Elderly Instruments Latest - Books - Flatpicking Guitar Fiddle Tune Collections http://elderly.com/list/newitems?catlist=151 en-us copyright 2009 Elderly Instruments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:12:29 -0500 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:12:29 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 720 webmaster@elderly.com 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. ($19.99) ]]> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/books/items/02-21220.htm http://elderly.com/books/items/02-21220.htm 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. ($19.99) ]]> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/books/items/02-21222.htm http://elderly.com/books/items/02-21222.htm 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. ($19.99) ]]> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/books/items/02-21223.htm http://elderly.com/books/items/02-21223.htm 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. ($20.00) ]]> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/books/items/02-21449.htm http://elderly.com/books/items/02-21449.htm 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. ($20.00) ]]> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/books/items/02-21450.htm http://elderly.com/books/items/02-21450.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 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 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. ($14.95) ]]> Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/books/items/02-21509BCD.htm http://elderly.com/books/items/02-21509BCD.htm