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Folky Fridays #11 – how to write a Kesh Jig fingerstyle guitar arrangement from scratch

In this week’s free Irish guitar lesson from Folk Friend, I’m going to write a simple fingerstyle arrangement of an Irish tune called the Kesh Jig from scratch. I’ll be composing against the clock- hopefully I’ll be able to do it within about an hour! I’ll run you through all the steps involved so that you can have a go at writing your own.

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