A beginner's guide to the world of country flatpicking guitar. Contains information on rhythm, use of the capo, back up strumming, licks, and breaks. Music in notation and tab. Includes access to online audio.

26 historic and well-loved American melodies arranged for intermediate and advanced mandolinists. These beautiful airs and ballads in many different major and minor keys have been taught and performed since the very beginnings of the American experience, expressing good times and bad, joy, sorrow, and everything in between. The printed music includes standard notation, accompaniment chords, and tablature. The arrangements use several different playing techniques including double stops, cro...

Thirty-four well-loved gospel tunes especially arranged for intermediate and advanced mandolinists. These beautiful, meditative melodies have been played and cherished for generations. The music is written in standard notation, with accompaniment chords, tablature and performance notes on the techniques used in each arrangement. Includes access to online recordings of each piece for playing along and listening. You will enjoy playing these historic and engaging melodies which lend themselv...

Mandolin Picking Tunes: Early Music Gems by Dix Bruce is a collection of 34 wonderful songs from the 1200s to the 1600s especially arranged for intermediate and advanced mandolinists. The titles span the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras and the sounds of the individual songs reflect those years. The music includes standard notation, accompaniment chords, and tablature. Includes access to online audio recordings of each piece for listening and playing along.

Learn to play 14 classic blues the best way--by doing! This book and online audio provides your backup band as you explore Country and Urban, Acoustic and Electric, Delta, Texas, Chicago, Slide Guitar, Alternate Tuning, Traditional, and Modern styles in many different major and minor keys and in a variety of tempos. Melodies are first presented on the recording at a slow speed with just guitar, then repeated at regular speed with the band. Finally, you can play along with the hot blues rhy...

Learn melodies and practice soloing on fourteen of the most popular old time and fiddle tunes. Play along with a great string band rhythm section: guitar, mandolin, and string bass. The compact disc has all of the tunes at slow and regular speeds with melodies, and allows you to hear just rhythm, just lead, or both. Great for cello, string bass, bass guitar, or any bass clef instrument. We'll jam all night long!

With this book/audio you'll learn melodies and practice soloing on 12 of the most popular and important chord progressions in the swing and jazz repertoire - cycle of fifths; major and minor progressions with II-V-I, I-VI-II-V-I, I-III-VI-II-V chord changes; major, minor, and 6/8 blues; and much more-- all based on favorite swing and jazz hits. Play along with a hot string rhythm section: featuring guitar, mandolin and bass with lead melodies played on tenor sax. Each melody appears in sta...

14 Fiddle tunes carefully chosen to represent a variety of keys and types of tunes. All are standards played whenever bluegrass, country, and old time musicians gather. The melodies and chord progressions to all the tunes are on the recording at both regular and slow speeds. Learn this repertoire and you'll have a great introduction to fiddle tunes. Tunes include: Temperance Reel; Sally Goodin; Blackberry Blossom; Over the Waves; Beaumont Rag; Red Haired Boy; June Apple; Salty Dog; Old Joe...

Wedding Music for Mandolin includes 23 of the most popular and best-loved wedding hits for intermediate and advanced mandolinists.• Traditional wedding songs• Easy classical pieces• Two “Ave Maria” melodies• Favorite Italian, Irish, Jewish, and English songsThe music includes standard notation, mandolin tablature, chords for mandolin and guitar, plus access to online play-along audio recordings of all the songs!

This book and accompanying audio are an essential compilation of songs, solos, and techniques that every mandolin player should know. The book is aimed at beginning and intermediate mandolinists, and contains 40 mandolin solos of all-time favorite Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Gospel songs. The written music includes melodies, tablature, chords, and all the solos can be heard at both slow and regular speeds on the accompanying audio. Included are easy open string solos, closed position moveable...

Jerry Garcia, the lead guitarist, singer, and alleged leader of the Grateful Dead, became an icon of the 60s youth movement. It was well-known that Jerry was a huge fan, and probably considered himself a player, of old-time American music from mountain fiddle and banjo music to English ballads, to jug band music to bluegrass and blues, and more. On the "Shady Grove" recordings, one can hear that Jerry had a deep commitment, respect, and love for this traditional American music. He's very f...

Aimed at beginning and intermediate guitarists, this book is packed with songs,solos, and techniques that every guitar player should know. The material includes melodies, tablature, chords, and all the solos are recorded at both slow and regular speeds on the accompanying audio. Solos include easy open string solos, closed position moveable and transposable solos, double stops, solos with a bluesy sound, crosspicking solos, and backup guitar parts. Includes access to online audio and free ...