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It features well-known names such as Sam McGee, Frank Hutchison, Maybelle Carter, Hobart Smith, and Roscoe Holcomb, as well as rarer guitarists (Debs Mays, Lake Howard, Lester McFarland), whose pieces often prove spectacular.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesigned as a practical method, this publication guides you through learning the pieces, interpreting fingerings, and reading tablature before diving into the repertoire. The selection emphasizes a diversity of harmonic colors and fingerpicking techniques: alternating basses, singing phrasing, rhythmic accents, and that very direct way of \"making the acoustic guitar sound\" in a Blues context. 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