Fingerpicking Styles For Guitar (40th Anniversary Edition)

This celebratory collection gathers the very best in music, tuition and knowledge from two previous Oak titles 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 the fingerpicking technique, giving you all the tuition you need to tackle these priceless musical treasures.

Songs Include:

• Angie
• Bad Luck Blues
• Boat’s Up The river
• Buckdancer’s Choice
• Bully Of The Town
• Deep River Blues
• Dill Pickle Rag
• Doc's Guitar
• Fishing Blues
• Freight Train
• Georgia Camp Meeting
• Guabi Guabi
• John Henry
• Living In The Country
• Make Me A Pallet
• Masanga
• My Creole Belle
• Nine-pound Hammer
• Poor Boy Long Ways From Home
• Pretty Polly
• Railroad Bill
• Sitting On The Top Of The World
• Spanish Flang Dang
• Spike Driver's Blues
• St. Louis Tickle
• Stackerlee [Van Ronk, Dave]
• Sugar Babe
• Take A Look At That Baby
• The Candy Man
• There Will Be A Happy Meeting
• Wilson Rag