First Light - A Pete Huttlinger Christmas - 2007

1. First Light
2. I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
3. O come, O come Emmanuel
4. Go Tell It On The Mountain
5. I’ll Be Home For Christmas
6. Angels We Have Heard On High
7. My Favorite Things
8. After The Gifts
9. The Christmas Song
10. The First Noel
11. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
12. We Three Kings
13. What Child Is This?
14. Silent Night

Things Are Looking Up - 2007

1. Things Are Looking Up
2. A Very Small Room
3. The View
4. Get Up!
5. No Such Thing
6. A Ride In The Country
7. Highway 1
8. The Road To Hana
9. Get A Klugh
10. The 25th Day
11. Tommy In The Morning
12. Eddie & Carol
13. The Small Stuff
14. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
15. A Felicidade

The Santa Rita Connection - 2004

1. The Santa Rita Connection
2. Darcy's Guitar
3. Hortensia
4. I Got Rhythm
5. Oklahoma Twilight
6. Sunny
7. Superstition
8. Goodbye Chester
9. Kim's Intro
10. Kim Sherman's
11. McGuire's Landing
12. Tommy In The Morning
13. When The Sun Breaks Her Silence

Naked Pop - 2002

1. Brown Bomber
2. Monaghan Jig
3. Josie
4. Little Martha
5. I Want You Back
6. And I Love Her
7. 'Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus
8. Over The Rainbow
9. Overjoyed
10. Sir Duke
11. Fields of Gold
12. Eleanor Rigby
13. Fields of Gold (orchestral version)
14. Monaghan Jig (orchestral version)
15. Josie (orchestral version)

Catch & Release - 1995

1. Catch and Release
2. Walkin' to High Ledges
3. Isai's Tune
4. The Silver Spear
5. The Water is Wide
6. Medley: Wulff and Coachman
7. The Hatch
8. Storm In The Valley (If Earl Klugh Were A Flyfisherman)
9. Rainbow Blues
10. Brown Bomber
11. Mill Creek
12. Amazing Grace

Two Friends~Two Guitars, Some John Denver Favorites - 2005

1. Everyday
2. Follow Me
3. Junk
4. Mother Nature's Son
5. Ponies
6. Poems, Prayers and Promises
7. Late Winter, Early Spring
8. Tools
9. Rocky Mountain High
10. Boy From The Country
11. Sunshine On My Shoulders
12. Around and Around

Instructional Video's and Songbooks

First Light - A Pete Huttlinger Christmas Songbook - 2008

The First Light music and TAB book is out. It includes eleven of the fourteen songs that Pete recorded for the CD.

Titles included are: First Light, I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day, O Come, O Come Emmanuel, Go Tell It On The Mountain, Angels We Have Heard On High, After The Gifts, The First Noe,l God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, We Three Kings, What Child Is This?, and Silent Night.
 

 

The Pete Huttlinger Collection Volume I

This 148-page book contains tunes from the CD's Catch & Release, Naked Pop and the entire The Santa Rita Connection. These are exact transcriptions from my CD's in Standard Notation and TAB. Also included are lots of notes about playing, the business and general thoughts about life.

Contained in this volume are the most requested pieces plus a few of Pete's personal favorites: Superstition, Sunny, Josie, Catch and Release, The Water Is Wide, I Got Rhythm, Tommy In the Morning, McGuire’s Landing, Monaghan Jig, Darcy’s Guitar, Brown Bomber, Fields of Gold, 'Tis So Sweet, Goodbye Chester, Hortensia, I Want You Back, Kim Sherman's, Oklahoma Twilight, Storm in the Valley,"Walkin' to High Ledges, and When the Sun Breaks Her Silence.

 

Hymns For Guitar - 2005 (CD and Songbook)

1. (I've Got) Peace Like A River
2. On Eagles' Wings
3. Redeemed
4. In The Sweet By And By
5. 'Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus
6. Be Thou My Vision
7. Wayfaring Stranger
8. Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing
9. I Am A Pilgrim
10. Here In Your Presence
11. It Is Well With My Soul

The companion songbook contains all of the transcriptions for the songs. They range from intermediate to advanced and are meant to challenge any guitar player, while at the same time offering concert-quality arrangements that the most discerning audience will love to hear again and again.

