May 17: Celtic Backup Basics Masterclass with Tony McManus

Saturday, May 17, 2025

11am – 1pm

Dusty Strings 3406 Fremont Ave N

Maximum Enrollment: 16

Registration & Refund Deadline: Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Celtic Guitar Master Tony McManus will teach the basics of supporting Celtic tunes with DADGAD and possibly how to fingerpick a tune as well. Class is not limited only to guitarists.

Anyone interested in basic backup is welcome!

Skills Needed: You should have basic knowledge of chords and be able to play some accompaniment.

What to Bring: Please bring your instrument.

Teacher: Tony McManus has both extended and transcended the parameters of contemporary Celtic music. Ranked by peers and predecessors alike alongside the guitar world’s all-time greats, his fiendishly dexterous, dazzlingly original playing draws on traditions from the entire Celtic diaspora – Scotland, Ireland, Brittany, Galicia, Asturias, Cape Breton, Quebec – along with still further-ranging flavors, such as jazz and east European music. Long applauded for his uncanny ability to transpose the delicate, complex ornamentation characteristic of traditional bagpipe or fiddle tunes – even the phrasing of a Gaelic song – onto his own six strings, McManus is increasingly being acknowledged also as a pioneering figure in bridging the realms of Celtic music and other guitar genres.

tonymcmanus.com.com

*Most classes and workshops are geared towards late-teens and adults. Younger learners will benefit most starting with private lessons.

If you have any questions about group classes, or the school in general, don’t hesitate to contact us at (206) 634-1662 or [email protected].