http://www.johncarnie.com Site RSS Feed en-us Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:52:15 -0600 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:52:15 -0600 http://www.johncarnie.com/the_acoustic_guitar_techniques_of_rory_gallagher.html These articles were written back in 1997 and published in the Rory Gallagher Magazine over 3 editions. They look at Rory Gallagher&#39;s acoustic guitar style and the first article introduced Rory&#39;s acoustic technique with a specific look at his ragtime and country blues playing. <br> <br>Introduction to series <br> <br>This is the first in a series of articles... http://www.johncarnie.com/scottish_guitar.html We are in the process of&nbsp;producing a book on playing Scottish traditional tunes on the acoustic guitar. This will feature a wide selection of popular fiddle tunes in easy to read tablature as well as notation. It will have an emphasis on flatpicking the tunes in standard tuning. <br>There will be handy hints on chords and accompanying&nbsp;the playing of Scottish... http://www.johncarnie.com/news_live-dates.html News&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>Arran Folk Festival Date anounced for June 2010 <br>5 June 2010 - Isle of Arran- Lamalash Theatre(with Paul McKenna Band)&nbsp;<a href="http://www.arranfolkfestival" target="_blank">www.arranfolkfestival</a>... http://www.johncarnie.com/googlede9cec584d6e368f.html http://www.johncarnie.com/musicdownloads.html These files open with&nbsp;Windows Media Player and the&nbsp;WMA format can be played using MPlayer, RealPlayer, Winamp&nbsp;as well. The clips average&nbsp;45 seconds and are about&nbsp;650 KB in size so&nbsp;should not take long to download.&nbsp; <br>Track 1&nbsp;- Neale Slessor Thompson Listen Here&nbsp; <br>Track 2&nbsp;- Rory Gallagher&#39;s Jig Listen Here&nbsp; <br>Track 3&nbsp;- The Lea... http://www.johncarnie.com/links.html Links to websites of&nbsp;guitarists, musicians and&nbsp;other&nbsp;links of interest.&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>Rory Gallaghers&#39;s Acoustic Guitar playing&nbsp;techniques- A series of articles&nbsp;done&nbsp;by John Carnie a few years ago&nbsp;for Signals Magazine and now on the RoryOn web site.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.roryon.com/carnie312.html" target="_blank">www.roryon.com/carnie312.html</a> <br>Rory Gallagher&nbsp;<a href="http://www.rorygallagher.com" target="_blank">www.rorygallagher.com</a> <br>Steve Crawford... http://www.johncarnie.com/flatpickingguitar.html A number of years ago I&nbsp;saw the veteran Scottish fiddle player Angus Grant mistakenly introduce the fiddle tune &#145;Orange Blossom Special&#146; as being about the freight trains that carried oranges from Kentucky into Chicago, instead of into New York. &#147;Excuse me&#148;, yelled out an American voice from the back of the hall: &#147;The only thing that...