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Mel Bay Complete Flatpicking Guitar Book | 
| Author: Steve Kaufman
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
Buy Used: $17.57
You Save: $12.38 (41%)
Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 205483
Media: Paperback
Pages: 104
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 11.5 x 8.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 0786672331
Dewey Decimal Number: 781
EAN: 9780786672332
ASIN: 0786672331
Publication Date: August 1, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
This comprehensive study of contemporary flatpicking guitar technique presents numerous solos for the beginning through advanced flatpicking guitarist along with tips on creating your own flatpicking arrangements. The book addresses the tablature system, tuning, right and left-hand technique, use of the capo and the microphone, transposing using the Nashville numbering system, bluegrass back-up, arranging flatpicking solos and instrumentals. If you're into country or bluegrass music, or if you just want to develop outstanding flatpicking technique, this book is for you. Written in standard notation and tablature. The stereo play-along CD features Steve Kaufman's rousing performance of each flatpicking solo! Also includes a DVD containing some of the solos and techniques presented in the book.
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| Customer Reviews:
5 Stars in spite of... June 15, 2008
Richard Tucker, PMP (Leesburg, VA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I give this book 5 stars. It overviews the fundamentals of tuning and note reading. In the early chapters it encourages note reading over tabulature. Thus, though not may songs are provided, the notes and the corresponding tabs are provided. It's up to the student to read the music staff (notes) instead of using tabs as a crutch. This is a detriment for any teacher deciding to use this book who wants their students to learn note reading over tabs.
The included DVD provides the unsupervised student with great support to get started. Kaufman plays every song very slow so the student can follow along. The only negative of the videos on the DVD is that they are outdated. This is a 1991 publication (book) with a DVD of some old videos that are of poor resolution. This makes it nearly impossible to see the corresponding "tabs" that show under Kaufman's playing. Hmm? Didn't Kaufman state early in the book that he wishes everyone would learn to read the music staff instead of tabs?
I give Mel Bay's Complete Flatpicking Guitar Book 5 Stars in spite of these shortcomings. I'll report back in when I finish the book. Maybe I'll post a video comment of me playing so you can decide on the value fo the book! ;>)
A Great Beginners Book May 27, 2008
C. R. Downing (Chippenham, Wilts England)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have a lot of studenst who like this book once they are throught the first month or so of basic playing. You'll learn chords, single line flatpicking solos, accompaniments, Carter style, Flatt runs and a whole lot more. What more could you want for general guitar playing. Well if you do want more in the bluegrass flatpicking style, Steve Kaufman has an huge array of materials to help you. If you're looking to learn Flatpicking style and you like bluegrass then Steve is a good guy to go with as you teach yourself through his books and DVDs. It will take you years to get through them all.
Go Kaufman! May 19, 2008
Yoseff Tucker (Near Fresno, CA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is great for people new to the genre.
Not a lot by way of tunes, you'd be better of picking up a tune book. Great for general flatpicking theory. The section at the end "Flatpickers who influence flatpickers" is worth the book's cost alone.
Great book.
Excellent! June 8, 2007
bootbun (Toronto, Canada)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Steve Kaufman has a very large catalog of books in print across several publishers, and since some of these books are fairly expensive it is a bit daunting to find what fits your needs. Good thing is that his books are excellent, though they do serve different purposes and audiences. I think this book is a particularly good one for anyone from beginner to advanced intermediate looking to pick up classic bluegrass flatpicking technique. Steve starts out with some basic "toolbox" topics such as accompaniment etc. and moves into the nuts and bolts of creating arrangements and solos using numerous examples that are highly musical and fun to play, based on classic tunes from the bluegrass repetoire. Two things make this book really stand out, however - one is the DVD that is included. Being able to watch Steve execute even basic stuff really adds value to the package. The other is the section of the book on "Flatpickers who Influenced the Flatpickers", where Steve includes versions of classic tunes as executed by Doc Watson, Tony Rice, Norman Blake, and others. These are terrific as stylistic examples and provide some really fun additions to repetoire - jack up the tempos and they are pretty challenging for even an advanced intermediate player. Overall, this is a "best value" book from a prolific author, highly recommended.
Great instruction for the beginning flatpicker July 14, 2006
katshan (Nashville, IN USA)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Steve Kaufman is one of my favorites. His instruction books are well written and easy to understand. This one will get anyone on their way to being a good flat picker. A very good addition to your music instructional library.
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