Steve Kaufman’s comprehensive three-DVD course in bluegrass flatpicking takes you from “Picking 101” through advanced techniques that will enable you to hold your own in any band or jam session.

On DVD #1, "From the Beginning," you’ll learn a variety of essential flatpicking skills: proper pick grip, down-up strokes, rhythmic strumming and song accompaniment. Only a few minutes into the first lesson you’ll be starting to pick easy versions of well-known fiddle tunes.

By DVD #2, " Building Bluegrass Technique," you’ll have built a “runs vocabulary” and learned to cross pick, move up the neck, play bass runs and construct hot bluegrass solos.

DVD #3, "Developing Speed and Style," covers the finer points of style, using slides, arpeggios, bends, accents, intros and endings, and that most challenging of subjects, building up speed.

A patient and encouraging instructor, Steve pushes you forward while allowing you to advance at your own pace. He helps you develop a solid repertoire of classic tunes, including:-

• Liberty
• Salt Creek
• Blackberry Blossom
• Ragtime Annie
• Clarinet Polka
• Home Sweet Home
• Cripple Creek
• Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
• Wildwood Flower
• Wayfaring Stranger
• Eighth of January
• Bully of the Town

DISCS:	3 DVD
DVD REGION:	ALL
FORMAT:	NTSC
DURATION:	240 mins
BOOKLET:	YES