Mel Bay Publications
Level : Beginning-Intermediate
A Crash Course into Bluegrass and Flatpicking Guitar Styles

Joe Carr presents an overview of the exciting flatpicking style in tablature and in music notation.
Beginning with basic chords and strum patterns, this book covers Carter style, fiddle tunes crosspicking, floating, improvisation and much more!
Special sections address pick direction, pentatonic scales, dropped D tuning and how to read standard music on the guitar. Included are the “Top Ten” flatpicking favorites and a section on Irish ornamentation. 

Contents:

• Arkansas Traveler - All Eighths      
• Bass Boogie      
• Beaumont Rag      
• Bill Cheatem      
• Billy In The Lowground      
• Black Mountain Rag      
• Blackberry Blossom      
• Bonaparte Crossing The Rhine      
• Carter Style - Wildwood Flower      
• Cripple Creek      
• Doc's Rag      
• Fire On The Mountain      
• Fisher's Hornpipe      
• Flat Brokedown      
• Flatpicker's Mountain Breakdown      
• Floating - Old Joe Clark      
• Flopped Eared Mule - All Eighths      
• Flopped Eared Mule - Quarter Notes      
• Forked Deer      
• John Doherty's Mazurka      
• Miller's Reel      
• Ragtime Annie      
• Red Haired Boy      
• Rodgers Style - Jimmie's Blues      
• Saint Anne's Reel      
• Sally Goodin      
• Salt Creek      
• Soldier's Joy      
• Soldier's Joy In C      
• The Old Spinning Wheel      
• Tripping Upstairs      
• Wagoner      
• Whiskey Before Breakfast      
• White Rice      
• Wildwood Flower