Country

PAUL YANDELL/GOING HOME BOOK/CD SET  MB 96460BCD

	If Chet Atkins is known as "Mr. Guitar," then Paul Yandall has certainly earned the title "Mr. Second Guitar." Yandell's association with Atkins spans more than two decades as sideman and co-composer. This book presents 14 of Paul's "Nashville fingerstyle guitar" arrangements.

Pedal Steel Guitar Chord Chart   MB 93394

	by Dewitt Scott
	This is a handy, easy to read chart that shows the basic E9 pedal steel guitar chord forms. Each chord is shown in a special pedal steel diagram form. Major, minor, dominant, seventh, diminished, and augmented chords are shown in the keys of C,D,E,F,G, and A. In each of these keys the three primary chords in the relative minor keys are also shown. An additional special feature is the inclusion of a pedal steel tuning chart for E9 tuning.

SONGS & GUITAR OF MERLE TRAVIS/SIXTEEN TONS VOL. 2 - DVD  MB 13034DVD

	This second Merle Travis dvd collection presents more rare footage from 1946 to 1981. The year of Travis's first hits on the fledgling Capitol label, 1946, is represented by a half-dozen "Soundies" in which a 29 year old Travis fronts both an "all-girl band" and one of hot session players. The 1950s saw Tennessee Ernie Ford's recording of Travis's Sixteen Tons become an international pop hit, and its creator performs it here on a 1957 clip from the Tex Ritter hosted Ranch Party. The renewed interest in his music in the 70s is evident in six performances from that decade, while an informal duet with his son Thom Bresh, videotaped toward the end of Travis's life, provides a moving coda to this varied collection of brilliant country guitar playing leavened with Travis's blend of humor, poetry and downhome philosophy in his songs.

Super Fingerpicking Guitar Techniques  MB 96003DVD

	Good fingerpicking requirer strength and accuracy in the right hand. In this thirty-minute DVD, internationally acclaimed musician Alan Munde teaches the basic techniques used by top professional fingerpickers. Easy-to-follow, play-along exercises allow the student to perform with Alan and match his playing, note for note. Beginning with the basic fingerstyle rhythm pattern, the lesson advances step-by-step to the syncopated "Travis Style." Even experienced fingerpickers will find that these exercises provide an excellent workout or warm-up! A PDF file for the free instructional booklet that accompanies this DVD is available for download at www.melbay.com/DVDBooklets.

The Guitar of Bo Carter - DVD  MB GW812DVD

	Bo Carter was a great guitar player who played with absolute facility in a variety of tunings and keys with a unique harmonic sense. This DVD lesson presents songs by this great master of country blues: Let Me Roll Your Lemon; Pussy Cat Blues; Policy Blues; Dinner Blues; My Baby; and Arrangement for Me Blues. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD.

The Guitar of Furry Lewis - DVD  MB GW810DVD

	Furry Lewis was one of the most improvisatory of bluesmen. He was a two-finger picker with an unusually varied repertoire of right-hand attacks. In open tunings, he favored big brush strokes with his thumb on the upbeats. While playing in open E, he adopted a very complex, detail-oriented approach. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD

The Guitar of Robert Wilkins - DVD  MB GW811DVD

	taught by John Miller
	Robert Wilkins’ playing and singing from his 1920s recordings show us a musician with a pronounced compositional bent and an unusually imaginative gift for varying the blues structure in interesting ways. His lyrics are equally original and profoundly poetic. His subtly powerful guitar playing and soulful vocals combine for a sound that is unforgettable. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD.

WATCH AND PLAY GUITAR VIDEO  MB 94893VX

	Have you ever been around a guitar player who seemed to know how to play almost every style of guitar music? Joe Carr decided that a video which would teach many different styles of music would be a lot of for a beginner. You can start anywhere in the video. If you want to start with blues, rock, gospel, folk, or country, just watch the tape and decide which style interests you. It's that easy--just watch and play.

The World's Hottest Fiddlers  MB 20281

	All the fiddle tunes on the CD The World's Hottest Fiddlers (C.M.H. Productions 8651; 2002), except one, are transcribed in detail for this book. These fifteen cuts, which include seventeen tunes, incorporate old-time standards such as "Sally Ann" as played by Kenny Baker, bluegrass standards such as "Orange Blossom Special" as played by Steve Thomas, Texas swing tunes such as "Beaumont Rag" as played by Johnny Gimble, and song tunes such as "Blue Moon of Kentucky" as played by Benny Martin. Other highlights include the complete twin fiddling parts for Benny Martin and Buddy Spicher's "Down Yonder," and the twin fiddle parts for Johnny Gimble's "Black and White Rag." Eleven other tunes are featured by fiddlers Barbara Lamb, Mike Hartgrove, Glen Duncan, Sonny Mead, Ramona Jones, Paul Warren, and Fiddlin' Red Herron.

You Can Teach Yourself Country Guitar  MB 94818BCD

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	This is a step-at-a-time enjoyable method for learning to play great sounding country guitar. Dix Bruce, in his humorous yet musically "right-on" teaching style, introduces you to country back-up, bass runs, Carter-style bluegrass picking, the Nashville Numbering System for indicating chord changes, use of the capo, transposition, and much more. Work at your own pace and learn to sound like the country greats! Written in standard notation and tablature.

You Can Teach Yourself Country Guitar  MB 94818DVD

	Aimed at beginners and intermediate players, this video teaches everything you need to get started playing country guitar. Includes how to tune the guitar, all basic major, minor, and seventh guitar chords, guitar accompaniment strums from current country hits, all songs and examples from the book, basic flatpick technique, how to use a capo, and many easy play-along country songs.