Oak Publications imprint: 64 books

17 original compositions written and performed by the modern fingerstyle guitar master.

Over 30 tunes in standard notation and tablature with sections on ragtime finger-picking, chord positions, open tunings, right-hand bass styles and the use of chords. With drawings and chord boxes.

Over 200 blues songs from the twenties to the present are included in this deluxe edition. Features many artists representing a wide variety of styles and includes rare photographs. Songs include: Basin Street Blues * Bulldoze Blues (Goin' Up the Country) * Everyday (I Have the Blues) * Five Long...

Transcriptions of 34 important blues songs and instrumentals presented in standard notation and tablature with vocal lines and lyrics. Includes 'Travelling Riverside Blues' and 'Baby What You Want Me To Do'.

A master song collection of classic and obscure Chicago blues, Memphis Jug Band, folk blues and down-home styles of Sonny Boy Williamson II, Jimmy Reed, Slim Harpo, Sonny Terry, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf and others. With hints on the basics and practical harp notation.

From the Preface: "This tutor is designed as a 'self-service' course for the beginner, particularly one needing to learn to read music as well as play the concertina."

The setup, maintenance, and restoration of the five-string banjo. An indispensable guide for the amateur as well as the professional repair person. Every procedure is clearly explained and illustrated with detailed photographs and diagrams.

Bluegrass lead-guitar—flatpicking—is an acoustic guitar style based on the linear runs of fiddle music. It emerged less than three decades ago in the wake of the discovery that the guitar (long regarded as solely a rhythm instrument) was peculiarly suited to play fiddle lines. While flatpicking...

A complete guide for beginners and advanced players. Over 25 square-dance and contra-dance tunes plus classical, country, ragtime and traditional pieces.

Learn from transcriptions in the styles of Clarence White, Dan Crary, Charlie Waller, Peter Rowan and others. Over 30 tunes in tablature and music notation, plus photos.

A complete instruction guide to Nashville country guitar. With 19 songs, in standard notation and tablature, in the styles of Maybelle Carter, Sam McGee, The Delmore Brothers, Merle Travis, Clarence White, and Doc Watson. Chapters on flat and finger-picking, lead guitar, Bluegrass, Rockabilly, Special...

From the preface: In order to study American folk guitar styles in depth, one is forced to turn to the country blues because nowhere else do recorded sources of instrumental folk guitar abound so profusely. It is in the blues that Negro musicians have explored and developed the finger style instrumental...

The shellac of the 20's, 30's and 40's caught the fleeting moment, the spirit of the times; the raunchy ragtime, barrelhouse boogie and the country blues. Some of those records will never be replaced. Some, never will be heard again. Many of those songs are here in printed form for the first time,...

Absolutely everything on the repair, set-up, restoration and construction of acoustic and electric guitars. Hundreds of illustrations. A must for every true guitarist.