Its as if the guitar has been given free reign to play itself. Pierre bensusan s sound and style confounds classification. If you play any tuning, if you want to start playing chords, its not like you need a book to look at your fingerings. He mastered the task and highlighted the journey in pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar. Pdf download pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar bookcd. Specification of the pierre bensusan signature series guitar. Knoxville guitar society proudly presents frenchalgerian. Oct 24, 20 as anyone who has heard pierre bensusan live can attest, the french guitarist is among the worlds finest solo performers. Frenchalgerian guitar master pierre bensusan returns to charlotte on 2020 cd release tour usa. Pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar book cd set bensusan, pierre on. Bensusan s traditional irish fiddle tunes, french ballads and more.
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The entire collection of pieces from the english version of the guitar book in one downloadable. Pierre bensusan celebrates four decades of live performance. Farewell to whiskeycolemans march and snowbird on the ashbank. Guitare celtique dadgad chords in french michael eskin irish dadgad backup guitar resources. Pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar by pierre bensusan. Large images of the pierre bensusan signature series.
This publication, for advanced fingerstyle guitar players, is the first book in the united states of bensusan s arrangements. Instead of the standard eadgbe tuning, the six guitar strings are tuned, from low to high, d2 a2 d3 g3. Mel bay world traveling fingerstyle guitarist pat kirtley presents 17 solo guitar arrangements of traditional irish tunes including a few original compositions in the same vein by himself, pierre bensusan, and duck baker. Pierre bensusan is the author of the guitar book of pierre bensusan 4. How to play dadgad like pierre bensusan musicradar. Performing exclusively in dadgad tuning, pierre was voted best world music guitarist. Pierre bensusan volume 1 stefan grossmans guitar workshop.
To become a dadgad specialist to the extent that bensusan has taken it would demand years of dedication, but you can hear in his. Pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar by various artists. Dadgad, has taken his unique sound to all corners of the globe. Stefan grossmans guitar workshop instructional and historical dvds books and materials. It was a guitar lesson todo list that included taking a second look at the neck, the chord shapes and positions, the sounds, and the intervals. Further adventures in dadgad stefan grossmans guitar workshop. Acoustic master pierre bensusan came by the studio last week for an interview lesson on dadgad. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Read now pdf download pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar bookcd set download full. Pierre bensusans online store cds sheet music tabs. The edition is available as a book or download ebook, with in either case, download soundfiles of my performances of every piece in the book. Published in 2000, it is primarily a songbook featuring comments and dadgad selections from james earp. Pierre s transcriptions are barebones, yet the experienced ear can tell that he is manipulating bass lines and accents to his liking at any given point.
Dadgad, or celtic tuning is an alternative guitar tuning most associated with celtic music, though it has also found use in rock, folk, metal and several other genres. Pierre bensusan born 30 october 1957 is a frenchalgerian guitarist. Its certainly the greatest book on dadgad, although pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar comes close. Nov 12, 2002 heres a list of artists that contribute to pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar, which is an excellent book cd resource for really getting to grips with the possibilities of this tuning. Pierre bensusan tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including merrily kissed the quaker, the last pint, wu wei, 4 am, dame lombarde. The easy dadgad celtic guitar book rob mackillop musician. Nov 15, 2017 i did a liveperformance dvd for stefan grossman in 1996 pierre bensusan in concert, along with two workshop dvds the guitar of pierre bensusan vol. The book systematically explores the tuning, starting with simple chords and scale patterns, ultimately showing how dadgad can be used to play in nearly any key and in many different musical styles. Pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar paperback 1 mar 2000. At my store, youll find a huge range of super cool guitar themed tshirts, all my paper books. This is one of the greatest guitar books ive ever come across, so much so that even the quirks mentioned above cant lead me to deduct a star. He has also published three books of music and tablature. Pat kirtley irish guitar book mel bay publications, inc.
