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skillful musicianship and avid interest in traditional and contemporary
music has brought him worldwide recognition. He has performed extensively
throughout the U.S. Canada, Europe, Australia and Japan, and has appeared
on recordings as a featured artist and as a member of various ensembles.
He has recorded and/or performed with many top artists, including
Bob
Dylan, Chris Smither,
Maria Muldaur, Eric Andersen,
Rory Block,
Jerry Jeff
Walker, Allen Ginsberg, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel and
numerous others. Long-time residents of Woodstock, NY, Happy and Artie co-produced several important records for Rounder featuring some of the area's finest folk and rock musicians. These included "Mud Acres, Music Among Friends" and "Woodstock Mountains." Happy and Artie's album "Hard Times In The Country" featured liner notes by Allen Ginsberg. In 2007, Slice of Life Records in Japan released a CD, "Happy and Artie Traum - Live Recordings 1970s – 1980s ". Happy's solo albums include "Relax Your Mind," "American Stranger," "Bright Morning Stars" "Friends And Neighbors," "Buckets Of Songs" and his latest release, "I Walk the Road Again".
Happy Traum - Easy Steps To Guitar Fingerpicking -
Vol 1 - DVD
Demystifying alternate thumb style.
Happy Traum - An Easy Guide To Open D
Tuning - DVD
Tuning to an open chord is a satisfying and fun way to play, giving you
rich, resonant sounds with relatively little effort. Just follow the tuning
instructions by Happy Traum, then strum the open strings for a ringing D chord;
G, A and other major chords can be made with simple one-finger barres. It’s all
explained in such a way that even novices can start making cool, bluesy music in
minutes. This lesson will demystify open D, help you solidify your
alternate-bass fingerpicking and teach you six exciting songs. Your first piece
will be the American folk classic John Henry, a mostly one-chord melody
on which you’ll start improvising around the fretboard while maintaining a
steady rhythm on the bass strings. After that you’ll cruise through a repertoire
of funky blues, folk/gospel classics and a Southern mountain ballad that make
use of open bass strings, fretted melody notes, double-stop harmonies, chord
substitutions and improvised licks. Songs include: "
Sittin’ On Top of The World, Jesus Is On The Main
Line; Willie Moore, Deep Ellum Blues, and
I'll Fly Away."
(120 min) Printable PDF
booklet..................................................Price
- $29.95
Happy Traum - Basic
Theory That Every Guitarist Should Know - Vol 1 - DVD
Happy Traum, one of the world's best-known
guitar teachers, demystifies the guitar fretboard and brings it into focus for
learning players. He starts at the very beginning, providing the essential
knowledge you'll need in your quest to become a better player. This is theory
that will become immediately applicable to real playing situations. Starting
with chromatic and diatonic (major) scales, Happy maps out the fingerboard so
you can quickly find notes in any key and start turning them into simple
melodies. You'll learn what intervals are, how bass runs and chords are built
and how they are used in songs. In short, this introduction to music theory for
the guitar will give you a whole new perspective and will reveal the vast
possibilities that are hidden under the strings of your
instrument.
(80 min) Printable PDF booklet....................................................Price -
$24.95
Happy Traum - Basic
Theory That Every Guitarist Should Know - Vol 2 - DVD
Happy Traum continues his hands-on
exploration of basic music theory, providing essential knowledge that every
guitarist needs to become a more skillful, fully-rounded player. This DVD
is packed with invaluable information. You'll learn moveable three- and
four-string chord shapes that can be played anywhere, in any key, up and down
the fretboard, along with the basic chord progressions that bring these shapes
into practical application. By understanding the degrees of the scale and where
the notes of each chord can be found, you can use them to build arrangements and
improvisations for any song. In addition, you'll learn scales and chords in
major and minor keys; transposing from one key to another; using harmonized
scales; building chord progressions; and learning other skills based on your new
understanding of how the guitar works. As you work through this course you'll
gain new insights into your guitar and how the strings, frets, scales and chords
all fit together in an easy-to-grasp
system.
(115 min)
Printable PDF booklet..................................................Price -
$24.95
Happy Traum - Set of both
DVDs (Basic Theory Vol 1 & 2) on sale now $39.95!
Happy Traum - Basic Arranging Techniques - Vol 1 - DVD
Here's the first in a two-DVD
lesson series that will be deeply satisfying for any acoustic guitarist who
wants to move beyond simple chords and easy strums. Beginning and intermediate
players will quickly gain an understanding of guitar basics through the process
of building compelling arrangements of well-known, much-loved traditional songs.
