The Tradition Volume 1

In The Tradition Volume 1 award winning guitarist Stuart Ryan presents 11 beautiful solo fingerstyle guitar arrangements from the traditional music of Ireland, Scotland and America. Designed with intermediate and beyond players in mind, these arrangements are ideal for players looking to expand their repertoire and solo fingerstyle guitar technique. Explore a variety of tunings with 3 pieces in Standard tuning, 6 in DADGAD and 2 in Open G minor with the key forms of traditional music - airs, uptempo reels and jigs - all featuring in the book.Each piece contains detailed performance notes with both picking and fretting hand fingering suggestions so you can go deep into the repertoire and refine your own fingerstyle technique. The arrangements are presented in both standard notation and tablature with suggested tempos and a downloadable MP3 recording of each piece is available for reference.Pieces from ‘The Tradition Vol 1’ are now included in the London College of Music’s Acoustic Guitar Grade exam syllabus making these arrangements an ideal study companion for anyone working towards exams or looking to build their performance repertoire. From slow airs to fast, challenging reels you are sure to find pieces to keep you engaged and moving forward with your fingerstyle playing.ABOUT THE AUTHORStuart Ryan began his professional career in 2003 when he was awarded Guitarist Magazine’s ‘Acoustic Guitarist of The Year’. Guitarists across the world have been learning from his monthly columns in Guitar Techniques magazine since 2005 and his pieces feature in the London College of Music’s acoustic guitar syllabus and Rockschool’s electric guitar syllabus.A busy performer and studio guitarist he has appeared at London’s Royal Festival Hall twice and his original compositions are often featured on TV and radio across the world from the BBC to NBC. As a studio musician he has recorded on soundtracks for Amazon Prime and he works as brand ambassador for Vox amplifiers and Takamine guitars. For more information please visit https://www.stuartryanmusic.com.ALSO AVAILABLEThe Tradition Volume 2In the follow up to ‘The Tradition Volume 1’, Stuart Ryan presents ten solo fingerstyle guitar arrangements in Standard, Drop D and DADGAD tunings. Ideal for players who have worked through ‘The Tradition Volume 1’, these pieces explore the beautiful sound of Celtic guitar with arrangements for guitar of haunting traditional harp airs, exciting Scottish and Irish fiddle reels and mid-tempo jigs. Designed for guitarists of intermediate and above ability. It is not essential to have worked through the first book as these arrangements all stand as self-contained pieces.The arrangements are all presented in tablature and standard notation with extensive performance notes, suggested tempos and downloadable MP3 recordings for reference.The HeritageIn ‘The Heritage’ Stuart Ryan has created ten evocative solo fingerstyle guitar arrangements that take you from the vibrant sound of traditional Irish music to the haunting world of American Gospel and Spirituals and beyond. Ideal for fingerstyle guitarists of intermediate and above ability, these arrangements will introduce you to new techniques and will help you build a varied repertoire of solo pieces. You’ll work in a variety of tunings from Standard and Drop D to DADGAD, Open G major and Open D minor.There are a variety of techniques to study in the book from Travis picking and traditional fingerstyle to Celtic tremelo technique and harp harmonics and more. Each arrangement includes detailed performance notes and extensive suggested picking and fretting hand fingerings so you can work through each piece in your own time with confidence.Explore the sounds of traditional American, Irish and Scottish music! Read more