Acoustic Guitar Private Lessons BLUEGRASS GUITAR ESSENTIALS, LEARN TO PLAY BASS RUNS, FIDDLE TUNES, BLUESY SOLOS, AND MORE. CD TABLATURE

Acoustic Guitar Private Lessons BLUEGRASS GUITAR ESSENTIALS, LEARN TO PLAY BASS RUNS, FIDDLE TUNES, BLUESY SOLOS, AND MORE. CD TABLATURE

Series: String Letter Publishing
Publisher: String Letter Publishing
Softcover with CD - TAB
Author: Scott Nygaard

Learn the fundamentals of bluegrass by exploring its various styles and the masters who defined the genre: Doc Watson, Clarence White, and Norman Blake. The book includes background information, instruction and 12 classic songs, including: Greenback Dollar - Kingdom Come - Lonesome Old River - Midnight on the Stormy Deep - Up the Creek - Whiskey Before Breakfast, and more. The CD includes demos of the exercises and songs. 72 pages.

Billy In The Lowground
Black Mountain Rag
Cuckoo's Next
Down In The Valley To Pray
Greenback Dollar
Kingdom Come
Lonesome Old River
Midnight On The Stormy Deep
Paddy On The Turnpike
Sugar Baby Blues
Up The Creek
Whiskey Before Breakfast

Contents

Introduction

Tune-up

Music Notation Key 5

FUNDAMENTALS

Bass Runs

  Greenback Dollar

Fiddle Tunes

  Paddy on the Turnpike

  Cuckoo's Nest

Bluesy Bluegrass

  Sugar Baby Blues

Bluegrass Kickoffs

EXPLORING BLUEGRASS STYLES

Crosspicking

  Midnight on the Stormy Deep

Going Beyond I-IV-V

  Up the Creek

New Directions in Flatpicking

Solo Flatpicking

  Kingdom Come

BLUEGRASS GUITAR MASTERS

Doc Watson

  Black Mountain Rag

Clarence White

  Billy in the Lowground

Norman Blake

  Whiskey Before Breackfast

MORE SONGS TO PLAY

Down in the Valley to Pray

Lonesome Old River

About the Author

Acknowledgments