19 Nov 2018 | PDF + MP3 | 138 MBThis 96-page spiral bound instructional book, with audio CD, teaches you how to play interesting and exciting rhythm guitar accompaniment by showing you how to fill the rhythm guitarist roles of: Keeping Good Time, Outlining the Chord, Leading the Listener's Ear to the Chord Change, and adding Texture, Excitement, Drive, and Interest. The goal of this book and accompanying CD is to make you a better rhythm player, and to also prepare you to begin playing lead guitar in Volume 2 (Learning How to Solo: Carter Style Leads and Beyond).
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What you will learn in the first Volume of the Flatpicking Essentials Series (Rhythm, Bass Runs, and Fill Licks):
• 1) The Role of the Rhythm Player: Keeping Time, Outlining the Chord, Leading the Listener's Ear to the Chord Change, adding Texture and Interest
• 2) Bass Line construction based on major scales, the chromatic scale, and arpeggios
• 3) Bass Line construction using a variety of timing variations (half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, dotted-quarter notes)
• 4) Bass Line construction using walk-ups, walk-downs, and leading tones
• 5) The Rest Stroke
• 6) Alternate Pick Direction and Eighth Note Runs and Fill Licks
• 7) Over 20 G-Run Variations
• 8) Syncopation
• 9) Over 10 Alternate Strumming Patterns
• 10) How to Work with a Metronome
• Dozens of Examples!
Volume One Table of Contents:
• Introduction
• The History of the Flatpicking Gutiar Style
• Learning to Flatpick: A Historical Approach
• Section One: Techniques, Examples, and Exercises
• The Role of the Rhythm Guitar Player
• Simple G Chord Rhythm
• G, C, D Rhythm with Repeating Bass Notes
• Alternating Bass Line
• Walk-ups, Walk-downs, and Leading Tones
• Chromatic Walk-Ups and Walk-Downs
• Bass Runs Old-Time Style
• Half Note Bass Runs
• The Rest Stroke
• Alternate Pick Direction and Eighth Notes
• Eighth Note Runs and Fill Licks
• Borrowing From Bass Players
• G-Runs, Hammer-Ons, Pull-Offs, and Slides
• Creating Movement on One Chord
• Syncopation
• The Bluegrass G Chord and Alternate Strums
• "Lonesome Road Blues" Example
Section Two: Examples from the FGM Archives
• "Rolling in My Sweet Baby's Arms" in the Style of Charlie Monroe
• "Blue Eyes" in the Style of Roy Harvey
• Rhythm in the Style of Edd Mayfield 1
• Key of G Rhythm in the Style of Jimmy Martin
• "Nine Pound Hammer" in the Style of Brad Davis (Key of G)
• "Nine Pound Hammer" in the Style of Brad Davis (Key of C)
• Key of C Rhythm in the Style of Earl Scruggs
• "Tennessee Wagoner" in the Style of Charles Sawtelle
• Key of C Rhythm in the Style of Tom Paley
• "Soldier's Joy" Rhythm in the Style of Riley Puckett
• "Have A Feast Here Tonight" in the Style of Doc Watson
• "Molly Put the Kettle On" in the Style of Riley Puckett
• Rhythm in the Style of Edd Mayfield 2 (Key of G)
• Rhythm in the Style of Edd Mayfield 3 (Key of A)
• Rhythm in the Style of Peter Rowan (Key of A)
• Rhythm in the Style of Charles Sawtelle (Key of E)
• "Ragtime Annie" in the Style of David Grier
• The Road Ahead
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