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Christmas Crosspicking Solos for Guitar (Book/CD Set)
by Dix Bruce
"Christmas Crosspicking Solos for Guitar" features 31 arrangements of the most popular and best-loved traditional Christmas songs for crosspicking guitar. Chords, melodies (in tablature and standard notation) and lyrics are presented, as well as extensive instruction in the crosspicking style. Recordings of every song at both slow and regular speeds are included on the accompanying play-along CD.
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PRODUCT ID: 22206BCD
FORMAT : Book/CD Set
UPC: 796279112703
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Bluegrass Standards for Banjo Made Easy (Book/CD Set)
by Ross Nickerson
"""Bluegrass Standards Made Easy for Banjo"" is a collection of popular bluegrass songs presented in arrangements for the intermediate-level musician. Included are tips for learning each song, addressing many common mistakes encountered while learning the repertoire. Left- and Right-hand fingering notations have been meticulously added to the music. The arrangements are presented in tablature with chord changes. Tips for learning to read tab, learning the chords, as well as for memorizing songs are featured...
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PRODUCT ID: 21026BCD
FORMAT : Book/CD Set
UPC: 796279104395
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School of Mandolin: Bluegrass (Book/CD Set)
by Joe Carr
"This title introduces all the essential techniques needed for successful bluegrass mandolin playing. The rhythm section covers all the important chords and details the rhythm ""chop."" The lead section covers turnarounds, position playing, ""Monroe-style"", harmonized sixths and important soloing scales. Tips for developing solos are included. This volume is packed with useful reference material."
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PRODUCT ID: 21925BCD
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Ron Stewart - The Fiddlers of Flatt & Scruggs (DVD)
taught by Ron Stewart
"Just as Earl Scruggs set the standard for bluegrass banjo during his tenure with Lester Flatt, the fiddlers who worked with Lester and Earl in The Foggy Mountain Boys did the same during the band's 20 year tenure. Ron Stewart, fiddler with The Boxcars and a go-to session player, has made a life's history of this music, and shares his insight on this DVD. Ron starts with a look at Arthur Smith, the granddaddy of American fiddle, to show how much he influenced everyone that followed in the 1940s. Fro...
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PRODUCT ID: DRS3
FORMAT : DVD
UPC: 800684081124
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Bluegrass Jamming on Mandolin (Book/CD Set)
by Wayne Erbsen
"Bluegrass Jamming on Mandolin is the first of a new series of easy and fun books by Wayne Erbsen that teaches 31 bluegrass jam standards. It covers: how to jam with others, how to improvise and make up your own tasteful licks and fills, almost painless music theory, how to play harmony, how to transpose and play in different keys, and pretty much everything you'll need to march fearlessly into your next jam or picking session! This FUN book is fully illustrated with almost 200 vintage photos. All the books...
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PRODUCT ID: NGB207
FORMAT : Book/CD Set
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Rural Roots of Bluegrass (Book)
by Wayne Erbsen
Rural Roots of Bluegrass is a songbook and history book that takes a deep at the roots of bluegrass music: ballads and fiddle tunes of Scots-Irish pioneers, black spirituals, plantation melodies, blues, murder ballads, sentimental parlor songs from Tin Pan Alley, North Carolina banjo styles and gospel songs. This book is richly illustrated with 107 vintage photos and includes history, lyrics to 94 songs, musical notation, chords, playing tips, and historical sources for each song. Includes profiles on the ...
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PRODUCT ID: NGB957
FORMAT : Book
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The Banjo-Ologist (DVD)
by Gordy Ohliger
This video contains a friendly evening with Gordy Ohliger, the Musical Mark Twain, performing period songs circa 1800-1930. It is a fun informative evening of funky minstrel music, pioneer songs, risky ragtime, hot jazz, novelty vaudeville and one weepy melody. The live concert is augmented with studio sessions and a neighborly visit into his home incorporating additional quirky stories and sweet music. Mr. Ohliger presents his programs in museums, music festivals, and concert series internationally. Using ...
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PRODUCT ID: 22136DVD
FORMAT : DVD
UPC: 796279112864
Price:
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Bluegrass Standards for Banjo Made Easy (eBook)
by Ross Nickerson
"""Bluegrass Standards Made Easy for Banjo"" is a collection of popular bluegrass songs presented in arrangements for the intermediate-level musician. Included are tips for learning each song, addressing many common mistakes encountered while learning the repertoire. Left- and Right-hand fingering notations have been meticulously added to the music. The arrangements are presented in tablature with chord changes. Tips for learning to read tab, learning the chords, as well as for memorizing songs are featured...
