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A Flatpicker's Guide to Better Playing
by Russ Barenberg Intermediate Level |
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| Russ shows guitarists at all levels how to achieve good tone, keep solid time, compose solos, improvise, play with more assurance, better control and stronger technique. Includes several exercises and original instrumentals. | ||
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Basic Country Flatpicking Guitar
by Dix Bruce DVD + TAB Intermediate Level |
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| Now in DVD! Dix Bruce explores the picking of Mother Maybelle Carter in this video. This style of guitar playing is the foundation upon which all traditional country, folk, bluegrass, and hot flatpicking guitar is based. Dix carefully teaches lead and backup guitar techniques, demonstrates the basic "bass note / strum" technique and shows how melodies can be easily integrated into known chord patterns. Duration: 79 min. | ||
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Complete Flatpicking Guitar Book
by Steve Kaufman Book + CD All Levels Level |
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| This comprehensive study of contemporary flatpicking guitar technique presents numerous solos for the beginning through advanced flatpicking guitarist along with tips on creating your own flatpicking arrangements. The book addresses the tablature system, tuning, right and left-hand technique, use of the capo and the microphone, transposing using the Nashville numbering system, bluegrass back-up, arranging flatpicking solos and instrumentals. Written in standard notation and tablature. The stereo play-along CD features Steve Kaufman's rousing performance of each flatpicking solo! | ||
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Dan Crary's Flatpick Guitar Workshop
by Dan Crary DVD + TAB Intermediate Level |
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| An In-Depth Exploration Of Dynamic Flatpicking. Dan Crary imparts a wealth of technical knowledge, encouragement, inspiration and powerful ideas that will benefit all guitar students. Includes instruction on numerous runs, syncopated licks, crosspicking and more. Dan redefines performing, arranging, improvising, soloing, and practicing, and teaches these songs: Lime Rock, Arkansas Traveler, John Henry, Foggy Mountain Special and Sally Goodin. | ||
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First Lessons Flatpicking Guitar
by Joe Carr Book + CD Beginner - Intermediate Level |
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| This new book is perfect for beginners, players with a little experience and guitarists who want a good grounding in the flatpicking style. Using popular American fiddle tunes, Joe introduces the important basics of good flatpicking including pick direction, fingering, and hand position. The accompanying CD provides a clear performance of each exercise and tune. An introduction to playing up the neck in closed positions is included. Tunes include Wildwood Flower, Soldier's Joy, Red Haired Boy, Whiskey Before Breakfast, Old Joe Clark, Salt Creek, and more. | ||
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Learning to Flatpick
by Steve Kaufman DVD Beginner - Intermediate Level |
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| Steve Kaufman's comprehensive course in bluegrass flatpicking starts at the beginning level and takes students to advanced techniques that will enable them to hold their own in any band or jam session. He helps players develop a solid repertoire of classic tunes, including: Liberty, Salt Creek, Blackberry Blossom, Ragtime Annie, Clarinet Polka, Home Sweet Home, Cripple Creek, Walking Cane, Wildwood Flower, Wayfaring Stranger, Eighth of January and Bully of the Town. | ||
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Orrin Star's Flatpicking Primer
by Orrin Star DVD + TAB Beginner Level |
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| This comprehensive guide is subtitled "What the tab won't tell you." Orrin Star teaches you the fundamentals of flatpicking in great detail, focusing on technique and articulation. His explanation of right-hand technique will help you overcome the common hurdles new flatpickers encounter. Orrin's presentation on left-hand technique will also help you smooth out your playing by "squeezing the juice" out of every note. This is not only a very effective DVD, it is highly entertaining. Tunes include Old Joe Clark, Whiskey Before Breakfast, I Saw the Light, House of the Rising Sun, Don't Let Your Deal Go Down, Soldier's Joy, Red Haired Boy and Cherokee Shuffle. | ||
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Pick Power
by Paul Mehling DVD + TAB Beginner - Advanced Level |
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| Paul Mehling has developed a powerful series of exercises and practice regimens that will help all flatpick guitarists play with greater strength, speed, expressiveness and authority. Paul offers invaluable insights into how to hold the pick, attack, wrist angle and then presents a series of exercises to practice these. While Paul is a Gypsy Jazz enthusiast, the material will be helpful to Bluegrass and other genres. | ||
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The Flatpicker's Guide
by Dan Crary Beginner - Intermediate Level |
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| This book is an excellent introduction to Bluegrass Guitar. Dan Crary teaches how to play accompaniments, cross-pick, play lick strums, and lots more, and the examples in the book are explained on the accompanying CD. The CD also allows guitarists to play along with the songs in the book. | ||
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You Can Teach Yourself Flatpicking Guitar
by Steve Kaufman Book + CD Beginner Level |
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| Three-time national flatpicking champion Steve Kaufman teaches you how to buy a guitar, the easy way to fret a note, how to read chord charts and play all the basic chords, basic bluegrass strumming patterns, bass runs and walks, hammer-ons and pull-offs, how to read tablature, picking lead, crosspicking, practice techniques, and much more | ||
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You Can Teach Yourself Flatpicking Guitar
by Steve Kaufman DVD + TAB Beginner Level |
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| Three- time national flatpicking champion Steve Kaufman teaches you how to buy a guitar, the easy way to fret a note, how to read chord charts and play all the basic chords, basic bluegrass strumming patterns, bass runs and walks, hammer-ons and pull-offs, how to read tablature, picking lead, crosspicking, practice techniques, and much more. | ||