In an instructional tour de force, Happy details each step, starting with
a simple version of each song and then slowly adding chord substitutions, bass
lines, harmonies, fill-in licks, fingerpicking patterns and other techniques
that eventually create a fully-formed performance piece. By the time you have
completed these two DVDs, you'll have gained a better command of the fretboard,
increased your repertoire and improved your guitar technique. Features songs
arranged in dropped D tuning: The Cuckoo, with its haunting "mountain
modal" minor key tonalities; the Caribbean-tinged American ballad Delia's
Gone; and The Water is Wide, one of most beautiful and widely sung
love songs in the English language.
(110 min)
Printable PDF booklet..................................................Price -
$24.95
Happy Traum - Basic Arranging Techniques - Vol 2 - DVD
The learning continues as Happy Traum
takes you, step-by-step, through three more classic American songs, building
each one from its simplest chord-and-strum accompaniment (a perfect jumping-off
point for the beginning player) to a fully realized performance piece complete
with melody notes, bass lines, chord substitutions, harmonies, picking
techniques and improvisations. Drawing on his nearly 50 years of teaching
experience, Happy systematically introduces elements to each song that will help
give you a better command of the fretboard. At the same time you'll be adding
wonderful material to your repertoire, building your right and left hand
technique and improving your musical understanding. Features songs played in
standard tuning and includes Stephen Foster's perennial favorite, Hard Times
Come Again No More; the traditional hymn Wayfaring Stranger; and
the southern Appalachian classic, Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies.
(110 min)
Printable PDF booklet..................................................Price -
$24.95
Happy Traum - Set of both
DVDs (Basic Theory Vol 1 & 2) on sale now $39.95!
Happy Traum - Bluegrass Guitar - Book and CD
Instruction and songs for lead and
back-up bluegrass guitar. Graded from easy to advanced with over 30 songs and transcriptions of
solos by Clarence White, Dan Crary, Charlie Waller,
Peter Rowan and others. Songs include:
"Mama Don't 'Low,
New River Train, Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms, Bury Me Beneath The Willow, Going To
Georgia, Handsome
Molly, You're A Flower In the Wildwood, Old Rattler, Midnight On The Stormy Deep, Rosa Lee McFall, I Am A
Pilgrim, Angel Band, Crying Holy, Standing In The Need Of Prayer, All The Good Times, My
Grandfather's
Clock, Under The Double Eagle, Rakes Of Mallow, Devil's Dream, Forked Deer, Soldier's Joy,
John Henry,
Orange Mountain Special, Barrel Of Fun, Stoney Creek, Sally Goodin, Arkansas Traveler,
Dill Pickle Rag, Sittin'
On Top Of The World, Handful Of Love".
Notation, tab and
lyrics.................................................................Price - $24.95
Happy Traum - Complete
Fingerpicking Guitar Method - Book and 6 CDs
Getting Started
in Blues, Country and Ragtime. Here's a set of
easy-to-use lessons that will give you a solid background in the
art of fingerpicking - the backbone of traditional guitar technique. You'll learn the
basics of this style even if
you've never played this way before. Happy Traum
starts you off with easy pieces, systematically teaching
you how to maintain a
rock-steady bass while picking out melodies on the high strings. He gradually
adds
songs with more complexity until, by the end of these lessons, you are
playing advanced fingerpicking instrumentals. Along the way, you'll learn
important guitar skills such as dropped D tuning, moving chords up the
neck,
endings and turnarounds, improvisation and much more! Twenty classic songs are
taught in detail:
"Railroad Bill, I Am a Pilgrim, My Creole Belle, Spike
Driver's Blues, Wilson Rag, John Henry, Roll on Buddy,
Candy Man, Stackerlee,
Fishing Blues, Sitting on Top of the World, Deep River Blues, Nobody Knows You
When You're Down and Out, You're Gonna Quit Me Baby, Mississippi Blues, Saturday
Night Shuffle, Anji
(Paul Simon), St. Louis Tickle, Dallas Rag, Make Me a
Pallet on Your Floor".
Notation and tab.............................................................................Price - $59.95
Happy Traum - Guitar Building Blocks: Instant Fingerpicking Success - Vol I -
DVD
The fingerpicking style is one of the most popular and engaging ways of playing the guitar.
