![]() ![]() While all of the tunes in the book use open tunings, Steve does show how it can be used in Standard tuning as well. The tunes are also graduated from easier to more difficult to allow a gradual progression as the technique is mastered. Being able to hear the examples makes all the difference in the world in learning the technique. This makes it very easy to work your way through the examples. Although each example identifies the associated CD track, the CD directly tracks the sections in the book. This book/CD is well laid-out with numerous examples in both slow and fast versions. Frailing is a very versatile pattern that works as well with singer-songwriter guitar accompaniment as it does with fingerpicking blues and old time fiddle tunes. This simple technique in which the thumb is employed on an upbeat, instead of on its usual downbeat, creates a driving groove reminiscent of Appalachian banjo. So Steve Baughman's 'Frailing The Guitar' book/CD is a refreshing change of pace. It isn't often a book comes along that offers a new and unique way to play fingerstyle guitar. ![]()
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