Instructional Materials- MP3s
This password-protected hidden page contains MP3s of the instructional worksheets, exercises, and song transcriptions which I have created for my students to use in conjunction w/ our lessons. If you’ve arrived here, it presumably means I’ve shared with you the password access to this page… so feel free to make yourself at home, check the MP3s out, and use ’em! (To inquire about my lessons– or if you’re interested in purchasing any of the worksheets, exercises, and song transcriptions performed here– please post me.)
All the MP3s match individual worksheets and transcriptions available from me with the exception of the items grouped together – those similar items are available on a single worksheet (e.g. all the DeadThumbFPpatterns are on a single worksheet.) Generally, the files are listed on each page in alphabetical order.
A quick note regarding the recordings contained here. The raw recordings were made by me at home, processed and mixed fairly quickly, and converted to MP3s… so they’re definitely NOT studio-quality, by any stretch of the imagination! That said, I think they’re perfectly adequate for the purpose intended… namely, to enable my students to hear what the notated tunes, patterns, and exercises should sound like when played correctly. Hopefully, hearing them will add a bit of additional inspiration to get the transcriptions to sound like music… 🙂
I’d like to ask folks NOT to share the password that I’ve provided you with others, or post it publicly, as I’m hoping to restrict access to the page… at least, at the present time. Similarly, I’d like to request that you use the MP3’s contained here for your own personal learning only. All other uses are specifically prohibited, without previous approval by me. Thanks in advance for your consideration!
To listen to an MP3 in your browser, simply click on the long player graphic, or on the name. Right click and select “Save Target As” to save a copy to your computer. (For Mac Safari users – Right click or CTRL-click and select “Download Linked File” to save a local copy). Enjoy!
Introductory Guitar Skills Materials
(Basic Note Playing worksheet, C Scale Exercises worksheet, Basic Right Hand Strum Patterns)
General Fingerstyle Lesson Materials
(Basic FingerStyle Arpeggio Patterns/ Fingerpickin’ w/ Chord Progressions, Patterns 1-4)
General Fingerstyle Tunes
(Amazing Grace/ And I Love Her/ As Tears Go By/ City Of New Orleans/ Dear Prudence/ Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight/ Don’t Think Twice/ Dust In The Wind/ Fire And Rain/ For No One/Godfather Theme/ Greensleeves/ Here Comes The Sun/ Here, There, and Everywhere/ Homeward Bound/ House Of The Rising Sun/ I Cant Help Falling In Love With You/ In My Life/ I Will/ Last Thing On My Mind/ Michelle/ Morning Has Broken/ NPR Theme/ Oh, Susannah(JT)/ Pure Imagination/ Sleepwalk/ Reason To Believe/ Tears In Heaven/ The Boxer/ The Fox/ Wayfaring Stranger/ Wichita Lineman/ You’ve Got A Friend/ Yesterday)
Blues&Roots FingerStyle Tunes
(Alice’s Restaurant/ Candyman(JohnHurt)/ Candyman(VanRonk)/ Cocaine Blues/ Freight Train/ Goin’ Up the Country/ Got the Blues, Can’t Be Satisfied/ Green,Green Rocky Road/ Livin’ In The Country/ Nobody Knows You/ Omie Wise/ Puttin’ the Hurt On Ya/ Railroad Bill/ Spike Driver Blues/)
Travis Style Lesson Materials
(Travis Patterns worksheet/ Travis Composite worksheet)
Travis Style Tunes
(Andy Griffith theme/ Backslidin’ Blues/ Cannonball Rag/ Doc’s Guitar/ Deep River Blues/ I Am A Pilgrim/ Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor/ Roll On, Buddy_Nine Pound Hammer/ Southbound/ Windy&Warm)
Flatpicking Tunes
(Angel Band/ Bill Cheatham/ Friend Of The Devil/ I’ll Fly Away/ Jesse James/ Norwegian Wood/ Ripple/ Shady Grove/ St Anne’s Reel/ Tennessee Stud/ This Land Is Your Land_Lead/ Way Downtown/ Wildwood Flower/ Worried Man Blues)
Strum-style Tunes
(Blowin’ In The Wind/ Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain/ Catch The Wind/ Cowgirls In The Sand/ City Of New Orleans/ Help/ I’ve Just Seen A Face/ Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door/ Layla/ Life By The Drop/ Maggie May/ Mr Tambourine Man/ Nowhere Man/ Sweet Baby James/ The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down/ The Weight/ Wagon Wheel/ While My Guitar Gently Weeps/ Up On The Roof- Basic&Adv/ You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away)
Dead Thumb Finger Style Materials
(Dead Thumb Blues Fingerpickin’ Patterns/ 12 Bar Blues Chord Sequences/ Combining Chord Forms into Bluesy Phrases/ Dead Thumb Blues Licks/ Blues Turnarounds in Key of E)
Dead Thumb Fingerstyle Tunes
(Come Back Baby/ Eddie Taylor Groove/ I’m A King Bee/ Hey, Hey/ Keys to the Highway/ Kindhearted Robert J/ Lickin’ the Blues/ Lightnin’s Blues/ Lightnin’s Break/ Lightnin’s Intro/ Love In Vain/ Mojo Hand/ Muddy Can’t Lose/ Sweet Home Chicago/ You Don’t Have To Go/ You Got Me Runnin’)
Lead Skills Materials
(A Minor Blues Scale worksheet/ Am Pentatonic Scale worksheet/ Am Pentatonic Scale Practice Chord Progs/ G Maj Scale Arp Ex’s- Triads/ G Maj Scale Arp Ex’s- 7th Chords/ Gmaj Scale Arp Ex’s– 7th Chords a 3rd Up/ Arpeggio-Weighted Jazz Lines/ Gmaj Scale Patterns for Improv Facility/ Gmaj Scale Practice Chord Progs/ II-V Line Exercises/ BluesJazz Soloing Concepts Worksheet/ Mode Worksheets/ Altered Dom Scale Worksheet/
Jazz Chording Worksheets
(Basic Swing Chords worksheet/ Blues Walk In F/ Bossa Nova Rhythm worksheet/ Freddie Green Comping worksheets/ Gm-D7b9 worksheet/ II-V-I worksheets/ Walking Bass Lines worksheet)
Blues Chording Worksheets
(Blues Rhythm Chording #1/ Blues Rhythm Chording #2/ Blues-Jazz Rhythm Chording #3/ Chuck Berry’s Groove, Var#1/ Chuck Berry’s Groove, Var#2/ Luther’s Tuckered Out/ Down For The Count/ Stormy Monday/ Billy Butler’s Groove, Var#1/ Billy Butler’s Groove, Var#2/ Freddie Green’s Blues/ Blues Walk In F)
Jazz Tunes
(Over 180 tune transcriptions and counting… Bebop heads, Melodies, Chord-Melodies and Comping sheets)