It's especially good for song accompaniment, and has been favored by folk, blues and country pickers,
especially singer /songwriters such as James Taylor and
Paul Simon. This lesson de-mystifies the right
hand technique by breaking it down into patterns that can be learned quickly and easily. Once these are
mastered, you'll be able to apply them to some all-time favorite
songs such as "Nine Hundred Miles, Red Apple Juice, Railroad Bill, Pretty
Peggy-O".
(60 min) Booklet
included.............................................................Price
- $29.95
Happy Traum - Guitar Building Blocks: Creating Easy Song Arrangements - Vol 2 -
DVD
The beauty of the guitar is not necessarily based on advanced and highly technical playing skills.
Interesting and unusual arrangements
can be created with very basic ideas, as long as you have an elementary
understanding of the guitar. On this video lesson, Happy takes easy songs and shows
you how to transform them into beautiful show pieces using interesting right-hand patterns, altered chords and
chord substitutions, ornamentation, harmonic scales and
other very basic but useful techniques. You'll
be amazed at what you'll be able to do with the simplest folk songs!
(60 min)
Booklet included.............................................................Price
- $29.95
Happy Traum - Guitar Building Blocks: Bass
Runs &
How To Use
Them - Vol 3 -
DVD
Add interest and vitality to your playing! Bass runs offer movement, harmony and a
smooth transition as you change chords. They're especially useful in country, bluegrass and folk songs.
By playing bass runs you'll learn thenotes of the scale in several keys, and will develop good timing and
single-note accuracy. Happy teaches a variety of bass
"walks"from the most basic to more complex chromatic runs. Develop solid accompaniment to
"Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Bury Me Beneath The
Willow, I Am A Pilgrim, Walk Right In".
(60 min) Booklet
included.............................................................Price
- $29.95
Happy Traum - Guitar Building Blocks: Barre
Chords &
How To Use
Them - Vol 4 -
DVD
Barre chords are a vitally important part of your ability to move beyond the third fret,
play solid rhythm in all keys and get a wide variety of sounds through chord inversions. This tape teaches
these powerful chord shapes, and gives you tips on how to play them cleanly and easily. You'll learn basic
chord theory, how to transpose from one key to
another and how to play a number of useful chord progressions and songs, including "Abilene"and
"Stagolee".
(60 min) Booklet
included.............................................................Price
- $29.95
Happy Traum - All 4
DVDs (Building Blocks Vol 1 - 4) on sale now $89.95!
Happy Traum - A Fingerstyle Christmas
- DVD
Happy Traum has arranged 7 traditional
Christmas carols so that even an early-intermediate guitarist can learn easily.
Each solo
provides important
insights into the guitar including fingerstyle techniques, harmony lines, moving basses,
alternate chord
shapes,
variations on a theme and more. Songs include: "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, God
Rest Ye Merry
Gentlemen, What Child Is This? (Greensleeves), Pretty Little Baby, Silent Night,
Twas On a
Night Like
This (Italian Christmas carol) and Jingle Bells.
(60 min). Booklet
included............................................................Price - $29.95
Happy Traum - Hymns, Spirituals & Sacred Songs - Vol 1 - DVD
Learn to play
beautiful songs of faith taken from
the folk, gospel and blues traditions.
The pieces start at an easy level but gradually advance in difficulty, so that by the end of the lesson even a
relative novice will be able to play some fairly challenging material. Each song is first
taught using basic
chords
and an easy strumming or plucking style. Happy then shows you how to add bass runs, chord substitutions,
harmony lines, fingerpicking techniques and other guitar essentials that will enrich and
beautify
your accompaniments. Finally you'll learn how to play a full-fledged instrumental fingerstyle
arrangement of
each tune.
The lesson includes the following two well-known spirituals, "Amazing Grace" and
"My Lord
What a Morning"
the old-time hymn "Let Us Break Bread Together", the bluegrass classic
"Angel Band",
and Happy's fingerpicking arrangement of the Bob Dylan hit "I Shall Be Released" (which he
recorded
with Dylan).
(80 min) Booklet
included.............................................................Price -
$29.95
Happy Traum - Hymns, Spirituals & Sacred Songs - Vol 2 - DVD
This guitar
lesson features some great songs taken
from the gospel/blues tradition.
The
arrangements utilize steady-bass fingerpicking, blues licks, bass runs, turnarounds and
complete solos
within a
repertoire of 'sanctified' songs. "Paul and Silas (All Night Long)" is a
spiritual in E with rich chord
changes and
a bluesy beat. "12 Gates to the City" played in A, is a study in variations
improvised from the
main theme. The
well-known gospel song "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" in the key of C, teaches
how to
play the melody both
in the bass notes and up on the high frets. Finally the elegant shape-note hymn
"Bright Morning Stars" provides
a complete fingerstyle arrangement in dropped D Tuning. The superb
guitar instruction will
be widely applicable to any acoustic-based songs and will move you into more
advanced styles and
techniques.
