The Very Best of Fingerstyle Guitar

Chet Atkins was a master in many aspects of the Guitar. One of his greatest skills was his uncanny talent of discovering songs which would 'work' as fingerstyle arrangements and then using his musical genius to forge theminto enduring masterpieces. National Fingerstyle Guitar champion Pat Kirtley has assembled a collection of favourites from Chet's 'Golden Era' -- some of the best of Chet Atkins' vintage classic tunes -- and teaches you thesecrets of how it's done and how to get the feel of the originals in this double DVD.Pat chose these tunes his own favourites from Chet's vast collection carefully dissecting them and then putting them back together stepby step so the guitarist can not only learn to play them but also gets a sense of the feel and history of each unique selection. Pat teaches you note by note and phrase by phrase six of Chet's greatest arrangements. Usingsplit-screen you can study both the left and right hands in detail. A printed tab/music booklet is included as well as a PDF file of the booklet on each DVD.Every tune here is a winner a true Chet Atkins classic and eachone is guaranteed to be a standout solo Guitar performance piece. These challenging arrangements will provide hours of pleasurable fingerstyle fun as you learn to 'pick it like Chet!'Tunes taught include: Rose Ann DownHome Somebody's Knockin' Trambone Drive In Alice Blue Gown. Bonus tracks: Chet Atkins performing The Poor People Of Paris Side By Side Makin' Believe Villa Say Si Si

Initial to Grade 2. Trinity?s new Acoustic Guitar syllabus reinvents the popular Plectrum Guitar syllabus, keeping it vital and relevant to today?s guitarist by giving teachers and learners the flexibility to develop fingerstyle and plectrum playing. A selection of the best-loved pieces from the previous syllabus has been retained at every grade for continuity. This book contains all the exam pieces for Initial to Grade 2, covering a wide range of styles at each grade ? folk, acoustic, rock and pop styles, jazz, blues, country ? allowing candidates to follow distinct stylistic pathways as they progress. All pieces are printed in both tablature and standard notation so are accessible for any learner.

American Fingerstyle Guitar Favorites-Learn to play twelve classic fingerstyle songs with one of the masters of the style Pat Donohue. With note-for-note transcriptions in both staff notation and Guitar tablature (tab) learn to play these great American folk songs exactly as they were intended.Drawing influences from blues legends like Robert Johnson and folk heroes like Bob Dylan Donohue takes the best of both worlds to produce an idiosyncratic blend of warm acoustic fingerpicking and traditional American travelling songs. With the Hal Leonard Solo Guitar Library you can learn every note and nuance from the cream of Pat Donohue?s backcatalogue with selections from his 2008 album Freewayman going way back to his 1989 album Big Blind Bluesy. Each song from American Fingerstyle Guitar Favorites has been expertly transcribed into both staff notation and tablature making this book perfect for any fan of acoustic-folk music or somebody who wants to learn the essentials of fingerpicking. Whatever your background there is nobody better to learn from than Pat Donohue who has been called ?one of the greatest finger pickers in the world today? by none other than Chet Atkins. As if this wasn?t enough to convince you this edition of the book also comes with free audio access to Donohue himself playing the songs. All you have to do is enter the code provided on the Hal Leonard website to download digital versions of songs like Big Blind Bluesy and Maple Leaf Rag. To see the full list of songs included in this songbook please see below.With an unparalleled level of precise transcription the Hal Leonard Solo Guitar Library offers the best possible way for you to perfectly learn a dozen fingerstyle classics that come from the very hands of one of the greatest.

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Multiple Levels Musical Genre : Bluegrass & Country Series : Complete Number of pages : 200 Fingerstyle guitar is extremely popular today. This is because it lends itself to very personal and lyrical solo and accompaniment styles. This method is one of the very best at teaching the basics of fingerpicking. Written by Nashville's fine guitarist, Tommy Flint, you will learn chording, Travis picking, soloing, scales and accompaniment patterns, playing over the entire fingerboard, barre-chords, two-string harmony, combining hammer and slide, three-against four roll, contrary motion, crosspicking, harmonics, right and left hand agility studies, and much more. A bonus is the inclusion of over 50 great, original Tommy Flint fingerpicking guitar solos which reflect a rich diversity of styles. This volume includes material previously published in two volumes as Mel Bay's Deluxe Fingerstyle Guitar Method. Written in notation and tablature. This package includes a split-track CD which provides play-along demonstrations of many of the exercises and solos in the book, starting with page 41. The solo guitar is on the right with accompaniment guitar on the left, so you can eliminate the solo part or accompaniment by adjusting the balance control of your player.

50 classic songs to accompany the world-famous justinguitar.com courses for guitar!The Justinguitar.com Acoustic Songbook is for all guitar players who want to progress beyond beginnerlevel. The book starts with beginner level material before progressing to songs that will teach you how to use more complex chords (including barre chords) riffs fingerstyle patterns and open tunings.This bookcontains 50 great acoustic songs by artists such as The Beatles Eric Clapton Johnny Cash Elliott Smith Crowded House Ed Sheeran Coldplay Sting Tom Waits and David Gray.Take your playing forward by starting withthe 15 beginner level songs then move on to 15 intermediate songs specially chosen to develop your barre chords. After that you’ll learn a further 15 songs which introduce interesting new techniques chords and rhythms beforefinishing off with 5 classic songs written out in full TAB!Every song is accompanied by performance tips and strumming patterns often with tablature and chord diagrams to help you through any tricky bits. Much more thanjust a songbook this book contains valuable tips and tutorials that will help you with every aspect of your playing. This long-awaited volume really is the best Acoustic Songbook ever!'One of the mostinfluential guitar teachers in history' - The Independent