Duck discusses usage of passing chords going from a C to a  G and also comfortable ways of fingering the chords. He also discusses right and left hand co-ordination, and holding bass notes and playing the melody notes with the other fingers.

These sort of tunes are great for singer/guitar players because the techniques used are very good for adding variations to your guitar parts when you’re not singing.  Personally I find playing solo arrangements  a key to creating much stronger accompaniment parts for when either other singers sing or I sing.  Really, what you are doing is expanding the toolbox.  When Playing solo gigs, a single note guitar solo generally just won’t cut it, you need parts which are much stronger or the whole tune just falls apart.

Duck Baker Youtube Guitar Video Tutorial is available at:

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Here is a great guitar book with CD by Duck Baker.

Encyclopedia of Irish and American Fiddle Tunes for Fingerstyle Guitar By Duck Baker. By Duck Baker. For Guitar (Fingerpicking). Solos. Encyclopedia. Fiddle Tunes. Level: Beginning-Intermediate. Book/CD Set. 152 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc. (98545BCD) See more info…

The Following book includes El McMeen using tunings such as CGDGAD (A as well as other oen and normal tuning arrangements.

Complete Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar By Stefan Grossman, Duck Baker And El Mcmeen. By Stefan Grossman, Duck Baker and El McMeen. For Guitar (Fingerpicking). Solos. Complete. Celtic/Irish. Level: Multiple Levels. Book/CD Set. 244 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc. (95217BCD) See more info…