Dvd Learning To Flatpick S. Kaufman 3 Dvd

On this compelling video lesson Steve Kaufman introduces essential Instrumentals for Flatpickers and teaches his arrangements to some of the most beautiful pieces in the guitar repertory. This lesson will delight lower intermediate to advanced players and will show you how to add the Flatpick style Waltz ‘feel’ and waltz phrases to your playing. Steve Kaufman is internationally known as a consummate bluegrass and waltz guitarist having won numerous Flatpicking contests and produced many tutorials and Guitar Methods. This 70 minute lesson includes a booklet that contains all the music from the DVD in tablature and standard notation.

DVD 3-Move beyond the basics and get into the finer points of bluegrass flatpicking. You''ll be jamming with the best of them once you've mastered the tunes and techniques on this final DVD in this series.Steve Kaufman broadens your musical vocabulary by focusing on the essentials of good picking techniques. You'll learn to play six classic fiddle tunes - Liberty Salt Creek Blackberry Blossom Clarinet Polka Home Sweet Home and Ragtime Annie. Steve slows each one down highlighting the tricky areas and then playing it up-to-speed so you'll hear how it should sound in performance.You'll learn how to dress up your solos usingslides arpeggios bends accents and a variety of intros and endings. Detailed instruction in the intricacies of crosspicking will help give your playing more rhythmic appeal and style. Steve devotes much-needed attention to one of the most challenging areas for intermediate players - how to build speed - giving you invaluable advice on practicing testing yourself and perfecting left and right hand positions to help you accomplish your goals.

A Song For Every Holiday-Learn to play Bluegrass-style arrangements of eleven beloved songs each one associated with an important season or holiday. Designed with the elementary player in mind this DVD tutorial will transform your flatpick technique whilst adding a bunch of well-known songs to your repertoire.Fear not - these are not just simple songs as Steve throws in enough licks chord-shapes cross-picking patterns and melody lines to get you really hooked! Not only will your playing reach a new level but both you and your audience will also enjoy a new take on some truly timeless American holiday classics.

My First Gospel Guitar Picking Songs is an ideal book for beginners interested in learning country-style guitar and basic reading skills. Author Steve Kaufman uses his award-winning method to teach principles of flatpicking basicchord fingerings and notation within the context of classic country songs. This book emphasizes the versatility of the gospel guitarist as a lead instrumentalist and rhythm accompanist from lyrical melodies to swinging strummingtechniques. The book comes with accompanying audio.

Steve Kaufman Three Time National Flatpicking Champion does it again. The third installment of a four part series brings us Steve's favorite hornpipes transcribed for guitar. Though the title says 'Fifty' hornpipes there areactually a few more. This large collection of hornpipes will build your repertoire as well as help you develop more ideas licks and runs for arranging your own melodies. Your goal is to learn the song memorize it and then racewith the Champ.

This book is an extension of Flatpickin' the Gospels by Steve Kaufman with autoharp arrangements written by Carol Stober. She makes it easy to learn these great gospel tunes on the autoharp! This book can be used to play chordsalong with singing or for playing the melody solo. The arrangements are written as simply as possible to facilitate sight reading so that you do not have to memorize the tune in order to play up to tempo. Complete lyrics areincluded. In notation and tablature.