Flatpicking

ecorded at the famed Merle Watson Memorial Festival in Wilkesboro, NC, this DVD captures Doc Watson teaching some of the most requested fingerpicking and flatpicking tunes in his vast repertoire.

This extraordinary DVD lesson is filled with spectacular picking, detailed instruction and invaluable advice for aspiring bluegrass guitarists at all levels. Bryan Sutton thoughtfully and methodically lays out his tricks of the trade to help you play any tune and improve your flatpicking speed, power, timing and musicianship. Bryan addresses many of the problems that he sees in aspiring pickers, and passes along tips on how to keep your picking hand and arm tension-free and your fretting hand supple and quick. He provides drills and exercises, teaching an arsenal of licks, bends, double stops, slides and other devices that will help you build powerful and memorable solos.

Flatpicking Guitar Magazine presents - Clinch Mountain Guitar with James Alan Shelton
DVD video | English | 720x480 | VOB | ~7700 kbps | Aspect ratio: 4:3 | NTSC 29.970 fps

AC3 | 2 channels | CBR 192 Kbps | 48.0 KHz | 01:03:37 | 3.02 GB

Genre: eLearning Video - Acoustic Guitar

Ralph Stanley's current and former guitarists in a program of Clinch Mtn. Boys classics, with a particular emphasis on crosspicking and how to apply it to tunes, song accompaniments, turnarounds and more. The boys play "Banks of the Ohio," "Cannonball Blues," "Tom's Creek," "Road to Coeburn" and more – all the music is transcribed to note/tab in the accompanying book. 60 min.

Steve Kaufman’s comprehensive three-DVD course in bluegrass flatpicking takes you from "Picking 101" through advanced techniques that will enable you to hold your own in any band or jam session.