 

Catch & Release Songbook

Featuring complete and exact transcriptions of Pete's CD, Catch & Release. Includes standard notation and TAB, as well as expanded notes and performance tips for each tune.

Includes Catch and Release, Walkin' to High Ledges, Isai's Tune, The Silver Spear, The Water is Wide, Medley: Wulff and Coachman, The Hatch, Storm In The Valley (If Earl Klugh Were A Flyfisherman), Rainbow Blues, Brown Bomber, Mill Creek, Amazing Grace.
 

 

Pete Huttlinger's Wonderful World of Chords - A Video Library of Chord Shapes, Exercises and Progressions

Get ready to give your left hand a workout! Pete Huttlinger has created a "video chord library" that's a must-have for every serious guitarist. This crash course is designed to show you all the important chords and fingerings you'll need, from the easiest shapes to some challenging finger-twisters.

Pete has developed a unique and effective study technique he calls “Say It and Play It.” This is an powerful way to memorize root notes by playing chromatic scales and applying chords to the root location. It's like your personal GPS system on the fingerboard, helping you lock in exactly where you need to be on the neck.

The lesson grows in complexity and sophistication, leading to chord changes for "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "All Of Me", as well as tips on all kinds of music - from folk and blues to pop, country and swing. As you play exercises and progressions that make use of these positions, you'll be on your way to becoming a well-rounded guitarist with a world of chords at your fingertips.

 

Arrangements for Solo Acoustic Guitar

When you hear Peter Huttlinger on recordings or in concert it's no mystery why he won the National Fingerpicking Competition in Winfield, Kansas, or why he is quickly becoming a powerful force in the acoustic guitar world. Pete's picking is clean, soulful and, at times, blazingly fast. Whether he's playing his arrangement of a classic pop tune or one of his own compositions, listeners are inevitably startled by what they hear.

Pete starts with the lyrical Lennon/McCartney tune "And I Love Her," played on a nylon string guitar. This richly textured but relatively easy piece will get you set up for the challenges that follow. Next, Pete takes the classic Steely Dan song "Josie" and builds up a powerful rendition complete with moving bass parts, jazz chord formations and a funky groove that doesn't quit. Then it's on to "Brown Bomber," Pete's fingerpicking tour de force that will give you an incredible workout while you learn cascading runs across the entire range of the fingerboard. Switching to a flatpick and DADGAD tuning, Pete teaches "Catch and Release," the title tune to one of his popular CDs and one that is rich in a variety of ear-catching guitar sounds.

As you've come to expect, Pete's teaching style is clear, methodical and personable. He imparts musical knowledge and playing tips while going through these show-stopping instrumentals. This lesson will provide months of intense study and dramatic pieces to play. View Sample (wmv)

 

Arrangements for Solo Acoustic Guitar II - 2006

An engaging and accomplished instructor, Pete brings his spectacular playing to learning fingerstyle players with dramatic performance pieces that are as challenging as they are fun to learn.

Pete starts out by teaching his Merle Travis-inspired chord/melody arrangement of the great Gershwin tune I Got Rhythm. His exciting version features lightning-fast fingerpicking and a total left hand workout.

Things calm down a bit as you learn Pete's somewhat easier “Chet-style” fingerpicking tune Darcy's Guitar. Then you're off and running again, this time with an in-depth teaching of Pete's most requested tune, the showstopper, The Santa Rita Connection.

McGuire's Landing in DADGAD brings us back to a mellow Celtic mood. Tommy in the Morning, written by Pete for fellow fingerpicker Tommy Emmanuel, and the lovely hymn On Eagles' Wings, played in James Taylor's evocative style, round out this terrific DVD lesson.

 

Essential Exercises for Fingerstyle Guitar

An accomplished fingerstyle guitarist needs to have full control of his or her picking hand along with a complete knowledge of the guitar fingerboard. Peter Huttlinger provides you with the advice, practice routines and exercises that will enable you to play with good tone, strict timing and confidence.

Pete makes this important topic fun for guitarists at all levels. He starts you off with more than a dozen picking patterns, each one using a different combination of thumb and fingers on various strings. These exercises create a solid foundation that will help you with every piece you play, regardless of style.

