Welcome to the July/August 2016 Edition of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine (Volume 20, Number 5). In this issue we are proud to feature the legendary Norman Blake on our cover. We also feature Italian flatpicker Beppe Gambetta, Nashville’s Jeff White, and a young flatpicker Megan Cody from Colorado. Jeremy Fritts, from east Tennessee is in this issue as a guest columnists and all of our regular columnists also provide some great material for you to work with this summer. We hope you enjoy this issue of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine.

FEATURES

Norman Blake — “Cloverdale Plantation March”

Jeff White: “Wide County Jail”

Flatpick Highlight: Megan Cody and

“Make Me Down A Pallet On Your Floor”

Beppe Gambetta and “Acadian Dream”

COLUMNS

Beginner’s Page: “You Don’t Know My Mind” by Dan Huckabee

Kaufman’s Corner: “Big Sandy River” by Steve Kaufman

JS Bach Invention #1 Re-visited by John Carlini

“Are You Missing Me?” by Orrin Star

“Peek-A-Boo Waltz” by Dan Miller

The Fretboard and Crosspicking—Part 2 & “Farewell Blues” by Kathy Barwick

“In The Pines—Faux Dropped D Tuning” by Dix Bruce

“Ornithology” by Mike Maddux

Sharpening the Axe: Developing Your Own Curriculum by Jeff Troxel

“Big Forked River” by Jeremy Fritts

Flatpicking Fiddle Tunes: “Eddie Kelly’s”,

“The Eighth of January” and “Elfin Jig” by Adam Granger

Classic Bluegrass: “My Aching Heart” by Steve Pottier

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