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GUITAR BOOKS

We carry most of the guitar books on the market - available by request.
All the books in Flatpicking & Bluegrass guitar feature tablature.

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The Essential Clarence White - Bluegrass Guitar Leads The Essential Clarence White - "Bluegrass Guitar Leads"
by Roland White and Diane Bouska - BOOK and 2 CDs
This long awaited course is a must have for any bluegrass guitarist!
•Transcriptions for 14 popular bluegrass songs in tab and notation as played by Clarence White
•Instruction with tab examples
•Biography with photos
•2 CDs included

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B-RW003 - List: $34.95 - SPECIAL: $31.95 Click here to order online!

Roy Clark's Christmas Book for Guitar Roy Clark's Christmas Book for Guitar
Chords, notes, tablature....plus Roy's "Fingerblock" system with stickers and a poster will have you pickin' Christmas favorites in no time at all.

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B-TS117 Roy Clark's Christmas Book for Guitar
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Teach Yourself Lead Guitar BOOK/CD Teach Yourself Lead Guitar BOOK/CD
A guide book to lead playing, with an emphasis on pentatonic major and minor scales.

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B-71755bcd Teach Yourself Lead Guitar BOOK/CD List $18.95 Our Price $17.90 Add To Your Shopping Basket





Guitar Aerobics Book/CD Guitar Aerobics Book/CD
Fifty-two weeks and 365 exercises -- one for every day of the year!

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B-695946 Guitar Aerobics Book/CD
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Best of Bluegrass Book/CD Best of Bluegrass Book/CD
Ten must-know songs arranged note-for-note for fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar, dobro, and bass. CD contains original recordings by Jimmy Martin with Ricky Skaggs, Mac Wiseman, Merle Travis, Jim & Jesse, and others. In tab, notation, and chords.

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B-690636bcd Best of Bluegrass Book/CD
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All Star Bluegrass Jam-Along for Guitar BOOK/CD All Star Bluegrass Jam-Along for Guitar BOOK/CD
These fabulous collections for players of all levels feature 21 must-know bluegrss songs & instrumentals, created especially for learning players by the genre's leading artists. The artist plays a basic solo that states the melody of the tune, then a more adventurous improvisation, and each solo is transcribed in detail.

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B-641943 All Star Bluegrass Jam-Along for Guitar BOOK/CD

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Kenny Smith - Tunes and Techniques (2 DVD Set) Kenny Smith - Tunes and Techniques (2 DVD Set)
One of the most respected Bluegrass guitarists gives you a thorough look at his style on this 2-DVD set.

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DVD-A-KS Kenny Smith - Tunes & Techniques (2-DVD Set) List $60.00
Our Price $54.95 Click here to order online!



Flatpicking the Blues by Brad Davis BOOK/DVD/CD Flatpicking the Blues by Brad Davis BOOK/DVD/CD

Brad's latest is all about the blues -- even learn Bill Monroe's licks on guitar!

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B-2242SET Flatpicking the Blues by Brad Davis BOOK/DVD/CD List $39.95
Our Price $36.50 Click here to order online!


Steve Kaufman's Favorite 50 Celtic Reels for Guitar, A-L Steve Kaufman's Favorite 50 Celtic Reels for Guitar, A-L
More great licks from Steve Kaufman -- book/cd combo.

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B-21221bcd Steve Kaufman's Favorite 50 Celtic Reels for Guitar, A-L List $24.95
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OLD TIME COUNTRY GUITAR BACKUP BASICS OLD TIME COUNTRY GUITAR BACKUP BASICS

This instructional book uses commercial recordings from 70 different “sides” from the 1920s and early 1930s as its basis to learn the principal guitar backup techniques commonly used in old-time country music.

OLD TIME COUNTRY GUITAR BACKUP BASICS

B-389 Old-Time Country Guitar Backup Basics List $15.95
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20 SWING TUNES THAT EVERY PARKING LOT PICKER SHOULD KNOW 20 SWING TUNES THAT EVERY PARKING LOT PICKER SHOULD KNOW
160-PAGE BOOK WITH 6 CDs
This series of CDs teaches essential swing guitar repertoire to bluegrass flatpickers.

20 SWING TUNES THAT EVERY PARKING LOT PICKER SHOULD KNOW

B-641591bcd 20 Swing Tunes That Every Parking Lot Picker Should Know
List $69.95 Our Price $52.65 Click here to order online!


First Lessons Flatpicking Guitar BOOK/CD/DVD from Janet Davis Music - The Banjo Store First Lessons Flatpicking Guitar - Book/CD/DVD
First Lessons is an ultra-easy instruction manual for beginners.
It can be used by those with no previous experience with the instrument.


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B-99973set - Flatpicking Guitar Book/CD/DVD  SPECIAL: $13.45  Click here to order online!
A Flatpickers Guide To Jamming BOOK/CD from Janet Davis Music - The Banjo Store Flatpickers Guide To Jamming BOOK/CD by Carl Yaffey
If you can play a few tunes on your instrument but haven't played much with others (or at all), this
book will show you what you need to know to sit in on a hot jam session. Geared toward beginner
and intermediate players.


