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Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, Volume 14, Number 2 January / February 2010
Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, Volume 14, Number 2 January / February 2010
Price: $5.00

The January/February 2010 issue of the Flatpicking Guitar Magazine includes:
We have a 68-minute Audio CD to accompany this issue!

Welcome to the January/February 2010 issue of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine. This edition represents Volume 14, Number 2 of the magazine and is our special "Guitar Jam" Issue. In this issue the focus was to give you some ideas about how you might best participate in a jam session that include two, three, four, or more guitars. Our cover story addresses how to work out harmony parts, and then our contributors have provided ideas about how to add various textures to your rhythm playing at guitar jams and how to blend your solos with other guitar players in various ways. Then we end this issue with some music from a new guitar duet CD by Doug Yeomans and Ben Doerfel. We hope that you will enjoy this Guitar Jam issue of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine!

Features:
The Guitar Jam: Learning Harmony Parts:
"Whiskey Before Breakfast" by Dan Miller
"Liberty" by Adam Granger
"Blackberry Rag" by Robert Bowlin
CD Highlight: Ben Doerfel, Doug Yeomans & "Wildwood Flower" more info
Flatpick Jam - Volume 2 DVD - Brad Davis
Flatpick Jam - Volume 2 DVD - Brad Davis
Price: $10.00

With Brad Davis' Flatpick Jam Volume 2, you are never without a jamming partner. Each of these two-hour videos is packed with flatpicking jam session favorites (11 tunes on each video). Brad plays each tune at four different tempos (slow, slow/medium, medium/fast, and fast) so that you can work on your tone, timing, note clarity, and fluidity at the slower tempos and then work to develop your speed at the higher tempos.
At each tempo Brad takes a solo then plays rhythm so you can take your solo. At the three higher tempos Brad swaps solos and rhythm with you twice. This gives you the opportunity to practice your solo and rhythm seven times on every tune. On each tune Brad plays a variety of rhythmic and lead styles. A bass line and mandolin chop accompany every song at every tempo, and chord changes are indicated on-screen (for the slow tempo). more info
Flatpick Jam - Volume 3 DVD - Brad Davis
Flatpick Jam - Volume 3 DVD - Brad Davis
Price: $10.00

With Brad Davis' Flatpick Jam Volume 3, you are once again never without a jamming partner. This two-hour session is packed with 11 flatpicking jam favorites. Brad plays each tune at four different tempos (slow, slow/medium, medium/fast, and fast) so that you can work on your tone, timing, note clarity, and fluidity at the slower tempos and then work to develop your speed at the higher tempos. more info
Flatpick Jam DVD - Volume 4 - Brad Davis
Flatpick Jam DVD - Volume 4 - Brad Davis
Price: $10.00

With Brad Davis' Flatpick Jam Series, you are never without a jamming partner. Each DVD contains 11 flatpick jam favorites. Brad plays each tune at four different tempos (slow, slow/medium, medium/fast, and fast) so that you can work on your tone, timing, note clarity, and fluidity at the slower tempos and then work to develop your speed at the higher tempos. more info
Flatpick Jam CD Package - Volumes 1 and 2 Hardcopy CDs
Flatpick Jam CD Package - Volumes 1 and 2 Hardcopy CDs
Price: $12.00

Flatpick Jam Volume 1 and 2 Bundle: Hardcopy

With Brad Davis' Flatpick Jam Volume 1, you are never without a jamming partner. Each CD contains 11 flatpick jam favorites. Brad plays each tune at four different tempos (slow, slow/medium, medium/fast, and fast) so that you can work on your tone, timing, note clarity, and fluidity at the slower tempos and then work to develop your speed at the higher tempos. At each tempo Brad takes a solo and then plays rhythm so you can take your solo. At the three higher tempos Brad swaps solos and rhythm with you twice. This gives you the opportunity to practice your solo and rhythm seven times on every tune. On each tune Brad plays a variety of rhythmic and lead styles. A bass line and mandolin chop accompany every song at every tempo. more info
Flatpick Jam CD - Volume 1 - Brad Davis
Flatpick Jam CD - Volume 1 - Brad Davis
Price: $14.95

