World of Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar (book/DVD)

Mel Bay Publications
A collection of traditional music from Ireland and Scotland arranged for solo guitar

In the past  this music was performed on fiddle, pipes, button accordion, flutes and whistles, but never guitar. The challenge for those who attempt to translate Celtic traditional music for fingerstyle guitar is to preserve the unique qualities which are the essence of the style. The popularity of alternate tunings in this music tends to come from two different directions. One is in the desire for production of tonalities of droning instruments, á la the bagpipes, and tunings such as DADGAD and EADEAE make this effect relatively easy. On the other hand, there are guitar tunings which lend themselves easily to the melodic steps and fullness found in the diatonic Celtic harp, such as DGDGBD (open G tuning) and the CGDGAD.

Believe Me If All These Endearing Young Charms
Bill Malley's Barndance
Bogie's Bonny Belle
Carolan's Farewell to Music
Chase the Weasel
Cullen Bay
Danny Boy
Fanny Power
Finn MacCool's Reel
Flamorgan Air
Hardiman The Fiddler
Jenny Picking Cockles
Lowlands of Holland
Merrily Kissed the Quacker
Moran's Return
and many more