Fingerpicking Styles for Guitar

This celebratory collection gathers the very best in music, instruction and knowledge from two previous titles, Fingerpicking Styles for Guitar and Traditional and Contemporary Guitar Fingerpicking Styles to commemorate 40 years since their original publication. Happy Traum's landmark transcriptions represent the music and art of twenty-two musicians from the mountains of Virginia, the Piedmont of North Carolina, the coal-mining country of Kentucky, as well as places as far-reaching as England, the Bahamas and Africa. Every song is presented in notation and tab, alongside biographical information about the artist, plus any hints and tips that will help you achieve a more authentic performance. The book begins with a detailed guide to fingerpicking technique, giving you all the information you need to tackle these priceless musical treasures.

Songs Include:

• ANGIE (JANSCH, BURT)
• BAD LUCK BLUES (BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON)
• BOAT'S UP THE RIVER (JACKSON, JOHN)
• BUCKDANCER'S CHOICE (MCGEE, SAM)
• Bully Of The Town, The
• CANDYMAN
• DEEP RIVER BLUES (WATSON, DOC)
• DILL PICKLE RAG (SCHOENBERG, ERIC)
• DOC'S GUITAR (WATSON, DOC)
• FISHING BLUES (SEEGER, MIKE)
• FISHING BLUES (SILBER, MARC)
• FREIGHT TRAIN (COTTEN, ELIZABETH)
• GEORGIA CAMP MEETING (GROSSMAN, STEFAN)
• GUABI GUABI (SIBANDA)
• JOHN HENRY (BAKER, ETTA)
• LIVING IN THE COUNTRY (SEEGER, PETE)
• MASANGA NJIA (BOSCO, MWENDA JEAN)
• MY CREOLE BELLE (HURT, MISSISSIPPI JOHN)
• NINE-POUND HAMMER (TRAVIS, MERLE)
• POOR BOY LONG WAYS FROM HOME (FAHEY, JOHN)
• PRETTY POLLY (BALL, ESTIL C.)
• SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD (WATSON, DOC)
• SPANISH FLANG DANG (COTTEN, ELIZABETH)
• SPIKE DRIVER'S BLUES (HURT, MISSISSIPPI JOHN)
• ST. LOUIS TICKLE (RONK, DAVE VAN)
• STACKERLEE (PALEY, TOM)
• SUGAR BABE (LIPSCOMB, MANCE)
• TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BABY (FAHEY, JOHN)
• THERE WILL BE A HAPPY MEETING (SPENCE, JOSEPH)
• WILSON RAG (COTTEN, ELIZABETH)

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