Steve Kaufman Favorite Celtic Hornpipes for Guitar PDF. 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 are actually 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 race with the Champ. Excellent for the intermediate player, in tab and standard notation with online music...

Martin Carthy British Fingerstyle Guitar. Martin Carthy has forged his own personal and unusual approach to fingerstyle guitar. Musician Magazine recently cited him as one of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of the 20th Century. He has developed his own tunings and right hand techniques to enable him to play British traditional folk music. This body of music is rooted in a vocal tradition of hundreds of years as well as a strong dance culture. It is not bound by any time or bar structure. The guitarist must find ways to explore, reinforce, accent and embellish these melodies. Martin has...

Doc Watson Doc’s Guitar Fingerpicking & Flatpicking. This wonderful lesson with a national treasure has been re-edited and formatted for DVD. It’s now easier than ever to access the wonderful songs and instrumentals that have made Doc one of the most beloved folk artists of all time. Doc Watson, a true master of traditional guitar styles, teaches some of the most requested fingerpicking and flatpicking tunes in his vast repertoire. Split-screen images allow you to watch his picking and fretting hands at the same time. You’ll see and hear Doc’s guitar playing in slowed-down, close-up detail, and, with his...

Cowboy Songs Guitar Chord Songbook PDF. Lyrics, chord symbols, and guitar chord diagrams for over 60 tunes. If you are trying to teach yourself to play cowboy songs on the guitar. It has a helpful diagram for each cord used in the songs, so even if you have never played a chord before you can, with a little determination, learn to play these songs entirely on your own. It has a selection of songs ranging from traditional cowboy songs (from the 1800’s) to cowboy songs made popular by the Sons Of The Pioneers and singing cowboys of the silver...

Dick Fegy Fiddle Tunes For Flatpicking Guitar PDF. In this series of lessons Dick Fegy presents a wide range of music from Celtic melodies to bluegrass standards. Single-string arrangements, complex right hand techniques, fingerboard control and arranging techniques are all discussed. For intermediate to advanced students. These lessons, originally handwritten and in some cases were offered only as tab transcriptions, have now been typeset in standard notation and tab. The audio lessons in this series were initially recorded in the 1970 s, released on audio cassettes. We have gone back to our master tapes to get the best possible...

Dix Bruce – Basic Country Flatpicking Guitar. Dix Bruce carefully teaches lead and backup guitar to nine great and classic country, bluegrass, and folk standards, ballads and hot breakdowns played by musicians the world over. Dix demonstrates the basic “bass note/strum” technique and shows how melodies can be easily integrated into known chord patterns. You’ll first learn leads on the country classics Worried Man Blues; Lonesome Valley; Storms are on the Ocean; and Handsome Molly in a variety of different keys. You’ll also learn the all-time guitar hit Wildwood Flower and how to transpose it from the key of...

Gospel Chops Shed Sessionz Volume 2 download free. This second edition to the flagships series from Gospelchops.com features a two-disc set full of multicamera scenes that will fill your hunger for monster drumming. Features Nikki Glaspie (Beyonce), Ronald Bruner Jr. (Stanley Clarke, MD Festival ’06), and Doobie Powell along with a fresh crop of young gospel musicians that will wow you from beginning to end. This epic release also includes instructional clips, behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with the hottest drummers in the country.   See also: Gospel Chops Shed Sessionz Volume 1 Featuring: Ronald Bruner Jr. Dave Elitch Justin...

Bryan Sutton’s Secrets For Successful Flatpicking. This extraordinary DVD lesson is filled with spectacular picking, detailed instruction and invaluable advice for aspiring bluegrass guitarists at all levels. Bryan Sutton thoughtfully and methodically lays out his tricks of the trade to help you play any tune and improve your flatpicking speed, power, timing and musicianship. Bryan addresses many of the problems that he sees in aspiring pickers, and passes along tips on how to keep your picking hand and arm tension-free and your fretting hand supple and quick. He provides drills and exercises, teaching an arsenal of licks, bends, double...

Jean Marc Belkadi Ethnic Rhythms for Guitar PDF. Get yourself out of the standard rock patterns and dull beats with this truly global guide to guitar rhythm playing, with examples from Europe, South America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The rhythms of any culture are unique to its sociological characteristics, and by embracing the sounds of the world, an endless source of new inspirations and ideas will feed your playing and your imagination. This book and CD set offers a huge range of riffs and rhythms from all over the world. The examples are all supported by a...

Nancy Wilson Instructional Acoustic Guitar download. The Wilson sisters blazed rock trails, propelling their band Heart to the Top 40 with more than 20 hits and selling over 30 million albums. This DVD examines Nancy Wilson’s playing style and technique on acoustic guitar via her performance of “These Dreams,” “Crazy on You,” “Dog and Butterfly,” and other favorites. She discusses & demonstrates fingerpicking, flatpicking, open-string chords, and more. The accompanying booklet includes music notation, guitar tab, and chord charts. Here is a typical American manner of playing. Folk-ballad work Nancy does not leave any fan untouched. This is an...