Flatpick Jam Tabs


With volumes 1, 2, and 3 of Brad Davis's Flatpick Jam you are never without a jamming partner. Each two-hour video or DVD is packed with flatpicking jam session favorites. Brad plays each tune at four different tempos (slow, slow/medium, medium/fast, and fast) so that you can work on your tone, timing, note clarity, and fluidity at the slower tempos and then work to develop your speed at the higher tempos.

At each tempo Brad takes a solo then plays rhythm so you can take your solo. At the three higher tempos Brad swaps solos and rhythm with you twice. This gives you the opportunity to practice your solo and rhythm seven times on every tune. On each tune Brad plays a variety of rhythmic and lead styles. A bass line and mandolin chop accompany every song at every tempo, and chord changes are indicated on-screen (for the slow tempo). If you like the solos and the songs, click here to order the videos so you can jam along with Brad.

About the transcriptions: These are .PDF files (best viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader version 4.0 or higher). Click on the highlighted tempo to access the transcription. We've provided transcriptions of slow, slow-to-medium, and medium versions of various tunes. We're still working on the transcriptions, so keep checking back as we add more tunes. If you need to upgrade your Acrobat Reader, click here:

Tunes from the Flatpick Jam Special Edition CD Set, disc 2:

Alabama Jubliee
Beaumont Rag
Big Mon
Gold Rush
Huckleberry Hornpipe
Jerusalem Ridge


The tunes in Volume 1:

Forked Deer
Temperance Reel
Sally Goodin'
Soldier's Joy
Blackberry Blossom
Salt Creek
Wildwood Flower
Billy in the Lowground
St. Ann's Reel
John Hardy
Paddy on the Turnpike

The tunes in Volume 2:

Red Haired Boy
Turkey In The Straw
Sailor's Hornpipe
Whiskey Before Breakfast
Black Mountain Rag
Arkansas Traveler
Slow/Medium Solo#2
Old Joe Clark
Slow
Nine Pound Hammer
Slow
Bill Cheathum
Slow
Angeline the Baker
Slow
Reuben
Slow
Slow/Medium Solo#1

The tunes in Volume 3:

Katy Hill
Slow
Lonesome Road Blues
Slow
Cherokee Shuffle
Slow
Cattle in the Cane
Slow
Over the Waterfall
Slow
Cuckoo's Nest
Slow
Fisher's Hornpipe
Slow
Liberty
Slow
Ragtime Annie
Slow
Redwing
Slow

 

The tunes in Volume 4:

Crazy Creek
Slow
Slow/Medium Solos #1 and 2
Floped-Eared
Slow
Slow/Medium Solo#1
Slow/Medium Solo#2
John Henry
Slow
Slow/Medium Solo#1
Slow/Medium Solo#2
Shady Grove
Slow
Slow/Medium Solo#1
Slow/Medium Solo#2
       


Brad Davis is now the lead guitar player for the Sam Bush Band. He is also lead guitar player for Earl Scruggs and Friends, a position he's held since 1999. For more than ten years he was lead guitar player for Marty Stuart's band. Brad's playing can be heard on numerous country music and bluegrass recordings and three major motion picture soundtracks. He also fronts his own bluegrass band "wHITE wATER."

For more information about Brad Davis and wHITE wATER, please visit www.braddavismusic.com.



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