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Using Chords
Chord Formation
Guide to Harmony
Guide to Modes
Beginning Harmony 1st year for class or private study Online textbook
Scales And Arpeggios For Piano - online reference book- Complete book

Music Technology & Acoustics

Music Technology & Home Recording Glossary- See note 4 at end
Acoustics & Sound For Musicians - Physical Basis Of The Art Of MusicComplete book

Resources & Helpers for Musicians

A bit about Jazz Chords for guitar - basic guide on how to use.
Chord Charts for Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin & Fiddle - Includes chord theory
The Nashville Numbering System - transposition chords to different keys - how to Guide
Convert chords to any key Easy to use chart
Memorizing - for musicians
Traditional & Folk oriented Music Encyclopedia - Very Extensive
Scales for Banjo, Guitar & Mandolin - with tab
Chord Charts - Session Tunes & Songs sequence for 600+ songs
Session Tune Chord Playing Charts playing sequences for 400 tunes.
MUSICAL MEMORY - how to improve your musical memory - Complete book

Styles of playing

Twelve Bar Blues - a basic guide on how to play
Teach Yourself Jazz - online guidebook- Complete book
Extempore Playing - 40 Lessons, how to correctly play improvisations.- Complete book

Reference/Research Items (see also main menu)

Traditional Dance

Appalachian Clogging (stepping) tutorial by Rosie Davis
Cowboy Dances - Western square dance by Lloyd Shaw Complete book
Singing Games - Folk Dances by George Bidstrup Complete book
Morris Dance by Cecil Sharp Complete book
American Square Dances of The West & Southwest Complete book

Misc items

Instrument Jokes
Barlow Knife and tune/song titles in traditional music
What is old time music
Song/Music Finder - index of popular music, songs & composers
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1) There is a set of tutorial CDs (The Just the Tune series by Rick Townend) which goes with this article. They include music tracks with tabs and standard notation for each and are a great way to learn bluegrass and oldtimey music. Check them out HERE.

2) There is a tutorial CD on bluegrass harmony with music tracks, tablature and notation that goes with this article, you will find it HERE

3) This is the book "How To Sing" by Lilli Lehmann. "Lilli Lehman (1848–1929). a German operatic soprano, had the superb quality and volume of voice, she became famous as Brünnhilde, Isolde, and in other roles in operas by Richard Wagner. She was also noted as an interpreter of W.A. Mozart." Not exactly bluegrass I know, but her very practical, hands on approach, might give you some useful tips.

4) This glossary of music technology and home recording terms is something I first put together when I was getting an "official" education in the subject. Since then it has been much updated and added to. It seems appropriate to put it here, as more and more musicians and bands working in traditional and folk music, are taking advantage of the ever improving and un costly audio software and hardware for home PCs to record and publish their own CDs. A worthy enterprise, as the established music business seems to have little interest in publishing real music. (You can tell I don't like them.) You will also find quite a lot of useful pure musical information.