Book/2-CD package. Flatpicking Guitar Magazine columnist and 2003 Winfield National Flatpicking Champion Troxel uses two versions each of 20 standard tunes as a platform not just for learning the tunes, but how to understand, think about and arrange tunes on your own! Plus an appendix full of scale and arpeggio exercises, music theory, slurring exercises and more. Spiral-bound.
475-2
$29.95
BLUEGRASS GUITAR SOLOS THAT EVERY PARKING LOT PICKER SHOULD KNOW: SERIES 1
by Steve Kaufman
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Book/6 CD pack. Teaches 20 standard fiddle tunes for players of all levels - melody for beginners, licks and runs for intermediate players, and advanced techniques to make the tune into a real showpiece. "Ragtime Annie," "Bill Cheatham," "Gold Rush," "Flop-Eared Mule," "Forked Deer," "Soldier's Joy," "Nothin' To It," "Big Sandy River," "Billy in the Low Ground," "Turkey in the Straw," "St. Anne's Reel," "Sweet Georgia Brown," more. The split-channel CDs let you play-along with the band for practice. Note/Tab. 163 pp.
300-161
$69.95
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BLUEGRASS GUITAR SOLOS THAT EVERY PARKING LOT PICKER SHOULD KNOW: SERIES 2
taught by Steve Kaufman
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Book/6 CD pack. Teaches 20 standard fiddle tunes for players of all levels - melody for beginners, licks and runs for intermediate players, and advanced techniques to make the tune into a real showpiece. "Alabama Jubilee," "Cricket on the Hearth," "Eighth of January," "Black Mountain Rag," "John Hardy," "Dixie Hoedown," "Down Yonder," "Blackberry Rag," "June Apple," "Katie Hill," "Liberty," "Redwing," "Stoney Creek," "Texas Gals," "Wildwood Flower," more. The split-channel CDs let you play-along with the band for practice. Comb-bound. Note/tab. 139 pp.
300-162
$69.95
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BLUEGRASS GUITAR SOLOS THAT EVERY PARKING LOT PICKER SHOULD KNOW: SERIES 3 - WHAT TO PLAY WHEN THE SINGING STOPS
taught by Steve Kaufman
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Book/6 CD pack. Steve's third set of popular lessons teaches how to work out guitar breaks to well-known bluegrass songs. Once again, turn off Steve's lead guitar on your stereo and play along with the rhythm tracks. Perfect practice for a "live" picking situation. 20 tunes: "Foggy Mountain Top," "More Pretty Girls Than One," "In the Pines," "Dark Hollow," "Nine-Pound Hammer," "Blue Ridge Cabin Home," "How Mountain Girls Can Love," "Gold Watch and Chain," "I Am a Pilgrim," more. Note/tab. 100 pp.
300-163
$69.95
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BLUEGRASS GUITAR SOLOS THAT EVERY PARKING LOT PICKER SHOULD KNOW: SERIES 4
taught by Steve Kaufman
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Book/6 CD pack. Teaches 20 standard fiddle tunes for players of all levels - melody for beginners, licks and runs for intermediate players, and advanced techniques to make the tune into a real showpiece. "Angeline the Baker," "Back Up and Push," "Bonaparte's Retreat," "Fire On the Mountain," "Flowers of Edinburgh," "Miller's Reel," "Over the Waterfall," "Road to Columbus," "Sailor's Hornpipe," "Silver Bells," "Woodchopper's Reel," more. The split-channel CDs let you play-along with the band for practice. Comb-bound. Note/tab. 136 pp.
300-160
$69.95
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BLUEGRASS JAMMERS' TOP 10
by Eddie Collins
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Packaged with a CD! For beginning and slow-jammers. "Each tune is laid out such that all the music notation, tab, chords and lyrics for fiddle, mandolin, banjo and guitar appear on open-face, easy-to-read, adjoining pages. The slow track for each tune on the Practice CD is performed at a speed that allows everyone to go comfortably from soloing to rhythm and back to soloing. Each tune is then performed at a relaxed group speed. All songs have lyrics, so the non-soloists can join in as well."
432-7
$9.95
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BLUEGRASS PRACTICE SESSION
with Happy Traum, Larry Campbell, Bill Keith, & Molly Mason
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Book/CD pack. Designed to help aspiring session players learn the basic melody for 10 bluegrass standards. The tunes are not meant to be played literally, but to give a basic outline you can spice up with your own licks and improvisations while jamming along with the backing tracks on the CD. Tunes are played slowly and up-to-speed. Includes "Arkansas Traveler," "Salty Dog Blues," "Old Joe Clark," "Soldier's Joy," "Devil's Dream," more. Useful for guitarists, fiddlers, mandolinists, or banjo players. Notation only, with chord frames. Spiralbound.
