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101 Kickin' Country Rhythm Guitar Runs
101 Kickin' Country Rhythm Guitar Runs
This book/CD set teaches 101 rhythm guitar runs played to 21 popular traditional songs. Included in the collection are up-tempo songs ("Cotton-Eyed Joe"), waltzes ("Knoxville Girl"), minor-key songs ("The Wayfaring Stranger"), train songs ("New River Train"), gospel standards ("Amazing Grace"), blues ("Corrine, Corrina"), and more.
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101 Three-Chord Songs for Guitar, Banjo
101 Three-Chord Songs for Guitar, Banjo
You need only minimal playing skills and three chords--G, C, and D7--to accompany all the great songs in this innovative book. If you are just getting started, or if you are a 'casual' player on a chording instrument, this is the perfect book for you.
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3 Finger Banjo Pickin' Songbook
3 Finger Banjo Pickin' Songbook
All of the arrangements in this book were especially prepared for the beginning bluegrass banjo student. Written in G tuning, melody and accompaniment tabs are shown for 51 banjo favorites! Lyrics are included with the melody tabs. Includes a CD in split-track format with performance of all the songs in the book.
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Acoustic Guitar Primer
Acoustic Guitar Primer
The only book designed to take the raw beginner through the basics of bluegrass and country guitar, including both rhythm and lead playing. Contains a complete chord chart and all music is written in both standard music notation and tablature. Includes lyrics and melody lines. Companion DVD or VHS tape also available.
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Autoharp Method In Four Easy Steps
Autoharp Method In Four Easy Steps
Part One includes basic music theory, Part Two includes rhythm strumming instructions, melody chord changes, and lyrics to 18 well- known American folk songs and southern fiddle tunes in the keys of G, F, C major, and A modal.
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Autoharping The Gospels
Autoharping The Gospels
This book is an extension of Flatpickin' the Gospels by Steve Kaufman with autoharp arrangements written by Carol Stober. She makes it easy to learn these great gospel tunes on the autoharp!
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Basic Dulcimer Solos
Basic Dulcimer Solos
This book introduces simplified techniques of chording and fingerpicking for both smaller and larger hands and presents dozens of songs in the Ionian, Aeolian, and Mixolydian modes. Directional arrows are shown for correct strumming, along with lyrics and chords for guitar or banjo accompaniment.
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Bluegrass & Country Music for Harmonica
Bluegrass & Country Music for Harmonica
Contains diatonic, cross harp, and chromatic stylings on 48 country/ bluegrass favorites. The accompaniment CD has 18 of the songs recorded on the beginning tracks with the harmonica, and again without the harmonica included. Shown in standard notation with lyrics, guitar chords & harmonica tab.
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Bluegrass Bass Favorites
Bluegrass Bass Favorites
This timeless book presents suggested bass lines for dozens of bluegrass favorites, offering the root and the fifth for each chord in the progression in guitar-friendly keys. No music, tab, or lyrics are included in this book, just the song titles and the author's suggestion of a fundamental bass line in his own brand of shorthand. Perfect for the doghouse bassist wannabe!
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Bluegrass Fakebook
Bluegrass Fakebook
This handy book contains lyrics, chord progressions, and melody lines to 150 of the all-time favorite Bluegrass songs, including 50 gospel tunes as well as many 'new' bluegrass songs. Printed in large, easy-to-read type with one song per page, this book is excellent for use on stage or in jam sessions.
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Bluegrass Fiddler
Bluegrass Fiddler
A compilation of 30 fiddle tunes ranging from folk to ragtime to gospel. All tunes are presented in a 'theme-and-variations' format. Guitar chords are included as are lyrics, where appropriate. Levity leapt over the lyrical in these fiddling favorites that set our father's feet to stepping and made them 'do their thing.'
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Bluegrass Jamming DVD
Bluegrass Jamming DVD
Pete Wernick has the perfect solution for novice bluegrass players who want to start jamming, or for any picker wanting to build experience and confidence. He has created a video jam session so that players of any level can play along with some experienced musicians and get ready for the real thing.
