Blues And Country Fingerpicking-This terrific compilation features lessons at a variety of levels from beginner to advanced by some of Homespun’s most celebrated pickers. Each segment covers a complete song or instrumental that will expand your repertoire improve your technique and enhance your musical knowledge. These lessons cover the steady bass and syncopated melody of the Piedmont blues players (Roy Book Binder and John Jackson); the muffled bass and swingy chords of Travis-style pickers (Thom Bresh and Doc Watson); the strumming and pounding of Delta blues stylists (Rory Block); and the banjo-like rolls and single-string approach of more bluegrass oriented fingerpickers (Eddie Adcock).

Arranging Solos for Vocals-Learn everything you need to take the spotlight and create your own Guitar breaks in the high-energy Bluegrass style. Steve Kaufman takes apart a series of Bluegrass standards showing you how to arrange and embellish melodies whilst working within the chord structure of the song. Discover how to apply rolls runs triplets hammer-ons and other picking devices as well as some fantastic special effects including the 'train whistle' and the Jimmy Rodgers-style 'yodel' lick.Make your repertoire shine with energy and originality through Kaufman's ideas and techniques.

20 Swing Tunes That Every Parking Lot Picker Should Know teaches essential swing Guitar repertoire to bluegrass flatpickers. Steve's unique method features three levels: - a beginner's version in which he teaches the basic melody - an intermediate arrangement that will give players a solid musical grounding - and a full-blown solo that will challenge any aspiring swing guitarist. Backup tracks make for productive and exciting practice sessions. Tunes include After You've Gone Back Home Again in Indiana Georgia on My Mind Limehouse Blues It's Only a Paper Moon Over the Rainbow Summertime The Sunny Side of theStreet and more.

This Banjo instruction book is a complete progressive method for beginners. It offers a brief history of the Banjo a detailed description of the instrument its parts and accessories. It also explains how to tune your Banjo proper technique for the right and left hand musical theory and chords.Inside you will find many exercises and examples in tablature form with recordings on the accompanying CD. The second part provides 27 tunes intablature form including the famous 'Duelling Banjos'.

An easy-to-understand method teaching essentials of bluegrass Mandolin performance. Learn To Play Bluegrass Mandolin contains chord and scale forms technical insights plus both simple melodic andfull arrangements of 21 tunes in notation and tablature. The video includes performance versions of the Mandolin solos. As an added feature the Mandolin can be muted so that the student can play along with the recordedGuitar accompaniment. Access to online video available.

Christmas Tunes for Fiddle-Mel Bay's first fiddle DVD taught by Murphy. This beginning level disc has tunes your family will surely recognise. Murphy worked out these arrangements for the Fiddle Sisters a group of her students that she plays within Winchester Va. These very tunes have been performed in nursing homes all around the town and will be again this Christmas. This DVD features easy versions of holiday favorites: Silent Night Jingle Bells LittleDrummer Boy Good King Wenceslas Away In A Manger and Joy To the World - just in time for Christmas.

Stock your musical toolbox with Cool Open String Licks! Whether you're just learning how to play guitar or you're a more seasoned player who wants to expand your vocabulary of open-position licks this book is for you! You'll find 76 licks in rock blues country R&B funk jazz and bluegrass styles. Each lick is partnered with detailed instructions on how it should be played as well as a demonstration track on the enclosed CD. There's no better way to build your arsenal of licks and lay the foundation for your soloing chops - today!

Here's your chance to learn from an award-winning guitarist and develop the bluegrass soloing abilities you've always dreamed of having.David Grier outlines an encyclopedic range of techniques in the flatpicking style that will truly set your solos on fire. He takes in all the elements of a hot bluegrass solo including:SlidesHammer-ons/Pull-offsrosspickingPick-and-fingersBendsDouble-stopsRakingBefore long you'll be digging into arrangements of well-known bluegrass standards such as Liberty and Bill Cheatham as well as a spectacular version of Nine Pound Hammer. Grier provides additional insights designedto help you realise your own abilities and achieve your guitar-playing goals.Become the best bluegrass soloist you can be with this exciting DVD tutorial.

Explore the essential songs of bluegrass and country Guitar as played by Maybelle Carter and Jimmie Rodgers and carried on by masters like Tony Rice Norman Blake and Bryan Sutton. These ten lessons teach the basics of rhythm from the classic boom-chuck to bass runs and embellishments as well as how to flatpick melodies and solos. Features exercises licks and full songs in notes and tab with demos of everything on the CD.Teachers: Andy Ellis David Hamburger David Hodge Steve Kaufman Carol McComb Scott Nygaard Nicole Solis Sue Thompson.

