Tony Rice - The Video Collection. For Guitar (Flatpicking). Concert/Documentary. Vestapol. Bluegrass & Country. DVD. Duration 62 minutes. Published by Grossman's Guitar Workshop (MB.13058DVD). Tony Rice has practiced his flatpicked art to great acclaim in both traditional bluegrass and innovative acoustic circle. The bluegrass sound is practically mother's milk to Tony. His father was a "serious amateur on mandolin and guitar" and Tony cannot even recall a time when he didn't know how to play. This DVD presents Tony in three different settings recorded at the 1992 Merle Watson Festival playing a wide variety of music all stamped with his personal style and sound. Tony once remarked in a Country Guitar interview, "Others have said about me from time to time that I have a unique tone and balance on the instrument. I just kind of play it the way I hear it." And play it he does in this exciting one-hour collection. Running time: 62 minutes.

Picking at Peaceful Bend II by Scott Nygaard, Jack Lawrence & Robert Bowlin. For Guitar (Flatpicking). Concert/Documentary. Fingerstyle Gtr Mag.. Bluegrass. DVD. Published by Flatpicking Guitar Magazine (MB.FGM2530). In this concert performance DVD, filmed at the Peaceful Bend Americana Music Festival in Steelville, MO, Flatpicking Guitar Magazine and SimpleFolk Productions present three of the country's most highly respected acoustic guitar players performing a very special evening of music. Jack Lawrence (Doc Watson's long-time musical partner) is joined here by flatpicking veterans Scott Nygaard and Robert Bowlin. In this concert these three masters of the acoustic guitar perform as a trio, in different duo configurations, and solo. Plus singer/songwriter Wil Maring joins them as a special guest. Guitar players will appreciate the left and right hand close-ups that are prevalent throughout this DVD. 14 tunes are presented plus special bonus footage featuring young stars Josh Williams and Tyler Grant.

For 5-string banjo. Banjo. Instructional and Bluegrass. Instructional book. Banjo tablature, introductory text, instructional photos and instructional text. 208 pages. Published by Centerstream Publications

Guitar Crosspicking Technique by Mickey Cochran. For Guitar (Flatpicking). Technic. Bluegrass. Beginning-Intermediate. Book. 160 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.97177). ISBN 9780786658664. Bluegrass. 8.75x11.75 inches. Crosspicking technique on guitar is similar to bluegrass banjo, filling in all of the spaces between melody notes with a steady stream of harmony notes. With applied crosspicking technique, the guitar becomes a forceful solo instrument capable of filling a room with colorfully supported melodies. Not only does the guitar support itself, but crosspicking technique also works effectively for supporting other lead instruments and vocals in many styles of music including classical, rock, country, bluegrass, jazz, and new age. The methodology section of this book offers the intermediate to advanced guitarist many new ideas which can be added to their arsenal. The book also includes a full songbook section with an even wider repertoire to pursue. All of the lessons and songs are written in tablature only, so you don't have to read music, just count!

The Fiddle Club Introductory Collection Book/CD Set. (Fiddle Tunes for the Beginning Violinist). For Fiddle. Solos. Swath Publishing. Bluegrass & Country. Beginning. Book/CD Set. 56 pages. Published by Swath Publishing (MB.20620BCD). ISBN 9780786669950. Bluegrass & Country. 8.75x11.75 inches. From the creators of BARRAGE comes this useful collection of fiddle tunes for the beginning violinist. For the violin student who wishes to learn the violin style of BARRAGE, here is an excellent place to start! To help cultivate the techniques outlined in the Introductory Collection, some short preparatory scales and exercises have been included at the start of the book. All tunes have been arranged for up to 4 violins and piano/guitar! An Enhanced CD-Rom is included -- this CD allows one to print off the piano/guitar accompaniments from a computer, and, when inserted into one's stereo, allows for play along with pre-recorded piano accompaniment track!

