Acoustic Guitar Magazine's Private Lessons

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This comprehensive study guide contains 24 lessons and how-to articles published in Acoustic Guitar magazine, with additional audio recorded and played by the authors, including David Hamburger, Dix Bruce, Dylan Schorer, Dan Crary, and Dale Miller. The book also features 12 full songs to play. You'll learn everything from basic techniques such as hammer-ons and pull-offs to more advanced moves such as double-stop fiddle licks, Celtic flatpicking, and Texas swing.

This comprehensive guide is available in digital format:

PDF & Audio Download package: Downloadable version featuring the complete written instruction (including standard notation and tablature) from the book, plus accompanying audio instruction.

Includes:

FUNDAMENTALS

Playing with Elegance. By Dale Miller.
Learning to Sight-Read. By Charles Chapman.
Understanding What You Play. By Dale Miller.
Using the Circle of Fifths. By Dale Mille.

BASIC TECHNIQUES

Hammer-ons and Pull-offs. By Ken Perlman.
Strums and Bass Notes. By Mark Hanson.
Bass Line Basics. By David Hamburger.
Crossing the Thumb/Finger Divide. By Larry Sandberg.

ACCOMPANIMENT

Accompanying Yourself. By Elizabeth Papapetro.
Acoustic Rock Rhythm. By Mark Hanson.
D A D G A D Accompaniment. By Jim Wood.
Creating a Second Guitar Part. By Pete Kennedy, John Jennings, and John Leventhal, with David Hamburger.
Chords for Songwriters. By Gary Talley.

FLATPICKING STYLES

Bach for Flatpickers. By Dix Bruce.
Double-Stop Fiddle Licks. By Glenn Weiser.
Celtic Flatpicking. By Dylan Schorer.

SWING

Texas Swing. By Rex Gillentine, with Hal Glatzer.
Swing Guitar Soloing. By David Hamburger.

SLIDE

Open-G Slide Fills. By David Hamburger.
Sliding in Open D. By David Hamburger.
Getting Started with Lap-Style Slide. By Kelly Joe Phelps, with Dylan Schorer.

PRACTICING AND PERFORMING

Practicing Secrets. By Dan Crary.
Getting Ready to Perform. By Kristina Olsen.
Working the Room. By Kristina Olsen.

SONGS

The White Cockade
In Old Colonial Days
Chilly Winds
Wildwood Flower
Whiskey before Breakfast
Merrily Kiss the Quaker
Minuet from the Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Pretty Peggy
Banish Misfortune
Humphrey's Hornpipe
Leather Britches