Russ Barenberg Teaches 20 Bluegrass Guitar Solos
HOMESPUN
Taught By Russ Barenberg.
Level 3
CD plus 32-page music + tab book

Russ Barenberg has compiled twenty solos in the bluegrass tradition -- fiddle tunes, contemporary instrumentals and breaks for songs -- that are moderately challenging but not too difficult for the average guitarist. While learning these pieces, Russ helps you develop solid flatpick guitar technique, build a repertoire of great tunes, and get ready to solo in a band!

Russ plays each solo up-to-speed with accompaniment, and then slows it down so you can hear every note clearly and distinctly. Throughout, he provides tips and advice that will help you get the most out of these tunes, and make your playing really shine.

Here are the tunes you'll be learning: "Liberty," "Soldier's Joy," "Little Annie," "The Eighth of January," "Hot Corn, Cold Corn," "Blackberry Blossom," "Down Yonder," "Leather Britches," "Whitesburg," "Molly & Tenbrook," "John Hardy," "John Henry," "Fisher's Hornpipe," "Forked Deer," "Opera Reel," "Temperance Reel," "St. Anne's Reel," "Red-Haired Boy.

About Russ Barenberg
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.