By Eric Thompson. For Guitar (Flatpicking). Solos. Grossman Audio. Bluegrass. Beginning-Intermediate. Book/CD Set. 32 pages. Published by Grossman's Guitar Workshop

By William Bay. For Guitar (Flatpicking). Solos. Guitar Journals. Bluegrass & Country. Beginning-Intermediate. Book. 192 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

(Know the Players, Play the Music). Book. Softcover with CD. 152 pages. Backbeat Books #0879308702. Published by Backbeat Books

(10 Must-Know Songs Arranged for Fiddle, Mandolin, Banjo, Guitar, Dobro and Bass). By Various. Transcribed Score. Softcover with CD. Guitar tablature. 110 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

By Brian Wicklund and Faith Farr. For Viola. Methods. American Fiddle Method. Bluegrass & Country. Beginning-Intermediate. Book/CD Set. 72 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

Hot Fiddle! Book/2-DVD Set. (The Quickest Path to Sizzling Technique for All Musical Styles). By Mary Ann Harbar. For Fiddle. Methods. Bluegrass. Intermediate-Advanced. Book+DVD. 56 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.20609DP). ISBN 9780786674824. Bluegrass. 8.75x11.75 inches. Wow your audience with four dozen pro techniques and three sizzling tunes to show them off (including "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"), with this 4-hour 2-DVD set. A lifetime course for the price of one lesson! Intermediate to advanced; for fiddle or classical "cross-over" players. Includes: --Interactive-Study what you want, when you want --Lots of flashy techniques - a lesson devoted to each --Friendly, measure-by-measure tune instruction - hear, see, play along --Play-alongs in both slow and performance tempos --Easy and Hot versions of each tune, with interchangeable licks --Fun practice lick for each technique --Book contains all the music on the DVD.

By Various. Instructional/Guitar/DVD. DVD. Guitar tablature. Homespun #DVDGFLFL21. Published by Homespun

Randy Howard - Hot Fiddlin' DVD by Randy Howard. For Fiddle. Licks and Phrases. Bluegrass. Intermediate. DVD. Duration 120 minutes. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.98537DVD). Ace fiddler Randy Howard performs 13 tunes with a guitarist/vocalist and bassist, demonstrating his skill as both a soloist and backup player. Presents an informative workshop, an interview, and a masterclass on licks and special effects. PDF for music notation is also available from the publisher's website.

By Johnny Hiland. For Guitar. Music Sales America. Bluegrass. DVD. Hal Leonard #HOT224. Published by Hal Leonard

The Guitar of Brian Setzer by Brian Setzer. For Guitar. Music Sales America. Bluegrass. DVD. Hot Licks #HOT164. Published by Hot Licks (HL.14013517). Here's your chance to get a one-on-one lesson with Brian Setzer of Stray Cats! Brian shows you a whole range of rockabilly, blues, jazz, and country licks and tricks including wild stringbending techniques, slap-echo effects, jazz and swing guitar styles and some really hot solos that he breaks right down for you. Brian makes learning fun, so you'll really enjoy this session! 1 hour, 10 minutes.

Learn to Play Bluegrass Banjo, Lesson 2, Let's Get Rolling DVD by John Lawless. For Banjo (5-String). Methods. Acutab. Bluegrass. Intermediate-Advanced. DVD. Duration 90 minutes. Published by Acutab Publications (MB.DLPB2). Follows up on the basics presented in Lesson 1. Start learning the picking patterns that form the basis of bluegrass style banjo. Learn the four basic right hand roll types; learn valuable drills for memorizing the rolls and building good right hand technique; learn how to use a metronome to practice playing in perfect time; learn how to add these roll patterns to the simple melodies we learned in Lesson 1 and also includes the tab reading and string changing chapters from Lesson 1.

Learn to Play Bluegrass Banjo, Lesson 1 Get Started DVD. For Banjo (5-String). Methods. Acutab. Bluegrass. Beginning-Intermediate. DVD. Duration 90 minutes. Published by Acutab Publications (MB.DLPB1). Your first banjo lesson! Get started on the right foot and start playing music you enjoy right away.* Learn how to tune your banjo* Learn how to read tablature* Learn how to restring your banjo* Learn how to fit and use banjo picks* Learn how to hold the banjo and the basics of proper left and right hand positioning* Learn how to ensure that your banjo is set up properly when you start* Learn some simple chords and picking patterns and start playing songs right away!* Learn how to pick out the basic melody for several familiar songsA recurring complaint we have heard from new players is that so many beginner books or videos try to cover too much material, too rapidly for the average inexperienced student to quickly absorb. The Learn To Play Bluegrass Banjo DVDs cover smaller amounts of information, but in a much more thorough manner - with careful, detailed explanations and lots of close up views of both hands.

