Product Description

By mastering all techniques described in the book, you will be on your way to elevating the Travis pick from a basic chordal accompaniment to a complex solo style!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24852 in Books
• Published on: 1986-12-31
• Released on: 1986-12-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 66 pages

Customer Reviews

Fun times
I've enjoyed this text, but the cd does not have stops for each step, so you must keep your control handy..

Comprehensive and Easy to Follow
This book has easy-to-follow instructions and enjoyable songs to play. I am only 1/3 of the way through this book, and thoroughly enjoying it. It has some familiar and not-so-familiar folk standards, leading the player through basic patterns first, then adding variations, melodies, ornaments and finally culminating in a full fingerstyle selection that will challenge almost any player at any level. However Mark Hanson gives you all the tools you need to get there, in step-by-step detail. The book would be great without the CD, but the added audio instruction is also extremely helpful. I recommend this to anyone interested in fingerpicking and fingerstyle guitar.

good start
This is an excellent book to start finger picking. The techniques you learn will go a long way in a short time. My only complaint is that the songs that are used are very cheesy. Maybe some Johnny Cash or Beatles would have been much better. However, the techniques learned are very good and makes the purchase of this book well worth it.