Tony McManus Youtube Celtic Guitar Tutorial
2008 September 5
Tony McManus is a very good acoustic guitar player who tours the world playing festivals and acoustic venues. Although he often gets labelled as a Celtic guitarist he is really much more than this, there is a great mix of other styles in his playing. He does songs such as Goddbye Porkpie Hat by Charlie Mingus, a tune that has been covered by numerous players such as Jeff Beck, Joni Mitchell, Ralph Towner and John McLaughlin.
In this video he does a Celtic tune called the Seagull, then takes you through a tutorial
It’s an open tuning it’s an odd one but suits the tune.
E down to D, A stays on A, D down to A, G down to E, B down to A, E stays on E
Tony McManus has a beautiful guitar style and gets a very good tone from the guitar
I thought a double bassist did the bass notes on this track – Not by the looks of things, I have seen plenty of fingerstyle guitarists yet I have seen none with such confidence, dexterity, perfection, with such slick solo work than I have seen now. That was awe inspiring. Nice one Tony.
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