Publisher Description

(Music Sales America). This celebratory collection gathers the very best in music, instruction and knowledge from two previous titles, Fingerpicking Styles for Guitar and Traditional and Contemporary Guitar Fingerpicking Styles to commemorate 40 years since their original publication. Happy Traum's landmark transcriptions represent the music and art of twenty-two musicians from the mountains of Virginia, the Piedmont of North Carolina, the coal-mining country of Kentucky, as well as places as far-reaching as England, the Bahamas and Africa. Every song is presented in notation and tab, alongside biographical information about the artist, plus any hints and tips that will help you achieve a more authentic performance. The book begins with a detailed guide to fingerpicking technique, giving you all the information you need to tackle these priceless musical treasures.

Long Description

Happy Traum is an active participant in the folk, blues, and rock scene. Early in his career he studied blues guitar with Brownie McGhee, and later gained wide recognition as a performer and recording artist in his own right. Happy tours and performs internationally as a soloist, as well as appearing with the Woodstock Mountains Revue. He is the founder of Homespun Tapes, through which he distributes instructional cassettes for folk musicians. A prolific writer, Happy is also author of numerous books for the guitar player.

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