Flatpicking guitar -
Beginning-Intermediate
SKU: MB.21447M
For Flatpicking Guitar
Vol. 1: A-F. Composed
by Steve Kaufman.
Squareback saddle stitch,
Tunebooks, Bluegrass,
American Music, Tunebook.
Style. Book and online
audio. 80 pages. Mel Bay
Publications, Inc
#21447M. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
(MB.21447M).
ISBN
9780786693405. UPC:
786693401. 8.75 x 11.75
inches.
This
collection of fiddle
tunes originally appeared
in Kaufmans Collection of
American Fiddle Tunes for
Flatpicking Guitar. Steve
Kaufman says he cant
emphasize enough the
importance of developing
a large repertoire of
tunes. Fiddle tunes give
us melodies that
eventually allow us to
begin to improvise.
Sometimes without even
knowing it. The more
tunes you know, the more
melodies and intersecting
melody lines you know.
This allows you to
eventually cut and paste
portions of the melody
line into another song.
In the beginning you will
probably unknowingly
replace an ending run.
These are the last two
measures of the section
of a tune. Many of them
in the same key are
interchangeable, unless
they are specific to the
melody of the song. After
a while you will cut out
measures in the middle of
the song and then you
will be able to take the
snips of melodies and
play them in another song
in a different key thus
beginning to improvise.
All of this is possible
because you built up your
repertoire of tunes.
Includes access to online
audio.