User Guide

Chapter 1: Introduction & Overview6
How to use the program
This program contains flatpick guitar solos covering various styles, from easy-to-
play to advanced phrases. We suggest that you learn the phrases by first watching
the On-screen guitar fretboard, while the notation scrolls by. You'll notice that the
notation also contains TAB. To study a particular phrase, the program includes
advanced looping features. You can loop a number of bars, what you see on the
screen, or the entire song. If the song is playing too quickly, you can adjust the
tempo, or even the key.
Includes Band-in-a-Box Files
As an additional bonus, we’ve included the 50 songs in
Band-in-a-Box
format,
free with this standalone product. If you’re a Band-in-a-Box user, you’ll find
them in the FGSOLO50 directory in your main install directory.
We hope that you enjoy the
Master Flatpick Guitar Solos
program.
Have Fun!
PG Music Inc.
About Marty Cutler
Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1948, Marty Cutler began playing banjo in the
mid sixties. Shortly afterwards, he joined the Washington Square bluegrass scene
in New York City. His career as a banjoist and guitarist has included performing
with everyone from bluegrass greats Hazel Dickens and Peter Rowan, to Twyla
Tharp, and recording sessions for Saturday Night Live. A review of his solo
album "Charged Particles" in Downbeat magazine called him "a major innovator
on his instrument." Marty has also been a member of New York's infamous
Wretched Refuse String Band for over 20 years, and is still waiting for his gold
watch to arrive in the mail.
As a MIDI programmer, Marty Co-Authored "MIDI for Guitarists" with Bob
Ward, And has programmed synthesizers for clients ranging from Fuji Film to
Tito Puente and many others, as well as sound design and voicing for Silicon
Graphics software based GM synthesizer. His banjo can be heard in the ROM of
the Korg Trinity and Triton synthesizers. He is also the producer of PG Music's
program, the Bluegrass Band, and is the author of their "Unplugged" styles disk.
Marty currently lives with his wife and four cats in Oakland, California.