300-520
$19.95
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CD - COMPANION CD SET FOR GRANGER'S FIDDLE TUNES FOR GUITAR
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Seven CD set with all 508 tunes from the book. Each tune is announced then played at a moderate tempo. Rhythm guitar on the left track; lead on the right.
on order, expected arrival date 12/02/09
147-1/7CD
$99.95
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FIDDLE TUNES FOR FLATPICKERS - GUITAR
by Bob Grant
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Book/CD pack. 25 songs with chord changes, performance and fingering suggestions. Designed to help you build a repertoire common fiddle tunes and commonly used techniques including slides, double stops, fiddle shuffles, tremolos, syncopations, more. "Big Mon," "Arkansas Traveler," "Turkey in the Straw," "Old Joe Clark," "Sailor's Hornpipe," "Sally Goodin," "Whiskey Before Breakfast," more. The split-channel CD allows you to hear the lead guitar or play-along with the backing tracks. Note/tab. 38 pp.
01-965142
$14.95
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FIRST JAMS: FLATPICKING GUITAR
by Lee Drew Andrews
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Book/CD set. The First Jam series was created to give children and beginners of all ages a book of simple, common tunes to learn. These are standard .Jam. tunes in the Bluegrass/Old Time music styles. All the books are written in the same keys. So get your friends or family who play guitar, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, dulcimer or Dobro together, grab these books and start jamming. The CD has two tracks for each song. The first plays the song with the melody line, the second offers just the backup so you can play the melody over it, or even improvise. Includes: "Cripple Creek," Old Joe Clark," "Arkansas Traveler," "Will The Circle Be Unbroken," more. Note/tab, with chord symbols. Beginners. 24 pp.oe Clark," "Arkansas Traveler," "Will The Circle Be Unbroken," more. Note/tab, with chord symbols. Beginners. 24 pp.
02-21509BCD
$14.95
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FLATPICKING ESSENTIALS VOL. 3: FLATPICKING FIDDLE TUNES
by Flatpicking Guitar Magazine editor Dan Miller
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Wean yourself off of tablature for good, learn to create variations of tunes you already know, and learn to improvise! Step-by-step instruction on the structure of fiddle tunes, how to assimilate them into your own musical language and learn any tune by ear. Lots of tunes, too! Spiralbound; includes 2 CDs.
475-5
$29.95
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FLATPICKING FIDDLE TUNES
by Dan Crary
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Book/6 CD pack. More than 20 great fiddle tunes, plus lightning-fast licks, pick technique, learning from records and other invaluable playing tips. Songs include: "Black Mountain Rag," "Blackberry Blossom," "Sally Goodin," "Huckleberry Hornpipe," "Dill Pickle Rag," "Arkansas Traveller," "Forked Deer," and more. Tablature only. Comb-bound. 56 pp.
300-561
$59.95
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GRANGERS' FIDDLE TUNES FOR GUITAR
by Adam Granger
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508 tunes transcribed for flatpick guitar with over 1,000 indexed and cross-referenced titles. Includes tunes from Ireland, Cape Breton, the British Isles, Scandinavia, Mexico, plus French-Canadian, old time, Texas, and bluegrass tunes. Tune types include reels, breakdowns, hoedowns, polkas, rags, horpipes, jigs, slides and slip jigs. Six appendices cover how to use the book, a short course in flatpicking, basics of rhythm guitar, ornamentation and technique, more! Tablature only. Intermediate/advanced. 177 pp.
147-1
$29.95
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IRISH MUSIC FOR FLATPICKING GUITAR MADE EASY
by Philip John Berthoud
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Book/CD set. 29 traditional tunes from Ireland, arranged for easy flatpicking guitar. The collection contains airs, well known songs, polkas, slip jigs, slides, double jigs, hornpipes and reels. The CD contains all the tunes, played at a manageable speed, with guitar accompaniment. The tunes are played 2 or 3 times. The speed is quite slow, but not so slow as to take away from the essential feel of the music. Note/tab. Beginners. 40 pp.
02-21398BCD
$14.95
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IRISH, SCOTTISH, & BORDER MELODIES FOR FLATPICKING GUITAR
by Bill Brennan
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A rousing collection of flatpicking guitar solos in note/tab. Melodies were drawn from Ireland, Scotland, and the border countries of Northumberland, Durham, and Cumbria. The tunes are traditional and would normally be played for dancing. Beginning/intermediate. Reissue. 88 pp.
