"Actor: Pat Kirtley"

• Blarney Pilgrim - Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar - Vol. 2 | DVD | (22/09/2004) from £22.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (4.20%)   |  RRP £23.99

  This collection of traditional music from Ireland and Scotland arranged for solo guitar is the result of a passionate study of the tradition by some of the finest musicians playing in this genre. The idea of arranging this music for solo guitar is still relatively new. Looking back lees than a century you would find this music performed on fiddle pipes button accordion flutes and whistles in solo and ensemble settings but never guitar even in its basic role of providing rhythm.

• Pickin' Like Chet | DVD | (01/01/2000) from £42.09   |  Saving you £-5.10 (-13.80%)   |  RRP £36.99

  Chet Atkins was a master in many aspects of the guitar. One of his greatest skills was his uncanny talent of discovering songs which would 'work' as fingerstyle arrangements and then using his musical genius to forge them into enduring masterpieces. National Fingerstyle Guitar champion Pat Kirtley has assembled a collection of favourites from Chet's 'Golden Era' -- some of the best of Chet Atkins' vintage classic tunes -- and teaches you the secrets of how it's done and how to get the feel of the originals in this double DVD. Pat chose these tunes his own favourites from Chet's vast collection carefully dissecting them and then putting them back together step by step so the guitarist can not only learn to play them but also gets a sense of the feel and history of each unique selection. Pat teaches you note by note and phrase by phrase six of Chet's greatest arrangements. Using split-screen you can study both the left and right hands in detail. A printed tab/music booklet is included as well as a PDF file of the booklet on each DVD. Every tune here is a winner a true Chet Atkins classic and each one is guaranteed to be a standout solo guitar performance piece. These challenging arrangements will provide hours of pleasurable fingerstyle fun as you learn to 'pick it like Chet!

• Pat Kirtley - Introduction To Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £31.03   |  Saving you £-4.04 (-15.00%)   |  RRP £26.99

• Pat Kirtley - Introduction To Alternate Tunings | DVD | (01/01/2000) from £21.22   |  Saving you £0.77 (3.50%)   |  RRP £21.99

  Discover the secrets of four alternative tunings with Kirtley's accessible arrangements and make your first steps into this exciting and contemporary approach to the Guitar. By straying from the standard EADGBE tuning system a world of new harmonic possibilities open up some of which are explored through Kirtley's exciting solo pieces. You will learn: -How to tune your guitar in four new ways -How to find the tunings without an electronic tuner -The pros and cons of alternate tunings -Full on-screen instruction for each song including split-screen detail -Harmonic 'chime' techniques -Right-hand fingerstyle techniques