Fingerpicking Guitar Exercises and Hot Licks. Includes CD (Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop Audio)

Stefan Grossman

ISBN 10: 0786659181 / ISBN 13: 9780786659180

Published by Mel Bay Publications, 1900

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fingerpicking Guitar Exercises and Hot Licks. Includes CD (Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop Audio)
• Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
• Publication Date: 1900
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786659181
• ISBN 13: 9780786659180
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 181.4 grams

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Synopsis

Twelve tunes arranged for fingerpicking in open tunings. This book contains 3 CDs, each providing an hour of phrase-by-phrase audio instruction. The music is presented in the book in notation and tablature. Lesson One: Introduction to Open G tuning, walk thru of Just A Closer Walk With Thee and Black Mountain Rag. Lesson Two: Walk thru of Sparkling On The Wind and The Landlady. Introduction to Open C tuning and walk thru of House Carpenter and One Kind Favor. Lesson Three: Introduction to EADEAE tuning. Walk thru of La Rotta, Lord Mayo, and Lord Inchiquin. Introduction to DADFAD tunings and lesson on La Rotta.

About the Author

Stefan Grossman has been recording, performing, and writing about acoustic fingerstyle techniques and styles for more than 30 years. At age 15 he started taking lessons from the legendary bluesman the late Rev. Gary Davis. He also learned music from records by Brownie McGhee and Lightnin' Hopkins. When Grossman was 18, he formed the Even Dozen Jug Band with guitarist Steve Katz, harmonicist/singer John Sebastian and pianist Josh Rifkin. The group recorded the LP Even Dozen Jug Band [out of print] for Elektra in 1964. At the same time, Stefan became more interested in his work as a blues researcher. During the period from 1965-1975 he studied and traveled with some of the legendary figures in the world of blues guitar-- Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt, Son House, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and other great black American bluesmen and songsters. From this experience Stefan authored his landmark five-volume series for Oak Publications that presented these styles to pickers worldwide. In 1973 Stefan co-founded Kicking Mule Records to counter the shortage of good instructional guitar records and music. With a lineup of artists including guitarists Dave Evans, Ton Van Bergeyk, Happy Traum, Duck Baker, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and Davy Graham, Kicking Mule has been instrumental in promoting and preserving the best in blues, ragtime, and contemporary picking. Stefan has played with bands all over the world and has recorded numerous CDs. He has also written many books that have been published or distributed by Mel Bay Publications.