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20 Swing Tunes That Every Parking Lot Picker Should Know

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This instructional packet is mind blowing. Book, 6 cd's, and tab. The songs are absolutely amazing. This is probably the best instructional material I own. Steve Kaufman is an extraordinary player and teacher. In my experience, there is not a better teacher out there. The songs are swing tunes arranged for flatpick guitar. There are 3 versions of each song, ranging from easy to advanced. You will learn new songs and improve your technique/playing. This honestly deserves 10 stars.

Steve Kaufman is a good teacher, from the beginner to the advanced player,3 versions of each tune, well done for me.
JY C
FRANCE

Steve Kaufman has a number of excellent instructional books/DVD's out there; unfortunately this isn't one of them. I was hoping this would be an instructional guide, but it is simply tab/sheet music to some songs along with the CD's to practice with. He doesn't "show" you how to do anything, so it's the equivalent of going on google and finding tab for a song. The majority of the songs aren't even Swing tunes.
This should be purchased only if you want a collection in one place of the included songs with some practice music to accompany your playing. Don't buy it if you need instruction on the how's and why's of playing Swing tunes.

If you like to learn how to play flatpicking swing guitar, in the style of the greats like Doc Watson or Clarence White, Or if you're allready playing in a bluegrass band but want to put one or more swing tunes at your playing list. This book is IT! The scales and chords used in this book are easy to play. Ones you know how to play these tunes, you will easily put a flatpicking flavour on tunes like Bye Bye Blues or Sweet Georgia Brown. Well known swing tunes not presended in this book.