Old-Time Fiddle For the Complete Ignoramus!

If you are a total beginner on fiddle, here is the perfect book to learn how to play old-time fiddle. Absolutely no previous experience needed! Wayne's friendly writing style takes you through every step of adjusting, tuning, holding and yes, playing your fiddle. The Appalachian, old-time, bluegrass and folk tunes are written out in Wayne's easy and unique tab system for those who don't read music, and in standard musical notation for those who do. Learning old-time fiddle has never been easier, clearer or more humorous. Anyone can do it. Includes instructional CD, plus all the lyrics to the songs. 9"x 12", 80 pages. This book is guaranteed to help you learn to play old-time fiddle. (How many books come with a personal guarantee by the author?) $19.95. For more infomation and ordering, visit http://www.nativeground.com/instruct.asp

Clawhammer Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus!

Finally, clawhammer banjo instruction that is for 100% beginners! Wayne has taught people how to play the banjo for so long (41 years!) that its been said that he can even teach a frog to play! The friendly instructions are clear, simple, easy to understand and humorous. What else could you want? This book is guaranteed to help you learn to play clawhammer banjo. (How many books come with a personal guarantee by the author?) $17.95. For more infomation and ordering, visit http://www.nativeground.com/instruct.asp

Bluegrass Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus!

At Last! A bluegrass banjo book designed for the true and absolute beginner. Includes instructional CD with an amazing 99 tracks! 9" x 12", 64 pp. This book is guaranteed to help you learn to play bluegrass banjo. (How many books come with a personal guarantee by the author?) $17.95. For more infomation and ordering, visit http://www.nativeground.com/instruct.asp

Old-Time Gospel Songbook

This handsome and hefty 172 page book has over 100 of your favorite bluegrass gospel songs with lyrics, music (melody line), guitar chords, 100+ vintage photos, song histories, the roots of bluegrass gospel music, painless gospel music theory, how to choose the right key, how to operate a capo, using the guitar in gospel music, harmony 101, tips on how to sing lead, baritone, tenor and bass. 9" x 12." Large, easy-to-read print. $19.95. For more information and ordering, visit http://www.nativeground.com/heart.asp

Rural Roots of Bluegrass

Rural Roots of Bluegrass is a songbook and history book that takes a deep look under the surface of bluegrass music to uncover its true roots: ballads of early pioneers, Scots-Irish fiddle tunes, black spirituals, plantation melodies, blues, murder ballads, sentimental parlor songs from Tin Pan Alley, North Carolina banjo styles and gospel songs. This book is richly illustrated with 107 vintage photos and includes history, lyrics to 94 songs, musical notation, chords, playing tips, and historical sources for each song. Includes profiles on the Monroe Brothers, Carter Family, Bradley Kincaid, Riley Puckett, Charlie Poole, Wade & J. E. Mainer, Vernon Dalhart, Carolina Tar Heels, G. B. Grayson & Henry Whitter, Fiddlin? Arthur Smith, Ernest V. "Pop" Stoneman, Blue Sky Boys, Fiddlin? John Carson, Coon Creek Girls, Earl Scruggs, Eck Robertson, Callahan Brothers, Samantha Bumgarner, Bill Monroe and Jimmie Rodgers. 6" x 9", 180 pages. The perfect companion to the CD "Rural Roots of Bluegrass." $14.95. For more info and ordering, visit http://www.nativeground.com/rural.asp