02-95200
$14.95
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JOHN MCGANN'S DEVELOPING MELODIC VARIATIONS ON FIDDLE TUNES, GUITAR EDITION
by John McGann
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Presents standard fiddle tunes in basic form, then shows how, phrase-by-phrase, they can become vehicles for your own improvisations. Opens the door to spontaneous improvisations based on the melodic structure unique to each. Each is presented first in its basic form, then with four variations. Variations are printed directly beneath the melody with the corresponding measures aligned, so you can compare them to the original and to each other. The CD has lead and rhythm guitar on separate channels, so you can turn off the lead and play along with the rhythm, or vice versa. Intermediate. 112 pp.
02-98556BCD
$24.95
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KAUFMAN'S FAVORITE 50 AMERICAN TRADITIONAL FIDDLE TUNES FOR FLATPICKING GUITAR, VOL. 1 - A-F
by Steve Kaufman
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Book/CD set. This collection of fiddle tunes originally appeared in "Kaufman's Collection of American Fiddle Tunes for Flatpicking Guitar (MB 95748) but the book was enormous, so it was divided into four volumes. Fiddle tunes give us melodies that eventually allow us to begin to improvise. 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, and then progress further. Beginning/intermediate. 75 pp.
02-21447BCD
$19.95
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NICKEL CREEK - TRANSCRIBED SCORES
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Matching folio to the eponymous debut from this neo-traditional folk/bluegrass trio. Includes note-for-note transcriptions for all of the instruments on the album--guitar, banjo, mandolin, violin and bass--as well as all of the vocal parts. 12 songs: "Cuckoo's Nest," "In The House Of Tom Bombadil," "Ode To A Butterfly," "Out Of The Woods," "Pastures New," "Reasons Why," "Robin And Marian," "Sweet Afton," "The Fox," "The Hand Song," "The Lighthouse's Tale" and "When You Come Back Down." Notation with guitar tab, but no mando tab. 128 pp.
49-690582
$19.95
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OLD TIME FIDDLE TUNES FOR GUITAR
by Richard Lieberson
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Back in print! 40 tunes in standard notation and tab. Tunes include "Liberty," "Soldier's Joy," "Chicken Reel," "Flop-Eared Mule," "Texas Quickstep," "Sail Away Ladies," more. 128 pp.
01-020809
$22.95
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OLD TIME MUSIC PARTY - PLAY-ALONG TRACKS FOR JAM SESSIONS
with Bruce Molsky, Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer, and Joe Fallon
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CD/book pack. 13 instrumentals for old time fiddle, banjo, mandolin, bass and guitar players who want to hone their skills and increase their repertoire. The tunes are played up to speed for experienced pickers, and at half speed for beginners/intermediates. "Susananna Gal," "Martha Campbell," "Sunny Home in Dixie," "Flatwoods," "Paddy on the Hand Car," "Wild Horse at Stoney Point," "June Apple," "Jenny on the Railroad," "Tippy Get Your Hair Cut," "Texas Gals" more. All levels. Comb-bound. 14 pp.
300-556
$19.95
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SIXTEEN FIDDLE TUNES FOR GUITAR
taught by Russ Barenberg
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Book/CD pack. A variety of great contra and square dance tunes for both solo guitar and dance band work. Includes playing tips and slowed-down and up-to-speed versions. "Dominion Reel," "Road to California," "Spootiskerry Reel," "Flowers of Edinburgh," "Goodbye Liza Jane," "Fisher's Hornpipe," "Waynesboro," "Opera Reel," "Round the Horn," "Trip to Durrow," "Snowshoer's Reel," "Mac Ilmoyle's Reel," "Miller's Reel," "Rose in the Heather," "Mary Douglas" and "Midnight on the Water." Comb-bound. Note/tab. 33 pp.
300-586
$19.95
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SLOW JAM FOR OLD TIME MUSIC - BACK-UP PRACTICE TRACKS
with Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer, Bruce Molsky, & Mark Schatz
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CD/book pack. 14 great jam session tunes for learning musicians. Each one is slowed down for beginners and played up-to-speed for those ready to jam faster. Suitable for any old-time instrument - fiddle, banjo, mandolin, bass, or guitar. Includes "The Buffalo Girls," "Sugar in the Gourd," "Hangman's Reel," "Black Eyed Susie," "Billy in the Lowground," more. 17 pp.
300-516
$19.95
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STEVE KAUFMAN 'S FAVORITE CELTIC JIGS AND WALTZES FOR GUITAR
by Steve Kaufman
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Kaufman, three-time National Flatpicking Champion, does it again. This edition brings us Steves favorite jigs and waltzes transcribed for guitar. This collection will build your repertoire and help you develop more ideas, licks and runs for arranging your own melodies. Companion audio is available in which all the songs are played note for note at about 3/4 speed. Beginning/intermediate. 108 pp.
