Download or read book Celtic Guitar Encyclopedia - Fingerstyle Guitar Edition written by GLENN WEISER and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2011-02-24 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive book contains over 100 Celtic tunes arranged for solo fingerstyle guitar. This edition is derived from a collection of nearly 300 arrangements Glenn Weiser has created over the last twenty years. the book is divided into 4 sections: 1) airs, marches and waltzes 2) hornpipes, jigs and reels 3) tunes from the Bunting collection 4) harp tunes of Turlough O'Carolan. All are in either standard or dropped-D tuning, and can be played on either nylon or steel string guitars. All of these melodies are accompanied with brief historical notes. Written in standard notation and tablature. Intermediate in difficulty.