The Irish DADGAD Guitar Book

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Summary: A Must-Have
Review: I have played guitar for 16 years, and only recently have begun to explore alternate tunings and especially Irish music. I found the book very informative concerning the structure of, and backing Irish music. There are several pages of general music/guitar info that could be helpful for beginners. There is a discography as well, but several other books offer more in-depth lists (as the author aknowledges). As for the tunes themselves, they are well organized, and consist of jigs (most abundant) , reels, hornpipes, polkas and seven other tunes of different types. All of them are written in standard notation, and tablature. I am happy with the investment, but for some reason I thought I would get a cassette with the book - I did not.... Have fun.

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Summary: highly recomended
Review: My guitar teacher is a veteran of sessiuns and recording and highly recomended this book as a primer for learning trad music. I read it and it covers theory deeply as well as practical learning methods