A Master Picker Analyzes His Pioneering Licks and Solos-Tony Rice is known world-wide for his spectacular technique brilliant improvisation and powerful soloing. On this CD (accompanied by a transcription book in both music and tab) he personally passes on to you the style he has pioneered during two decades as the top bluegrass picker of his generation. In careful detail Tony analyses licks runs solos and rhythm parts to hot bluegrass songs and fiddle tunes that will challenge and delight all flatpickers.Intermediate players will learn the intricacies if the Tony Rice style in detail: the secrets of his left and right hand techniques as well as kick-offs and endings licks riffs and complete solos to fiddletunes and country songs. He covers rhythm techniques cross-picking improvisation variations on the popular ‘G run’ and much more!Before long you’ll be picking advanced solos to a number of tunes that should be in every good picker’s repertoire: The Red Haired Boy Little Sadie Your Love is Like a Flower Blue Railroad Train Home from the Forest Wildwood Flower Old train Wild Horse and Jerusalem’s Ridge.

Solo Collection. This definitive volume of gospel music arranged for fingerstyle guitar is sure to become a classic. Duck Baker has applied his expertise as a guitarist and musicologist to produce a labor of love and scholarship that will delight performers and audiences alike. Various facets of religious folk music are presented with generous performance/historical notes and vintage photographs. More than 50 tunes are presented in both notation and tablature with the majority of arrangements in standard guitar tuning. The online audio consists of performances of 24 of the arrangements in the book. One song features guitar and voice and the rest are guitar solos. The tunes represent a cross-section of the different guitar styles covered in the book. Includes access to online audio.