, and fantastic fingerstyle guitar music. If you're looking for a bargain, get the 2-DVD set versus purchasing the individual DVDs. Search Al Petteway in Amazon to hear some small samples of his music to get an idea of how talented he is.

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