Welcome to Homespun!

This website offers more than 600 lessons in a variety of roots music styles, taught by top performing artists. You can instantly access our complete library, easily purchase online, and work with these jam-packed lessons on your favorite computer or mobile device. Learning and improving musical skills has never been easier or more affordable.

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's Blog.

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Happy and Jane Traum and the Homespun Team

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Learn from these heroes of American roots and world music: Doc Watson and Pete Seeger, plus great artists of folk, bluegrass, blues, rockabilly, flamenco, and Hawaiian guitar. We've got lessons for you!

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Check Out Our Terrific Single-Song Download Lessons!

In case you've missed them, we have some great, inexpensive "single song" lessons, taught by some of our top instructors, that will give you important playing ideas while helping build your repertoire. Here's a listing of these "bite-size" lessons.

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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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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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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

Get That Classic Fender Sound!

How To Play The 5-String Banjo

The Banjo Of Ralph Stanley

The Blues Guitar of Hubert Sumlin

The Blues-Rock Piano of Johnnie Johnson

The Mandolin of Bill Monroe - VIdeo 1

The Mandolin of Norman Blake

The Tony Rice Guitar Method

Hot New Titles

Happy Traum Teaches Songs of Pete Seeger

A Guitarist's Guide to Hybrid Picking

A Six-Pack of Moveable Blues Licks

A Six-Pack of Tony Rice Licks

Expand Your DADGAD Blues Vocabulary

Learn Three (More) Iconic Songs by Richard Thompson

Rainer's Blues Picking School

Six Unique Fiddle Tune Arrangements for Solo Flatpicked Guitar

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

Happy Traum Teaches Songs of Pete Seeger
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$24.95
Pete Seeger had been a towering figure in the world of folk music for more than seventy years. Happy Traum has selected six of Pete’s original songs that are particularly good for aspiring fingerstyle guitar players. They range from fairly easy to more challenging pieces that will inspire both novices and more advanced pickers.

A Guitarist's Guide to Hybrid Picking
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$19.95
Hybrid picking is a versatile technique that combines the power of a flatpick with the intricacy of fingerpicking. Zak Hobbs has learned this technique directly from his grandfather, guitar icon Richard Thompson, who uses it for most of his song arrangements. Zak demystifies hybrid picking, breaking it down to its essential elements to enhance your overall guitar musicianship.

Expand Your DADGAD Blues Vocabulary
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$9.95
With its ringing strings and modal-sounding timbre, DADGAD is a beautiful tuning for coaxing rich, bluesy sounds out of your guitar. Al Petteway shows you how to create cool Delta blues-style turnarounds, chord progressions, licks, and other playing techniques, along with arrangements for two classic blues songs.

Jewels of Acoustic Blues Guitar, Vol. 4
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$24.95
Rainer Brunn has delivered another beautifully detailed lesson that will thrill and inspire all fingerpicking players. This time, he teaches five songs in open D. As in all of Rainer’s lessons, his setlist of songs is nuanced and musically creative. In his hands, the open tuning brings ringing strings, rich textures and the always-powerful alternating bass rhythm.