Elderly Instruments Latest - Books - Flatpicking & Bluegrass Guitar http://elderly.com/list/newitems?catlist=150 en-us copyright 2009 Elderly Instruments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:54:39 -0500 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:54:39 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 720 webmaster@elderly.com In-depth lessons for players of all levels taught and recorded (slowly and up to tempo) by Waitze. Learn and improve the fundamentals of bluegrass flatpicking guitar! Effective right-hand and left-hand exercises, different backup styles, driving and syncopated rhythm, bass runs, crosspicking, melody and rhythm, gourmet bluegrass endings and licks, variations of your playing, and examples for improvisation. Exercises designed to help you find your way in and out of every possible twist and turn of the left and right hands. Note/tab. Free audio downloads available. Intermediate. 94 pp. ($23.00) ]]> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/books/items/02-21829.htm http://elderly.com/books/items/02-21829.htm In order to harmonize, the lead note and the harmony note need to be in harmonic agreement with one another, as well as with the background chord and the key of the song. Steve found that in most cases, but not always, that thinking in thirds will usually achieve the desired sound. Also contains a section on how to read tablature, plus a discography. Note/tab. Intermediate level. 96 pp. ($22.95) ]]> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/books/items/02-99642.htm http://elderly.com/books/items/02-99642.htm 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. ($29.95) ]]> Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/books/items/475-5.htm http://elderly.com/books/items/475-5.htm That's right: you can learn to use the entire fingerboard now! Sensible, step-by-step guide to finding your way all the way up and down the neck through the use of chord shapes, horizontal and vertical scale patterns and lots of song examples. Spiralbound; includes 2 CDs. ($34.95) ]]> Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/books/items/475-6.htm http://elderly.com/books/items/475-6.htm The mysteries of improvisation revealed! Step-by-step gradual learning method that will have you improvising immediately and then build your skill slowly and steadily. The authors use a two-part approach: one a blues-based, pentatonic-scale system, the second a root notes and chord-tones approach, much as jazz students do but here designed for bluegrass. PLUS a "founding fathers" section with Doc Watson, Clarence White, Norman Blake, Tony Rice and Dan Crary. Wow! Spiralbound; 152 pp. Incudes 2 CDs. ($34.95) ]]> Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/books/items/475-7.htm http://elderly.com/books/items/475-7.htm 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. ($29.95) ]]> Fri, 15 May 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/books/items/475-2.htm http://elderly.com/books/items/475-2.htm Book/CD package. Become a better rhythm player with the founder and editor of flatpickin' guitar's hippest magazine! Plus an appendix with sections on reading tablature, working with a metronome, and major scales, chords and arpeggios. Drive the band with a firm foundation! Spiralbound; 96 pp. ($29.95) ]]> Fri, 15 May 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/books/items/475-3.htm http://elderly.com/books/items/475-3.htm Book/2-CD package. You CAN learn how to take a guitar solo on ANY vocal tune! The founder and editor of flatpickin' guitar's hippest magazine teaches you how to get inside of a song, understand it and make it your own, and how to build snappy, idiomatic guitar solos: Carter style, double stops, crosspicking, tremolo, the works - and lots of familar songs to work on, too. Spiralbound, 108 pp. ($29.95) ]]> Fri, 15 May 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/books/items/475-4.htm http://elderly.com/books/items/475-4.htm Book/CD set. This volume from the popular "School of Country Guitar" series covers basic chords and accompaniment styles. Featured throughout are fills and runs made famous by the first generation of recorded country musicians. The Carter and crosspicking styles are introduced and explained, as well as the Nashville Number System. Playing in thirds and other lead guitar tricks are fully detailed lick by lick. Presents rhythm and beginning lead styles. Beginners. 32 pp. ($14.99) ]]> Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/books/items/02-21506BCD.htm http://elderly.com/books/items/02-21506BCD.htm