Mel Bay Publications
Fingerstyle & Slide Guitar in Open Tunings (Book and Online Audio) by John Fahey
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Fingerstyle & Slide Guitar in Open Tunings (Book + Online Audio)
John Fahey was a pioneer in composing and arranging guitar solos in open tunings. In this lesson series for the intermediate guitarist, John teaches a wide variety of techniques, musical textures and styles. The book includes the notation and tablature for the lessons and access to online audio featuring phrase-by-phrase instruction. 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 demonstrates 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. Includes access to online audio.
- John Fahey by Mark Humphrey
- An Interview with John Fahey
- A John Fahey Discography
- Explanation of the Tab System
- On the Sunny Side of the Ocean
- Spanish Two Step
- It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
- St. Louis Blues
- The Union Pacific
- Requiem for John Hurt
- Auld Lang Syne
- Steamboat Gwine 'Round the Bend
- Silent Night, Holy Night
- Poor Boy a Long Way From Home