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B-20820bcd - A Flatpicker's Guide to Jamming  SPECIAL: $12.75  Click here to order online!
Irish Dance Tunes for Flatpicking Guitar Book/3 CDs from Janet Davis Music - The Banjo Store Irish Dance Tunes for Flatpicking Guitar BOOK/ 3CDs by Eric Thompson
Irish Dance tunes, with their evocative modes, engaging ornamentation, and rhythmic variety, make
great flatpicking pieces, offering a wealth of exciting material with which to broaden horizons
and deepen roots.

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B-20506bcd - Dance Tunes List Price: $24.95  SPECIAL: $22.45  Click here to order online!
Guitar Journals Series Flatpicking Guitar from Janet Davis Music - The Banjo Store Guitar Journals - Flatpicking BOOK
Comprehensive collections of flatpicking study and solo material
All music in notation and tablature
Beautiful hard cover with covered spiral binding and premium paper

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B-20900 - Flatpicking List Price: $24.95   SPECIAL $22.45Click here to order online!
Tony Rice Guitar Tabs Book from Janet Davis Music - The Banjo Store Tony Rice Guitar Tab Book contains exact transcriptions of all the solos on the first three albums of the leading acoustic guitar player now living. Each solo is written in both tablature and standard music notation, showing the precision and syncopation that has had a tremendous impact on both bluegrass and new acoustic music that started with the Dawg era. Solos are taken from Tony Rice Guitar- Rebel SLP 1582, Tony Rice- Rounder 0085, and Manzanita - Rounder 0092. No Tape or CD available. $15.95

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Guitar Journals Series Technique from Janet Davis Music - The Banjo Store Guitar Journals - Technique BOOK
Ultimate guide on technique and perfect reference manual for everyday use
Covers warm-ups, picking studies, string skipping, tremolo, triplets, cross-picking, intervals,
linear studies, hammer-ons and pull-offs, and pick control
All exercises have solos matched to their particular study
In notation and tablature.
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B-20904 - Technique List Price: $24.95   SPECIAL $22.45Click here to order online!
First Lessions Folk Guitar BOOK/CD/DVD from Janet Davis Music - The Banjo Store First Lessons Folk Guitar - Book/CD/DVD
First Lessons is an ultra-easy instruction manual for beginners.
It can be used by those with no previous experience with the instrument.


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B-99919set - Folk Guitar Book/CD/DVD  SPECIAL: $13.45  Click here to order online!
Roy Clark's Grand Old Opry Stars Celebrate Gospel for Guitar from Janet Davis Music Roy Clark's Grand Old Opry Stars Celebrates Gospel for Guitar

50 Favorite Gospel Greats
3 Easy ways to play, chords, big notes, tablature
Large Print, Easy to read


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B-TS119
Grand Old Opry Stars Celebrates Gospel for Guitar Special $15.25Click here to order online!

TEACH YOURSELF Bluegrass Guitar by Russ Barenberg
Learn to flatpick bluegrass songs right away. Taught by a professional guitar player & studio musician. Contents:
Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms --Will the Circle Be Unbroken -- Wildwood Flower --John Hardy -- Willow Garden -- Under the Double Eagle -- All the Good Times -- Old Joe Clark -- Soldier's Joy -- Cripple Creek -- Fire on the Mountain -- Salt Creek -- Blackberry Blossom -- Turkey in the Straw -- Nine Pound Hammer -- Sitting on Top of the World -- Footprints in the Snow -- Little Maggie -- Pretty Polly -- Farewell Blues -- John Henry -- Dark Hollow - Live and Let Live
B-OK64990 Book & CD OUR PRICE: $17.95 Click here to order online!



Mastering Bluegrass Guitar by Russ Barrenberg from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. Mastering Bluegrass Guitar by Russ Barrenberg
It is a 6-CD set with book.
Tunes: Roll On Buddy, New Camptown Races, Beaumont Rag, Wildwood Flower, Columbus
Stockade, Willet’s Horn-pipe, Timor The Tartar, Morning Glory, Nine Pound Hammer, Pike
Country, Sandy Burn Reel, Cedar Hill, Over The Waterfall, Pretty Polly, Will You Miss Me,
Farewell Blues, Orange Mountain Special, Rocky Mountain Goat, Billy in the Low Ground,
Bill Cheatham, Barrel Of Fun, Silver Bell, and Shenandoah Valley Breakdown.
B-641526 Book w/6 CDs: $59.95 Click here to order online!



BLUEGRASS GUITAR BLUEGRASS GUITAR By Happy Traum
Covers every aspect of bluegrass playing from simple accompaniment to advanced instrumental. In notation and tablature.
Song List: Mama Don’t ‘Low, New River Train, Roll in my Sweet Baby’s Arms, Bury Me Beneath the Willow, Going to Georgia, Handsome Molly, You’re a Flower in the Wildwood, Old Rattler, Midnight on the Stormy Deep, Rosa Lee McFall, I Am a Pilgrim, Angel Band, Crying Holy, Standing in the Need of Prayer, All the Good Times, My Grandfather’s Clock, Under The Double Eagle, Rakes of Mallow, Devil’s Dream, Forked Deer, Soldier’s Joy, John Henry, Orange Mountain Special, Barrel of Fun, Stoney Creek, Sally Goodin’, Arkansas Traveler, Dill Pickle Rag, Sittin’ On Top of the World, Handful of Love.

B-OK63024 : $19.95Click here to order online!