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Bluegrass Picker's Tune Book
Bluegrass Picker's Tune Book
The Bluegrass Picker's Tune Book is a must for all bluegrass pickers! Included are the melody line and chords to over two hundred favorite gospel and bluegrass songs. Detailed information about the origin and performers is given for each song as well as the history and development of the bluegrass genre. The lyrics are large and easy to read during a performance. By Richard Matteson, JR

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Bluegrass Songbook
Bluegrass Songbook
Now you can learn the melody as well as the words to your favorite bluegrass songs. Chris Jones sings every single song in the book so no more guessing the melody and chord changes. It even includes a key changing wheel so you can sing in the key thats best for you.

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Bluegrass Wordbook
Bluegrass Wordbook
Just pop in the tape & listen to Chris perform each song accompanying himself on guitar, as you read the lyrics & chords in the book. Both volumes include a key changing wheel! A great way to increase your repetoire of bluegrass songs!

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Children's Songs for Beginning Guitar
Children's Songs for Beginning Guitar
Add to your repertoire and reinforce your technique with this collection of traditional, easy-to-play kids' songs. Bring these beautiful melodies to life by listening to the recordings on the companion CD, then using the transcriptions to practice single-note melodies, basic strums and basslines, and simple chords.
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Christmas Classics for Guitar
Christmas Classics for Guitar
Arranged by Robert T. Tarchara. It is a collection of Christmas carols arranged for easy guitar. Lyrics have been provided for the guitarist who wishes to sing, chord diagrams for the guitar strummer, and tablature for the melody.
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Complete Children's Dulcimer Method
Complete Children's Dulcimer Method
This outstanding children's method for mountain dulcimer is the result of the author's many years of sharing the dulcimer with children, and has been successful with children as young as 5 years old. This single volume combines the best material from the author's two previous volumes, Children's Dulcimer Method Volumes One and Two. In it you will find many traditional songs and folk tunes arranged for the mountain dulcimer. Each song has a simple strum pattern indicated above it with fret numbers for the melody notes and lyrics included where appropriate.
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Cripple Creek Dulcimer
Cripple Creek Dulcimer
This instruction manual and song collection is a well-crafted book of basic dulcimer technique and traditional songs that might have been popular in Cripple Creek, Colorado in the 19th Century.The basics of playing the dulcimer, including instructions on strumming, tunings, and picking are explained.
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Cripple Creek Dulcimer
Cripple Creek Dulcimer
This instruction manual and song collection is a well-crafted collection of basic dulcimer technique and traditional songs that might have been popular in Cripple Creek, Colorado in the 19th Century-- plus a few modern day tunes by its current inhabitants.
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Easiest Mandolin Book
Easiest Mandolin Book
A handy and economical starter book chock-full of useful information. Teaches strumming rhythm by playing along with lyrics, then teaches tablature reading for playing solos. The solos provide picking indications for up-picking and down-picking.
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Easy Christmas Songs for Little Guitar Pickers
Easy Christmas Songs for Little Guitar Pickers
A varied selection of Christmas songs arranged especially for young guitar players with small hands. To help avoid big stretches, most of the melody notes are on the first four strings, and the little finger (fourth fret) is used only when necessary. Lyrics are provided to help match the tunes to the words.
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Easy Gospel Mandolin Solos
Easy Gospel Mandolin Solos
Learn how to play 10 easy Gospel Bluegrass Mandolin solos designed to help you develop your personal solo designing skills. Download now from PlayBetterBluegrass.com !
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Easy Mandolin Solos
Easy Mandolin Solos
Learn how to play 10 easy Bluegrass Mandolin solos designed to help you develop your personal solo designing skills. Buy now from PlayBetterBluegrass.com !
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Famous Gospel Favorites for Flatpicking Guitar
Famous Gospel Favorites for Flatpicking Guitar
this 5 1/2'x8' book offers 16 gospel melodies in standard notation and tablature with complete lyrics and suggested guitar chords. Each melody is preceded by diagrams of the chords needed to accompany the tune.
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Favorite Harmonica Songs
Favorite Harmonica Songs
This 5 1/2"x 8" QWIKGUIDE gives you easy access to playing harmonica. This book uses the 12 or 16-hold chromatic harmonica in the key of C, as well as the 10-hole diatonic in the key of C, in standard tuning and blues harp style.
