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The Art of Contemporary Travis Picking: How to Play the Alternating Bass Fingerpicking Style (Bk & CD)

The Art of Contemporary Travis Picking: How to Play the Alternating Bass Fingerpicking Style (Bk & CD)
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The Art of Contemporary Travis Picking: How to Play the Alternating Bass Fingerpicking Style (Bk & CD)

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By mastering all techniques described in the book, you will be on your way to elevating the Travis pick from a basic chordal accompaniment to a complex solo style!

 
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Product Details
Author:Mark D. Hanson
Paperback:66 pages
Publisher:Accent on Music
Publication Date:December 31, 1986
Language:English
ISBN:0936799005
Package Length:11.6 inches
Package Width:8.7 inches
Package Height:0.3 inches
Package Weight:0.55 pounds
Average Customer Rating: based on 36 reviews

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Average Customer Review:4.5
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3Fun times  Sep 04, 2008
I've enjoyed this text, but the cd does not have stops for each step, so you must keep your control handy..

5Comprehensive and Easy to Follow  Jun 14, 2008
This book has easy-to-follow instructions and enjoyable songs to play. I am only 1/3 of the way through this book, and thoroughly enjoying it. It has some familiar and not-so-familiar folk standards, leading the player through basic patterns first, then adding variations, melodies, ornaments and finally culminating in a full fingerstyle selection that will challenge almost any player at any level. However Mark Hanson gives you all the tools you need to get there, in step-by-step detail. The book would be great without the CD, but the added audio instruction is also extremely helpful. I recommend this to anyone interested in fingerpicking and fingerstyle guitar.

5good start  Mar 09, 2008
This is an excellent book to start finger picking. The techniques you learn will go a long way in a short time. My only complaint is that the songs that are used are very cheesy. Maybe some Johnny Cash or Beatles would have been much better. However, the techniques learned are very good and makes the purchase of this book well worth it.

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5What a Great Book  Jan 18, 2008
With most guitar books I have the problem that they start real easy and then start spinning out of control. Not so with this book. I never had the feeling that I was lost or that there was to big of a level increase from one exercise to the other. What a great book! Other authors should use this book as an example. This book will teach you the basics of Travis Picking step by step. It is suitable for beginners and advanced players that like to learn the basics of Travis Picking.

-D

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3Good instruction - Lame tunes  Jul 11, 2007
Many have already described how good the instruction in this book is. And rightfully so. So I will bring up the one negative which made me regret getting this book.

Apart from 2 or 3 songs such as John Barley, Sloop John B, etc., the songs used for demo are mostly lame ballads and fail to generate much excitement about playing them in me. The best tune is probably the opener, written by Mark Hanson himself. Also, most of these are sing-along types in which the vocal does most of the work instead of letting the guitar stay front and center. It would have been much better to feature mostly instrumentals where the lessons learned can be displayed in full glory.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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