HOMESPUN
For Intermediate and Advanced Flatpickers
Taught By Russ Barenberg.
Level 5
6 CDs, Includes book with music and tab
If you have always wanted to play the hot licks and impressive solos of the great
bluegrass guitar players, then this exciting series of lessons is for you. Russ
Barenberg gives flatpickers new challenges and classic tunes to play. Best of
all, when it’s time to step up and play a solo in a jam session or performance
situation, he gives you the tools you need get it right.
Russ reveals many of the secrets to his success as a top player. You'll develop solid skills as he leads you through Clarence White-inspired licks, Texas swing back-up progressions, bluegrass breakdowns and fiddle tunes. Before long, you'll be playing intricate solos, fills and licks that use cross-picking, “floating" licks, syncopation, quick position changes and other advanced guitar techniques. These tapes will move you into exciting new musical territory and are guaranteed to have you picking like you never dreamed you could!
Tunes: "Roll On Buddy," "New Camptown Races," "Beaumont
Rag," "Wildwood Flower," "Columbus Stockade," "Willet’s
Horn-pipe," "Timor The Tartar," "Morning Glory," "Nine
Pound Hammer," "Pike Country," "Sandy Burn Reel," "Cedar
Hill," "Over The Waterfall," "Pretty Polly," "Will
You Miss Me," "Farewell Blues," "Orange Mountain Special," "Rocky
Mountain Goat," "Billy in the Low Ground," "Bill Cheatham," "Barrel
Of Fun," "Silver Bell" and "Shenandoah Valley Breakdown."
Russ Barenberg is one of America's best acoustic guitarists
and composers. He has been featured on dozens of top country and bluegrass albums
-- with Maura O'Connell, Randy Travis, Jerry Douglas, Edgar Meyer and Mark O'Connor,
to name a few -- and his distinctive playing with Fiddle Fever appeared on the
soundtrack for the PBS series, The Civil War. Russ' original solo recordings
for Rounder Records blend bluegrass with Irish, Caribbean, Latin and jazz influences.
He is currently an active session player in Nashville, and has written several
guitar instruction books, music columns, liner notes and magazine articles.