Free Celtic Fingerstyle Tabs And MP3s

[Teuchter  (pronounced chew-ch-ter with the middle 'ch' sounding as the scottish word loch) is a Lowland Scots word used mainly for Northern or Highland Scots…]

Well, coming from the folk tradition I was bound, I suppose, as a fingerpicker, to explore the instrumental folk music of the lands hereabouts. What started out a party piece during some gigs in the ‘70s developed into a more considered exploration and I eventually arranged a number of Scottish and Irish fiddle tunes for the guitar. There was a spell when I peppered my performances with a few of these tunes, but these days I mostly use them as practice pieces to keep my “chops” in shape.

Becoming aware recently of the rising popularity of what is euphemistically called Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar, I decided there might some interest in what I had done, so I wrote them down in order to make them available here. I offer them in PDF format - along with short MP3 recordings of a couple of them - for exploration by fingerstyle guitar players. Please download via the links provided below.

You will find that they are mostly in altered tunings which is a device I have only used for these purposes, preferring standard tuning for my own songs. I also invariably put a capo on the 2nd fret when I play these, for some reason.

I hope you enjoy them.