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Steve Kaufman

Steve Kaufman is the only three-time winner of the National Flatpicking Championships, held each year in Winfield, Kansas. His music covers a broad range of styles including bluegrass favorites, popular swing standards, Irish and Appalachian fiddle tunes, folk and country classics and novelty tunes. Since 1976 Steve has been performing in a wide variety of settings, from elementary schools and colleges to major bluegrass festivals and concerts.

Steve is not only a sensational flatpicker but is also a dedicated instructor who maintains an extensive teaching and workshop practice. His many instructional videos and CDs are among Homespun's most popular lessons, and his annual "Steve Kaufman Acoustic Kamp" series have become a staple of the workshop circuit. Steve's ability to create tasteful and inventive arrangements in flatpick style has earned him a place as one of America's top guitarists.

Learning to Flatpick - DVD 3

Steve Kaufman

Developing Speed and Style

Move beyond the basics and get into the finer points of bluegrass flatpicking! You'll be jamming with the best of them once you've mastered the tunes and techniques on this final DVD in this series. Steve Kaufman broadens your musical vocabulary by focusing on the essentials of good picking techniques. You'll learn to play six classic fiddle ... Read More

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$29.95

Learning To Flatpick - Three-DVD Set

Steve Kaufman

A Complete Course in Bluegrass Guitar

Steve Kaufman's comprehensive three-DVD course in bluegrass flatpicking takes you from "Picking 101" through advanced techniques that will enable you to hold your own in any band or jam session. On DVD #1, From the Beginning, you'll learn a variety of essential flatpicking skills: proper pick grip, down-up strokes, rhythmic strumming and song accompaniment. Only a few minutes ... Read More

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$59.95

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$69.95

Learn To Play Waltzes

Steve Kaufman

Essential Instrumentals for Flatpickers

Add the stunning beauty of the waltz to your repertoire of flatpicked guitar instrumentals. Steve Kaufman plays and teaches five compelling pieces, showing you how to play them up-close and in careful detail. This lesson will delight learning guitarists, from easy intermediate to advanced level players. Steve demonstrates each tune in its simplest form, with a measure-by-measure explanation of how ... Read More

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Picking Up Speed

Steve Kaufman

Drills and Tunes For Flatpick Guitarists

It's every bluegrass flatpicker's dream to be able to build up speed while maintaining good tone and timing. Now one of America's hottest players gives you the tools you need to get over the musical speed bumps -- without crashing and burning as you go. It's all a matter of getting your right- and left-hand mechanics working ... Read More

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Putting the Blues Into Bluegrass

Steve Kaufman

A Dozen Classic Flatpicking Solos

Since its earliest days, bluegrass songs have incorporated elements of the blues in their licks, melodies, chord progressions and especially their titles. Steve Kaufman, Homespun’s most prolific and popular flatpick guitar instructor, brings his masterful skills to an engaging and user-friendly collection of twelve “bluesy” bluegrass standards that will serve any intermediate-level picker well in a jam, practice session ... Read More

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Ronnie McCoury + Bluegrass Workout

Steve Kaufman, Ronnie McCoury

Special Combination Price

Work with Ronnie McCoury's sensational mandolin lesson and then practice your licks with Steve Kaufman's back-up tracks. These items would cost $10.00 more if purchased separately! Read More

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$64.90

Steve Kaufman's 4-Hour Celtic Workout

Steve Kaufman

Anyone who loves to play Celtic music and wants to build repertoire and technique will need this new four-CD workout series! Whether you play traditional Celtic instruments (fiddle, whistle, pipes, bouzouki, button accordion) or the more bluegrass-oriented ones (mandolin, guitar, banjo), these session tunes will help you develop your playing skills and will get you ready for the all-important jams ... Read More

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$34.95

Book + CD

$44.95

Steve Kaufman's Beginners Flatpicking Package

Steve Kaufman

Buy Steve Kaufman's Comprehensive three-DVD set Learning to Flatpick plus his essential Basic Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar DVD and save $15!First you get Basic Bluegrass Rhythm:Here's your chance to learn the basics of bluegrass back-up guitar! Steve Kaufman teaches you how to play solid rhythm, from playing behind the simplest two-chord song to the complex chord progressions ... Read More

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$84.90

Steve Kaufman's Four-Hour Bluegrass Banjo Workout

Steve Kaufman

What a great way to improve your picking, build up speed and stamina, and get those licks and solos working so you can really jam! Steve plays 49 must-know bluegrass tunes slowly and then up-to-speed. Learn the lead melody and then play along with the rhythm track to get your soloing together. This is an outstanding way to practice to ... Read More

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$44.95

Steve Kaufman's Four-Hour Bluegrass Workout, Volume One

Steve Kaufman

What a great way to improve your picking, build up speed and stamina, and get those licks and solos working so you can really jam! On these four CDs, Steve plays 49 classic bluegrass tunes slowly and then up-to-speed. With the stereo balance control, you can turn off the lead and play along with the rhythm track to get your ... Read More

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$37.50

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$44.95

Steve Kaufman's Four-Hour Bluegrass Workout, Volume Two

Steve Kaufman

You've got hours of fantastic jamming ahead of you! This project provides you with a backup band that will give you rhythmic support, encourage you to learn new material and provide invaluable practice sessions. Each song is played three times slowly and then three times at a faster pace. (CDs 1 and 2 contain the slow versions, while CDs ... Read More

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Steve Kaufman Teaches Crowd Pleasers and Show Stoppers

Steve Kaufman

Steve's Favorite Flatpicking Instrumentals

ATTENTION INTERMEDIATE FLATPICKERS! If you want to learn exciting, challenging and technique-enhancing guitar solos, this lesson is for you! Steve Kaufman haschosen ten of his favorite show pieces, each one packed with a powerful arrayof ideas, instrumental skills and advice. These are, above all, great tunes to play at jam sessions, in performance or just in your practice room. With ... Read More

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