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This collection of reels, jigs, hornpipes, and set dances are favorite tunes played at pubs and parties by Irish players around the world. Each tune is masterfully demonstrated on tinwhistle by McCullough, slowly and then up-to-speed. The CDs have added guitar and keyboard tracks for a lively practice session. Excellent for players of any melodic…

Book/MP3 CD pack. 150 American, international and classical tunes transcribed from recorded sources and arranged for fiddle and mandolin with guitar chords. The American section features 20 Ed Haley fiddle tunes, most of which have never been published, plus tunes from players such as Dewey Balfa, Dave Bing, Clyde Davenport, Rayna Gellert, Brad Leftwich, Bruce…

Book/CD pack. Learn 8 of Dan Crary’s most requested show-stoppers. Each song includes variations and will help flatpickers develop a solid repertoire. CD includes slowed down and up-to-speed versions of each song. Includes “Billy in the Low Ground,” “Forked Deer,” “Cotton Patch Rag,” “Sweet Laree,” “McCahill’s Reel,” “Tom and Jerry,” “Memories of Mozart,” and “Irish…

Biography and tunebook devoted to the one and only Ola Belle Reed, written by her last student! Reed was a formidable banjo player in a unique, old-timey style, wrote many songs including “High on a Mountain,” “Only the Leading Role Will Do,” “I’ve Endured” and many more, and was very much her own person. Authoritative…

A Clawhammer Christmas by Dan Levenson is a collection of 30 of the most loved Christmas songs transcribed in tablature for the 5-string banjo in the clawhammer style with chords provided for accompaniment instruments. Written in his clear and traditional style, Dan has finally made these holiday favorites accessible to all clawhammer banjo players with…

23 songs, including “Silent Night,” “Away In A Manger,” “The First Noel,” more. Ionian and Aeolian tuning. Note/tab, chord diagrams. 32 pp.

DOWNLOAD ONLY. Learn a smorgasbord of musical concepts designed to improve your technique and musicianship. Master teacher John Carlini covers such diverse topics as: time and the metronome, bluegrass mode, the mighty tritone/blues connection, the Coltrane/Monroe connection, Bach for the acoustic guitarist, more. His clear, easy to understand explanations will help you through the “hard”…

A rich selection of favorite American folk songs, patriotic songs, sentimental songs from the past, and international songs. Arranged in keys most suitable for singing. In cases where there are two versions, both have usually been included. Words and chords only. 48 pp.