imo, guitarists need to listen, to how the tune is being played, it is a good idea to sing the tunes while accompanying them on the guitar too,
    It is a mistake that teachers make is to give the impression to guitarists and bodhran players that set patterns and rhythms for tunes.is enough
that is ok up to a point, but every rhythmic tune is different, for example.. lark in the morning jig has a different feel to joe cooleys jig