Tag Archives: Waltz

Ash Grove, The: Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar Lesson

In this Celtic fingerstyle guitar lesson we’ll take a look at a pretty arrangement of a Traditional Waltz, The Ash Grove. The tune is in the key of D Major and we are in drop D tuning (DADGBE). The time signature we are in is 3/4 (three quarter note beats per measure), also commonly known as waltz time. Go to lesson...

Munster Cloak, The: Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar Lesson

In this Celtic fingerstyle guitar lesson we’ll take a look at a pretty arrangement of the Traditional Irish tune, The Munster Cloak. The tune is in the key of G Major and we are in standard tuning. The time signature we are in is 3/4 (three quarter note beats per measure), also commonly known as waltz time. Go to lesson...

‘Waltz Time’ Licks: Mandolin Lesson

In this mandolin lesson we’ll take a look at some ‘Waltz Time’ Licks using the blues scale, major blues scale and arpeggios. Waltz time is the 3/4 time signature & all of these examples are in the key of A, but are movable in both open & closed positions. Other techniques we’ll be focusing on are down stroke picking, double stops & tremolo. Go to lesson...