
Dan Miller
Flatpicking Essentials Vol. 1: Rhythm, Bass Runs and Licks
written and compiled by Flatpicking Guitar Magazine Editor Dan Miller
$29.95
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Book/CD package. Become a better rhythm player with the founder and editor of flatpickin' guitar's hippest magazine! Plus an appendix with sections on reading tablature, working with a metronome, and major scales, chords and arpeggios. Drive the band with a firm foundation! Spiralbound; 96 pp. More Details...
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