YOU CAN TEACH YOURSELF FLATPICKING GUITAR By Steve Kauffman from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. YOU CAN TEACH YOURSELF FLATPICKING GUITAR By Steve Kauffman
Recommended for all beginners! Teaches basic chords, rhythm, bass patterns & lead playing 82 pp. Video also available.
B-95190b BOOK: $9.95Click here to order online!   V-95190
B-95190cd CD: $14.98Click here to order online! B-95190bcd : BOOK/CD $19.95 Click here to order online!
C-95190set BOOK/CD/DVD COMBO $24.95 Click here to order online!


GUITAR PRIMER By Bert Casey from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. GUITAR PRIMER By Bert Casey
For the beginner! Step-by-step instructions for learning to flatpick. Songs demonstrate each technique; clear & concise, with CD. Recommended.
SONGS: Tom Dooley -- He's Got the Whole World in His Hands -- Going Down That Road --Feeling Bad -- Worried Man Blues -- Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms --Banks of the Ohio -- Dark Hollow -- In the Pines -- Amazing Grace -- Pallet on Your Floor -- Way Downtown -- Sittin' On Top of the World -- Hammer On -- Wabash Cannonball -- Crying Holy -- Salt River -- Billy in the Lowground -- The G Run -- Pull Offs -- Little Maggie -- Nine-Pound Hammer - Slides -- Wildwood Flower -- John Hardy -- Old Joe Clark -- Blackberry Blossum -- Will the Circle Be Unbroken -- Scale Exercises

B-BA-GP - BOOK/CD: $14.95Click here to order online!

DVD - Introduction to Acoustic Guitar For Beginners by Bert Casey
Quickly learn to strum and play chords with expert musician Bert Casey. 60 minute dvd includes split screen which shows right and left hand techniques.
D-BA-AVD Intro to Guitar for Beginners DVD: List: $14.95 SPECIAL: $12.50 Click here to order online!

FLATPICKING GUITAR SONGS By Bert Casey from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. FLATPICKING GUITAR SONGS By Bert Casey
Excellent! Recommended! This is one of the best books I have seen for flatpicking. A CLEAR, complete book showing any of the techniques involved in playing bluegrass lead guitar to achieve the Clarence White or Tony Rice "sound". Songs in tablature and notation, with several arrangements for each tune. Includes: Wildwood Flower, Home Sweet Home, Cripple Creek, Black Mountain Rag, Salt River, etc. 60 Min. cassette plays all songs slow/fast.
B-BA-BCbcd - BOOK/CD: $14.95Click here to order online!
All songs played at 2 speeds on the CD.
DELUXE BLUEGRASS FLAT-PICKIN GUITAR METHOD By Neil Griffin from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. DELUXE BLUEGRASS FLAT-PICKIN GUITAR METHOD By Neil Griffin
Includes bass runs, bluegrass guitar techniques, licks to use as fills and endings. Arrangements in tab and notation, with several variations for each Tune. Includes: Arkansas Traveler, Red River Valley, Wreck of the Old '97, etc. (Mainly in pick-brush style)
B-93630 - BOOK: $9.95Click here to order online!






MEL BAY'S COMPLETE FLATPICKING GUITAR BOOK By Steve Kaufman from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. MEL BAY'S COMPLETE FLATPICKING GUITAR BOOK By Steve Kaufman
This comprehensive study of contemporary flatpicking guitar technique presents numerous solos for the beginning through advanced flatpicking guitarist along with tips on creating your own flatpicking arrangements. The book addresses the tablature system, tuning, right and left-hand technique, use of the capo and the microphone, transposing using the Nashville numbering system, bluegrass back-up, arranging flatpicking solos and instrumentals. If you're into country or bluegrass music, or if you just want to develop outstanding flatpicking technique, this book is for you. Written in standard notation and tablature. The stereo play-along CD features Steve Kaufman's rousing performance of each flatpicking solo! Also includes a DVD containing some of the solos and techniques presented in the book.

C-94562SET - BOOK/CD/DVD: List: $29.95 $26.95Click here to order online!


OLD-TIME FIDDLE TUNES FOR GUITAR By Richard Lieberson from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. OLD-TIME FIDDLE TUNES FOR GUITAR By Richard Lieberson **RECOMMENDED
Excellent arrangements for  intermediate flatpicking.  Popular fiddle tunes with helpful notes on how to play back-up and use special effects.  Selected discography & bibliography. Standard notation and easy to read tablature. Personalized,  tailor-made instruction book  designed for people who already know the instrument and are anxious to move on, to improve their techniques and to pick up pointers on professionalism. Includes: Miss McLeod's Reel, Bully of the Town, You Married My Daughter, Red Haired Boy, Ragtime Annie, Black Mountain Rag, Forked Deer, Billy In The Lowground, Old Joe Clark, Paddy On The Turnpike, Sail Away Ladies, Salt River, Stoney Creek, Cotton Patch Rag & more.
B-AM16585 - BOOK: List $22.95 Our Price $19.95Click here to order online!

GUITAR PICKERS FAKEBOOK By David Brody from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. B-OK64729 GUITAR PICKERS FAKEBOOK By David Brody
Contains over 250 arrangements for flatpickin guitar: Bluegrass, Irish, Old-time fiddle tunes, jigs, reels, rags, hornpipes & breakdowns from all the major traditional instrumental style. Special introductory materials on regional styles, interpretation and ornamentation . All arrangements in tab,   Crazy Creek, Sally goodin', Snowflake Reel, Toney Creek, Whiskey Before Breakfast, Old Joe Clark, East Tn Blues, Dusty Miller, Done Gone & many, many more!
BOOK: $22.45 Click here to order online!




