Book/3-CD set. Thompson is a pioneer of flatpicking, first attracting attention over 40 years ago in bluegrass bands with David Grisman and Jerry Garcia. He shares the building blocks for great flatpicking technique. He takes you step-by-step, beginning with song melodies picked out in the bass, with rhythm, in the styles of Maybelle Carter and Charlie Monroe, and moving up to single-note flatpicking, with exercises to help master playing long runs of notes, clean, smooth and fast. Then he builds your repertoire with classic fiddle tunes and breaks to songs, including characteristic devices, phrases and endings from seminal stylists like Don Reno, Doc Watson, and Clarence White. Note/tab. Beginners. 24 pp.