Compiled by Stefan Grossman, Duck Baker and El McMeen

The Celtic repertoire offers the listener and musician a wide range of experiences from sad laments to flowing melodies to rhythmic dance tunes. The guitar is a very versatile instrument that can create a wide variety of textures, tonal patterns and atmospheres. There are many roads to Dublin and I joined forces with Duck Baker and El McMeen to put this book together. We each have different approaches to this music, i.e. tunings, settings and picking techniques. This 244 page book is filled with exciting and challenging arrangements.

Airs: Pretty Girl Milking A Cow, The Bonny Bunch Of Roses, Blind Mary, Bridget Cruise, Bridget Cruise 3rd Air, Bridget Cruise 4th Air, Lament For Owen Roe O'Neil, Inisheer Air, The South Wind

Hornpipes: Proudlock's Hornpipe, Wicklow Hornpipe, Callaghan's Hornpipe, Chief O'Neil, Bantry Bay, The Rights Of Man

Reels: Green Fields Of America, The Golden Keyboard, Temperance Reel, Jenny Picking Cockles, The Boys Of Ballisodare

Planxties: Planxty Irwin, Planxty Hewlett, Planxty Kelley, Charles O'Connor, Morgan Magan, O'Hara's Cup, James Plunkett, Eleanor Plunkett, Fanny Power, Sir Festus Burke, Hugh O'Donnell ·

Set Dances: The Blackbird, The Ace & Deuce Of Pipering ·

Jigs: Elsie Marley, Blarney Pilgrim, Swedish Jig, The Killmoulls Jig, The Humours Of Ballyloughlin, Irish Washerwoman

Slip Jigs: Come Under My Dimity, The Humours Of Whiskey, The Kid On The Mountain, Gusty's Frolics ·

Marches: Duke Of Fife's Welcome To Deeside, The March Of The King Of Laoise, Sir Sidney Smith, Brian Boru's March ·

Carolan Compositions: Sheebeg An Sheemor, The Fairie Queen, Carolan's Concerto, Carolan's Receipt, Carolan's Quarrel With The Landlady, Carolan's Cottage, Carolan #179, Carolan's Farewell To Music ·

Songs: Danny Boy, Mist Covered Mountains Of Home, The Castle Of Dromore, Will Ye Go, Lassie Go?, One Morning In May/Boys Of The Ould Brigade, Jock O'Hazeldean, My Mary Of The Curling Hair, The Gypsy Rover.

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