One of the very best G tuning five-string bluegrass banjo methods available. The book teaches how to pick out tunes single-string style (one note at a time), how to play chord accompaniment, and how to play solos in the full three-finger, bluegrass style. Topics include note and tab reading, chord background styles, traditional bluegrass techniques, fills and endings, use of the capo, rolls, slides, hammers, pull-offs, choking, harmonics, and up-the-neck playing. In notation and tablature. The stereo recording includes acoustic bass, acoustic guitar, and a rhythm track as well as the 5-string banjo. All songs and most exercises are included in this teaching recording, performed at a tempo that the student should be able to maintain in short order.

Hurst, Stafford & Sutton Live in Nashville DVD by Jim Hurst, Tim Stafford & Bryan Sutton. For Guitar (Flatpicking). Concert/Documentary. Bluegrass. DVD. Duration 72 minutes. Published by Flatpicking Guitar Magazine (MB.FGM1010). On this DVD Flatpicking Guitar Magazine presents three of the most talented guitar players in acoustic music performing together in a live concert setting. Bryan Sutton (IBMA Guitar Player of the Year award winner, former lead guitarist with Ricky Skaggs and Kentucy Thunder, and one of Nashville's top session players), Jim Hurst (two- time IBMA Guitar Player of the Year award winner), and highly respected guitar veteran Tim Stafford (Dusty Miller, Alison Krauss + Union Station, Blue Highway) provide a thoroughly enjoyable performance. These three masters of the acoustic guitar perform as a trio, in different duo configurations, solo, and with vocalist Ronnie Bowman. Their respective songwriting talents are also highlighted as each presents a variety of songs and tunes that they have written through their distinguished careers. Guitar players will appreciate the left- and right-hand close-ups prevalent throughout the DVD. A total of 18 tunes are presented: "Temperance Reel," "Deep River Blues," "A Minor Infraction," "The Pearl of Pearl Kentucky," "Guidology," "Rambling Heart," "Stafford's Stomp," "Forked Deer," "If Only For A Day," "Obsession," "Midwestern Town," "Decision at Glady Fork," "Texas Gales," "The Good Deed," "Crazy Locomotion Blues," "Mando Bounce," "Horseshoe Bend," and "St. Anne's Reel.".

Kilby, Davis & May Live in Kansas City DVD by Cody Kilby, Brad Davis & Tim May. For Guitar (Flatpicking). Concert/Documentary. Bluegrass. DVD. Duration 86 minutes. Published by Flatpicking Guitar Magazine (MB.FGM1011). On December 18th, 2004 three of today's most talented flatpicking guitar players Brad Davis, Tim May, and Cody Kilby got together and performed a concert near Kansas City, Kansas, and Flatpicking Guitar Magazine had cameras rolling. On that night at Jim Curley's Mountain Music Shoppe in Shawnee, Kansas, the crowd was not only treated to some amazing guitar work, but these talented musicians also put on an awesome multi-instrument, singing, and songwriting display. The three perform as a trio, pair up in various duo configurations, and perform solo. Each artist brings some of his original material to the stage, but they also get together to tear up a few standard flatpicking numbers. It is something you don't want to miss! There are a total of 18 tunes presented on this DVD: Angeline the Baker, Gold Rush Rock, Lonesome Fiddle Blues, My Heart's An Open Door, Miss Nari, Cypress Walls, Song in B, Love Affair with Misery, Old Bud, All I Need to Know, Uncloudy Day, Song In G, Lacrosse, I'm Not Through Loving You Yet, Catwalk, Ain't That Just Like Love, Song for Sophie, Big Timber.

