Blues and Country Fingerpicking
Acoustic Blues Guitar - A Beginner's Guide
Happy Traum
Learn to play in the styles of great country bluesmen such as Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Bill Broonzy, Leadbelly and countless others! Happy starts with the assumption that you know nothing at all about playing blues, and all the basics are covered for novice players. The lessons progress very quickly, though, so that before the first lesson is finished ...
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A Fingerstyle Christmas
Happy Traum
Guitar Arrangements to Seven Beloved Songs and Carols.
These seven traditional Christmas songs and carols have been specially arranged so that even an early-intermediate guitarist can play them, but more advanced players will have much to learn as well. Drawing on his experience as one of America's most popular guitar teachers, Happy Traum has carefully chosen each classic song for its "playability" as well as its timeless ...
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A Guitarist's Guide to Hybrid Picking
Zak Hobbs
Combining Flatpicking with Fingerpicking
Hybrid picking is a versatile technique that combines the power of a flatpick with the intricacy of fingerpicking. The pick plays strong bass and rhythm notes while your middle and ring fingers pick out arpeggios, harmonies and melodies. This style of picking can be applied to many musical genres and is used by numerous well-known players.
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A Lesson With Steve Earle
Steve Earle
Guitars, Songs and Picking Techniques
Take a lesson with one of the most celebrated singer/songwriters of our time! A master storyteller, Steve Earle crafts his powerful songs with basic chords and a two-finger picking style that is eloquent in its simplicity. His music combines folk, blues, alt-country and rock styles in a powerful, instantly recognizable genre all its own. This unique video gives us ...
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An Easy Guide to Open D
Happy Traum
The Must-Know Tuning for Fingerpickers and Blues Guitarists
Tuning to an open chord is a satisfying and fun way to play, giving you rich, resonant sounds with relatively little effort. Just follow the tuning instructions by Happy Traum, then strum the open strings for a ringing D chord; G, A and other major chords can be made with simple one-finger barres. It’s all explained in such a way ...
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Appalachian Fingerstyle Guitar in DADGAD Tuning - Two Video Set
Al Petteway
Two Video Set
Get both of Al Petteway's incredible Appalachian DADGAD lessons and SAVE!
Video 1: The ringing strings and open voicings of DADGAD produce an ethereal, almost magical guitar sound. In Al Petteway’s masterful hands, well-known Southern Mountain songs and instrumentals are given a new treatment, brought to life with fresh new harmonies and inventive fingerpicking. Al shows you how easy ...
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Art of Acoustic Blues Guitar - Do That Guitar Rag
Woody Mann
In "Do That Guitar Rag," the late Woody Mann teaches the sounds and techniques of the classic ragtime blues guitar style. Inspired by the early masters such as Blind Blake, Big Bill Broonzy, Rev. Gary Davis, and Blind Boy Fuller, Woody has written original tunes that break down the complexities of the music into clear and playable instrumentals. Working in ...
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Art of Acoustic Blues Guitar - Early Roots
Woody Mann
"Art of Acoustic Blues Guitar – Early Roots" teaches the song forms and techniques of early American folk and blues guitar styles. Acclaimed blues performer and educator, the late Woody Mann teaches five blues songs based on the playing of such originators as Charley Patton, Son House, Robert Johnson, Big Joe Williams, Scrapper Blackwell, and Tommy Johnson. Written for ...
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Art of Acoustic Blues Guitar - Handful of Riffs
Woody Mann
In Art of Acoustic Blues Guitar - Handful of Riffs the late Woody Mann teaches five repertoire building songs arranged for the intermediate fingerstyle guitarist. Inspired by Woody's favorite traditional blues tunes, these easy to follow arrangements teach a variety of acoustic blues styles and sounds. Each song spotlights a specific technique for developing fingerpicking skills, rhythmic grooves and ...
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Beefsteak When I'm Hungry
Toby Walker
Blues in E by James "Son" Thomas
As his many fans and students have learned, Toby Walker has a solid command of all aspects of blues fingerpicking - and he knows how to teach it, too. In this lesson he explores a song that he learned personally from the Mississippi Delta blues guitarist and singer James "Son" Thomas.
"Beefsteak When I'm Hungry" is a funky blues ...
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Big Bill Broonzy's "Glory of Love"
Happy Traum
A Single Song Lesson - 20 minutes - includes tab
Big Bill Broonzy was a master musician whose styles ran the gamut from country blues to ragtime, from popular songs to his own originals. This powerful fingerstyle guitarist and vocalist was a major influence on the early folk and blues revival, and his impact is still being felt today.
Big Bill transformed “Glory of Love,” a widely-known 1930s-era pop standard, into ...
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Blues and Roots Guitar 3-lesson Value Pack
Steve James, Hans Theessink, Geoff Muldaur
Learn From Three Masters of Blues/Roots Guitar!
This package introduces you to the artistry and fabulous instruction of three of our greatest roots/blues guitar players at a fantastic price. The songs, guitar techniques and deep knowledge that each of these musicians impart will open new doors in your playing, musicianship and overall knowledge of our musical traditions. Steve James is known for his mastery of old-time ...
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