Teach Yourself Bluegrass Guitar. Teach yourself authentic bluegrass guitar with this book and audio pack. The book contains clear instructions on the basics: right- and left-hand techniques, solos, backup, personal advice on performance, and much more, as well as a complete selection of the best bluegrass songs to learn from. The audio contains recorded examples contained in the book and backing tracks for several songs. Written by Russ Barenberg, an acclaimed Nashville session player, whose playing has been featured on dozens of top country and bluegrass albums over the years. Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK , a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.

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.

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 wonderfully diverse collection of 33 great Tommy Flint fingerstyle guitar solos in Nashville lead bluegrass blues and ragtime guitar styles. Tunes include: 'Fisher's Hornpipe' 'Soldier's Joy' 'Amazing Grace' and more. Allselections are in notation and tablature. The audio recording is available as a free download.

Flatpicking Gtr Jam-26 of Steve Kaufman’s Favorite Jamming Fiddle tunes presented in notation and tablature. Companion Audio available online.

Recorded lessons from one of America’s greatest guitarists Johnny Hiland teaches rhythm patterns essential to the working guitarist in the styles of Bluegrass Country Country Rock Blues and Swing. Lessons in standard notationand TAB with complete audio instruction.

For Gtr Bnjo and Uke-You need only minimal playing skills and three chords - G C and D7 - to accompany each song in this innovative book. This is the perfect book for beginners casual musicians and teaching studios. The book is absolutely burstingwith an abundance of timeless standards many of which are rarely found in print. All songs are made playable for folks who play for their own enjoyment. Melody lyrics and chords are included for each song. We invite your entirefamily to enjoy this unique book. It is also an excellent compact fakebook for pros.

Flatpicking Guitar Magazine declares Norman Blake a legend and includes him in the 'first name club' on the Internet flatpicking news list. The Norman Blake Anthology offers complete lyrics and melody lines to 40 original songs written and notated just as Norman sings them. Often the vocal version is followed by a second flatpicking solo edition in notation and tablature including introductions and solos within a given tune- all authorized by Normanhimself! 200 pages illustrated with photos from a distinguished 30-year career. Intermediate in difficulty.

Zac Brown calls the band's 2012 album ?Your basic country-Southern rock-bluegrass-reggae-jam record.? Here are artist-approved note-for-note guitar transcriptions of all 11 danceable tracks from this chart-topper including the hit singles Day That I Die Goodbye in Her Eyes and The Wind. Includes a bio of the band/notes on the making of the album.

This book of hymn arrangements as recorded by Chet Atkins was done in hopes that other guitarists will benefit from the availability of beautiful hymns for guitar both for use in worship services and for personal enjoyment aswell. The arrangements are given in notation and tablature just as Chet played them. They have not been simplified and are intended for use by those who know and appreciate Chet's style of guitar technique. Fingerings andperformance notes have been added by the transcriber.

Guitar Of Big Bill Broonzy. Big Bill Broonzy's recording career spanned from 1927 until his death in 1958. His repertoire was well recorded, from solos and duets to ensemble playing. He was rediscovered just as the "folk-revival" began in the early 1950's. Broonzy was a master of ragtime and country blues guitar whose playing was highlighted by a strong pulsating bass and melodic lead lines. In this comprehensive new audio lesson, Woody Mann explores the ideas, techniques, and styles of this legendary musician who has influenced generations of guitarists. Includes access to online audio containing three full hours of instruction featuring note-by-note, phrase-by-phrase instruction. Selections include: House Rent Stomp: Brownskin Shuffle: Moppin' Blues: Hey, Hey: Worryin' You Off My Mind: Stove Pipe Stomp: and Saturday Night Rub. Written in standard notation and tablature.

Book/Cd Set-This fun and easy book and CD takes you from the very beginning. Learning right and left-hand techniques learning your first chords 18 great songs AND you painlessly learn them by reading notes. Anyone can do it. Steve's methodand approach to learning to read notes is so simple that 4 year olds have done it. You will start with 4 simple notes. Steve then teaches songs using just those four notes. He systematically adds a few more notes at a time bundledwith easy to understand instructions and songs so that in a short time you will know all the notes chords strumming patterns to play hundreds of songs. This is a perfect primer for many of Steve's best sellers and other author’sbooks. Audio CD included.

This volume in the Guitar Recorded Versions series contains 14 detailed transcriptions from American Guitar sensation Doc Watson. The pieces in this collection include highlights from Watson's recordings written note-for-note with tab. Now you can learn the songs licks and fingerpicking style that made Doc Watson famous. Songs include: Beaumont Rag Black Mountain Rag Deep River Blues Doc's Guitar Little Sadie Shady Grove Sitting on Top of the World Tom Dooley Windy and Warm and more.

For Fngrstyle Guitar-This volume is intended as a folio of arrangements from the repertoire of a working musician. As such there is only a minimum of discussion about the technical aspects of playing. Students who have already dealt with theAmerican style called fingerpicking or fingerstyle guitar which is quite distinct from other kinds of guitar playing will be at an advantage. The easiest arrangements here are early intermediate level while the other end of thescale includes pieces that may challenge even a professional. Tunes within each section are presented generally in order of difficulty. The bulk of the tunes presented are fiddle tunes with a couple of banjo tunes and severalsongs as well as tunes originally played on other instruments such as harp pipes or accordion. There are even a small number composed for the guitar. For the most part differences in approach among the tunes here are unrelatedto the instrumental sources. All the tunes are presented in notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio.

Develop solid flatpick guitar technique build a repertoire of great tunes and get ready to solo in a band! In this method one of America's top bluegrass guitarists teaches a tremendous set of flatpicking songs. This selection ofrepertoire tunes for intermediate players includes Liberty Soldiers Joy Forked Deer Eighth Of January and Hot Corn. This book also comes with a CD of accompaniments to play along to.