28-07-13, 08:36 PM
Ah yes, Christo, I'll bet you're familiar with the work of one Pierre Bensusan then? Superb French celtic playing, also some very avant garde stylings. As to playing with others, I never learned enough about scales etc with the celtic stuff, just play them as set pieces. I couldn't really improvise. Use lots of open tunings, started with DADGAD, but have learnt tunes in various C tunings (especially good for the Scottish style stuff), and some other quite weird ones. Also touch on a little bluegrass (Bill Cheatham &c.,), have a mate who plays all this stuff for a living, maybe one of the best acoustic guitarists in Britain - Will Killeen, Irish, a really lovely fella, good painter as well .If you ever get a chance to see him play don't miss it - he'll blow your mind!