IMPROVISING BLUEGRASS GUITAR By Davis from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. IMPROVISING BLUEGRASS GUITAR By Brad Davis
Primarily a book containing bluegrass licks for guitar, i.e. Tony Rice licks, etc.
B-WR-IBG - BOOKS/CD: $14.95Click here to order online!







THE SONGS OF DOC WATSON from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. THE SONGS OF DOC WATSON
Transcriptions of guitar instrumentals and accompaniment patterns for around 30 songs, in standard music notation and tablature. Notes on the songs by Doc Watson and a foreword by Ralph Rinzler. Includes: Black Mt. Rag, Blackberry Rag, Don't Let the Deal go Down, Tom Dooley, Deep River Blues, Shady Grove and many others.
B-OK62489 - BOOK: $16.99Click here to order online!




TONY RICE Teaches Bluegrass Guitar from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. TONY RICE Teaches Bluegrass Guitar
A master picker analyzes his pioneering licks & solos.
Songs include: Red-Haired Boy -- Little Sadie -- Your Love is Like a Flower -- Old Train -- Blue Railroad Train -- Home From the Forest -- Wildwood Flower -- Wild Horse --Jerusalem Ridge.

B-695045 - BOOK/CD: $16.95Click here to order online!




DAN CRARY- GUITAR Transcribed from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. DAN CRARY- GUITAR Transcribed by Dan Libertino
Excellent transcriptions of Dan's great flatpicking!
B-96696bcd - BOOK/CD: $31.95Click here to order online!








FIDDLE TUNES and IRISH MUSIC FOR GUITAR from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. FIDDLE TUNES & IRISH MUSIC FOR GUITAR By Dan Gelo

Fiddle tunes and Irish favorites carefully arranged for flatpicking guitar.

FIDDLE TUNES and IRISH MUSIC FOR GUITAR


B-94020bcd - Fiddle Tunes and Irish Music for Guitar Book/CD List $24.95 $22.95Click here to order online!




CHAMPIONSHIP FLATPICKING GUITAR CHAMPIONSHIP FLATPICKING GUITAR by Steve Kauffman
The author, three-time national flatpicking guitar champion, has compiled this rousing collection of dazzling flatpicking guitar solos. A companion CD featuring Steve's foot-tapping rendition of each arrangement is included. The book is in notation and tablature. All the songs in the book are performed on the CD. On the DVD, Steve plays both slow and fast versions of each solo. Steve's performance on the up-tempo versions of the challenging solos is absolutely astonishing.

Songs Include: Amazing Grace -- Banks of the Ohio -- Beaumont Rag -- Black Mountain Rag -- Calgary Polka -- Cattle in the Cane -- Dill Pickle Rag -- Dixie Breakdown -- Dusty Miller Hornpipe -- Farewell Blues -- Grey Eagle Hornpipe -- Little Sadie -- Ricketts Hornpipe -- Sally Goodin -- Stoney Point -- Yonder Stands Little Maggie.
C-94533SET - BOOK/CD/DVD: List: $29.95 $26.95Click here to order online!


IT'S A GUITAR CHRISTMAS by Ron Middlebrook from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. IT'S A GUITAR CHRISTMAS by Ron Middlebrook
Arranged in tab for easy to intermediate level.
B-CSIGC - BOOK: $7.98Click here to order online!









4-Hour Bluegrass Workout 4-Hour Bluegrass Workout by Steve Kaufman
Play along with a Bluegrass Jam - For Any instrument.

Improve your picking, build up speed, and play along! On these 4 cd's, a bluegrass band plays back-up in the right to 49 well know bluegrass tunes, slow and up-to speed. The lead part can be heard in the left channel.  It is fun to play along. Songs include: Alabama Jubilee, Arkansas Traveler, Black Mountain Rag, Dixie Hoedown, Down Yonder, Devil's Dream, Lost Indian, Miller's Reel, Ragtime Annie, Red Wing, Salt Creek, Soldier's Joy and more! Includes book with the chords for all the tunes. The chord's letter name  is written in the appropriate measure(s) for each tune, so you can play along.

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B-641379 Book and 4 CDs
Reg: $44.95 SPECIAL:
$35.95Click here to order online!

4-Hour Banjo Workout 4-Hour Bluegrass BANJO Workout
Same songs as above, but with the lead breaks tabbed out for the 5-String Banjo in 3-finger (bluegrass) style.

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B-320170 Book and 4 CDs
Regular $44.95 SPECIAL:
$35.95Click here to order online!



BLUEGRASS & FLATPICKING GUITAR

Kentucky Thumbpicking Blues for Guitar from Janet Davis Music Kentucky Thumbpicking Blues for Guitar

15 intermediate level thumbstyle blues guitar solos in the style developed and played
by some of the coal miners of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky and surrounding areas in the
early to mid-20th century. Jim Mason and Amos Johnson were two of the early players.
The style was picked up and streamlined by Mose Rager and Ike Everly and was the
forerunner of the "Travis Style". Notation and Tablature.

