John Doyle guitar style guide – all parts including chord shapes for drop D tuning, chromatic techniques and reel strumming patterns
I've been putting this one off for a while, but it's finally time to examine the style of one of ...
A guide to the Shetland guitar style of Tich Richardson from Boys Of The Lough
I had a request recently for a video examining the Shetland guitar style of Tich Richardson who famously played with ...
How to play John Fahey – Sligo River Blues on guitar
This week's free guitar lesson from Folk Friend is responding to a request from Shane Tully who asked for a ...
How to play Irish guitar like zen master Dennis Cahill – part 1
In this video I'll be running you through an Irish folk guitar chord progression and unusual strumming technique used by ...
Using Django Reinhardt’s Gypsy Jazz guitar chords for Irish tunes in the dorian mode
This week's free Irish guitar lesson from Folk Friend will be delving into some of the shapes popularised by Django ...
Dennis Cahill Guitar Tricks – Accompanying The Old Bush Reel with “vague” and contrapuntal chords
I had a lot of positive feedback from the first Folk Friend Irish guitar lesson covering the unusual playing style ...
How to strum polkas, plus Steve Cooney style and strummed triplets!
In this free Irish guitar lesson from Folk Friend, I'll be looking at how to play polkas. These are a ...
Folk Friend meets Duncan Cameron – tunings, Canadian folk music styles, accompanying songs and more!
Last week I had the pleasure of talking to Duncan Cameron, a Canadian singer, multi-instrumentalist and Youtuber from Ontario, Canada ...
Beginner’s Celtic guitar lesson in drop D- as used by John Doyle, Paul Brady, Arty McGlynn, Tim Edey…
This free Irish guitar lesson from Folk Friend covers one of the most popular tunings out there; drop D. This ...
How to sound like Peerie Willy Johnson PART 1 – jazzy Irish and Scottish backing guitar tutorial
In this week's free Scottish and Irish guitar lesson from Folk Friend, I'll be looking at the playing of the ...