In music the term 'bluegrass' describes the hot string-band style pioneered by Kentuckian Bill Monroe which blends old-time country music with blues rhythms and jazz-influenced improvisation. This book by LarryMcCabe contains 101 Red Hot Bluegrass Mandolin Licks and Solos in the favorite Bluegrass keys of C G D and A minor written in notation and tablature.The licks are broken down into phrases of two four and eight bars. In addition several endings and crosspicking licks are included. Each lick is played to a chord progression that is standard in Bluegrass Country and Folk music. Comes with access to online audiocontaining All 101 examples with Guitar accompaniment at a moderate tempo.Whether you are a fan of old-time Country music traditional Bluegrass or Newgrass you are sure to find lots of great ideas in this new collectionof Bluegrass licks. So grab your instrument put on the audio pull up a chair and let's start pickin'. Includes access to online audio.

Morning Thunder-In The Guitar Artistry Of Chris Proctor the National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship winner talks about his style and influences as well as giving dazzling performances on both 6- and 12- string guitars.Chris Proctor falls squarely into the ?New World? steel-string guitar style. Beginning with pop and rock music Chris was soon drawn to the country blues. After exploring that tradition he studied classical and jazz music the traditional music of the British Isles bluegrass and old-time Appalachian music and finally began to investigate the world of the 12-string guitar.In 1982 Chris won the U.S. National Fingerstyle GuitarChampionship and released his first recording ?Runoff.? That recording and the 8 that followed on the Flying Fish Rounder Windham Hill and Sugarhouse labels over the next 27 years elevated Chris to the top rank in the steel-string world. Chris also wrote articles and books filmed instructional videos of his transcriptions and techniques created the guitar workshop program for Taylor Guitars and designed the Taylor Chris Proctor Signature Model guitar.Beginning in the year 2000 Chris broadened his original focus on new music to include reinterpreting music of his diverse set of original influences. His performances today are a primer on the acoustic guitar music of the ?New World.? They feature original guitar techniques and devices invented and adapted by Chris and they convey a striking array of tones textures and moods.Titles include: Tap Room Hot Spot War Games Ozymandias Beppe Ladybug Stomp Nights in White Satin Bach to Ireland Late Again Interstate Morning Thunder The Last Steam Engine Train Revisiting the Sailor?s Grave Gecko Drive and Medley:A Scarce O? Tatties/The Lyndhurst Jig??? Review: Watching Taylor fingerstylist and original workshop clinician Chris Proctor in his new DVD Morning Thunder is an enlightening exercise. Proctor has

A wonderful combination of detailed instruction historical reminiscences and insightful advice from the legend of the Bluegrass Banjo Sonny Osborne.Sonny's style is one of the most distinctive in the world of Bluegrass Banjo. In this special DVD lesson the master demonstrates walk-downs unusual endings pedal steel licks back-ups chordal harmonies chiming and more. He pays homage to his original hero Earl Scruggs as well as showcasing his treasured 1935 Gibson Grenada flathead Banjo.Many of Sonny's examples are illustrated in style with the full award-winning Osborne Brothers Band allowing you to hear all the riffs and moves in an authentic and celebratedBluegrass setting.

The Bluegrass Violin-El Violin en el Bluegrass. The endlessly energetic duo of Oriol Saña and Lluís Gómez have created a charming and informative account of the musical phenomenon we call bluegrass. Originally a quirky supercharged folk music played by about ten people, bluegrass music, with its Mozart-like formality and ferocious rhythmic zest, now describes an extended international family of related string band styles. Master fiddler Oriol and bluegrass banjoist Lluís, both acclaimed educators, present both the wide view and crucial details about this music in a clear, personable manner. Bravo! Includes access to online audio. El dúo formado por Oriol Saña y Lluís Gómez, siempre tan activos, se ha puesto manos a la obra una vez más para producir esta brillante obra, amena a la vez que informativa, sobre el fenómeno musical que llamamos bluegrass. En sus inicios, era un estilo folk muy rebuscado y minoritario, pero esa formalidad digna de Mozart y ese ritmo frenético tan característico han conseguido que actualmente abarque una gran familia de estilos musicales en distintos países. El maestro violinista Oriol y el banjista de bluegrass Lluís, ambos reconocidos profesores, presentan una visión amplia y a la vez detallada sobre esta música, aportando tanto claridad como su punto de vista personal. ¡Bravo! Incluye acceso a audio en línea.