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Of all the styles of folk guitar; the most familiar is known by a variety of names; such as Carter Family Style; The Church Lick (Woody Guthrie); The Country Lick; or just plain Flat-Pickinrsquo;. Whatever its name; though; the foot-tapping boom-chicka; boom-chicka rhythm is as ubiquitous as country music itself; it was played by cowboy balladeers; old-time southern mountaineers; Gene Autry; Woody Guthrie; Hank Williams; The Carter Family . . . well; the list could go on and on. More recently; the art of country flat-picking has been raised to a higher level of virtuosity and skill by pickers such as Doc Watson; Clarence White; and the great Nashville studio musicians. Flat-picking can be as simple or as complicated as you want to make it; and that is what this book is all about.Flat-Pick Country Guitar starts with the simplest strums; and gradually introduces techniques such as bass runs; hammer-ons; and pull-offs; preparing the student for more advanced techniques and at the same time teaching him some fine traditional country songs. Before he is halfway through this book; he will be playing melody breaks with chord accompaniment; and by the time he works his way through to the end he will be playing fiddle tunes; hoedowns; bluegrass licks; fancy cross-picking; and some more modern string-bending techniques known as ldquo;The Nashville Sound.rdquo;This book is a first of its kind to focus on the whole range of styles that go by the name Flat-picking. Though this book includes a variety of instrumental runs; breaks; and solos; its main emphasis is on flat-picking as an accompanimentmdash;within a string band; bluegrass ensemble; or country rock group; or behind a vocalist (with or without a back-up guitar).