Learn the fine art of backing Celtic tunes on guitar! The rhythmic center
of one of today's hottest Irish bands (Solas) demonstrates the strumming
patterns, bass lines, accents and syncopations that he uses to drive a
tune forward. You'll discover how adding minor chords and other substitutions
add interest to a basic three-chord tune, and will be playing both simple and
complex accompaniments to more than a dozen great reels, jigs and hompipes.

John demonstrates his complex strumming patterns using moving bass lines,
palm damping, backbeats, accents and syncopations to drive a tune forward.
Using dropped D tuning throughout, John shows how to add interest and depth
to a basic three-chord tune by using minor chords and other substitutions to
change the underlying harmonic structure. He goes over each tune, slowly and
up to speed, developing dynamic chord progressions and rhythmic flourishes
as he goes.

You'll learn rhythmic accompaniments to reels, jigs, slip jigs and hornpipes,
including "Crowley's," "The Mountain Road," "Craig's Pipes," "The Gooseberry
Bush," "Gallagher's Frolics," "Mist Covered Mountain," "Langstrom's Pony,"
"Humours of Whiskey," "Banks of Loch Gamhna," "Return to Camden Town,"
"The Fermoy Lasses," "The Girl That Broke My Heart," "Chief O'Neill's Hornpipe,"
"Tim Henry's Favorite," "The Pullet" and "The Floating Crowbar."

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