(70 min) Booklet
included.............................................................Price
- $29.95
Happy Traum - Set of both
DVDs (Hymns Vol 1 & 2) on sale now $49.95!
Happy Traum - Gospel Guitar - 10 Easy
Songs Of Spirit & Faith - Book and CD
Here are ten carefully chosen traditional spirituals, hymns and bluegrass gospel songs
that any beginner or
early-intermediate player will enjoy learning. These beautiful songs have been
specifically arranged to help you
expand your repertoire of folk/gospel material while developing knowledge, technique and
skill on your guitar.
The songs have been designed so that you'll gain experience with basic bluegrass
flatpicking, folk strumming
and blues fingerpicking styles. Songs include: "Sowin' on the Mountain, Let Us Break
Bread Together, Angel
Band, Farther Along, All Night Long, Kumbaya, My Lord What a Morning, Walking in Jerusalem
Just Like
John, Just a Closer Walk With Thee, One for Paul One for Silas".
Notation and
tab.............................................................................Price - $19.95
Happy Traum - 12 String Guitar
Techniques - DVD
Play the powerful
basses, dynamic rhythms and rich, resonant chords that are only possible on the 12-string guitar! This
video lesson by veteran guitarist Happy Traum teaches songs, styles and techniques that will open up
vast possibilities on this exciting instrument. The 12 string's six sets of doubled strings provide a depth
of sound, richness of tone and
rhythmic possibilities that are unique in the guitar family. This user-friendly,
easy-to-follow
video is just what
you need to get into the traditional styles of
Lead Belly, Pete Seeger and
other 12-string
innovators. From the secrets of proper stringing and tuning to a whole range of
fingerpicking ideas, your
12-string playing is
guaranteed to jump to a whole new level. You'll soon be playing classic
blues, rags, folk
songs and instrumentals. Songs include: "Alabama Bound, Good Morning Blues, In the
Pines, House of the
Rising Sun, Never Said a Mumblin' Word, Times Are Getting Hard, Delia's Gone, Bright
Morning Stars".
(90 min) Booklet included.............................................................Price - $29.95
Happy Traum - The Blues Bag - 2 DVD
Set
Learn to play eleven tried and true favorites
that
are a must for every acoustic blues player's repertoire! Happy's clear, detailed
instruction will move your
guitar style forward by leaps and bounds while
helping you gain insights into the styles and techniques of many of the great
traditional players. You'll learn how to add important elements to your
arrangements: walking basses, turnarounds and endings, bass melody lines,
up-the-neck note and chord positions and a variety
of improvisational techniques
for creating and playing instrumental solos. Songs include: "C.C. Rider, Boogie-Woogie Blues,
Step It Up and Go, Move to Kansas City, New Stranger Blues, Careless Love,
You're Gonna
Quit Me Baby, Bad Luck Blues, Diddy Wah Diddy, Wandering, In The
Evening When the Sun Goes Down".
(120 min) Booklet included...........................................................Price - $39.95
Happy Traum - Easy Steps To Acoustic Blues Guitar - Vol 1 -
DVD
This basic
course in fingerstyle blues guitar breaks it
all down into easily digested topics for
novice players. You'll
start by learning the basic blues forms and getting them
securely under your belt.
Then, Happy provides
a number of "easy steps" that will build up your guitar
technique, increase your
understanding of the style
and help you develop the ability to start playing
great blues songs. Some of
these steps include learning
basic blues chords, syncopated strumming patterns,
12-bar and 8-bar blues
progressions, bass runs and
more than a dozen variations for the all important
blues turnarounds, intros
and endings. As You work
your way through this lesson, Happy imparts numerous
tips, suggestions and
invaluable information
about music theory and musicianship that will affect all
of your guitar work. As you
conquer each of these
basic steps, your playing will get stronger and more
confident and you'll be well
on your way to becoming
an accomplished blues guitarist.
(60 min) Booklet
included.............................................................Price - $29.95
Happy Traum - Easy Steps To Acoustic Blues Guitar - Vol 2
- DVD
The key
to all country blues playing, and the
heart of this style is in your ability to play
a rhythmic bass pulse
with your thumb while your fingers pick out syncopated
notes on the high strings.
