(String Letter Publishing). Whether you're a first-time fingerstylist
who's studying with a teacher or on your own, The Acoustic Guitar
Fingerstyle Method by David Hamburger gives you the detailed,
comprehensive instruction you need to improve your skills. This book
introduces you to the two most essential fingerstyle approaches for
playing American roots music: Travis picking and the steady-bass style.
In each lesson, you'll learn new techniques, concepts, and chord
voicings along with ways to practice and get them under your fingers.
Then you can use what you just learned to play a classic song or solo
break from the blues, ragtime, folk, country, and ragtime traditions. 18
In-Depth Lessons, including: Travis Picking Basics, Switching Chords,
Eighth Notes and Syncopation, Picking Pattern Fills, Double Stops, and
much more. 15 songs to play, including: John Henry * Delia * St. James
Infirmary * Nobody's Fault but Mine * Houston Blues * Alberta * and
more. Each book includes access to recordings of demonstration tracks of
all the exercises and songs. Audio is accessed online using the unique
code in each book.