Moving to the left hand, you’ll learn arpeggios and the “spelling” of chords, as well as Pete’s foolproof method for learning every note on the fingerboard. Chromatic scale exercises up and down the fretboard will work wonders for strength and agility in both your right and left hands.

Finally, Pete puts all these exercises into practice with a bouncy bossa nova chord and rhythm progression and a gorgeous arrangement of a classical piece, "Romanza." This DVD will give you months of material to work on, and Pete’s regimen will make you a stronger, better player.

 

A Guitarist's Guide To Better Practicing

Pete Huttlinger's amazing guitar technique didn't just happen. He developed it over the years, enhanced by good practice and exercise regimens. As a guitar teacher with more than sixteen years experience, Pete knows that the most important thing that players need is guidance in their practicing routine. He has seen guitarists playing a piece for years, making the same mistakes over and over without knowing how to fix the problem.

Now, with this powerful lesson filled with invaluable advice and insider's tips, you can increase your guitar skills and perfect your playing style through proper practice routines. You'll learn how to isolate the problem phrases in a piece of music, use a metronome to build solid rhythm, increase your picking speed (flatpick or finger style), train your "muscle memory," and, perhaps most importantly, learn how to manage your practice time for sure results. Pete provides numerous scales and exercises to help you gain fingerboard knowledge, strengthen your fingers and develop right and left hand coordination. Finally, you'll put it all to practical use by learning to conquer a dazzling instrumental, The Monaghan Jig, taking it apart phrase by phrase using Pete's practice method.

This is a lesson that will benefit all guitarists. Whatever level you are starting from, you'll see the quality of your playing grow by leaps and bounds, and you'll get more pleasure from your music making. View Sample (wmv)

 

The Songs of Gordon Lightfoot - 2008

The great Canadian singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot has written some of the most beautiful and enduring sons of our time. His soulful voice and rich guitar accompaniments have made him a true legend in the folk and pop music pantheon.

Master guitarist Pete Huttlinger has the rare ability to hear all the nuances in Gordon Lightfoot's guitar arrangements. As he has done for the music of John Denver and Jim Croce, he makes them easily accessible to learning players, teaching the chord progressions, rhythms, fingerpicking patterns and soulful musical touches that help make each song a unique and powerful statement.

This lesson will be a joy to intermediate guitarists who want to add these stirring songs and beautiful guitar arrangements to their repertoire. Includes Early Morning Rain, Carefree Highway, Rainy Day People, Circle of Steel, Steel Rail Blues, Bitter Green, If You Could Read My Mind and Cold on the Shoulder.

 

Learn The Songs Of Jim Croce - 2005

Learn the classic songs of one of the finest singer/songwriters of the 1970's. Jim Croce’s guitar style is distinctive and immediately recognizable. Pete teaches exactly what Jim played. He also teaches the guitar parts of Maury Muehleisen, Jim’s accompanist, on several of the songs, including Time in a Bottle. The guitar parts to that song alone are with the price of the lesson! Songs included are Photographs and Memories, These Dreams, Time In A Bottle, Operator, I Got A Name, New York’s Not My Home, I’ll Have To Say I Love You In A Song and Bad, Bad Leroy Brown. View Sample (wmv)

 

Learn To Play The Songs Of John Denver, Volume IV

Once again, Pete Huttlinger delves into the vast John Denver set list, this time choosing ten songs that have been requested by his enthusiastic DVD “students.” These are among the most beautiful treasures in the John Denver repertoire, and are a joy to learn and play.

Pete uses his musical knowledge, teaching expertise and “insider’s” insights as John’s lead guitarist to help you learn each arrangement in note-for-note detail. He shows you the chord shapes, bass walk-ups, dropped D tuning, licks and solos in both fingerpicking and flatpicking styles that John used to make each piece unique.

This fourth lesson in Pete’s series answers the call of the many players who have loved his other explorations of John Denver songs and guitar techniques. The material ranges from very easy, for near-beginners, to some that will challenge intermediate-level players.

Back Home Again, Song of Wyoming, Eclipse, Leaving on a Jet Plane, Wind Song, Ponies, Thank God I'm a Country Boy, Tools, I'm Sorry and the guitar solo for I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado.

