Description

Welcome to Bluegrass Breaks: Guitar! This book is a collection of 23 guitar solos or “breaks” plus 16 introductions or “kickoffs” in a range of styles and levels of difficulty. The solos are aimed at advanced beginner to intermediate guitarists looking to expand their repertoire of lead guitar solos. All the solos are recorded in split-track format at two speeds and are available online.This book includes:Easy Carter-style solos with the melody played on the bass strings, punctuated by chord strums.More advanced Carter-style solos with hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides and more.Hot flatpicking solos with lots of eighth notes, played with up and down picking.Essential fiddletunes for every modern bluegrass lead guitar player.Crosspicking solos played with two different crosspicking patterns.Solos using the “real dropped D” and the “faux dropped D” tunings.A variety of kickoffs, generic and for specific songs.Extensive notes on the breaks and the techniques used to play them.The breaks in this book are based on are some of the most performed bluegrass, old-time, and gospel songs – songs that you’re sure to hear played at jam sessions, picking parties and on stage. Includes access to online audio.

Contents

1. Jesse James
2. Handsome Molly
3. Amazing Grace
4. When You And I Were Young Maggie
5. John Hardy
6. Down In The Willow Garden
7. Crying Holy Hot
8. Don’t Let the Deal Go Down
9. New River Train
10. Feast Here Tonight
11. Roving Gambler
12. In The Pines
13. Where The Soul Never Dies
14. Bound To Ride
15. Give Me Oil
16. Mike’s Marathon
17. St. Anne’s Reel
18. All The Good Times Are Past And Gone
19. This Little Light of Mine Solo #1
20. This Little Light of Mine Solo #2
21. The Train That Carried My Girl From Town
22. Grandfather’s Clock
23. Whiskey Before Breakfast