Acoustic Guitar

ACOUSTIC GUITAR FINGERSTYLE METHOD. 2 CD TAB.

The Acoustic Guitar Fingerstyle Method 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 and ways to practice and get them under your fingers. Then you’ll use what you’ve just learned to play a classic song or solo break from the blues, ragtime, folk, country, and ragtime traditions. 18 In-Depth Lessons: Travis Picking Basics - From Backup to Melody - Switching Chords - Eighth Notes and Syncopation - The Steady-Bass Blues - Steady Bass from Chord to Chord - Triplet Feel - Picking Pattern Fills - Descending Bass Lines and Chord Substitutions - Quicker Chord Changes - Double Stops - Seventh Chords up the Neck - Walking Bass Lines - Doin’ that Rag - Chord Anticipations and Early Jazz - Dropped-D Tuning - Swinging the Blues - Open-D Tuning 15 Songs to Play: - John Henry - Since I’ve Laid My Burden Down - Delia - St. James Infirmary - Nobody’s Fault but Mine - Houston Blues - Down in Navasota - Alberta - Hazleton - The Uptown Lowdown - Rag Mama - I Ain’t Got Nobody - St. Louis Blues - The Blunn Creek Slow Drag - Battle Hymn of the Republic

Double-Stops.
Spice up your fingerstyle blues with this melodic technique. With audio examples.

Chapter 1 - Introduction.
CD Track: Tune Up

Chapter 2 - Travis Picking Basics.

Chapter 3 - From Backup to Melody.
CD Track: John Henry

Chapter 4 - Switching Chords.
CD Track: Since I've Laid My Burden Down

Chapter 5 - Eighth Notes and Syncopation.
CD Track: Delia

Chapter 6 - The Steady-Bass Blues.
CD Track: Nobody's Fault but Mine

Chapter 7 - Steady Bass From Chord to Chord.
CD Track: Houston Blues

Chapter 8 - Triplet Feel.
CD Track: Down in Navasota

Chapter 9 - Picking Pattern Fills.
CD Track: Since I've Laid My Burden Down

Chapter 10 - Descending Bass Lines and Chord Substitutions.
CD Track: Delia

Chapter 11 - Quicker Chord Changes.
CD Track: St. James Infirmary

Chapter 12 - Double Stops.
CD Track: Alberta

Chapter 13 - Seventh Chords Up the Neck.
CD Track: Hazleton

Chapter 14 - Walking Bass Lines.
CD Track: The Uptown Lowdown

Chapter 15 - Doin' That Rag.
CD Track: Rag Mama (Versions 1 and 2)

Chapter 16 - Chord Anticipations and Early Jazz.
CD Track: I Ain't Got Nobody

Chapter 17 - Dropped-D Tuning.
CD Track: St. Louis Blues

Chapter 18 - Swinging the Blues.
CD Track: The Blunn Creek Slow Drag

Chapter 19 - Open-D Tuning.
CD Track: Battle Hymn of the Republic

By David Hamburger.
Published by String Letter Publishing
Book/2 CDs