02-21220
$19.99
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STEVE KAUFMAN 'S FAVORITE CELTIC REELS FOR GUITAR, VOL. 2
by Steve Kaufman
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Kaufman, three-time National Flatpicking Champion, does it again. Here are some of Steves favorite reels transcribed for guitar. This collection will build your repertoire and help you develop more ideas, licks and runs for arranging your own melodies. Companion audio is available for this title in which all the songs are played note for note at about 3/4 speed. Beginning/intermediate. 92 pp.
02-21222
$19.99
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STEVE KAUFMAN FOUR-HOUR BLUEGRASS WORKOUT CD PACKAGE
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A great all-around practice session. You'll hear 50 different tunes on the 4 CDs included. A dedicated band plays on the right & left speakers, with a guitar or mandolin lead only on the left. Music is in half- and full-speeds to help with your rhythm and lead parts. Standard notation with chord diagrams -- comb-bound, 28 pp.
300-530
$44.95
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STEVE KAUFMAN'S FAVORITE 50 CELTIC HORNPIPES FOR GUITAR, VOL. 3
by Steve Kaufman
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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. This collection of hornpipes will build your repertoire and 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. Beginning/intermediate, 104 pp.
02-21223
$19.99
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STEVE KAUFMAN'S FAVORITE REELS A-L FOR GUITAR
taught by Steve Kaufman
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Book/CD set. Kaufman, three-time National Flatpicking Champion, does it again. This first installment of a four part series brings us Steve's favorite reels transcribed for guitar. Though the title says "Fifty" reels, there are actually quite a few more. This collection will build your repertoire as well as help you develop ideas, licks and runs for arranging your own melodies. All the songs in the book are played note for note on the CD at about 3/4 speed. Learn the song, memorize it and then race with the champ! Note/tab. Spiralbound. Beginning/intermediate. 95 pp.
02-21221BCD
$24.95
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STEVE KAUFMAN'S FAVORITE TRADITIONAL FIDDLE TUNES FOR FLATPICKING GUITAR, VOL. 3
by Steve Kaufman
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This collection originally appeared in .Kaufmans Collection of American Fiddle Tunes for Flatpicking Guitar. (02-95748) but the book was so large it was divided into four volumes. Includes an explanation of the guitar tablature system and essential techniques such as bends, slides, hammer-ons and pull-offs. Tunes are in alphabetical order and include both standards and lesser-known fiddle melodies. Companion audio downloads are available. Note/tab. Beginning/intermediate. 80 pp.
02-21449
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$20.00
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STEVE KAUFMAN'S FAVORITE TRADITIONAL FIDDLE TUNES FOR FLATPICKING GUITAR, VOL. 4
by Steve Kaufman
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This collection originally appeared in .Kaufmans Collection of American Fiddle Tunes for Flatpicking Guitar. (02-95748) but the book was so large it was divided into four volumes. Includes an explanation of the guitar tablature system and essential techniques such as bends, slides, hammer-ons and pull-offs. Tunes are in alphabetical order and include both standards and lesser-known fiddle melodies. Companion audio downloads are available. Note/tab. Beginning/intermediate. 80 pp.
02-21450
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$20.00
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STEVE KAUFMAN'S FOUR-HOUR BLUEGRASS WORKOUT FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS, SERIES TWO
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Book/4 CD pack. 50 songs! Provides you with a backup band that gives rhythmic support for invaluable practice sessions. Each song is played three times slowly and then three times at a faster pace. CDs 1 and 2 contain the slow versions, while CDs 3 and 4 bring you up to speed. Improve your picking, build your speed and stamina, and get those licks and solos working! Songs include: "Angeline the Baker," "Back Up and Push," "Big Scioty," "Bull Durham," "Cattle in the Cane," "Cold Frosty Morn," "Jerusalem Ridge," "John Hardy," "Lonesome Fiddle Blues," "Nothing To It," "Rawhide," "Silver Bells," "Snowflake Reel," "Stone's Rag, " "Texas Gales," "Wheel Hoss," more. Includes chords and music plus tab for guitar and mandolin. Comb-bound. 105 pp.
300-596
$44.95
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THE GUITAR PICKER'S FAKEBOOK
by David Brody
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Over 250 tunes of the traditional old-time and bluegrass variety. Great reference section, including a discography indexed by tune title, a select discography for beginners to the style, a listing of record companies and an index of alternate titles. Tablature only. Spiralbound, 191 pp.
01-064279
$29.95
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THE INCOMPLETE CELTIC GUITAR - FLATPICKING THE MUSIC OF IRELAND & SCOTLAND, VOL. 1
by Dan Mozell
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80 tunes in all, some with Shetland or Cape Breton influences besides the Irish and Scottish. Note/tab. Comb-bound, 99 pp.
460-1
$20.95
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