List Price - $17.95
B-20126bcd - Kentucky Thumbpicking Blues for Guitar Special $16.15Click here to order online!

The Steve Bennett Flatpicking Collection from Janet Davis Music The Steve Bennett Flatpicking Collection

This book features some of National Flatpicking Guitar Champion Steve Bennett's
favorite flatpicking solos for the six-string acoustic guitar.
Written in standard notation and tablature with a few altered and open tunings and
partial capo indications, this book is recommended for the intermediate to advanced
player. Compantion Cd included.

List: $22.95
B-20224bcd - The Steve Bennett Flatpicking Collection Special $20.65Click here to order online!

John Standefer Favorite Original Solos and Arrangements from Janet Davis Music John Standefer Favorite Original Solos and Arrangements

Great solo fingerstyle guitar arrangements by 2002 National Champion Fingerstyle
Guitarist John Standefer. The collection contains John's most loved original
pieces - and it's written in his own format, which he calls 'Picture-Perfect' TAB.



B-20465bcd List: $19.95
John Standefer Favorite Original Solos and Arrangements Special $17.95Click here to order online!

Roy Clark's Big Note Songbook for Guitar from Janet Davis Music Roy Clark's Big Note Songbook for Guitar

Learn to Play Instantly - Melody, Lyrics, Chords
Featuring Roy's Fingerblock System with color-coded, adhesive fingerblocks
Fingerblock Guide poster included
Over 70 Songs


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B-TS116 - Roy Clark's Big Note Songbook for Guitar Special $20.65Click here to order online!

Getting In To Bluegrass Guitar from Janet Davis Music Getting In To Bluegrass Guitar

Beginning with the basic chord and strum patterns, this book/Cd combination covers Carter style,
fiddle tunes crosspicking, floating, improvisation and much more! Special sections address pick
direction, pentatonic scales, dropped D tuning and how to read standard music on the guitar.
Include are the "Top Ten" flatpicking favorites and a section on Irish ornamentation.


List: $17.95
B-20290bcd - Getting In To Bluegrass Guitar Special $16.15Click here to order online!

Fiddle Tunes for Flatpicking Guitar from Janet Davis Music Fiddle Tunes for Flatpicking Guitar

This book contains 3 Cds (3 full hours of instruction)
Featuring note-by-note phrase-by-phrase transcription




List: $24.95
B-20491bcd - Fiddle Tunes for Flatpicking Guitar Special $22.45Click here to order online!

Bluegrass Flatpicking and Crosspicking Guitar from Janet Davis Music Bluegrass Flatpicking and Crosspicking Guitar

Utilizing repeated patterns on three-string groups, crosspicking captures the bounce of a fiddler’s
double shuffle and the drive of three-finger banjo Scruggs-style rolls. Eric instructs you on three
full hours of note-by-note, phrase-by-phrase instruction contained on the three companion CDs.
The 32-page book contains 12 songs taught in three easy to understand lessons. Eric will help you
hone your crosspicking technique in no time ‘flat’!

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B-20505bcd - Bluegrass Flatpicking and Crosspicking Guitar Special $22.45Click here to order online!

Flatpicking Cookbook by Gary Cook from Janet Davis Music Flatpicking Cookbook by Gary Cook

Contains original and standard tunes performed by two-time National Flatpick Guitar Champion
Gary Cook. Selections in this book range from fast paced flatpicking to western swing music;
you will learn many fun and unusual arrangements. The notation and tab to each song and the
accompanying CD allow players of many skill levels to learn these songs.


List: $17.95
B-20592bcd - Flatpicking Cookbook by Gary Cook Special $16.15Click here to order online!

5 String Banjo Styles for 6-String Guitar from Janet Davis Music 5 String Banjo Styles for 6-String Guitar

Six complete songs and 19 licks and patterns in the styles of banjoists Earl Scruggs and
Allen Shelton, and guitarists Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed. Written in standard notation and
tablature, with fingerings, chord diagrams, and performance notes. Cd includes performances
of all the songs, and the licks and patterns are demonstrated both slowly and up to tempo.
Intermediate to Advanced Level guitarists.

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B-20622bcd - 5 String Banjo Styles for 6-String Guitar Special $16.15Click here to order online!


Flatpicking The Rags and Polkas from Janet Davis Music Flatpicking the Rags and Polkas

These extensive and exciting arrangements are designed for the intermediate through advanced
student who is looking for a real challenge. Performance of this type of tune will increase
your awareness of concentration and build your stamina. Flatpickers generally play a two-part
tune or AABB tune. These tunes are AA BB AA CC AA DD AA and possibly with and
EE AA section.


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B-99780bcd - Flatpicking the Rags and Polkas Special $19.95Click here to order online!

Hot Solos for Flatpick Guitarists from Janet Davis Music Hot Solos for Flatpick Guitarists

These songs are challenging and enjoyable for the intermediate to advanced guitarist. More
importantly for the potential flatpicking championship contender, these tunes contain some
of the required ingredients for a national competition: crosspicking, open-string or
"floating" passages, and sections which require a certain amount of stamina
when played at speed.


