What's New for January 2012?

Happy New Year!

...about the streaming audio MP3 player...

The MP3 player has moved to the bottom of the video postcard above. These songs are streaming audio of my arrangements, past and present. The title and location are on the player. If it says, "Volume 7", then you will find that song in the Bluegrass Volume 7 series.

If you stop the MP3 player, it will remember your settings and not play the next time you load the page. You will need to click "play" again to hear the new music.

All of my music will eventually be on the "Individual Song Download" pages. Each instrument has it's own listing. Currently, the Banjo and Mandolin pages are complete. The next up will be Fiddle. More details are on those pages.

New Release: "Your Harp Guitar" Unit 1 This month is the new release of the very first, in the world, instructional method for the Harp Guitar; "Your Harp Guitar" Unit 1 This new guitar method is designed to get the new beginner, a person with zero knowledge of music started on this most amazing, wonderful instrument. This is the first unit of several that will be released providing a wealth of instruction and arrangements. The first production harp guitars are now available and on eBay. The world interest in this project is astounding and I'm looking forward to promoting it world wide. You can learn more about the harp guitar on my new web site, www.YourHarpGuitar.com

These are the latest three harp guitars available for January, 2012
Natural (Gloss) Click on the photo for details	Black (Gloss) Click on the photo for details	Sunburst (Gloss) Click on the photo for details

Attention Music Teachers and Music Stores

Are you an instructor and would you like to add the harp guitar to your teaching curriculum?

This is a beautiful instrument to promote to your finger style guitar students. If you teach music, and/or have a music store that would like to carry and promote the harp guitar, contact me. I feel very strongly that the harp guitar will soon become a very popular instrument if folks:

(1) understood it's potential and beauty,

(2) had access to an affordable model

(3) had a harp guitar teacher.

If you're interested, contact me. Jay

Jay Buckey Fine Instruments

In addition to the Harp Guitar project, I am designing and building a complete line of other fine acoustic instruments including, but not limited to, the standard six string Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, Fiddle, Dobro, Bass and others. These will be under my name and direction. The goal is to provided a high end instrument at an affordable price.

The next on the drawing board is the standard six string dreadnaught, bluegrass style Martin guitars. As the project moves forward, I will be posting more information on this page.

"Songs of the Month" for 2012

For 2012, I will be increasing the quality of the Song of the Month; better arrangements, recordings and instructions.

The Song of the Month will continue to be posted on this page for FREE but only for the current month. After that, it will be removed and NOT be stored in the free Archives. So, you will want to be sure to bookmark this page and not forget to visit!

January 2012 Song of the Month

Welcome back! A new year has begun and it's time to learn some new music! For 2012, the songs that I'm working of for the Song of the Month will be of higher quality than before and some of the best, FREE sheet music and tablature on the Net. It's taking me a bit longer to put them together but the wait will be worth it.

The Song of the Month will continue to be posted on this page for FREE but only for the current month. After that, it will be removed and NOT be stored in the free Archives. So, you will want to be sure to bookmark this page and not forget to visit! There will be no repostings or emailed files if you lose your copy.

This month, we will be exploring the tune, "Florida Blues". It's a popular one in many jams session around the country.

Performance notes and details are attached to the pdf.

Enjoy!

P.S. Next month, I'm preparing to release "Old Joe Clark 3", the next arrangement in the series. Quite a few have written in that you enjoy seeing how a basic song is developed into a professional arrangement. So, I'll be continuing the series with other songs. Be sure to tell a friend about these arrangements and learn to play your music together!

Play along MP3s:

song_of_the_month/Florida Blues -100 Banjo.mp3

song_of_the_month/Florida Blues -100 Dobro.mp3

song_of_the_month/Florida Blues -100 Fiddle.mp3

song_of_the_month/Florida Blues -100 Guitar.mp3

song_of_the_month/Florida Blues -100 Mandolin.mp3

song_of_the_month/Florida Blues -100 No Bass.mp3

song_of_the_month/Florida Blues -100 Rhythm Backup.mp3

Matching sheet music and tablatures:

song_of_the_month/florida_blues_banjo.pdf

song_of_the_month/florida_blues_bass.pdf

song_of_the_month/florida_blues_dobro.pdf

song_of_the_month/florida_blues_fiddle.pdf

song_of_the_month/florida_blues_fiddle_tablature.pdf

song_of_the_month/florida_blues_guitar.pdf

song_of_the_month/florida_blues_mandolin.pdf