Learn all about playing and backing traditional Irish music using the famous DADGAD open tuning. In easy-to-read tab. and notation.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Too much text, Too little accompanyment information,
By Lawrence Lazare (Ann Arbor, MI) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Irish DADGAD Guitar Book (Paperback)
Although this book is quite well written, as someone who has been playing open tuned guitar for more than 20 years, I found very little that was truly helpful. Almost half of the book covers basics such as a quick overview of music theory, an explanation about modes and basic information on acoustic guitars. This information seems better suited to people who are brand new to the guitar.Where I found the book to most disappointing was in miniscule amount of information on DADGAD as a tool to accompany fiddle tunes. The author only features backing information on one tune, Drowsy Maggie. She only takes the time to give one basic very basic set of changes for the tune followed by a second set of more complex changes. That was it. A large amount of the book covers playing fiddle tunes fingerstyle, and despite the large number of tunes and notations, there was almost no information on fingerstyle instruction or technique. Overall I found the book to be a good background resource but very disappointing as a guide to teach new techniques or chord progressions.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Must-Have,
By "drsmiller" (Bloomington, IN. USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Irish DADGAD Guitar Book (Paperback)
I have played guitar for 16 years, and only recently have begun to explore alternate tunings and especially Irish music. I found the book very informative concerning the structure of, and backing Irish music. There are several pages of general music/guitar info that could be helpful for beginners. There is a discography as well, but several other books offer more in-depth lists (as the author aknowledges). As for the tunes themselves, they are well organized, and consist of jigs (most abundant) , reels, hornpipes, polkas and seven other tunes of different types. All of them are written in standard notation, and tablature. I am happy with the investment, but for some reason I thought I would get a cassette with the book - I did not.... Have fun.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
highly recomended,
By kevin c gibbons (Somerville, MA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Irish DADGAD Guitar Book (Paperback)
My guitar teacher is a veteran of sessiuns and recording and highly recomended this book as a primer for learning trad music. I read it and it covers theory deeply as well as practical learning methods
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Green Linnet, Gael Linn, Pierre Bensusan, Kevin Burke, Paul Brady, The Bothy Band, Cherish The Ladies, Davy Spillane, John Faulkner, Matt Molloy, Munster Buttermilk, Pat Kilbride, Patrick Street, The Blackbird, Chris Newman, Perpetual Motion, Rare Air, Tommy Peoples, Cross Border Media, Dolores Keane, Martin Hayes, Sharon Shannon, Special Delivery, The House Band, Yup Yup New!
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Musical notes are referred to by seven letters: A, B, C, D, E, F, G. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Green Linnet, Gael Linn, Pierre Bensusan, Kevin Burke, Paul Brady, The Bothy Band, Cherish The Ladies, Davy Spillane, John Faulkner, Matt Molloy, Munster Buttermilk, Pat Kilbride, Patrick Street, The Blackbird, Chris Newman, Perpetual Motion, Rare Air, Tommy Peoples, Cross Border Media, Dolores Keane, Martin Hayes, Sharon Shannon, Special Delivery, The House Band, Yup Yup New!
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- The Northern Fiddler by Allen Feldman on page 58
- Special Delivery (Care Bears) by Quinlan B. Lee on page 51
- Out and About (Literacy Tree Sound Sense Fold-Out, Out and About) by Anne Martin on page 48
- The Rough Guide to Irish Music (Rough Guide Music Reference) by Geoff Wallis on page 95
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