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First Lessons Banjo
First Lessons Banjo
First Lessons on Banjo is an ultra-easy instruction manual for beginning five-string banjo played in the three finger style in G tuning. It can be used by those with no previous experience with the banjo or music of any sort. It is so basic it can be used even by small children.
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First Lessons Blues Guitar
First Lessons Blues Guitar
Written for the beginning guitarist who loves the blues, this text will guide any student through the basis of playing guitar by using blues melodies and blues chord progressions. Students will learn open chords, common strumming patterns, power chords, blues scales, and how to read standard notation, and tab.
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First Lessons Folk Guitar
First Lessons Folk Guitar
This beginning guitar method is unique in that it teaches the basics of playing guitar while focusing on the style of folk guitar. Designed to teach students the fundamentals of playing chords and melody on guitar, First Lesson Folk Guitar also provides lessons on correct posture, caring for the guitar and more!
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First Lessons Hammered Dulcimer
First Lessons Hammered Dulcimer
First Lessons Hammered Dulcimer instructs beginning players on the instrument. The melodies in this collection include a variety of hymns, holiday music and fiddle tunes written in standard notation, with instructions on how to read the notation. Lyrics and suggested chords for accompanying instruments are also included.
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Flatpickin' the Gospels (for Guitar)
Flatpickin' the Gospels (for Guitar)
In this book, CD and DVD set, three time National Flatpicking Guitar Champion Steve Kaufman presents rousing guitar solos on 24 gospel favorites. Each song is shown with a melody part in notation and tablature, lyrics, an accompaniment part in tablature and a stirring flat- picking solo in notation and tablature.
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Flatpicking Gospel Tunes
Flatpicking Gospel Tunes
This book/CD combo presents flatpicking arrangements of inspirational tunes written in standard notation and tablature, also included for each song is a leadsheet arrangement with lyrics, chord symbols and fretboard diagrams for reference.
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Fun with the Autoharp
Fun with the Autoharp
A great beginner's autoharp book containing basic technical instruction plus melody lines, chords, and lyrics for 48 folk favorites. Includes information on playing positions, fingering, strumming, glissando playing technique, and more with helpful photographs. Lyrics are placed above the music to make reading easier.
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Fun with the Banjo
Fun with the Banjo
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Fun With the Dulcimer
Fun With the Dulcimer
This beginner's method presents clear, concise instruction for learning to play the traditional three-stringed mountain dulcimer. Thirty-eight songs are taught with notation and fret numbers for each note. Chord symbols are also included. Melody playing with drones and basic chord playing are both taught.
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Fun with the Mandolin
Fun with the Mandolin
This book/CD package presents melodies, lyrics and chord symbols for 22 songs. Tuning and hand positions are briefly discussed. You will be comfortable playing 4/4, 3/4 and 2/4 rhythm chord accompaniments in three major keys - C, G, and D. The companion CD contains all the songs from book and is in stereo play-along format.
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Fun with the Mandolin
Fun with the Mandolin
This DVD presents melodies, lyrics and chord symbols for several songs. Tuning and hand positions are briefly discussed. You will be comfortable playing 4/4, 3/4 and 2/4 rhythm chord accompaniments in three major keys - C, G, and D. Download now from PlayBetterBluegrass.com!
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Grandpa Jones 5-String Banjo
Grandpa Jones 5-String Banjo
The text covers tunings, chord diagrams, and the right hand rhythm patterns that made Grandpa Jones famous. There are alternate tunings, drop thumb rhythm, and exercises for practicing your new skills.The preface and collection of personal photographs, makes this an excellent keepsake as well.
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Guitar Chord Songbook - Folk Songs
Guitar Chord Songbook - Folk Songs
A strummer's cornucopia of 80 folk favorites! Includes lyrics and chords.
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Guitar Tabsongs:  Bluegrass
Guitar Tabsongs: Bluegrass
Here are 27 favorite bluegrass tunes for all bluegrass-loving guitar players. Each tune includes the melody in notation with lyrics and chord symbols plus a fingerstyle accompaniment in notation and tablature.
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