Happy Traum's "easy
steps" learning concept divides this all-important style
into modules that you can
digest one element at
a time. Through the use of carefully thought-out
exercises, he methodically takes this
style apart so that
any aspiring player can pick it up. You'll learn how to
"break up the chords" (the way
Happy learned
personally from Brownie McGhee) as well as the funky "Lightnin'
Hopkins lick", shuffle
and boogie-woogie bass lines, blues scales, playing solos up the neck,
variations on blues chord progressions and arrangements of "Rock Me Baby, Baby Please Don't Go, Trouble In Mind"
and other blues
classics. This is an
almost foolproof method for building solid guitar technique
while learning to play licks,
accompaniments,
songs and solos in the blues style.
(90 min) Booklet
included.............................................................Price - $29.95
Happy Traum - Set of both
DVDs (Acoustic Blues Vol 1 & 2) on sale now $49.95!
Happy Traum - Easy Steps To Blues Guitar Jamming
- Vol
1 - DVD
Jamming is an essential part of playing the blues. There is nothing more fun and
exciting for a guitar player
than having the skills to improvise in a jam session. The trick is to have your
fundamentals down so you
can be comfortable when you play with others. Happy and Artie Traum have
designed this DVD lesson so
that even a novice will be able to play along - but it's filled with a huge
amount
of material for players at all
levels: detailed instruction, good songs, invaluable advice plus the techniques
you'll need to trade riffs,
use chord inversions, move around the fingerboard and improvise creative solos.
Happy and Artie give you plenty of opportunity to jam along with them by
providing rhythmic backup for each song and technique they teach. You'll learn six blues standards in the keys of E and A along
with the tools to allow you
to become a better blues player. Songs include: "New Stranger Blues, Key to the
Highway, How Long Blues,
Trouble in Mind, 2:19 Blues, Move to Kansas City".
(105 min) Booklet
included...........................................................Price - $29.95
Happy Traum - Easy
Steps To Blues Guitar Jamming - Vol 2 - DVD
Like their previous DVD, this lesson is filled with good songs,
sage advice, important tips and fascinating
insights into blues guitar
techniques. Each key on the guitar lends itself to distinct licks, chord
positions,
turnarounds and bass patterns. Happy and Artie make learning fun as
they move to blues in C, D and G. Novices as well as more accomplished players
will get a solid feel for jamming in these keys while developing fresh insights,
new skills and a better understanding of the guitar fretboard. You'll learn to
play "Country
Boy Blues, Take It Slow and Easy, Keep on Truckin' Mama, Relax
Your Mind, The Blues Ain't Nothin, Move
to Kansas City, Step It Up and Go" while
trying out your chords and lead solos against the instructors' solid
rhythmic
backup. This easy-going and accessible lesson is sure to put you on a solid path
to proficiency!
(75 min) Booklet included.............................................................Price - $29.95
Happy Traum - Set of both
DVDs (Blues Jamming Vol 1 & 2) on sale now $49.95!
Happy Traum - You Can Play Guitar -
2 DVDs
A complete course for the beginner with basic chords, music and tab enclosed that teaches you to make music on the guitar even if
you have never strummed a note! Happy Traum makes it easy with his unique
step-by-step method - honed by forty years of teaching experience. He provides
you with the skills you need to play and sing literally hundreds of songs in a
wide variety of styles. Each of the 3 lessons on these DVDs explores a different
aspect of the instrument: Lesson 1: teaches you all the chord fingerings
and progressions you'll need to play songs in the most important guitar keys.
Lesson 2: helps you add excitement to your song arrangements with a wide
variety of rhythms, picking patterns and strumming techniques. Lesson 3:
simplifies the guiding principles of guitar theory to explain how the strings,
frets and notes all work together to help you make music. By the time you've
reached the end of this course you'll have acquired a solid musical foundation
on the guitar and the skills to go on to any style you like: classical, blues,
folk, jazz or rock!
(200 min) Booklet
included...........................................................Price $49.95
Jazz Guitar Chords & Arpeggio Patterns - Stacy McKee
- This unique book includes 300 jazz guitar chord formations and matching single note arpeggio patterns in a quick reference format that no one has ever done before! Cross indexing makes this manual extremely easy to use and regardless of what style of music you play, we know you will find this to be a valuable, "must have" addition to your library. Stacy McKee was the featured guitarist with "Les Brown and The Band Of Renown" and for a limited time only, we will include an exclusive copy of his book FREE with your first order!Wikipedia article on Happy Traum
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