Steve Baughman

Fingerstyle guitarist and clawhammer banjoist Steve Baughman is the author of Gospel Songs for Fingerstyle Guitar and Celtic Songs for Fingerstyle Guitar.

Alternate Tunings, Instrumentals

Steve Baughman playing his Circa Guitars 7/8 dreadnought

“Dans Kef” – Learn to Play a Mysterious Celtic Arrangement for Solo Guitar

“Dans Kef” is in a sort of modified Orkney tuning I call Celto-Hawaiian, because it can sound like it’s from the islands. The tune is in fact a good case study in how to build your own Celtic arrangement.

May 2, 2023

Instrumentals, Slide

Learn an Open-D Bottleneck Slide Guitar Arrangement of “Silent Night”

Fingerstyle guitarist Steve Baughman shares an open-d acoustic guitar arrangement of the beloved Christmas carol "Silent Night" that lends itself nicely to slide treatment.

November 13, 2022

Fingerstyle

Steve Baughman fingerpicking an acoustic guitar

Tips on Arranging Celtic Harp Songs for Fingerstyle Guitar

Here are some tips for arranging and playing Celtic harp tunes on fingerstyle acoustic guitar, using the piece "Squire Woods Lament" as an example.

March 30, 2022

Fingerstyle, Instrumentals

Celtic Songs for Fingerstyle Guitar | Acoustic Guitar Champions

These 17 solo arrangements in Celtic Songs for Fingerstyle Guitar are from the British Isles and beyond, in Orkney and other tunings, with standard notation, tablature, and performance notes.

January 1, 2020

Fingerstyle

Steve Baughman with arms raised and a guitar in one hand at sunset

Preview the New Book ‘Gospel Songs for Fingerstyle Guitar’ by Steve Baughman

Check out a fingerstyle arrangement of "Down by the Riverside” from this instructional songbook

January 29, 2019

Fingerstyle

Play a Fingerstyle Arrangement of “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”

While the song has an unmistakably religious lyrical message, its sweet melody should appeal to musicians of any philosophical orientation.

November 12, 2017

Alternate Tunings, Fingerstyle

Fingerstyle guitarist Steve Baughman plays "Danny Boy"

Learn to Play the Orkney-Tuned Irish Classic ‘Danny Boy’

I encourage you to focus first on getting the melody down. Once you have that in your blood, you may feel free to explore your own bass lines and arpeggios.

January 18, 2017