Learn to play in the popular Irish style of open tuning with The Irish DADGAD Guitar Book  by Sarah McQuaid. Included are an introduction to the fundamental basics of music theory and the structure of Irish music, a guide to choosing a guitar, instruction on how to change strings and a history of the guitar and Irish music. To implement the skills learned, there is an extensive section of repertoire pieces, in both tablature and standard notation. With a vast section on using this alternative tuning (and the matching chords), this book is a brilliant resource for those attempting Irish music for the first time, with lots of useful tips, hints and secrets.

Tune Contents:

• A Week in January
• Ballydesmond Polka
• Beare Island
• Charlie Hunter's Jig
• Denis Murphy's
• Hardiman the Fiddler
• John Ryan's
• King of the Fairies
• Kitty's Wedding
• Munster Buttermilk
• Planxty Irwin
• Sonny's Mazurka
• The Blackbird
• The Chicago Reel
• The Coming of Spring
• The Cricket's March over the Saltbox
• The Frieze Britches
• The Green Fields of Glentown
• The Monument
• The Old Torn Petticoat Slide
• The Sailor's Return
• The Tempest
• Walsh's Hornpipe