List $19.95
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KENNY SMITH: ACUTAB TRANSCRIPTIONS, VOL. I - Guitar  by Kenny Smith from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. KENNY SMITH: ACUTAB TRANSCRIPTIONS, VOL. I - Guitar by Kenny Smith
In the world of professional bluegrass guitar, Kenny Smith brings a breath of fresh air to this art form. His music has already had an impact on bluegrass fans and aspiring guitarists. Smith's combination of solid rhythm playing and creative, entertaining guitar solos have won him the Guitar Player of the Year award from both the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in America and the International Bluegrass Music Association. This AcuTab edition contains accurate transcriptions from two Lonesome River Band recordings plus his own Studebaker recording.
Songs include: When You Go Walking -- Say I Do -- Sorry County Blues - Crossroads -- Southern Comfort -- Georgia Mail -- Love's Come Over Me -- Baby Come Home -- Another By My Side -- Don't Worry 'Bout Daddy -- Sweet Sally Brown -- Devil Chased Me Around the Stump -- Better Days to Come - Studebaker -- Me & My Farmall -- Bill Cheatham -- Lay This Broken Heart to Rest -- Snow Shoes -- Lay Me to Rest -- Preachin' By the Roadside -- Red-Eyed Benny Hen -- Amanda's Reel -- New Sunday School -- St. Anne's Reel -- One Horse Wagon.
B-99179 Book: List $25.00 Special: $19.95 Add To Your Shopping Basket

TIM STAFFORD: ACUTAB TRANSCRIPTIONS II By Tim Stafford edited by John Lawless from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. TIM STAFFORD: ACUTAB TRANSCRIPTIONS II
By Tim Stafford edited by John Lawless
Through his work with many illustrious bands, Tim Stafford has gained the reputation of being one of today's top bluegrass guitarists. This book showcases his talent with transcriptions of all of the guitar solos from the album: Every Time You Say Goodbye; It's a Long, Long Road; Wind to the West; and Midnight Storm- plus five tunes from various other recording projects.
Songs: Last Love Letter -- I Don't Know Why -- New Fool -- Shield of Faith -- Lose Again -- It's a Long, Long Road -- Canadian Bacon -- The One I Left Behind -- England's Motorway -- Lord, Won't You Help Me -- Wind to the West -- I Let a Good Woman Go -- Horseshoe Bend - Huntsville -- Pikeville Flood -- Ken Mountain Prison -- Last Dollar Blues -- May Your Life Be Sweet & Simple - Reuben -- Black Canyon - Rebecca -- Lonesome Hearted Blues -- Dandelion Reel.
B-98246 Book List $20.00 SPECIAL: $16.95 Add To Your Shopping Basket

New Acoustic Guitar Taught By Tony Rice New Acoustic Guitar Taught by Tony Rice - 6 CD SET Plus Tab Book!!
Here, on six one-hour CDs, is the whole gamut of the Tony Rice guitar style from bluegrass songs
and instrumentals to Tony's own "new acoustic" compositions. These detailed lessons bridge the
gap between traditional country guitar and the fusion of folk, bluegrass and jazz that Tony has
made so popular. You'll learn licks, runs, tunes, rhythm parts and the complex improvisational
solos that are typical of the fluid, graceful sound that is his trademark.
Songs Include: The Red-Haired Boy, Little Sadie, Your Love Is Like A Flower, Blue
Railroad Train, Old Train, Ginseng Sullivan, Wild Horse, Jerusalem Ridge, Cattle In The Cane,
Backwater, Mar West, Waltz For Indira, Devlin and Swing 51.

B-641581bcd List: $59.95 New Acoustic Guitar  Special $49.95 Add To Your Shopping Basket
A Smokey Mountain Christmas for Guitar by Steve Kaufman from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. A Smokey Mountain Christmas for Guitar by Steve Kaufman
Each carol is offered in both an easy and an intermediate-level guitar solo in notation and tablature.
Song Contents: And the Trees Do Moan -- Angels We Have Heard on High -- Auld Lang Syne -- Away in a Manger -- Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella -- Deck the Halls -- Down in Yon Forest -- The First Noel -- Go Tell It on the Mountain -- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen -- The Golden Carol -- Hark the Herald Angels Sing -- In the Bleak Midwinter -- It Came Upon a Midnight Clear -- Joy to the World -- O Christmas Tree -- O Come All Ye Faithful --O Little Town of Bethlehem -- Once in Royal Davids City -- Silent Night -- Star in the East -- We Three Kings of Orient Are -- What Child is This? -- While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
B-95308bcd Book/CD $24.95 Click here to order online!
101 Red Hot Bluegrass Guitar Licks and Solos New!!!   101 Red Hot Bluegrass Guitar Licks and Solos Book/CD
By Larry McCabe
This book contains 101 authentic bluegrass licks in the favorite bluegrass keys of C, G, D
and A minor. The licks are broken down into phrases of two, four, and eight bars. In addition,
several endings and crosspicking licks are included. Each lick is played to a chord progression
that is standard in bluegrass, country, and folk music.
Both new and experienced bluegrassers will find much value here: Beginners will learn typical
hand positions, picking techniques, and phrasing patters, while experienced players will find new
ideas for familiar songs.

B-99445bcd 101 Red Hot Bluegrass Guitar Licks and Solos Book and CD   List: $14.95
Your Price: $12.95 Click here to order online!


Left-Handed Guitar Chord Book New!!!   Left-handed Guitar Chord Book
By Mel Bay
This book lists over 150 Guitar chords for the Left-Handed guitar player.