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PRODUCT ID: 21026BCDEB
FORMAT : eBook
Price:
$16.99
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Play Like A Legend (Book/CD Set)
by Joe Carr
Mel Bay is pleased to present the first-ever book focused on the mandolin stylings of "Father of Bluegrass Music" Bill Monroe. Author Joe Carr dissects Monroe's unique approach to the mandolin through analysis of the icon's stylistic nuances, licks and repertoire. Included in the book are transcriptions, new "in the style of" arrangements, chord voicings and rhythm/backup patterns. Further, this book includes 32 never-before-seen photos of Monroe in performance with his band The Bluegrass Boys and special g...
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PRODUCT ID: 22153BCD
FORMAT : Book/CD Set
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$29.99
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Play Like A Legend (eBook)
by Joe Carr
"Mel Bay is pleased to present the first-ever book focused on mandolinist and ""Father of Bluegrass Music"" Bill Monroe. Author Joe Carr dissects Monroe's unique approach to the mandolin through analysis of the icon's stylistic nuances, licks and repertoire. Included in the book are transcriptions, new ""in the style of"" arrangements, chord voicing’s and rhythm/backup patterns and more. Further, this book includes 32 never-before-seen photos of Monroe in performance with his band the Bluegrass Boys and spe...
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PRODUCT ID: 22153BCDEB
FORMAT : eBook
Price:
$29.99
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School of Mandolin: Bluegrass (eBook)
by Joe Carr
"This title introduces all the essential techniques needed for successful bluegrass mandolin playing. The rhythm section covers all the important chords and details the rhythm ""chop."" The lead section covers turnarounds, position playing, ""Monroe-style"", harmonized sixths and important soloing scales. Tips for developing solos are included. This volume is packed with useful reference material."
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PRODUCT ID: 21925BCDEB
FORMAT : eBook
Price:
$14.99
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101 Red Hot Bluegrass Guitar Licks (eBook)
by Larry McCabe
"In music, the term ""bluegrass"" describes the hot string-band style pioneered by Kentuckian Bill Monroe, which blends old-time country music with blues rhythms and jazz-influenced improvisation. This book contains 101 authentic bluegrass guitar licks in the favorite bluegrass keys of C, G, D, and A minor. The licks are broken down into phrases of two, four, and eight bars. In addition, several endings and crosspicking licks are included. Each lick is played to a chord progression that is standard in blueg...
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PRODUCT ID: 99445BCDEB
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101 Red Hot Bluegrass Mandolin Licks & Solos (eBook)
by Larry McCabe
"In music, the term ""bluegrass"" describes the hot string-band style pioneered by Kentuckian Bill Monroe, which blends old-time country music with blues rhythms and jazz-influenced improvisation. This book contains 101 authentic bluegrass mandolin licks in the favorite bluegrass keys of C, G, D, and A minor written in notation and tablature. The licks are broken down into phrases of two, four, and eight bars. In addition, several endings and crosspicking licks are included. Each lick is played to a chord p...
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PRODUCT ID: 99446BCDEB
FORMAT : eBook
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The American Fiddle Method Volume 1 (eBook)
by Brian Wicklund
Destined to become a classic, this method provides the beginner with the elements needed to become a proficient fiddler. Based on many years of teaching experience, the author introduces the concepts and techniques that yields solid results. This method encourages creativity in the student by including variations to the tunes and illustrating how they can serve as a basis for improvisation. To assist in the development of ensemble skills, chords and lyrics, basic music theory, and demonstrations of such ski...
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PRODUCT ID: 99471BCDEB
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The American Fiddle Method, Volume 2 - Fiddle (eBook)
by Brian Wicklund
Designed as a follow-up to Volume 1, Volume 2 addresses such important skills as: 1) expanding a basic repertoire of common intermediate-level tunes, 2) learning to use low first position, 3) mastery of bowing down on the beat and corrective slurring, 4) artistic slurring, 5) understanding basic music theory, and 6) learning double-stop backup combinations. Some students who have studied violin or fiddle music before may be able to skip Volume 1 and start with Volume 2, assuming they are proficient at skill...
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PRODUCT ID: 99472BCDEB
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