Resonator Guitar Celtic Book: Dobro Lap Steel Celtic Tunes in Open G Tuning (GBDGBD)

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by Brent C Robitaille

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40 Popular Celtic Session Tunes in Open G Tuning: GBDGBD - Single Note Tunes and Arrangements with Tablature and Notation - Tips for Playing Celtic, Ornamentation and Fingerboard Charts - Warm-Up Exercises, Chords, Grips, Arpeggios and Scales - Audio Tracks Online The Resonator Guitar (Dobro – Lap Steel) may not be the first instrument that springs to mind when playing Celtic music, but as it turns out, the resonator is an excellent choice despite its challenges. What can be more expressive than a lovely slide and vibrato on a beautiful Celtic Air? The human voice comes to mind, with the resonator a close second with its non-fretted glissandos and steel on steel. In this book, you have 40 tunes arranged in Open G (GBDGBD) to sink your tone bar into. A good selection of the most popular session tunes, including jigs, reels, hornpipes, waltzes, slip-jigs, and polkas. There are some excellent exercises to perfect your muting, slide and intonation techniques, major, minor, and modal scales, arpeggios, and valuable tips for playing Celtic music. Audio Tracks are available at the Authors website. List of Tunes: After the Battle of Aughrim - April Snow - Black Tar - Black Velvet Band - Blind Mary - Cape Breton Jig - Carolan's Concerto - Connaughtman's Rambles - Danny Boy - Drowsy Maggy - Eleanor Plunkett - Flowers of Edinburgh - Haste to the Wedding - Hector the Hero - Hewlett - High Road to Linton - Hole in the Wall - I'll Tell Me Ma - Irish Washerwoman - John Ryan's Polka - Kesh Jig - Lark in the Clear Air - Loch Lomond - Merrily Kiss the Quaker - Morrison's Jig - Neil Gow's Lament - O'Carolan's Draught - O'Dowd’s No. 9 - The Parting Glass - Planxty George Brabazon - Raccoon in the Attic - Rakes of Kildare - Rights of Man - Si Beag Si Mor - Sonny's Mazurka - Swallow Tail Jig - Whiskey Before Breakfast - Whiskey in the Jar - White Cockade - Wind that Shakes the Barley

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