B-98256 Left-handed Guitar Chord Book  $5.95   Click here to order online!


BLUEGRASS GUITAR SOLOS THAT EVERY PARKING LOT PICKER SHOULD KNOW from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. BLUEGRASS GUITAR SOLOS THAT EVERY PARKING LOT PICKER SHOULD KNOW
Steve Kaufman teaches 80 popular bluegrass solos, and his four tiered method works for all players, from beginners through advanced. Click to see his four tiered method .






Power Flatpicking Guitar Book/CD/DVD Power Flatpicking Guitar
Gain Speed and Master the Flatpicking Fingerboard by Steve Kaufman
This book of basic technical studies presents only a few flatpicking repertoire pieces illustrating each concept and key. Features: Fisher's Hornpipe; Lonesome Road Blues; and The Bluegrass Boogie. Novice players will find the recording a great asset in learning this material. All studies and pieces are written in notation and tablature. Includes a 60-minute companion DVD.


Power Flatpicking Guitar Book/CD/DVD

B-95108SET Power Flatpicking Guitar Book/CD/DVD List $29.95 Our Price $25.50 Click here to order online!

O'Brother Where Art Thou? Guitar Tablature, Notation, Melody, Lyrics and
Chords

O'Brother Where Art Thou? Guitar Tablature, Notation, Melody, Lyrics and
Chords from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. O'Brother Where Art Thou? Guitar Tablature, Notation, Melody, Lyrics and Chords

Includes Big Rock Candy Mountain, You Are My Sunshine (Norman Blake),I am A Man of Constant Sorrow (Soggy BottomBoys), Keep on the Sunny Side (The Whites), I'll Fly Away(Alison Krauss & Gillian Wlch), In the Highways, I am Weary (The Cox Family), In the Jailhouse Now.
B-313182 "O'Brother, Where Art Thou": $16.45 Click here to order online!





NORMAN BLAKE ANTHOLOGY from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. NORMAN BLAKE ANTHOLOGY
Transcribed by Steve Kaufman. In tablature and musical notation - PLUS complete verse to all songs included with Melody only in tab & notation. 197 pages - 38 of Norman's choice 4s from his extensive repertoire of more than 25 albums, including four presently unreleased selections.

Click to see Song List
B-96641 The Norman Blake Anthology Book SPECIAL $22.45 Click here to order online!
RUSS BARENBERG Teaches 20 Bluegrass Guitar Solos from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. RUSS BARENBERG Teaches 20 Bluegrass Guitar Solos
For the intermediate player. These are nice, well thought-out arrangements for well known flatpicking tunes-- Includes: Liberty, Soldier's Joy, Eighth of January, John Henry, Hot Corn Cold Corn, Blackberry Blossom, Down Yonder, Leather Britches, Molly & Tenbrooks, John Hardy, Fisher's Hornpipe, Forked Deer, Temperance Reel, St Anne's Reel, Red-Haired Boy and more!
B-695220bcd - BOOK/CD: $19.95Click here to order online!





FINGERPICKIN' GUITAR BOOKS

Guitar Journals Series Fingerstyle Guitar from Janet Davis Music - The Banjo Store Guitar Journals - Fingerstyle BOOK/CD
Ultimate guide of fingerstyle tunes perfect for everyday use
Easy, blues, gospel, classic, fiddle, thumbpicking, patriotic, ballads, early jazz, Latin, Celtic, Ragtime,
DADGAD and contemporary styles all featured
Excellent for the student to professional musician
In notation and tablature with companion CD
MORE INFO HERE...

B-20895bcd - Fingerstyle List Price: $24.95   SPECIAL $22.45Click here to order online!
GOSPEL GUITAR - FINGERPICKIN' - TRAVIS STYLE by Fred Sokolow GOSPEL GUITAR - FINGERPICKIN' & TRAVIS STYLE by Fred Sokolow
Each song written 3 ways, 3 keys. Includes: Will the Circle Be Unbroken, What a Friend We Have in Jesus, Do Lord; It's Me, Oh, Lord, When the Saints Go Marching In, and many more.
B-695372 - BOOK: $7.95Click here to order online!







FINGERPICKIN' STYLES FOR GUITAR by Happy Traum from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. FINGERPICKIN' STYLES FOR GUITAR by Happy Traum
16 of the most important fingerpicking techniques. Includes transcriptions in the appropriate styles. Standard notation and tablature. 71 pages.
B-61051b - BOOK: $9.95Click here to order online!






CHORD BOOKS & SCALES

UNDERSTANDING HOW TO BUILD GUITAR CHORDS and ARPEGGIOS by Michael Policastro from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. UNDERSTANDING HOW TO BUILD GUITAR CHORDS & ARPEGGIOS by Michael Policastro
NEW!! Very comprehensive--this book really shows you how! Uses chord diagrams.212 pages.
B-98287 - BOOK: List: $22.50 Special: $19.50Click here to order online!







CHORDS and PROGRESSIONS by Arnie Berle from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. CHORDS & PROGRESSIONS by Arnie Berle
For jazz & popular guitar, with Why's & Wherefor's. List: $19.95
B-A4396 - BOOK: $16.95Click here to order online!









DELUXE GUITAR CHORDS by Bill Bay
Thousands of guitar chords. Covers a multitude of chords and positions.
B-93283 - BOOK: $9.95Click here to order online!

