HOMESPUNA Guitarist's Guide to Hot Soloing
Taught By Steve Kaufman.
Level 3
100 Minute DVD, includes music and tab
With Gary "Biscuit" Davis, Banjo
Many of the most exciting tunes in the bluegrass repertoire originate with the five-string banjo. In a typical jam session or stage performance, though, each instrument takes the lead in turn – including the guitar. When it’s time for you to take a solo, will you know what to play?
This DVD lesson is your answer! Master instructor and flatpicking great Steve Kaufman breaks down fifteen of the most-played banjo-driven songs, showing - step-by-step - how you can build a powerful flatpick solo when it’s your turn to step up to the plate.
Steve, the only three-time winner of prestigious National Flatpicking Championships held in Winfield, Kansas, and Gary “Biscuit” Davis, the only three-time National Banjo Champion, demonstrate each tune before Steve breaks it down in detail. As the lesson progresses, Steve provides invaluable advice and numerous hints on how to build up your speed, develop pick accuracy, play double-stops, move around the neck and generally becoming a better flatpicker.
By the time you’re finished working your way through this jam-packed DVD,
you’ll be playing hot guitar solos to these famous banjo tunes: Shuckin' the
Corn, Nashville Blues, Cripple Creek, Nashville Skyline Rag, Pike County Breakdown,
Clinch Mountain Backstep, Fireball Mail, Farewell Blues and the Earl Scruggs
classics Foggy Mt Special, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, Flint Hill Special, Earl's
Breakdown, Randy Lynn Rag and Dear Old Dixie.
Steve Kaufman is the only three-time winner of the National Flatpicking Championships,
held each year in Winfield, Kansas. His music covers a broad range of styles
including bluegrass favorites, popular swing standards, Irish and Appalachian
fiddle tunes, folk and country classics and novelty tunes. Since 1976 Steve has
been performing in a wide variety of settings, from elementary schools and colleges
to major bluegrass festivals and concerts. Steve is not only a sensational flatpicker but is also a dedicated instructor who maintains an extensive teaching and workshop practice. His many instructional videos and CDs are among Homespun's most popular lessons, and his annual “Steve Kaufman Acoustic Kamp” series have become a staple of the workshop circuit. Steve's ability to create tasteful and inventive arrangements in flatpick style has earned him a place as one of America's top guitarists.