Irish Rhythm Guitar

In this Homespun videos series, learn the fine art of backing Celtic tunes on guitar! Explore the strumming patterns, bass lines, accents and syncopations that Celtic guitar hero John Doyle uses to drive a tune forward.

Videos

• Introduction (09:18) - In this first video, we are introduced to Irish guitarist John Doyle and go over tuning and reel strumming.

• Basic Chords (06:47) - In this video, John covers basic chords.

• "Crowley's" & "Mountain Road" (07:18) - Here, we are shown two songs and go over the three chord trick as well as substitute and passing chords.

• "Craig's Pipes" & "The Gooseberry Bush" (11:34) - In this video, we are shown songs that have major and minor chords in them.

• "Gallagher's Frolics" & "The Mist Covered Mountain" (15:44) - The next two songs we are shown includes jig strumming and jig accenting patterns.

• "Langstrom's Pony" (09:27) - After being shown "Langstrom's Pony" we go over slip jig patterns.

• "Humours of Whiskey", "Banks of Loch Gamhna", & "Return to Camden Town" (07:45) - In this video, we analyze three Irish songs and go over each one of them.

• "The Fermoy Lasses" & "The Girl That Broke My Heart" (08:06) - Here, we learn two songs and some variations for them.

• "Chief O'Neill's Hornpipe" & Final Thoughts (09:54) - In this final video we learn a 2/4 song, some variations, and final thoughts from John.