ADVANCING GUITARIST by Mick Goodrick from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. ADVANCING GUITARIST by Mick Goodrick
Applying guitar concepts & techniques. A do-it-yourself book with suggestions along the way.
An excellent book for the intermediate guitarist!
B-603009 - BOOK: $14.95Click here to order online!







GUITAR SCALES IN TABLATURE by William Bay from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. GUITAR SCALES IN TABLATURE by William Bay
A collection of helpful and frequently used guitar scale forms. Major & Minor & Pentatonic Scales. Each major & minor scale is presented in numerous forms & positions progressing up the guitar fingerboard. Also, all scales are shown in diagram form, notation,; and tablature. Finally, a special section of blues & rock scales is contained in the latter part of this text. Mel Bay Publication.
B-94760 - BOOK: $9.95Click here to order online!





GUITAR MODE ENCYCLOPEDIA by Jody Fisher from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. GUITAR MODE ENCYCLOPEDIA by Jody Fisher
21 modes of the major, melodic minor & harmonic minor scales.Each mode examined from five different perspectives. Modes harmonized with suggested chord voicings. Modal Theory. Open, closed & single-string fingerings. Guitar tablature,Neck position & standard music notation. National Guitar Workshop.
B-A4445 - BOOK: $19.95Click here to order online!






COUNTRY GUITAR
WESTERN SWING STYLE GUITAR by Joe Carr from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. WESTERN SWING STYLE GUITAR by Joe Carr
Fun to play, great use of substitute chords often used for the Texas style of fiddling. Switches chords every 2 beats, even when song calls for several bars of a single chord. Great Back-Up!
B-94906bcd - Book/CD: $17.95Click here to order online!






YOU CAN TEACH YOURSELF COUNTRY GUITAR by DIX BRUCE from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. YOU CAN TEACH YOURSELF COUNTRY GUITAR by DIX BRUCE
Learn basic guitar techniques -- 27 songs. 91 pages.
B-94818 - BOOK/CD: $18.95Click here to order online!









GUITAR REPAIR

COMPLETE GUITAR REPAIR by Hideo Kamimoto from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. B-IBN8256 COMPLETE GUITAR REPAIR by Hideo Kamimoto
Tells you everything you need to know about maintenance, restoration and construction of acoustic and electric guitars. All steps clearly explained, from planning stages to final polish. Over 200 diagrams, photographs & tables.
BOOK: $21.95Click here to order online!





JAZZ Tunes for Guitar

CHARLIE CHRISTIAN from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. CHARLIE CHRISTIAN
18 solos as played by the pioneer of jazz guitar Includes: Good Morning Blues, Dinah, Honeysuckle Rose, I've Found a New Baby, I Can't Give You Anything But love, and more.
B-A8340 - BOOK: $11.95Click here to order online!








POPULAR BOOKS for Guitar

ERIC CLAPTON: UNPLUGGED from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. ERIC CLAPTON: UNPLUGGED
In notation & tablature with words for 15 songs from his great album; includes Nobody Knows you When You're Down & Out, San Francisco Bay Blues, Alberta & more. 111 pages.
B-00694869 - BOOK: $19.95Click here to order online!




AUDIO Books & 6 CDs

BLUEGRASS GUITAR SOLOS by Steve Kaufman from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. BLUEGRASS GUITAR SOLOS That Every Parking Lot Picker Should Know Vol 1
by Steve Kaufman
A six cassette series, plus book in notation & tablature. For all levels of players, with play-along system. Includes: Ragtime Annie, Bill Cheatham, Gold Rush, Flop-Eared Mule, Forked Deer, Old Joe Clark, Soldier's Joy, Big Sandy River, Under the Double Eagle, Fisher's Hornpipe, and many more.  Homespun Tapes, Ltd.
B-641411bcd - BOOK/6 CDS: $59.95 Click here to order online!




(MORE) BLUEGRASS GUITAR SOLOS by Steve Kaufman from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. BLUEGRASS GUITAR SOLOS That Every Parking Lot Picker Should Know Vol 2
by Steve Kaufman
More (20+) favorite bluegrass tunes, highlighting solos. Fantastic practice session. Six cassette series.Includes: Alabama Jubilee, Blackberry Rag, Black Mountain Rag, Cricket on the Hearth, Down Yonder, John Hardy, Redwing, Cherokee Shuffle, Eighth of January;, June Apple, Peacock Rag, and many more. Homespun Tapes, Ltd.
B-641456bcd BOOK/6 CDs: $59.95Click here to order online!




EXPLORING THE FINGERBOARD by Russ Barrenburg from Janet Davis Music, The Banjo Store. EXPLORING THE FINGERBOARD by Russ Barrenburg
Six CD Series (A Best Seller). Learn to play any note in any position; covers theory, ear training, improvisation.
B-641455 - BOOK/ 6 CDs: List: $59.95$48.95Click here to order online!








B-RR-FGCS FLATPICK GUITAR by Joe Carr
Step-by-step from beginner to advanced. Uses 22 tunes on 6 cassettes.Lots of great flatpicking tunes.
Includes 75 licks used by Tony Rice, Doc Watson, Clarence White and Dan Crary.
SERIES 6 TAPE COURSE: $59.95Click here to order online!

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