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"Thumbstyle Guitar" is a term that describes the guitar playing style that grew up around 1920 in western Kentucky.
It is identified with the music of its most well known creators: Mose Rager, Kennedy Jones and Merle Travis. It became the basis for later styles of country guitar, including those of Chet Atkins, Doc Watson and Jerry Reed.
In this lesson, Pat Kirtley teaches the basics of this style and shows you how to play five repertoire-building tunes which will illustrate various aspects of the style including: I Am a Pilgrim • I'll See You In My Dreams • Deep River Blues • Ready For The Times To Get Better • The Guitar Rag
Pat also shows you:
• The basic right-hand concepts of thumbpicking
• How to use the thumbpick
• Right-hand palm muting
• Using the left hand thumb for holding chords
• Differences in the styles of Mose Rager, Merle Travis and Chet Atkins
• How to play "up the neck" chords in the style of Mose Rager
• Chord form variations used by thumbstyle players
(Level=intermediate to advanced) 44-page tab/music booklet included and is available as a PDF file on the DVD. (running time: 90-min) (NTSC regional coded all)
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