Welcome to Homespun!

Thanks for stopping by! This website offers more than 650 lessons in a variety of roots music styles, taught by some of the best performing artists in the business. Purchase online and then instantly play them on your favorite computer or mobile device. Learning and improving musical skills has never been easier - or more affordable.

ANNOUNCING THE HOMESPUN HANGOUT!

We've just launched our brand new forum! Share musical ideas, post videos of your playing, show off your favorite gear and help us build an exciting online community. Click here to get started!

Thanks, and have a safe holiday season,

Happy and Jane Traum and the Homespun Team

A New "Lick of the Day" for the End of 2021

New $15 Sale Featuring Mary Flower's New Lesson + More!

We're pleased to feature Mary Flower's recent release, which has been really popular since we announced it back in November. Here it is again - at a special price. In addition, we've chosen 12 more of our favorite lessons, each one taught by a master player with brilliant technique and years of experience to share with you.

Use Discount Code: MAKEMUSIC

See What's Reduced to $15!

Important Info

New and Exciting: The Homespun Hangout!

We're thrilled to announce the launch of The Homespun Hangout, a place where we can share musical ideas, trade licks, announce news, and maybe show off some of the stuff you've learned from our lessons. We're just getting started with this, so jump in and add your ...

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How to Send a Homespun Download as a Gift

If you are considering giving the gift of one or more Homespun lessons to an aspiring musician in your life, using our Instant Access catalog makes it fast and easy to send a download. Simply go to our online shop and search for the lesson(s) you'd like to send ...

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Some Things to Check Out on This Site

• Our "WHAT'S ON SALE" page has some really good prices on selected DVD lessons - while they last!

• We now have some cool free stuff on this site: Learn guitar licks, enjoy performances from our lessons, and read "insider" historical stories on Happy ...

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Free "Lick of the Day" Now On Our Blog Page. Check it out!

I have been adding some nice little licks and other items to keep your fingers busy during this time of isolation. We hope these will provide some fun and distraction for you, as well as good instrumental practice while you are home. Check back to this page frequently for more licks ...

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See What's On Sale!

We frequently add items to our "on-sale" page, so check it frequently to get lessons at great savings. 

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Make a Wish List

We're delighted to announce that you can now keep any lessons that strike your fancy in your own WishList. When you open a page for a Homespun product and you want to save it for later, simply click on the little heart next to "Buy Now." It will automatically ...

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Brand-New, Improved Homespun Mobile App Released!

We are very excited to announce the first-ever Homespun mobile app is now available for iOS and Android users!
The mobile app allows you to view your Homespun digital downloads anytime, anywhere. Study your lessons on-the-go, wherever you have a wi-fi connection, or download them to your device to practice anytime, anywhere, online ...

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Download Audio Files as MP3s

We're pleased to announce that, in response to several customer requests, our online audio lessons can now be enjoyed in your choice of formats: 1) Play and work with them in our proprietary player; 2) Stream them directly from your computer or mobile device; 3)  download them ...

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Check Out Happy's Blog Page for Good Stories and Info

Homespun's co-founder has had a six decade long career in the music business as a performer, recording artist, writer and guitar instructor. His Blog Page has some entertaining stories as well as informative tips. Check it out, along with the Free Licks you'll find in the same space ...

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Homespun Classics

An Intimate Lesson with Tony Rice

Classic Rock, Country and Blues Drumming

Doc's Guitar: Fingerpicking and Flatpicking

Dr John Teaches New Orleans Piano - Video 1

Exploring the Guitar with Keb' Mo'

How To Play The 5-String Banjo

The Banjo Of Ralph Stanley

The Bluegrass Banjo of Sonny Osborne

The Blues-Rock Piano of Johnnie Johnson

The Guitar Style of Richie Havens

The Mandolin of Bill Monroe - VIdeo 1

The Mandolin of Norman Blake

Hot New Titles

How Long Blues

Five Unique Pieces for Blues/Roots Guitar

Learn to Play Blues Guitar With a Flatpick - Video 3

Building Dynamic Solos

Happy Traum Teaches Songs of Woody Guthrie

Jewels of Acoustic Blues Guitar, Vol. 5

Happy Traum Teaches "Ashokan Farewell"

Expand Your DADGAD Blues Vocabulary

Choose your skill level

Learn Banjo: Level 1
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Beginner Banjo Courses

Even if you haven't played before, get started the right way with easy clawhammer and bluegrass picking styles on the old 5-string.
Learn Banjo: Level 2
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Easy-Intermediate Banjo Courses

Now that you've learned the basicis, take it to the next level! Start playing instrumental solos, join jam sessions, or just play better for yourself!
Learn Banjo: Level 3
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Advanced-Intermediate Banjo Courses

Start challenging yourself with more advanced material. Get ready for jam sessions, build your repertoire and learn new techniques.
Learn Banjo: Level 4
 BANJO Get Started

