In this addition to Mel Bays popular Getting Intoseries, Flatpicking Guitar Magazine columnist Joe Carr presents an overview of the exciting flatpicking style in tablature and in music notation. Beginning with basic chords and strum patterns, this book/CD combination covers Carter style, fiddle tunes crosspicking, floating, improvisation and much more! Special sections address pick direction, pentatonic scales, dropped D tuning and how to read standard music on the guitar. Included are the Top Ten flatpicking favorites and a section on Irish ornamentation. Format: Book/CD Set Pages: 96 Genre: Bluegrass Level: Beginning-Intermediate Instrument: Guitar (Flatpicking) Artist/Composer: Joe Carr Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc. Publication Date: 2/13/2004 ISBN-10: 0786670649 ISBN-13: 9780786670642 Song List "45 Trains" "Arkansas Traveler" - All Eighths "Bass Boogie" "Beaumont Rag" "Bill Che