Flatpicking Guitar Magazine: Lessons and Tabs: Flatpick Jam Tabs

"FLATPICK JAM" TABS

With volumes 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Brad Davis's Flatpick Jam you are never without a jamming partner. Each two-hour video or DVD is packed with flatpicking jam session 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 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). If you like the solos and the songs, click here to order the videos so you can jam along with Brad.

You can now download the audio files for each Volume of Brad Davis' Flatpick Jam at our digital download site. Check it out by clicking here.

About the transcriptions: These are .PDF files (best viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader version 4.0 or higher). Click on the highlighted tempo to access the transcription. We've provided transcriptions of slow, slow-to-medium, and medium versions of various tunes. We're still working on the transcriptions, so keep checking back as we add more tunes. If you need to upgrade your Acrobat Reader, click here:

Tunes from the Flatpick Jam Special Edition CD Set, disc 2:

Alabama Jubliee	Slow
Beaumont Rag	Slow
Big Mon	Slow
Gold Rush	Slow
Huckleberry Hornpipe	Slow
Jerusalem Ridge	Slow

The tunes in Volume 1:

Forked Deer	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Temperance Reel	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Sally Goodin'	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Soldier's Joy	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Blackberry Blossom	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Salt Creek	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Wildwood Flower	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Billy in the Lowground	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
St. Ann's Reel	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
John Hardy	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Paddy on the Turnpike	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2

The tunes in Volume 2:

Red Haired Boy	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Turkey In The Straw	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Sailor's Hornpipe	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Whiskey Before Breakfast	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Black Mountain Rag	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Arkansas Traveler	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Old Joe Clark	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Nine Pound Hammer	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Bill Cheathum	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Angeline the Baker	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Reuben	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2

The tunes in Volume 3:

Katy Hill	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Lonesome Road Blues	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Cherokee Shuffle	Slow	Medium/Fast Solo#1	Medium/Fast Solo#2
Cattle in the Cane	Slow	Medium/Fast Solo#1	Medium/Fast Solo#2
Over the Waterfall	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Cuckoo's Nest	Slow	Medium/Fast Solo#1	Medium/Fast Solo#2
Fisher's Hornpipe	Slow	Medium/Fast Solo#1	Medium/Fast Solo#2
Liberty	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Ragtime Annie	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Redwing	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2

The tunes in Volume 4:

Crazy Creek	Slow	Slow/Medium Solos #1 and 2
Floped-Eared	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
John Henry	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Shady Grove	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Cotton Patch	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Home Sweet Home	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Eighth of January	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1	Slow/Medium Solo#2
Flowers of Edinburgh	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1
Leather Britches	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1
Texas Gales	Slow	Slow/Medium Solo#1

Brad Davis is now the lead guitar player for the Sam Bush Band. He is also lead guitar player for Earl Scruggs and Friends, a position he's held since 1999. For more than ten years he was lead guitar player for Marty Stuart's band. Brad's playing can be heard on numerous country music and bluegrass recordings and three major motion picture soundtracks. He also fronts his own bluegrass band "wHITE wATER."

For more information about Brad Davis and wHITE wATER, please visit www.braddavisontour.com.

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