 

Learn To Play The Songs Of John Denver, Volume III

For this lesson, Pete has selected seven of the John Denver guitar arrangements most requested by fans of his previous DVDs. He teaches the arpeggiated intro and rich chords of Calypso; the powerful strumming patterns of Spirit and The Eagle and the Hawk; the flatpicking riffs and bass lines to Matthew; the intro and fingerpicking patterns to Dreamland Express and Poems, Prayers and Promises; and the classical-sounding accompaniment to Today.

Throughout the lesson you'll gain many insights into the musical mind of John Denver, as well as the special sounds and compelling voicings that make these guitar arrangements simple to play and yet uniquely beautiful. Complete your collection of these popular DVDs and have fun playing this timeless music.

 

Learn To Play The Songs Of John Denver, Volume II

The spare, deceptively simple accompaniments John Denver devised for his many hit songs gave each one a signature sound that is instantly recognizable. Pete teaches you to play seven great songs exactly as John himself played them.

The techniques range from basic chords and folk strums to picking patterns, chord progressions and harmonies that evoke a sound typical of John Denver's music. A relative beginner will learn style and technique, and there is a great deal of material to challenge internediate players as well. You'll learn AspenGlow, Christmas for Cowboys, This Old Guitar, I Guess He'd Rather Be In Colorado, Mother Nature's Son, Rhymes and Reasons and Country Roads.

Pete rounds out the video with a series of exercises to help you build dexterity, strength and coordination in your guitar playing.

 

Learn To Play The Songs Of John Denver, Volume I

Pete shows, in detail close-up, the chord progressions, picking patterns and bass runs that made John's guitar arrangements so distinctive. These techniques range from very simple accompaniments that utilize basic folk strums and picking patterns to Travis-style syncopated melody lines against a steady bass. You'll learn chord positions and harmonies that evolve a sound typical of John's music, played on songs such as My Sweet Lady, I'm Sorry, Annie's Song, Late Winter Early Spring, Fly Away, Boy from the Country, Darcy Farrow, and Rocky Mountain High.

 

Other Records

Brazilian Christmas - 2005

Folks Brazilian Christmas is an absolutely beautiful CD that I am very proud to have played guitar on. It features my friend Lori Mecham on piano along with rhythm section and strings. But my guitar is also featured on several tunes. I played for several years in a Brazilian Jazz band with Lori and her husband Roger and this CD shows why this music will last forever. This CD represents one of the many things I love to do when I'm not making my own records or doing my own concerts. I don't advertise many things that I play on but this one really longs to be heard this Christmas season. Listen to The Christmas Song (mp3).

Acoustic Christmas - 2004

1. Greensleeves - Andy Timmons
2. Home For The Holidays - Johnny Hiland
3. Jingle Bells - Adrian Legg
4. We Pray Sanctus - Peppino D'Agostino
5. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Greg Koch
6. Run Rudolf Run - The Dillengers
7. Winter Wonderland - Mimi Fox
8. Fodere L'Astronome - Pierre Bensusan
9. The 25th Day - Pete Huttlinger
10. Meditation From Thais - Marty Friedman

Appalachian Picking Society - 2004

1. Opening: Lorena - Alisa Jones Wall / Steve Buckingham
2. Annabelle June - Abigail Washburn / Bela Fleck
3. Shady Grove - Bryan Sutton
4. Interlude - David Schnaufer
5. Four Dead Guys Waltz - Chris Thile
6. Interlude - David Schnaufer
7. Down In The Willow - Dan Tyminski
8. Susan's Gone - Dirk Powell
9. When Silence Was Golden - David Schnaufer
10. Interlude - Andrea Zonn / Tim Lauer
11. Gypsy Camp - Tim O'Brien
12. McGuire's Landing - Pete Huttlinger
13. Flowers of Edinburgh - Pete Huttlinger
14. Star of the County Down - Alisa Jones Wall
15. Interlude - Steve Buckingham
16. Overbellow Reel - Stuart Duncan
17. Closing Hick's Farewell - Andrea Zonn

A Quiet Revolution: 30 Years of Windham Hill - 2005

This four-disc box set hits the highlights from three-decades. Offering 67 tracks in all -- divided into the themes "elements," "peace," "artistry," and "excursions", and includes Pete's Flowers of Edinburgh.