Format : Sheet music + CD
Steve Kaufman's Four-Hour Bluegrass Workout 2 (Book and 4 CDs) features jam-friendly backup tracks to fifty traditional bluegrass and old-time favourites played in slowed-down and up to speed versions.Learning players get a band to help them with their chops together on Angeline. Steve's workout is suitable for all instruments and all levels. With four CD lessons plus a 105 page book including Chords and Music Tab for Guitar and Mandolin and a fantastic selection of tunes.
SKU: MB.20710M
ISBN 9780786688166. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.
Steve Kaufman, Three Time National Flatpicking Champion, does it again. This installment of a four part series brings us Steves favorite Celtic Jigs and Waltzes transcribed for the mandolin and fiddle too . This is a large collection of reels will build your repertoire as well as help you develop more ideas, licks and runs for arranging your own melodies. All the songs in the book are played note for note on the accompanying online audio download at about - speed. Your goal is to learn the song, memorize it and then race with the Champ. Includes access to online audio.
SKU: MB.20892M
ISBN 9780786688135. 8.5 X 11 inches.
Steve Kaufman takes his favorite American fiddle tunes for the mandolin and puts them alphabetically in four volumes. Steve plays the mandolin exactly as it is written so the student can hear the melody and dynamics just as he would play it. Accompanying the large set of books are aduio online with guitar rhythm accompaniment included. Build your repertoire, right and left hand skills and have fun playing at jam sessions with your friends. This 4 volume set written specifically for the mandolin also has a sister series for guitar. Includes access to online audio.
SKU: MB.21447M
ISBN 9780786693405. UPC: 786693401. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.
This collection of fiddle tunes originally appeared in Kaufmans Collection of American Fiddle Tunes for Flatpicking Guitar. Steve Kaufman says he cant emphasize enough the importance of developing a large repertoire of tunes. Fiddle tunes give us melodies that eventually allow us to begin to improvise. Sometimes without even knowing it. The more tunes you know, the more melodies and intersecting melody lines you know. This allows you to eventually cut and paste portions of the melody line into another song. In the beginning you will probably unknowingly replace an ending run. These are the last two measures of the section of a tune. Many of them in the same key are interchangeable, unless they are specific to the melody of the song. After a while you will cut out measures in the middle of the song and then you will be able to take the snips of melodies and play them in another song in a different key thus beginning to improvise. All of this is possible because you built up your repertoire of tunes. Includes access to online audio.
SKU: MB.94533M
ISBN 9780786690992. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.
The author, three-time national flatpicking guitar champion, has compiled this rousing collection of dazzling flatpicking guitar solos. A companion audio featuring Steves foot-tapping rendition of each arrangement is included. The book is in notation and tablature. All the songs in the book are performed on the audio. On the video, Steve plays both slow and fast versions of each solo. Steves performance on the up-tempo versions of the challenging solos is absolutely astonishing. Includes access to audio and video online.
SKU: MB.95077M
ISBN 9780786686773. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.
In this book three time National Flatpicking Guitar Champion Steve Kaufman presents rousing guitar solos on 24 gospel favorites. Each song is shown with a melody part in notation and tablature, lyrics, an accompaniment part in tablature and a stirring flatpicking solo in notation and tablature. The audio recording is designed for listening first and second as an instructional tool. All 24 songs are played through three times at least. The first time is as it appears in the book and the two versions that follow are improvised versions. Making this a listening tool and an ear training tool. Recorded Digital to Analog in true stereo sound. This recording can be used with either Flatpickin' the Gospels or Autoharping the Gospels. Includes access to online audio and video.     .