With Brad Davis' Flatpick Jam Volume 1, you are never without a jamming partner. Each CD contains 11 flatpick jam favorites. Brad plays each tune at four different tempos (slow, slow/medium, medium/fast, and fast) so that you can work on your tone, timing, note clarity, and fluidity at the slower tempos and then work to develop your speed at the higher tempos. more info
Flatpick Jam CD - Volume 2 - Brad Davis
Flatpick Jam CD - Volume 2 - Brad Davis
Price: $14.95

With Brad Davis' Flatpick Jam Volume 2, you are never without a jamming partner. Each CD contains 11 flatpick jam favorites. Brad plays each tune at four different tempos (slow, slow/medium, medium/fast, and fast) so that you can work on your tone, timing, note clarity, and fluidity at the slower tempos and then work to develop your speed at the higher tempos. more info
Flatpick Jam CD - Volume 3 - with Brad Davis
Flatpick Jam CD - Volume 3 - with Brad Davis
Price: $14.95

With Brad Davis' Flatpick Jam Volume 3, you are never without a jamming partner. Each CD contains 11 flatpick jam favorites. Brad plays each tune at four different tempos (slow, slow/medium, medium/fast, and fast) so that you can work on your tone, timing, note clarity, and fluidity at the slower tempos and then work to develop your speed at the higher tempos. more info
Flatpick Jam CD - Volume 4 - Brad Davis
Flatpick Jam CD - Volume 4 - Brad Davis
Price: $14.95

With Brad Davis' Flatpick Jam Series, you are never without a jamming partner. Each CD contains 11 flatpick jam favorites. Brad plays each tune at four different tempos (slow, slow/medium, medium/fast, and fast) so that you can work on your tone, timing, note clarity, and fluidity at the slower tempos and then work to develop your speed at the higher tempos. more info
The Ultimate Flatpicking Tune Package (Direct Download)
The Ultimate Flatpicking Tune Package (Direct Download)
Price: $29.95

The Ultimate Flatpicking Tune Collection - 3 Products in One Package (Direct Download)
 This collection combines three of our most popular products and can now be directly downloaded to your computer (this download will probably not work to a phone or tablet). As soon as you complete your order, you will see a message that says "Click Here to Download" and will be sent to a hightail page to complete the download.

In this package you will receive the Flatpick Jam: Complete Package by Brad Davis ($34.95 value). This package includes play-along mp3 files for 48 of the most popular flatpicking tunes. For each tune you receive slow, medium, and fast backing tracks and multiple transcribed versions of each tune in both standard notation and guitar tablature (see below for more information). You will also receive the PDF and audio files from our Editor's Pick Song collection ($30.00 value). This collection includes transcriptions of 147 flatpicking tunes and songs presented in both standard music notation and guitar tablature (see below for more information). Lastly, you will receive the PDF and mp3 files from our Fiddle Tune Back Issue Package (a $20 value). The package includes our two special Fiddle Tunes Issues, plus our Waltz Issue and our Old-Time tune issue. Each issue includes two arrangements of 20 different tunes. (see below for more information). This total package provides you with over 275 flatpicking tune arrangements!

