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Below is a listing of the tunings and capo positions used for all of my recordings:

Guitar Pieces

GUITAR PIECES

  1. Ryan's Song - CGDGAD
  2. Six Mile Creek - DADGAD
  3. South of Nashville - DADGAD
  4. Trail of Tears - DADGAD, capo 2
  5. Sawnee Mountain - CGDGAD
  6. Each Passing Day - CGDGAD, capo 3
  7. Coming Home - DADGAD
  8. Tribble Gap - DADGAD
  9. Memories Like Rain - CGDGAD
  10. Song of the Chattahoochee - DADGAD
  11. Mother's Day Waltz - CGDGAD, capo 2
  12. Blue Ridge Winter - CGDGAD
  13. The Piper's Dream - DADGAD
  14. The Bridge at Poole's Mill - DADGAD, capo 2
  15. Owl at the Bridge - DADGAD, capo 2 (Al Petteway: EADGBE)
  16. Between the Bars - DADGAD
  17. Never My Love - DADGAD, capo 2

 

Solo Guitar

SOLO GUITAR

  1. Monkeyshines - DADGAD, capo 2
  2. The Water-Crossers - CGCGCD, capo 2 (Al Petteway: DGCFAD)
  3. Song for Shannon - DADGAD, capo 2
  4. Dalliance of the Eagles - CGCGCD, capo 2
  5. Dragonflies - DADGAD, capo 2 (Al Petteway: DADGAD, capo 7)
  6. The Sheffield Shuffle - DADGAD, capo 2
  7. The Copper Waltz - DADGAD
  8. Skylight - DADGAD, capo 2
  9. Ripples - CGCGCE
  10. Frenchman Bay - DADGAD
  11. New York - DADGAD
  12. The Rakes of Roscommon - DADGAD, capo 2
  13. Train Station Blues - DADGAD
  14. Riverwind - DADGAD, capo 4
  15. Trinity - DADGAD, capo 2/4/9*
  16. Sleight of Hand/The Magician's Jig - DADGAD, capo 2

* Regular capo on 2nd fret, "Drop D" capo (covering strings 1-5) on 4th fret, "Cut" capo (covering strings 3-5) on 9th fret

 

Celtic Guitar

CELTIC GUITAR

  1. Paddy O'Carroll - DADGAD, capo 2
  2. Archibald McDonald of Keppoch - DADGAD, capo 2
  3. Slane - CGDGAD, capo 2
  4. The Rocks of Brae - DADGAD, capo 2
  5. The Foggy Dew - CGCGCD, capo 2
  6. Carolan's Welcome - CGCGCD, capo 2
  7. Loch Lomond/Scotland the Brave - CGCGCD
  8. Blind Mary - CGCGCD, capo 3
  9. Spatter the Dew - DADGAD, capo 4
  10. Captain O'Kane - CGCGCD
  11. Believe Me If All These Endearing Young Charms - CGCGCD, capo 2
  12. Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation - DADGAD
  13. Star of the County Down - DADGAD, capo 4
  14. Carolan's Cottage - DADGAD
  15. Leezie Lindsay/Ye Banks and Braes/Scots Wha Hae - CGCGCD, capo 2
  16. Heather Island - DADGAD
  17. The Flower of Magherally - DADGAD, capo 3
  18. Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore/The Drums of Dawn - DADGAD, capo 5
  19. The Rose of Allendale - CGDGAD, capo 2
  20. Pretty Girl Milking a Cow - DADGAD
  21. Planxty Irwin - DADGAD, capo 4

 

Castlerea

CASTLEREA

  1. Owen's March - CGCGCD, capo 2
  2. M'iníon Álainn - CGCGCD, capo 2
  3. Trinity - DADGAD, capo 2/4/9*
  4. Castlerea - CGCGCD, capo 5
  5. Planxty Irwin - DADGAD, capo 4
  6. The Last Keeper - DADGAD
  7. Patuxent - CGCGCD, capo 4
  8. The Blacksmith/Passion's Forge - DADGAD
  9. Idyll Hours - DADGAD, capo 3
  10. County Fair - CGCGCD
  11. Furey's Song/Faire Wind - DGDGAD, capo 4
  12. Tilting at Windmills - DADGAD
  13. The Rights of Man/Brian Boru's March - DADGAD, capo 4
  14. Pretty Girl Milking a Cow - DADGAD
  15. The Courtship - DADGAD, capo 2
  16. Rings - DADGAD
  17. The Ride of the Red Knight - DADGAD, capo 2 (Al Petteway: EADGBE)
  18. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - CGDGAD
  19. O Come, O Come Emmanuel - CGCGCEb (John Sweet: EADGBE, capo 3)

