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Information on Irish Guitar
So my friend and I are very interested in Irish guitar and the theory behind it. If anyone has any information and resources on it, that would be greatly appreciated.
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Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, I think it's no longer published, but they still sell stuff, they have many books on Irish guitar. Mel Bay has stuff. There's a book with audio called "Accompanying Irish Music On Guitar".
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Thanks man I'll check those out!
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I don't think there's a lot of "theory" behind Irish guitar, guitar wasn't even a part of traditional Irish music until recently. but check out "Irish Traditional Guitar Accompaniment" by Gavin Ralston, and "Celtic Back-up for all Instrumentalists" by Chris Smith. The later one has a lot of what you might be looking for - chord progressions, modes, differences between the various types of tunes, and so on. There's another one that I used to have that was a sort of step by step method for learning to accompany irish music, but I'm forgetting the name of it. It used DADEAD tuning for everything. Maybe I'll find it.
Of course, if you're interested in fingerstyle instead of accompaniment/flatpicking, there's tons of material around learning tunes. Check out books and DVDs by Tony McManus, Pat Kirtley, Al Petteway, Steve Baughman, and many more. Oh, one more: "Traditional Irish Guitar" by Paul de Grae. Mostly tunes, but some background info and suggestions, especially in the beginning.
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Check out: https://oaim.ie
This is the The Online Academy of Irish Music (OAIM). They offer online courses teaching music in the Irish tradition on various instruments. It's physically based in Ireland.
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Having gone through a learning curve here, I would advise listening to enough music to get the sound fixed in your mind. Notation and tab generally do not reflect the unique idiosyncrasies of the genre. Many of the signature elements probably don't have a definition in theory books.
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Irish Guitar
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