Dropped D Guitar: Bach to Blues provides in-depth strategies to help the seasoned beginner to intermediate guitarist gain familiarity with the patterns of dropped D, utilizing a series of hands-on exercises for playing in dropped D tuning. Actual music is provided (no scales here) in the major keys of C, G, D, A, and the minor keys of Dm, Am, and Em. In addition, the guitarist is given a wide-ranging source of music, in a variety of musical styles and keys. There are works written by classical masters, traditional music, and early blues - all arranged for fingerstyle guitar in dropped D tuning in both standard notation and tablature. Background narrative is given on musical periods, composers, and the music to add to the reader's understanding and interest. All instructional and solo material is played by the author on the accompanying audio. Includes access to online audio.

Ae Fond Kiss       Words: Robert Burns
Amazing Grace       John Newton
Aria: deh, vieni, non tardar       Wolfgang A. Mozart
Ave Maria       Franz Schubert
Ave Maria       Charles Gounod  
Blind Mary       Turlough O'Carolan
Brian Boru's March        
Canarios       Gaspar Sanz;  
Canon in A       Johann Pachelbel
Canon in C       Johann Pachelbel  
Canon in D       Johann Pachelbel  
Canon in G       Johann Pachelbel  
Careless Love        
Carolan's Quarrel with the Landlady       Turlough O'Carolan
Comin' Thro' the Rye       Robert Burns
Corinna, Corinna        
Down by the Sally Gardens       Words: W B Yeats
Espanoleta       Gaspar Sanz
Every Night When the Sun Goes In        
Fair and Tender Ladies        
Gavotte en Rondeau, Lute Suite BWV 1006a       J S Bach  
Gavotte I and II, Sixth Cello Suite       Johann Sebastian Bach
Greensleeves        
Hard Times Come Again No More       Steven Foster
Hush Little Baby        
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring       J S Bach
Lullaby (Canzonetta)       Ambroise Thomas
March       Johann Sebastian Bach  
Musette       J S Bach
Ode to Joy       Ludwig van Beethoven
Oh My Beloved Father       Giacomo Puccini
Over the Sea to Skye       Annie McLeod
Poor Wayfaring Stranger        
Saltarello       Vincenzo Galilei
Scarborough Fair - Key of Am        
Scarborough Fair - Key of Dm        
Scarborough Fair - Key of Em        
Somebody's Knocking at Your Door        
Sourwood Mountain      
St. Louis Blues       W C Handy
The Ashgrove        
The Entertainer       Scott Joplin  
The Last Rose of Summer       Thomas Moore
The Merry Widow Waltz       Franz Lehar
The Rose of Tralee       Music: Charles W. Glover; Words: C. Mordaunt Spender  
The Sloop John B        
Vilia       Franz Lehar  
When You and I Were Young, Maggie       Music: James A. Butterfield; Words: George Johnson
Wildwood Flower