Fingerstyle & Slide Guitar in Open Tunings Complete Set: Lessons 1-3 – John Fahey
John was a pioneer in composing and arranging guitar solos in open tunings. In this lesson series John teaches a wide variety of techniques, musical textures and styles. For the intermediate guitarist.
LESSON ONE: Open G tuning – On The Sunny Side Of The Ocean, Spanish Two Step and It Came Upon A Midnight Clear. St.Louis Blues played in a dropped D tuning.
LESSON TWO: In this lesson, John explores the possibilities of playing in an open C tuning. The Union Pacific has a distinct blues quality, Requiem For John Hurt has an “Eastern” feel. Simplicity often creates beauty and John does this with his version of Auld Lang Syne.
LESSON THREE: This lesson concentrates on John’s slide guitar playing. Steamboat Gwine ’Round The Bend played in open G demonstrating many of John’s unique technical ideas. The Christmas carol Silent Night is presented in the slide style. John’s popular arrangement of Poor Boy A Long Way From Home played in open D tuning finishes the series.
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