In these CD lessons Dave Van Ronk presents his arrangements of folk tunes and blues. These lessons are for the intermediate fingerstyle guitarist. The book includes an interview, a discography, and the 11 tunes taught on the three CD's in standard notation and tablature. LESSON ONE: The alternating bass technique is presented with four arrangements: Green Green Rocky Road, Kansas City Blues, Stackerlee and Saturday Night Shuffle. LESSON TWO: Alternating the bass in 3/4 with The Ballad Of The IRT. Elizabeth Cotten's Wilson Rag, Blind Blake's That Will Never Happen No More and Miss. John Hurt's Spike Driver's Moan. LESSON THREE: Brownie Mc-Ghee's Sportin' Life Blues played in dropped D tuning. Blues in 12/8 with St. James Infirmary played in A minor.

Graded exercises take you from the fundamentals of fingerpicking to five authentic blues tunes. All exercises and pieces printed in the book are played in addition to some extra explanation of the concepts and techniques presented.

Based on famous blues songs, this is the best beginning blues book in print. Complete lyrics are given to all the songs, and the text is enlivened by photographs throughout.

In these lessons for the intermediate fingerstyle guitarist Dave Van Ronk presents his arrangements of blues and a classic rag. The book includes a conversation with Dave, a discography, 6 tunes in notation and tablature, and 3 CDs teaching each tune phrase by phrase. LESSON ONE: A blues in 12/8 with Leroy Carr's Midnight Hour Blues. Blood Red Moon follows played in a dropped D tuning. The lesson ends with Blind Lemon Jefferson's One Kind Favor. LESSON TWO: Sunday Street is an original Dave Van Ronk song and is an excellent example of Dave's arranging skills. Four choruses are taught demonstrating how this tune can develop. Bessie Smith's classic blues You've Been A Good Old Wagon is taught in the key of E. LESSON THREE: Dave's arrangement of St. Louis Tickle was the first great challenge for fingerpickers interested in classic ragtime. This four sectioned rag is played in the keys of C and F. It is an excellent example of contemporary ragtime guitar.

In Nashville, the studio guitarists joke that all the money is in the first five frets. It is those simple first position chords that make the hits. In this collection we will stay within these boundaries and explore fingerstyle folk, blues, gospel, and ragtime arrangements in the keys of A, C, D, E and G. All you need to know are basic chord fingerings for A, C, D, E, F and G. Tunes include: KEY of C Railroad Bill, Careless Love, I Am A Pilgrim, What A Friend We Have In Jesus, I'll Fly Away, Troubles, Delia, C. C. Rider, Trouble In Mind KEY of G I'm Troubled, Easy Rider Blues, Try Me One More Time, I'm Wild About My Loving, I Couldn't Help It, Ragged and Dirty KEY of D Take a Whiff On Me, C. C. Rider, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Careless Love KEY of E, Oh, Mary Don't You Weep, Crow Jane, I Shall Not Be Moved, Trouble In Mind, Careless Love, Betty & Dupree, M&O Blues KEY of A Monday Morning Blues, Spoonful, Weeping Willow, Careless Love, Trouble In Mind, Prison Cell Blues/Lemon's Jump

"Descriptive analysis and musical transcriptions, in standard notation and tablature" of the works of various blues guitarists.

Featuring standard notation and tablature, this new book & audio package introduces basic accompaniment patterns, how to use the thumb and fingers, Travis" picking, and much more. Readers learn the applications of folk, blues, ragtime and new age styles to solo guitar while learning beautiful new chord voicings."

This comprehensive text covers the spectrum of fingerpicking technique and styles. Performance and stylistic notes, fingerstyle guitar solos and a listening guide are presented for each section of the book. Sections include: Folk Songs; Gospel Songs; Country Blues; RagtimeBlues; Rags and Dances; Appalachian Fiddle Tunes; Celtic Airs; Jigs and Reels; Classic Rags; Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar & Fingerstyle Guitar Duets. All solos are in notation and tablature and are written by noted fingerpicking guitarists Stefan Grossman, Elizabeth Cotten, DeanSires, Ton VanBergeyk, David Laibman, Rev. Gary Davis, Duck Baker, Seth Austen, Steve Tilston, John Morris, Sid Percy, Tom O'Farrell, JimMcLennan, Leo Wijnkamp Jr., Lasse Johansson and Claes Palmqvist.

(String Letter Publishing). Whether you're a first-time fingerstylist who's studying with a teacher or on your own, The Acoustic Guitar Fingerstyle Method by David Hamburger gives you the detailed, comprehensive instruction you need to improve your skills. This book introduces you to the two most essential fingerstyle approaches for playing American roots music: Travis picking and the steady-bass style. In each lesson, you'll learn new techniques, concepts, and chord voicings along with ways to practice and get them under your fingers. Then you can use what you just learned to play a classic song or solo break from the blues, ragtime, folk, country, and ragtime traditions. 18 In-Depth Lessons, including: Travis Picking Basics, Switching Chords, Eighth Notes and Syncopation, Picking Pattern Fills, Double Stops, and much more. 15 songs to play, including: John Henry * Delia * St. James Infirmary * Nobody's Fault but Mine * Houston Blues * Alberta * and more. Each book includes access to recordings of demonstration tracks of all the exercises and songs. Audio is accessed online using the unique code in each book.

This collection of 146 fingerstyle transcriptions and arrangements covers a wide variety of styles including dozens of popular and jazz standards as well as blues and country songs, sea chanteys, folk ballads, sacred, gospel and Christmas melodies, Celtic and patriotic tunes, children's songs, classical and wedding music, and select Piburn originals. the book is designed as a resource for guitarists in virtually any solo performance situation. the result of years of experience as an arranger/composer and performing guitarist, this book provides a goldmine of tunes for the fingerstyle player. from Greensleeves and the Girl I left Behind Me to 'Round Midnight and the Girl from Ipanema, this comprehensive anthology has it all. You'll be able to compile your set lists for a broad array of venues from this single source! Intermediate to advanced in difficulty with all tunes appearing in standard notation and tablature.