Expert Banjo Course

Start playing at a pro level with lessons in Scruggs-style, melodic picking advanced clawhammer, and contemporary "new grass" styles.
Learn Fiddle: Level 1
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Beginner Fiddle Courses

Even if you have never played a note, we have lessons that will get you bowing and fingering your first fiddle tunes in no time.
Learn Fiddle: Level 2
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Intermediate Fiddle Courses

Once you have the basics down, you can really get into old-time, bluegrass, blues and other musical styles on the fiddle.
Learn Fiddle: Level 3
 FIDDLE Get Started

Advanced Intermediate Fiddle Courses

For fiddlers who really want a challenge, try new styles and techniques with master players.
Learn Fiddle: Level 4
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Expert Fiddle Courses

For fiddlers who really want a challenge, try new styles and techniques with master players.
Learn Mandolin: Level 1
 MANDOLIN Get Started

Beginner Mandolin Courses

Small but mighty, this instrument has said "bluegrass" since Bill Monroe invented the style. Get started the right way with our beginner lessons.
Learn Mandolin: Level 2
 MANDOLIN Get Started

Early-Intermediate Mandolin Courses

Once you have the basics under your belt, start to get into the tunes and techniques that will move you into "jamming" levels.
Learn Mandolin: Level 3
 MANDOLIN Get Started

Advanced-Intermediate Mandolin Courses

If you're ready for some real challenges, these lessons will give you lots to work on and will get you ready for great jam sessions.
Learn Mandolin: Level 4
 MANDOLIN Get Started

Expert Mandolin Courses

These lessons by some of the great players will give you lots to work on and will get you ready for jam sessions and even performances.
Learn Piano: Level 1
 PIANO Get Started

Beginner Piano: Level 1

Our lessons begin with blues and boogie-woogie at the easist level. Start playing from the first minutes of these great lessons.
Learn Piano Level 2
 PIANO Get Started

Early Intermediate Piano: Level 2

Get beyond the basics and really start to play! Develop an understanding of left and right hand coordination and start having fun at the keys!
Learn Piano: Level 3
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Advanced Intermediate Piano Courses

It's time to really start exploring styles and more adventurous sounds of the piano. Get deeper into blues, honky-tonk, jazz and other excitingt styles.
Learn Piano: Level 4
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Expert Piano Courses

Let the true experts teach you the intricacies of their keyboard virtuosity with these in-depth lessons.

Choose your Instrument

Accordion and Concertina

Autoharp

Banjo

Bass

Bouzouki

Cello

Dobro

Drums

Dulcimer

Fiddle

Guitar

Harmonica

Hawaiian Guitar

Lap Steel Guitar

Mandolin

Piano & Keyboards

Slide and Steel Guitar

Ukulele

Vocal

Whistles

Featured Items

How Long Blues
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$9.95
Learn Leroy Carr’s "How Long Blues," one of the most famous songs in the tradition, a go-to number in just about every blues artist’s repertoire.

Five Unique Pieces for Blues/Roots Guitar
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$24.95
Mary Flower has a masterful command of the blues. She combines technical know-how with an undeniably soulful groove. Here, Mary teaches five original, distinct pieces that cover four different tunings: standard, dropped D, open G, and D minor.

Learn to Play Blues Guitar With a Flatpick - Video 3
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$24.95
Adding a great lesson to his popular series, Adam Traum builds your repertoire by exploring six classic tunes, each one representing a different blues style. He demonstrates important pick techniques, along with a variety of chord shapes, licks and solos that can be applied to any blues song you want to play.

Building Dynamic Solos
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$24.95
James Nash has a rare combination of musical gifts: He is a sublime lead guitar player and vocalist and a highly articulate communicator. In this exciting lesson, he approaches soloing through the use of a very powerful musical concept: “call and response.” Along with backup guitarist, Adam Traum, James takes the chord progressions of some familiar songs and shows you how to build powerful and creative solos up and down the fretboard

Happy Traum Teaches Songs of Woody Guthrie
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$24.95
Happy Traum explores six of Woody’s classic songs, showing novice and intermediate guitar players how to enhance them with a variety of techniques. Even the simplest of melodies can be made exciting with the use of tunings, slides, hammer-ons, chord substitutions, and other ideas that will add power and substance to your performance of the songs.

Jewels of Acoustic Blues Guitar, Vol. 5
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$24.95
In his typically clear and precise instructional style, Rainer Brunn teaches four songs by blues pioneer Bo Carter. These bawdy, clever songs, featuring great hooks and syncopated guitar lines, are fun to learn - and just slightly challenging for the average fingerpicker.

Happy Traum Teaches "Ashokan Farewell"
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$12.95
Learn to play one of the most beloved melodies in the acoustic music repertoire! Happy Traum teaches an easily accessible, dropped D arrangement of Ashokan Farewell for solo fingerstyle guitar, detailing the tune’s harmonic and melodic variations for aspiring players at all levels.