{"product_id":"grangers-fiddle-tunes-for-guitar-3rd-edition","title":"Granger's Fiddle Tunes for Guitar 3rd edition","description":"Adam Granger self-published the first edition of Granger’s Fiddle Tunes for Guitar in 1979. A second edition was published in 1994. Now, in 2022, Mel Bay Publications presents the third edition of the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 236-page book is the most extensive and best-documented collection of fiddle tunes for the flatpicking guitar player in existence, and includes reels, hoedowns, hornpipes, rags, breakdowns, jigs and slip-jigs, presented in Southern, Northern, Irish, Canadian, Texas and Old-time styles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are 508 fiddle tunes referenced under 2500 titles and alternate titles. The titles are fully indexed, making the book doubly valuable as a reference book and a source book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this new edition, all tunes are typeset, instead of being handwritten as they were in the previous editions, making the tabs easier to read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe tunes in Granger’s Fiddle Tunes for Guitar are presented in Easytab, a streamlined tablature notation system designed by Adam specifically for fiddle tunes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book comes with a link which gives access to Mp3 recordings by Adam of all 508 tunes, each played once at a moderate tempo, with rhythm on one channel and lead on the other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso included in Granger’s Fiddle Tunes for Guitar are instructions for reading Easytab, descriptions of tune types presented in the book, and primers on traditional flatpicking and rhythm guitar. Additionally, there are sections on timing, ornamentation, technique, and fingering, as well as information on tune sources and a history of the collection.","brand":"Mel Bay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41880809636031,"sku":"02-31103M","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0147\/9412\/9472\/files\/7328043630783.jpg?v=1715661920","url":"https:\/\/www.elderly.surf\/products\/grangers-fiddle-tunes-for-guitar-3rd-edition","provider":"Elderly Instruments","version":"1.0","type":"link"}