Hal Leonard Tony Rice Teaches Bluegrass Guitar
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Essential Information About This Method
Essential Information About This Method
- A Bluegrass Flatpicking Masterclass: Tony Rice details step by step the technique that influenced an entire generation of guitarists.
- Concrete Work on Vocabulary: precise analysis of licks, runs, solos, and rhythmic accompaniments to enrich your playing.
- Learning Through Standards: you progress directly on essential tunes from the bluegrass repertoire.
- Ideal for Boosting Improvisation: develop melodic reflexes and solid timing, designed for group playing.
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Summary of This Method
Tony Rice is recognized worldwide for his spectacular technique, brilliant improvisation, and powerful solos. In this lesson, he personally imparts the style he developed over two decades, precisely decoding what makes modern bluegrass flatpicking so effective.
The content is structured as a guided immersion into the key elements of bluegrass language: fast runs, typical licks, chorus construction, attacks, articulation, and rhythmic placement. Tony meticulously analyzes phrases and musical ideas to help you understand how and why these patterns work, then how to reuse them in your own solos.
The approach is intentionally musical and practical: you work through bluegrass songs and fiddle tunes that immediately resonate with acoustic guitar enthusiasts. In a short time, you will be able to play solos on the following essential tunes: "Blue Railroad Train," "Forest House," "Jerusalem Ridge," "Little Sadie," "Old Train," "Red Haired Boy," "Wild Horse," "Wildwood Flower," "Your Love Is Like a Flower."
Technical specifications
| Musical Genre | Traditional, World | Publication | Sheet music |
| Artist | Tony Rice | Genre | bluegrass method |
| Instrumentation | guitar | ||
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T Rice technique booklet. From bluegrass pieces. But it's only 25 pages, maybe a bit short... Useful for getting started.
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Questions frequently asked
Does this method teach flatpicking bluegrass guitar?
The approach focuses on bluegrass pick playing, working on attack, articulation, and rhythmic placement.
Which tunes are covered in Tony Rice Teaches Bluegrass Guitar?
Nine tunes are featured, including "Blue Railroad Train," "Jerusalem Ridge," "Little Sadie," and "Old Train." The repertoire also includes bluegrass songs and fiddle tunes. "Your Love Is Like a Flower" is among the studied pieces.
Can bluegrass licks and runs be learned with this method?
Tony Rice breaks down fast sequences (runs) and typical phrases (licks), to understand their construction and use in solos.
Does the method help build bluegrass guitar solos?
The choruses are analyzed based on the musical phrases and ideas developed by Tony Rice over two decades of style practice.
For which instrumentation is this Tony Rice method intended?
The book is intended for guitar and is listed as a bluegrass method with sheet music.
