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Just starting out? Dependant on notation/TAB?

Try a learning method that teaches true musical fluency—the ToneWay Music Method! With our book, 49-track CD, and online videos, you learn by singing, strumming, and playing the melodies of common traditional songs, using an approach that frees you to then play any song in any key, without practicing it beforehand. Second Edition. $14.95. See details.

Also Available: Get Started with Jammables
Everything in Get Started, plus 90 additional songs from the Big Print Songs, for just $19.95! See details.
Big Print Songs

No-squint print, larger-than-life songs

Over 200 time-honored classics in alphabetical order. One song per page, 20-point type. Key-independent chord notation. Historical information. Jamming hints and more. It's our best songbook ever! Third Edition. $19.95. See details.

(Second Edition still available.)

The Songbook and ToneWay Music Method

The original, comprehensive reference

Now in it's Fourth Edition, The Songbook and ToneWay Music Method offers succinct instruction for six string instruments along with a lifetime supply (300+) of commonly-played traditional songs, with key-independent chord notation and other useful information for each song. $14.95. See details.

360 Song Clips at your fingertips  

Song Clips: The Complete MP3 Collection

Song Clips: The Complete MP3 Collection includes 360 minute-long recordings, optimized to help you learn the melody, words, and qualities that give each song its unique 'soul'.

$14.95see details

The Traditional Songs CD Series

Three CDs, chock-full of songs

Each volume of The Traditional Songs features approximately 25 songs, sung with a full bluegrass band. Play along and learn how to change chords, keep time, sing the melody (or harmony), and pick instrumentals without missing a beat—all be ear!

$12.95 ea. Available for a limited time. see details

Also available: Shakuhachi Instruction

The shakuhachi is an ancient Japanese flute. Blowing Zen, first published decades ago, was the first English shakuhachi instruction manual of its kind. Read more.