Includes 1 free ticket to concert at tsunami books on may 30th on fri 3rd, from 2 to 6pm. Dadgad studio, chateauthierry, france between september and december 2019 entre septembre et decembre mastering. As sephardic jews, his family came from spain, spanish morocco and french algeria. Further adventures in dadgad is a companion to sandys lesson fingerstyle jazz guitar in dadgad gw1022. Pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar bookcd set pierre bensusan on. Understanding dadgad is a complete introduction to using dadgad tuning for fingerstyle acoustic guitar. Secure paypal ordering and excellent customer service. Dadgad fingerstyle so long michael pierre bensusan. It contains sections on all aspects of guitar performance, emphasized with pieces by various composers, including mr.
Gig book a set of short, easy to play arrangements, and then performance arrangements a collection of more complex performanceready arrangements. Pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar book cd set 9780786657704 by bensusan, pierre and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. He contributes to premier guitar, acoustic guitar, guitar aficionado, and other music magazines, and has written a number of instructional books, including color your chords cherry lane and jim hall. On his longawaited 1994 release his sixth album, pierre bensusan presents. The guitar book is a beautiful work and a joy to read. It demonstrates the diversity of styles possible using the popular dadgad tuning. Pierre bensusan author of the guitar book of pierre bensusan. The advantages of this one are a although none of the pieces is for beginners, they are generally easier than some of. Heres the promo video for the book, where i play a few of the 30 pieces in the book. Pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar book cd set. Without a shadow of a doubt, pierre bensusan is a 24carat gold master on the world fingerstyle scene.
Pierre bensusan signature series lowden guitars handmade. Visit the worldwide online store of pierre bensusan to buy cds, sheet music, guitar tabs, dvds and much more. Mar 27, 2016 my latest mel bay publication is the first in a series exploring dadgad tuning on acoustic guitar. Welcome to the official web site of frenchalgerian acoustic guitarist, singer and composer pierre bensusan. Every generation of guitar players produces a handful of artists that push the boundaries of the instrument beyond everything thats come before. The genre of his acoustic guitar music is often characterized as celtic, folk, world music, new age, or chamber jazz. A dedicated page to azwan, with writeups, anecdotes, pictures, lyrics and much. The present opus is concerned with solos, and its one of the two that have most helped me to adjust the other being pierre bensusan s amazing first book from 1987, which is not so much a music book as a total braindump. Signature series pierre bensusan george is delighted to have worked with pierre designing this signature model, which is in many ways a celebration of a relationship which has remained for four decades. Jan 17, 2011 adam perlmutter is a freelance writer, transcriber, and engraver living in culver city, california.
A dadgad christmas is a collection of twentyone arrangements of christmas favorites for solo fingerstyle guitar, all in dadgad tuning. Pierre is now so adept at dadgad tuning that he has adopted it as an alternate standard tuning, basing his playing and composing style completely around it. Difficult to pin down to a single style, bensusan has played steelstring fingerstyle guitar with peerless compositional depth, harmonic richness, and dynamic range for 40 years. Pierre bensusans online store cds sheet music tabs mp3s. The official pierre bensusan web site dadgad music. Be the first to ask a question about the guitar book of pierre bensusan. James earp, laurence juber, doug smith, bill mize, david surette, eileen niehouse, brook williams, peppino d agostino, adrian legg, phil keaggy, and pete. Pierres guitar is tuned to d a d g a d, low to high, for all examples in this masterclass. You just know that a chord is 5 and you create the chord yourself. This is a collection of twelve tunes performed by various artists.
It aint necessarily so, summertime, aint misbehavin, roslyn castle, medley. Dadgad fingerstyle so long michael pierre bensusan mike. Stage door theater presents pierre bensusan cd release concert. His fingerprint is on it whether it is found in his earlier folk and celticbased renderings, his freeform improvisational material, or in settings, solo or ensemble. Pierre bensusan interview, exploring dadgad acoustic ma123. Pierre bensusan, one of the key promoters of dadgad tuning, takes you on a. Frenchalgerian acoustic guitar virtuoso, vocalist and composer pierre bensusan, nicknamed mr. Books gift certificates guitar artistry dvds guitar workshop cds guitar.