Londonderry Air is a traditional Irish melody, that in 1913 English lawyer Frederic Weatherly, set the lyrics to his song Danny Boy. It is a beautiful melody, and in this arrangement on the guitar we’re in the key of G (drop D tuning) and is well suited to the advanced picker. Go to lesson...
The Black Nag is traditional Irish jig (6/8), played at a fast tempo, in the key of Am. The structure of the melody allows for a great study of 2 techniques; crosspicking and floating. We’ll analyse the melody and compare the floating to single-string approach, while also applying the crosspicking techniques within the 6/8 time signature. Go to lesson...
Good Natured Man is a traditional Irish hornpipe, with a 2 part form, in the key of G. The arrangement combines several great techniques including crosspicking, floating, triplets, all combined with the hornpipe feel. The tempo is reasonably fast, making it a great tune for the advanced picker wanting a challenge, especially combined with the other techniques! Go to lesson...
You Are My Sunshine is a very popular song, and in this guitar lesson we’ll look at an arrangement that features the crosspicking and floating techniques, suited to the intermediate picker. In the key of G, this arrangement has 2 variations that both require a strong left-hand technique and a high level of right-hand control. Go to lesson...
Shuckin’ The Corn is certainly a favourite fiddle tune of many banjo picker’s, for good reason, it’s great! This guitar arrangement will allow you to pick along with the tune, and impress those banjo picker’s who may lay claim to the tune 😉
In the key of G and played at a fast tempo, this arrangement is suited to the advanced picker, with challenging techniques that all require strong technique to play clearly and fluently. Go to lesson...
Big Sciota is certainly one of my all time favourite fiddle tunes, and this is the second version here on the website. In the key of G, this arrangement is suited to the advanced picker, with challenging techniques that include deep tones, floating and chordal, that all require strong technique to play clearly and fluently. Go to lesson...
Lazy John is an American Old Time song with a really sweet melody. In this lesson we’ll look at an intermediate fingerstyle arrangement, in the key of G, with 2 variations. We’ll focus on the right-hand techniques used which include Travis picking & the floating technique and I’d suggest this arrangement is suitable for the intermediate picker. Go to lesson...
In this guitar lesson for the traditional tune, St Anne’s Reel, we’ll take a look at an arrangement that uses the floating & crosspicking techniques. Often referred to as ‘harp’ like, the floating technique allows us to stack our melody notes over each other, creating a very pretty, unique sound to the guitar. Go to lesson...
In this guitar lesson for the traditional Celtic tune, Bobby Casey’s, we’ll take a look at an arrangement that uses the floating technique. Often referred to as ‘harp’ like, the floating technique allows us to stack our melody notes over each other, creating a very pretty, unique sound to the guitar. Go to lesson...
G’day! In this guitar lesson we’ll take a look at 2 different ways of playing the same melody for Red Haired Boy on the guitar. The basic version is played out of the open position, the second version is the exact same melody but played with a floating technique, fretting the notes further up the neck allowing the open strings to resonate longer. Go to lesson...