Basic Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar
Basic Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar DVD VIDEO Steve Kaufman teaches chord songs music Type: Movie Platform: DVD Publisher: Homespun Released: 2004 Media: DVD Heres your chance to learn the basics of bluegrass back-up guitar! Steve Kaufman teaches you how to play solid rhythm, from playing behind the simplest two-chord song to the complex chord progressions needed to accompany Texas-style fiddle tunes. Steve starts with the fundamentals, showing you how to hold the pick, get good tone, and play the basic bass/chord rhythm patterns solidly and accurately. Then he moves on to important embellishments, such as adding bass walks, playing the famous Lester Flatt "G run," altering your chord shapes to add moving bass lines within a song and other essential techniques. Steve also provides valuable insiders' tips, such as "how to keep up when the going gets fast," and developing "muscle memory" for more accurate chord work. This lesson in back-up rhythm guitar is illustrated with some classic b