Published Mel Bay author, Phil Berthoud is offering lessons online in Irish folk guitar. These lessons are tailor made to be suitable for whatever the student wishes to work on. Whether it’s
- backing Irish tunes – reels, jigs, slip-jigs, hornpipes, polkas etc
- using different tunings – standard, drop D or DADGAD
- developing a dynamic, rhythmic style
- developing more subtlety – using alternative chords, dynamic variation
- playing the tunes themselves – incorporating legato techniques and variations
Phil has 30 years’ experience teaching music and has written many instructional books for Mel Bay. He has taught students of all ages and abilities to play.