Clinch Mountain Guitar DVD by James Alan Shelton and George Shuffler. For Guitar (Flatpicking). Concert/Documentary. Bluegrass. DVD. Duration 63 minutes. Published by Flatpicking Guitar Magazine (MB.FGM1013). In this one-hour instructional DVD James Alan Shelton and George Shuffler demonstrate and teach the guitar techniques that helped change the role of the guitar in bluegrass music. The music of the Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys has featured lead guitar work since Bill Napier and George Shuffler brought the guitar to the forefront of the Stanley's music in the late 1950s. This video begins with James Alan Shelton, the current lead guitar player for Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, picking a tune with the legendary George Shuffler. James then interviews George regarding the development of his 'crosspicking' guitar technique. George demonstrates the technique and provides a guitar solo to one of the tunes he helped to make a bluegrass standard, 'Will You Miss Me.' George and James then pick 'Katy Dear' together and demonstrate their crosspicking talents. The instructional portion of the video begins with James Alan Shelton demonstrating the crosspicking roll and providing several exercises which will serve to train your right hand to gain skill with the crosspicking technique. James then teaches a 'turnaround' to 'Rank Stranger' which utilizes the crosspicking technique to 'fill in the gaps' between vocal lines. He then shows how to take the simple melody line of a song, 'Uncloudy Day,' and incorporate the crosspicking technique between the melody notes. Next, James teaches a crosspicking break to 'Bury Me Beneath the Weeping Willow' and follows that tune by demonstrating how to transform a Carter style guitar solo into a crosspicking solo using the song 'Wildwood Flower' as an example. The next section of the video features James teaching two of his original flatpicking tunes 'Road to Coeburn' and 'Tom!s Creek.' This is followed by a fingerstyle performance of Ralph Stanley's favorite guitar number, 'Cannonball Blues.' James concludes the instructional portion of the video by talking about his selection of guitar strings, picks, and capos and provides 'tricks of the trade' to help you keep your flatpick in good shape. George and James both talk about their signature model Huss & Dalton guitars and the video concludes with George and James picking 'Banks of the Ohio' together. All of the songs that are taught in the video are transcribed in the accompanying transcription book.

Rice, Grier & Smith Live in Concert DVD by Wyatt Rice, David Grier and Kenny Smith. For Guitar (Flatpicking). Concert/Documentary. Bluegrass. DVD. Duration 80 minutes. Published by Flatpicking Guitar Magazine (MB.FGM1008). In this one-hour session, Flatpicking Guitar Magazine presents three of today's top flatpicking guitarists performing together in a live concert setting. David Grier, three-time IBMA Guitar Player of the Year and one of Acoustic Guitar Magazine's "Artists of the Decade" performs with two-time IBMA Guitar Player of the Year, Kenny Smith, and long-time Tony Rice Unit member Wyatt Rice. These three masters of the acoustic guitar perform as a trio, in different duo configurations, solo, and with vocalist Amanda Smith. Guitar players will especially appreciate the abundance of left and right hand close-ups prevalent throughout this concert. Song List: John Hardy; Forked Deer; Tennessee Waltz; Bill Cheathum; Cotton Eyed Joe; Have You Ever Been to England; Song for Emily; Impulsive; Crazy Creek; Wheeling; Me and My Farmall; Amy Brown; Working on a Building; Bury Me Beneath the Willow; Jordan's Reel; Wildwood Flower; Nine Pound Hammer; Big Sandy River; Minor Swing; Black Mountain Rag.

Bluegrass Banjo Backup. (Basic Level). DVD/Instructional/Folk Instrmt. DVD. Guitar tablature. Homespun #DVDWERBU21. Published by Homespun (HL.642009). ISBN 1597731900. With guitar tablature. 5x5.5 inches. Here's the ultimate beginners' “how-to” course for playing back-up in a band, from the simplest basic strum to the chord vamping, rolls, up-the-neck positions and fill-in licks that banjo players use to spark the bluegrass sound. Extra! Includes actual jamming footage to illustrate Pete's expert instruction. INCLUDES TAB • LEVEL 2 • 120 MIN.

Banjo for Misfits DVD by Murphy Henry with Casey Henry. For Banjo (5-String). Methods. Bluegrass. Beginning. DVD. Duration 110 minutes. Published by Murphy Method (MB.21715DVD). Now on DVD. Having trouble with banjo? Want to play songs that sound like something? Want to play songs your friends might recognize? Songs that aren't so darn fast? Banjo for Misfits is what you need! Designed especially for adults. Uses basic licks to play great arrangements. Basic chording explained. No Tab. Includes Boil Them Cabbage Down, I Saw the Light, Worried Man, Do Lord, and Two-Dollar Bill. (1 hour, 50 minutes).