ISBN 1574242881. With guitar
tablature. 9x12 inches.
This quick guide to
flatpicking Irish traditional
music was written by Doc
Rossi, a well-known citternist
and guitarist in both
traditional and early music.
He's created this book for
intermediate to advanced
players who want to improve
their technique, develop ideas
and learn new repertoire.
Starting with the basics of
technique and ornamentation in
traditional music, Doc then
goes directly into the tunes,
in standard notation and tab.
Focusing on traditional music
from Ireland, Doc has also
chosen tunes from England,
France, Flanders, North
America and Corsica to reflect
the guitar's broad range.
Right- and left-hand
techniques, ornamentation,
arranging and other topics are
taught through the tunes
themselves. Doc has developed
his own tuning for playing
traditional music, and this
book shows you how to use it.
His tuning makes it easy to
play tunes in all the
important traditional keys
without moving a capo around
or having to negotiate
difficult position shifts,
while at the same time
providing a number of open
strings and other
possibilities for playing your
own accompaniment. An audio CD
with all of the tunes played
at medium tempo is included.
