Celtic guitar lessons

In keeping with the spirit of introducing you to kinds of music you might not have come across before, and trying to think of a clean joke about how to pronounce Celtic, here’s . . .
About Celtic Guitar
By Glenn Weiser
“Celtic guitar probably began in America when Irish immigrants of the late 1840’s picked it up the instrument, learned some chords, and strummed along with the old songs of home. In Ireland, it was not used until a century later, according to Dublin fiddler James Kelly, and then only for accompaniment.
But research done by scholar Anne Macaulay and published in the the journal The Lindisfarne Letter suggests that the cruit, a lute-like instrument which Roman historians observed Celtic bards playing, may have had its four strings tuned like the top four string of the modern guitar. Celtic guitar could in fact go back a long way.” Read the complete article.

Glenn Weiser is the author of four Celtic fingerstyle guitar books and three harmonica books, and has recorded a new fingerstyle Celtic guitar CD. He is also a Rounder Records guest artist, a Sing Out! magazine columnist, and a writer for Metroland, a newsweekly in Albany, NY. He performs Celtic music, blues, old-timey, and other folk styles.
Glenn also teaches private lessons on guitar, 5-string and tenor banjo, fiddle, mandolin, and harmonica in Albany, Delmar, Clifton Park, and Latham, NY. Acoustic Guitar magazine, for which he has also written, has described him as a “master teacher.” Welcome.
Here you’ll find sound clips, reviews of his books, information on ordering them, press articles about the man himself, some of his writings, a Celtic music radio performance, and his gig schedule. Plus there are free Celtic guitar and harmonica arrangements, an online Celtic tune book, and transcriptions of classic blues harp solos. There are also blues and Celtic discographies, cool links, and the totally groovy Woodstock 69 pages.
Celtic Guitar Music

And harking all the way back to yesterday’s post, anybody who can read music might find the free music on Glenn’s site a good opportunity to play some simple but unfamiliar music to take you outside your comfort zone.

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