This comprehensive book contains over 100 Celtic tunes arranged for solo fingerstyle guitar. This edition is derived from a collection of nearly 300 arrangements Glenn Weiser has created over the last twenty years. The book is divided into 4 sections: 1) airs, marches and waltzes 2) hornpipes, jigs and reels 3) tunes from the Bunting collection 4) harp tunes of Turlough O'Carolan. All are in either standard or dropped-D tuning, and can be played on either nylon or steel string guitars. All of these melodies are accompanied with brief historical notes. Written in standard notation and tablature. Intermediate in difficulty.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This thick book is a collection of traditional harp tunes, arranged for fingerstyle guitar (yes, Londonderry Air/Danny Boy is in there). The conversion seems nicely done, so the pieces are playable without any further accompaniment (admittedly, I'm not familiar with most of the original versions). Most of them are a page long (there's a couple of longer ones) and a few use alternate tunings. The music is presented in standard notation and tab.
Worthwhile for intermediate guitarists who want to try out the genre, but note that it doesn't come with a CD (makes it hard to know what pieces to start with, if you're not already familiar with them).
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By Ralf
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There are some really nice tunes in this book and, with a hundred of them, plenty to go at and not involving detuning all the time (there are some tunes where the bottom D string is detuned to E, but that is all). These are not easy arrangements though and is not a book for beginners. However, the tabs help a lot, especially when the tune involves the dusty end of the finger board.
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interesting collection for intermediate guitar
12 Nov 2002
By Kathleen Cobcroft
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The Celtic Encyclopedia is an interesting collection of traditional Irish pieces, mostly one page long - some a little longer. (Yes, it does have a version of "Danny Boy") Many are arranged from harp music, which works quite well, and most of them are quite obscure (at least to me). There aren't any "melody line" pieces - they all seem to be well rounded, with interesting harmonies that allow them to stand alone.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Interesting Harmony, Playable Arrangements
10 Mar 2006
By W. R. Johnson
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Format:Paperback
I borrowed this book from a band mate and liked it so much, I had to get my own copy. The arrangements are pleasing and straightforward and mostly in standard or dropped D tuning. The harmony is full enough to be interesting without being edgy or a dull drone.
I have a couple other fingerstyle books and was always a little disappointed with arrangements that just played the tune over a few open bass strings and required extensive retuning [DADGAD, DADF#AD, BADFAD ;), EAEGAD etc] between songs/tunes.
Good selection of material,too.
I have a couple other fingerstyle books and was always a little disappointed with arrangements that just played the tune over a few open bass strings and required extensive retuning [DADGAD, DADF#AD, BADFAD ;), EAEGAD etc] between songs/tunes.
Good selection of material,too.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Just buy everything Glenn Weiser offers for Celtic Fingerstyle
13 Oct 2008
By P. S. Neeley
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Just buy everything Glenn Weiser offers for Celtic Fingerstyle. Go ahead, just click on his name, and buy his several volumes (especially this one). You'll have tons of good arrangements that will give you 2 or 3 years of material and then you'll come back to them again and again.
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