The colourful tones of the guitar are well suited to the music of Ireland and Scotland. Jody Stecher has developed a unique approach to flatpicking Celtic music drawing on the sounds and techniques of the harp, fiddle and pipes.

This lesson presents a graded course starting with simpler fingering with special attention to picking techniques. Building on a base of a confident and deliberate right hand, more challenging left hand work is gradually introduced.

The typical ornaments of Celtic music are shown to be manageable and effective on the guitar - including rolls, which have been thought by some to be too difficult to achieve on the instrument. Jody presents memorable tunes in the keys of G, D and A which are played in either dropped-D or standard tuning.

• Sheehan’s Reel Reel
• The Connaught-man’s Rambles Jig
• A Trip To Mabou Ridge March
• The Devil In The Kitchen Strathspey
• Muilleann Dubh Reel
• Doctor Gilbert Reel

DISCS:	1 DVD
DVD REGION:	ALL
FORMAT:	NTSC
DURATION:	75 mins
BOOKLET:	PDF