Adam Granger self-published the first edition of Granger’s Fiddle Tunes for Guitar in 1979. A second edition was published in 1994. Now Mel Bay Publications presents the third edition of the book. This 236-page book is the most extensive and best-documented collection of fiddle tunes for the flatpicking guitar player in existence, and includes reels, hoedowns, hornpipes, rags, breakdowns, jigs and slip-jigs, presented in Southern, Northern, Irish, Canadian, Texas and Old-time styles. There are 508 fiddle tunes referenced under 2500 titles and alternate titles. The titles are fully indexed, making the book doubly valuable as a reference book and a source book. In this new edition, all tunes are typeset, instead of being handwritten as they were in the previous editions, making the tabs easier to read. The tunes in Granger’s Fiddle Tunes for Guitar are presented in Easytab, a streamlined tablature notation system designed by Adam specifically for fiddle tunes. The book comes with a link which gives access to mp3 recordings by Adam of all 508 tunes, each played once at a moderate tempo, with rhythm on one channel and lead on the other. Also included in Granger’s Fiddle Tunes for Guitar are instructions for reading Easytab, descriptions of tune types presented in the book, and primers on traditional flatpicking and rhythm guitar. Additionally, there are sections on timing, ornamentation, technique, and fingering, as well as information on tune sources and a history of the collection. Mel Bay also offers, The Granger Collection, by Bill Nicholson, the same 508 tunes in standard music notation. Adam Granger is from Norman, Oklahoma. Starting in 1963, he played guitar and banjo professionally throughout the South before moving to Minnesota in 1974. He has written about and taught flatpick guitar since 1972. Adam intermittently played guitar on, and wrote humor for, A Prairie Home Companion throughout its 41 years on the air. With fellow Oklahoman Dudley Murphy, he recorded the first double flatpick guitar album, Twin Picking, in 1977, and was a columnist for Flatpicking Guitar Magazine for the duration of its 20-year run. He "tied for sixth" at the second Winfield, Kansas flatpick contests and has gone on to judge and emcee many flatpick and fiddle contests. Adam Granger has played hundreds of square- and contra dances and has taught flatpick and rhythm guitar at over fifty music camps throughout North America and Europe, including the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop; Steve Kaufman's Flatpick Kamp; and Camp Bluegrass, in Levelland, Texas. He often accompanies fiddlers and has toured extensively with banjoist Alan Munde as a duo. Includes access to MP3 recordings of all 508 tunes Third Edition