* Regular capo on 2nd fret, "Drop D" capo (covering strings 1-5) on 4th fret, "Cut" capo (covering strings 3-5) on 9th fret

 

A Guitar for Elvis

A GUITAR FOR ELVIS

  • Are You Lonesome Tonight? - CGCGCD

 

Poppin' Guitars

POPPIN' GUITARS: A TUNEFUL OF SHERMAN

  • The Slipper and the Rose Waltz - CGCGCD

 

Delovely Guitar

COLE PORTER: DELOVELY GUITAR

  • Begin the Beguine - CGDGAD

 

Acoustic Guitar Highlights

ACOUSTIC GUITAR HIGHLIGHTS: VOLUME 5

  • Monkeyshines - DADGAD, capo 2
  • Paddy O'Carroll - DADGAD, capo 2

Grouped by Capo Positions

DADGAD - No Capo

  • Between the Bars
  • The Blacksmith/Passion's Forge
  • Carolan's Cottage
  • Coming Home
  • The Copper Waltz
  • Frenchman Bay
  • Heather Island
  • The Last Keeper
  • New York
  • The Piper's Dream
  • Pretty Girl Milking a Cow
  • Rings
  • Six Mile Creek
  • Song of the Chattahoochee
  • South of Nashville
  • Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation
  • Tilting at Windmills
  • Train Station Blues
  • Tribble Gap

DADGAD - Capo 2

  • Archibald McDonald of Keppoch
  • The Bridge at Poole's Mill
  • The Courtship
  • Dragonflies (Al Petteway is in DADGAD, capo 7)
  • Monkeyshines
  • Never My Love
  • Owl at the Bridge (Al Petteway is in EADGBE)
  • Paddy O'Carroll
  • The Rakes of Roscommon
  • The Ride of the Red Knight (Al Petteway is in EADGBE)
  • The Rocks of Brae
  • The Sheffield Shuffle
  • Skylight
  • Sleight of Hand/The Magician's Jig
  • Song for Shannon
  • Trail of Tears

DADGAD - Capo 3

  • The Flower of Magherally
  • Idyll Hours

DADGAD - Capo 4

  • Planxty Irwin
  • Riverwind
  • The Rights of Man/Brian Boru's March
  • Spatter the Dew
  • Star of the County Down

DADGAD - Capo 5

  • Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore/The Drums of Dawn

DADGAD - Multiple Capos

  • Trinity
    • Full capo on 2nd fret
    • Partial capo on 4th fret (covers strings 1-5)
    • Partial capo on 9th fret (covers strings 3-5)

 

DGDGAD - Capo 4

  • Furey's Song/Faire Wind

 

CGDGAD - No Capo

  • Blue Ridge Winter
  • It Came Upon a Midnight Clear/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  • Memories Like Rain
  • Ryan's Song
  • Sawnee Mountain

CGDGAD - Capo 2

  • Mother's Day Waltz
  • The Rose of Allendale
  • Slane

CGDGAD - Capo 3

  • Each Passing Day

 

CGCGCD - No Capo

  • Captain O'Kane
  • County Fair
  • Loch Lomond/Scotland the Brave

CGCGCD - Capo 2

  • Believe Me If All These Endearing Young Charms
  • Carolan's Welcome
  • Dalliance of the Eagles
  • The Foggy Dew
  • Leezie Lindsay/Ye Banks and Braes/Scots Wha Hae
  • M'iníon Álainn
  • Owen's March
  • The Water-Crossers (Al Petteway is in DGCFAD)

CGCGCD - Capo 3

  • Blind Mary

CGCGCD - Capo 4

  • Patuxent

CGCGCD - Capo 5

  • Castlerea

 

CGCGCEb - No Capo

  • O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (John Sweet is in EADGBE, capo 3)

 

CGCGCE - No Capo

  • Ripples

 

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