Kirk's Weekly Guitar Lesson: Danny Boy

Hi, fellow twanger ... I hope you're well.

This week I've done a nice simple, but interesting, arrangement of that old nugget 'Danny Boy'. As corny as it may seem, it is in fact a beautiful piece of music, the epitome of an Irish ballad. I've done it in the key of G (our favorite).

Here is the link: Danny Boy

Other new lessons

Contributing member Fretsource has posted a very comprehensive lesson on reading and writing standard notation, something we should all be fluent with ... I certainly wish I could! Solidwalnut, aka Steve Cass, has also posted a few new lessons. The best way to find them is to consult the list of lessons he has posted.

GfB&B Community

38,000 members and still growing! What a freindly, helpful and civil bunch of twangers we are, too. If you have a question about any aspect of playing, fixing, buying, setting up, tuning, practicing ... anything at all, I can guarantee you'll get your answer within a very short while. If you're an experienced player, please feel free to join in and help out. The aim is to get the whole world twanging away.

PlaneTalk - The Truly Totally Different Guitar Instruction Book

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Slide Guitar in Standard and Dropped-D Tunings

If you like a slow blues and played on slide guitar, check out the new movie I did this week. If you'd like to learn everything I know about the art, order the 70 minute DVD I produced showing just that. I leave no stone unturned. Read more about the DVD and how to order here.

That's about it from me for this week, until next time,

Kirk Lorange

www.guitar.name