My First Gospel Guitar Picking Songs


Book Description

My First Gospel Guitar Picking Songs is an ideal book for beginners interested in learning country-style guitar and basic reading skills. Author Steve Kaufman uses his award-winning method to teach principles of flatpicking, basic chord fingerings and notation, within the context of classic country songs. This book emphasizes the versatility of the gospel guitarist as a lead instrumentalist and rhythm accompanist, from lyrical melodies to swinging strumming techniques. The book comes with accompanying audio




My First Bluegrass Guitar Picking Songs


Book Description

This fun and easy book and CD takes you from the very beginning. Learning right and left-hand techniques, learning your first chords, 18 great songs AND you painlessly learn them by reading notes. Anyone can do it. Steve's method and approach to learning to read notes is so simple that 4 year olds have done it. You will start with 4 simple notes. Steve then teaches songs using just those four notes. He systematically adds a few more notes at a time bundled with easy to understand instructions and songs so that in a short time you will know all the notes, chords, strumming patterns to play hundreds of songs. This is a perfect primer for many of Steve's best sellers and other author's books. Audio CD included.




My First Gospel Banjo Picking Songs


Book Description

My First Gospel Banjo Picking Songs is a fun and easy approach to gospel music for five-string banjo. The book explains right and left hand techniques, notes, basic chords, and practice tips. Twenty-four great gospel songs are presented intablature, including Amazing Grace, Just Over In Glory Land, What a Friend We Have In Jesus, and more. This method is a great introduction to the banjo and its wonderful role in gospel music. The book comes with audio




Gospel Songs For Fingerstyle Guitar


Book Description

(Finger Style Guitar). Virtuoso fingerstyle guitarist and clawhammer banjo player Steve Baughman shares 17 hymns and gospel songs arranged for solo guitar in standard notation and tablature, with video downloads available online for all songs. This rich collection features a variety of tunings, background information, technical tips and humorous asides. Songs include: At Calvary * Down by the Riverside * Fairest Lord Jesus * Go Tell It on the Mountain * Great Is Thy Faithfulness * It Is Well with My Soul * Just As I Am * Love Divine, All Loves Excelling * Nearer, My God, To Thee * Old Rugged Cross * Pass Me Not, Oh Gentle Savior * Rock of Ages * Shall We Gather at the River * Softly and Tenderly * What a Friend We Have in Jesus * When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder * Whispering Hope.




My First Blues Guitar Picking Songs


Book Description

This book and accompanying audio are the perfect primer for anyone interested inlearning blues guitar played with a pick. An addition to Steve Kaufman's My First series, the book starts the student from the very beginning. Basic chords and notation are presented, progressing to blues strumming patterns and lines. Lessons also cover blues scales, tablature, I-IV-V chords and more. The book is perfect for anyone interested in learning blues guitar, and experienced tab readers who wish to learn standard notation




Fingerpicking Worship (Songbook)


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(Guitar Solo). These arrangements are carefully written for intermediate-level guitarists. Each solo combines melody and harmony in one superb fingerpicking arrangement. Features 15 sacred tunes: Agnus Dei * Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) * How Deep the Father's Love for Us * How Great Is Our God * I Worship You, Almighty God * More Precious Than Silver * There Is a Redeemer * We Fall Down * and more, plus an easy introduction to basic fingerstyle guitar.




Art of Gospel Guitar


Book Description

This book features 22 gems of gospel and hymn music, arranged in various keys in dropped D tuning (DADGBE - 6th to 1st string) for the intermediate and advanced guitarist. The arrangements provide compelling evidence that dropped D tuning has been liberated from its usual position as simply a variant of standard tuning. In this book, it takes on an exciting open-tuning character. Innovative string choices and guitar voicings are employed to evoke different textures for the various melodies. The music ranges from the single-note treatment reminiscent ofthe solo singer, to the flowing, arpeggiated approach of the harper, to the chordal power of the organist. The pace can be slow and meditative, or up-tempo andcelebratory. The presentation is in tablature and standard notation




Fingerstyle Guitar Gig Book


Book Description

This collection of 146 fingerstyle transcriptions and arrangements covers a wide variety of styles including dozens of popular and jazz standards as well as blues and country songs, sea chanteys, folk ballads, sacred, gospel and Christmas melodies, Celtic and patriotic tunes, children's songs, classical and wedding music, and select Piburn originals. the book is designed as a resource for guitarists in virtually any solo performance situation. the result of years of experience as an arranger/composer and performing guitarist, this book provides a goldmine of tunes for the fingerstyle player. from Greensleeves and the Girl I left Behind Me to 'Round Midnight and the Girl from Ipanema, this comprehensive anthology has it all. You'll be able to compile your set lists for a broad array of venues from this single source! Intermediate to advanced in difficulty with all tunes appearing in standard notation and tablature.




First 50 Songs You Should Fingerpick on Guitar


Book Description

(Guitar Collection). Do you feel you've learned enough fingerstyle guitar technique to start playing some real tunes? If so, this is the book for you. 50 must-know songs, including: Blackbird * The Boxer * Dust in the Wind * Fire and Rain * Greensleeves * Hell Hound on My Trail * Is There Anybody Out There? * Julia * Puff the Magic Dragon * Road Trippin' * Shape of My Heart * Tears in Heaven * Time in a Bottle * Vincent (Starry Starry Night) * The Wind * and more.




Fingerpicking Hymns (Songbook)


Book Description

(Guitar Solo). 15 songs arranged for solo guitar in standard notation and tablature: Abide with Me * Amazing Grace * Beneath the Cross of Jesus * Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing * For the Beauty of the Earth * A Mighty Fortress Is Our God * Rock of Ages * and more.