Tony Rice Bluegrass Guitar Songbook | Learn Flatpicking, Licks, and Solos | Includes Guitar Tabs and Online Audio | Essential Instructional Book for Bluegrass and Acoustic Guitarists

There's no school like the old school You know how nice it is to sit down and learn with a concise book, written by an expert, which lessons and examples recorded? All with NO pop ad, no Google tracking, not BS. You invest a small amount, you get a book and recordings that you own. It's great. Tony is a master and this book is an excellent guide into the world of fiddle tunes While I've been playing for 35 years, this is my first dive into fiddle tunes. Thank you Tony, you are the man! So sorry that Tony is stricken with injuries that impair his playing, but man, this is a great insight into the mind of a master.

This book/CD is perfect for the beginning flatpicker. It is perhaps not appropriate for a rank beginner, but the main arrangements are fairly straight forward. Rice also offers a number of alternative lines to each song that are more challenging and really embellish the song.

Outstanding in every way. Enjoyed having Tony talk to me.

Tony Rice is one of my "Guitar Heroes!" I am thrilled to have this book and CD.!!! They are excellent.

This is clearly for intermediate to advanced players. I've just done the 1st lesson so far, but he doesn't really explain much about how to pay the runs presented in the book and CD - more of a here it is, play it. That said, I do like this instruction package because it has the actual transcription rather than just tabs and chords. We found a series of U-Tube videos where he sort of re-does these lessons with some more detailed descriptions of how to play the lesson songs and it helps to see how he manages both hands vs. just hearing it from the CD.

Love it

For awareness, the melody and the tab are written not in concert pitch, but in relation to capo position. Not ideal in my opinion, but if you play it without the capo, using the capo chords, it will make more sense, I suppose. The online audio files are a necessity for the full detailed description and insight of the technique and approach used. There are no written descriptions or details at all.

This is cool for a couple reasons. The book has musical notation, capo position info and chord indicator for capoed position and without. The CD is narrated by Tony Rice and at times he is a hoot. He does the songs at a slower pace that we mere mortals can appreciate and then at his blinding speed as well. He even includes the rhythm parts to practice with (slower versions of course). Who would have thought anyone could be accompanied by Tony Rice! After practicing a few of the songs in this book, I found myself more at ease taking breaks to songs I was playing for the first time at jams. It is probably due more to the practice, but I am for whatever motivates you to pick it up and play. Enjoy!

Tony Rice was an incredible guitarist, but he was also a good teacher. His solos are presented in an easy to follow method book, but included is also an excellent audio version of each song. A code is given which you enter on the Hal Leonard website and you can access the demos and explanations of each song by Tony. Really a great feature to help understand how to play each song.

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I don't do many review's but this book rates a few words. For one thing it's so thin! only 22 pages. Unimpressed? I was a bit... but; I will be very surprised if I get to the end in my lifetime. Simply put; if you can play these tunes with the fluency and articulation of Tony I look forward to seeing you at Merlefest! This is as close as you can get to being on the porch with the man himself. Tony present's the material in a wonderful self-effacing way. He (1) breaks the tunes down as far as they will go. (2) describes in-depth exactly what he is doing. (3) you have a complete transcription in front of you (4) You still won't be able to sound like Tony!! (5) You will be a better player from just trying to...

C'est une méthode très intéressante : ça n'est pas réellement une méthode pédagogique, mais plutôt l'occasion d'avoir un recueil de morceaux dans les versions de Tony Rice. Le niveau est accessible au guitariste moyen.