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 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. Its as if the guitar has been given free reign to play itself. Knoxville guitar society proudly presents frenchalgerian.
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Guitare celtique dadgad chords in french michael eskin irish dadgad backup guitar resources. Pierre bensusan celebrates four decades of live performance. 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 volume 1 stefan grossmans guitar workshop. Farewell to whiskeycolemans march and snowbird on the ashbank. You just know that a chord is 5 and you create the chord yourself. 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.
Heres the promo video for the book, where i play a few of the 30 pieces in the book. Pierre bensusan born 30 october 1957 is a frenchalgerian guitarist. 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. It aint necessarily so, summertime, aint misbehavin, roslyn castle, medley. Its certainly the greatest book on dadgad, although pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar comes close. 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. Dadgad fingerstyle so long michael pierre bensusan. His finger exercises are wellstudied and based upon anatomical factors.
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. At my store, youll find a huge range of super cool guitar themed tshirts, all my paper books. Includes 1 free ticket to concert at tsunami books on may 30th on fri 3rd, from 2 to 6pm. Pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar book cd set. Jan 17, 2011 adam perlmutter is a freelance writer, transcriber, and engraver living in culver city, california.
Welcome to the official web site of frenchalgerian acoustic guitarist, singer and composer pierre bensusan. On his longawaited 1994 release his sixth album, pierre bensusan presents. Dadgad, has taken his unique sound to all corners of the globe. 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. Dadgad fingerstyle so long michael pierre bensusan mike. I have worked for one year to build this 5month tour which includes about 100 shows, to sync with the release of my new album azwan and my new book the pierre bensusan guitar collection, so i encourage you, fans and friends to purchase these new releases through my website at. Gig book a set of short, easy to play arrangements, and then performance arrangements a collection of more complex performanceready arrangements.
Pierre bensusan s sound and style confounds classification. Read now pdf download pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar bookcd set download full. This is a collection of twelve tunes performed by various artists. This publication, for advanced fingerstyle guitar players, is the first book in the united states of bensusan s arrangements. Books gift certificates guitar artistry dvds guitar workshop cds guitar. Pierre bensusan is the author of the guitar book of pierre bensusan 4.
Pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar book cd set bensusan, pierre on. 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. Visit the worldwide online store of pierre bensusan to buy cds, sheet music, guitar tabs, dvds and much. Acoustic master pierre bensusan came by the studio last week for an interview lesson on dadgad. He has also published three books of music and tablature. Pierre bensusans online store cds sheet music tabs mp3s. 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. He mastered the task and highlighted the journey in pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar. Oct 24, 20 as anyone who has heard pierre bensusan live can attest, the french guitarist is among the worlds finest solo performers. The official pierre bensusan web site dadgad music. The easy dadgad celtic guitar book rob mackillop musician. Published in 2000, it is primarily a songbook featuring comments and dadgad selections from james earp. Instead of the standard eadgbe tuning, the six guitar strings are tuned, from low to high, d2 a2 d3 g3.
Frenchalgerian guitar master pierre bensusan returns to charlotte on 2020 cd release tour usa. Specification of the pierre bensusan signature series guitar. Pierres guitar is tuned to d a d g a d, low to high, for all examples in this masterclass. The entire collection of pieces from the english version of the guitar book in one downloadable. 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. Pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar bookcd set bensusan, pierre on. Pierre bensusan signature series lowden guitars handmade.
The guitar book is a beautiful work and a joy to read. Pierre bensusan interview, exploring dadgad acoustic ma123. 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. If you play any tuning, if you want to start playing chords, its not like you need a book to look at your fingerings. The advantages of this one are a although none of the pieces is for beginners, they are generally easier than some of. Every generation of guitar players produces a handful of artists that push the boundaries of the instrument beyond everything thats come before. Visit the worldwide online store of pierre bensusan to buy cds, sheet music, guitar tabs, dvds and much more. Pierre bensusans online store cds sheet music tabs. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. James earp, laurence juber, doug smith, bill mize, david surette, eileen niehouse, brook williams, peppino d agostino, adrian legg, phil keaggy, and pete. Be the first to ask a question about the guitar book of pierre bensusan.
Large images of the pierre bensusan signature series. The genre of his acoustic guitar music is often characterized as celtic, folk, world music, new age, or chamber jazz. Further adventures in dadgad is a companion to sandys lesson fingerstyle jazz guitar in dadgad gw1022. As sephardic jews, his family came from spain, spanish morocco and french algeria.
Performing exclusively in dadgad tuning, pierre was voted best world music guitarist. It demonstrates the diversity of styles possible using the popular dadgad tuning. Pat kirtley irish guitar book mel bay publications, inc. Frenchalgerian acoustic guitar virtuoso, vocalist and composer pierre bensusan, nicknamed mr. Dadgad studio, chateauthierry, france between september and december 2019 entre septembre et decembre mastering. Understanding dadgad is a complete introduction to using dadgad tuning for fingerstyle acoustic guitar.
Pierre bensusan author of the guitar book of pierre bensusan. 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. Stage door theater presents pierre bensusan cd release concert. 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. Pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar paperback 1 mar 2000. A dedicated page to azwan, with writeups, anecdotes, pictures, lyrics and much. A dadgad christmas is a collection of twentyone arrangements of christmas favorites for solo fingerstyle guitar, all in dadgad tuning. Pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar bookcd set pierre bensusan on. Secure paypal ordering and excellent customer service. Pdf download pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar bookcd. 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. It contains sections on all aspects of guitar performance, emphasized with pieces by various composers, including mr. How to play dadgad like pierre bensusan musicradar. 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.
Pierre bensusan presents dadgad guitar by pierre bensusan. 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. Further adventures in dadgad stefan grossmans guitar workshop. Mar 27, 2016 my latest mel bay publication is the first in a series exploring dadgad tuning on acoustic guitar. Bensusan s traditional irish fiddle tunes, french ballads and more. Pierre bensusan, one of the key promoters of dadgad tuning, takes you on a. Without a shadow of a doubt, pierre bensusan is a 24carat gold master on the world fingerstyle scene.
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