1) Flatpick Jam: The Complete Package
On this DVD-Rom disc you will find all of the Flatpick Jam (play-along) tracks for the 49 tunes that appear on all of the Volumes of Brad Davis' Flatpick Jam series. Additionally, in the "Flatpick Jam Tabs" folder on this disc, you will find a folder for each tune that includes transcriptions provided by Brad (the numbered transcriptions), plus any arrangement of that particular tune that has appeared in Flatpicking Guitar Magazine during our first 10 years of publication. This means that you will get anywhere from 4 to 10 different variations of every tune tabbed out.
Additionally, the audio tracks that are companions to those FGM arrangements are also included. This is the ultimate Flatpick Jam package and a must have resource for anyone who wants to build their flatpicking repertoire, learn variations, and study different arrangements of all of the standard jam session tunes. And you are able to practice all of your arrangements at four different tempos by jamming along with Brad Davis! With Brad Davis' Flatpick Jam Series, you are never without a jamming partner.
This DVD-Rom contains 49 flatpick jam favorites (in mp3 format). Brad plays each tune at four different tempos (slow, slow/medium, medium/fast, and fast) so that you can work on your tone, timing, note clarity, and fluidity at the slower tempos and then work to develop your speed at the higher tempos. At each tempo Brad takes a solo and then plays rhythm so you can take your solo. At the three higher tempos Brad swaps solos and rhythm with you twice. This gives you the opportunity to practice your solo and rhythm seven times on every tune. On each tune Brad plays a variety of rhythmic and lead styles. A bass line and mandolin chop accompany every song at every tempo.
Tunes presented from Volume 1 are: 1. Forked Deer 2. Temperance Reel 3. Sally Goodin 4. Soldier's Joy 5. Blackberry Blossom 6. Salt Creek 7. Wildwood Flower 8. Billy in the Lowground 9. St. Anne's Reel 10. John Hardy 11. Paddy on the Turnpike
Tunes presented from Volume 2 are: 1. Turkey in the Straw 2. Sailor's Hornpipe 3. Whiskey Before Breakfast 4. Black Mountain Rag 5. Red Haired Boy 6. Arkansas Traveler 7. Old Joe Clark 8. Nine Pound Hammer 9. Bill Cheathum 10. Angeline the Baker 11. Reuben
Tunes presented from Volume 3 are: 1. Katy Hill 2. Lonesome Road Blues 3. Cherokee Shuffle 4. Cattle in the Cane 5. Over the Waterfall 6. Coo Coo's Nest 7. Fisher's Hornpipe 8. Liberty 9. Texas Gales 10. Ragtime Annie 11. Redwing
Tunes presented from Volume 4 are: 1. Flowers of Edinburgh 2. Shady Grove 3. John Henry 4. Texas Gales 5. Home Sweet Home 6. Crazy Creek 7. Leather Britches 8. Cotton Patch Rag 9. Eigth of January 10. Flop-Eared Mule
The tunes presented from the Special Edition disc are: 1. Alabama Jubliee 2. Beaumont Rag 3. Big Mon 4. Gold Rush 5. Huckleberry Hornpipe 6. Jerusalem Ridge

2) Editor's Pick Song Collection:
 This collection contains PDF versions of 147 song transcriptions that were chosen by Flatpicking Guitar Magazine's Editor from the issues of Flatpicking Guitar that were published from November/December 1996 (Volume 1, Number1) through September/October 2006 (Volume 10, Number 6). All audio tracks are presented in mp3 format.
Note: Due to the fact that Flatpicking Guitar Magazine did not produce audio CDs for the first 17 issue of the magazine, not all of the audio tracks are available. However, of the 147 transcriptions that are in the "Editor's Picks" PDF book, audio tracks for 126 of those transcriptions are available on this disc in mp3 format. To view the song list, click here.

3) Fiddle Tune Back Issue Package:
This Special Back Issue Package includes 4 of our special Fiddle Tune style issues. This includes our two Fiddle Tune Issues plus our Waltz Issue and our Old-Time Music Issue. Each of these issues are packed with two arrangements each of 20 different tunes. This complete package gives you two arrangements 80 great tunes!
You get:
Volume 13, Number 4: Fiddle Tune Issue 1
Volume 15, Number 3: Fiddle Tune Issue 2
Volume 17, Number 4: Waltz Issue
Volume 18, Number 4: Old-Time Tune Issue
To view the song list from this package, click here

NOTE: The file download is 1.5 Gigabytes in size. So, depending on your internet connection, it might take some time to download (it usually 3 or 4 minutes, but some people have experienced longer download times). If you get an error message, or have any trouble with the download, email [email protected] (please put "Ultimate Flatpicking Tune Package" in the subject line), or call 573-823-5582. more info
   
 
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