Memory and Praise

Acoustic Guitar Solos

Alec Stone Sweet

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Nominated for a 2001 Indie Award, Best Acoustic Instrumental


Playlist

1. Mrs. Poer, or, the Concerto

Carolan composition for harp. Guitar: DADGAD.

2. Ducks on the Pond / The Frosty Morning

Traditional. Appalachian fiddle tunes in clawhammer banjo style. Guitar: FGDGCD.

3. Squire Wood's Lamentation on the Loss of His Half Pence

Carolan harp composition. Guitar: DGDGBD.

4. An Phis Fluich, or, The Choice Wife

Traditional. Irish slip jig for pipes. Guitar: DADGAD.

5. Manx Lullaby / O'Carolan's Welcome

Attributed to Carolan. Guitar: FGDGCD.

6. O'Carolan's Farewell to Music

Carolan harp composition. Guitar: FGDGCD. Richard Scholtz on lap dulcimer.

7. French Dance

Untitled, anonymous dance of the French renaissance. Guitar: DGDGCD.

8. The Lamentation of Owen Roe O'Neill

Carolan harp composition. Guitar: FGDGCD.

9. Mona Vu

Israeli dance. Guitar: DADGAD.

10. The Rights of Man

Traditional. Irish hornpipe. Guitar: DADGAD. Richard Scholtz on lap dulcimer.

11. The Connemara Stocking

Traditional. Gaelic song. Guitar: DGDGCD.

12. Shady Grove / Salt River

Traditional. Appalachian fiddle tunes in clawhammer banjo style. Guitar: FGDGCD.

13. Mabel Kelly

Carolan harp composition. Guitar: DADGAD.