Acoustic

12-STRING GUITAR TECHNIQUES HL 00641036

The powerful sounds and songs of Leadbelly, Pete Seeger, Blind Willie McTell and others resound through the 12-string guitar. This video lesson teaches the walking basses, dynamic rhythms, full chords and fingerpicking innovations that can be used on this wonderful insturment. 90-MINUTE VIDEO * Beginner to Early Intermediate Levels.

ACOUSTIC BLUES GUITAR / Kenny Sultan HL 00000051

This (VHS) video presents a combination of 3-key blues techniques for players who already know basic chords and have some experience with the guitar. Features straight blues in the key of A, ragtime blues in G, and slide guitar in open D tuning. Includes musical examples. 75 minutes.

ACOUSTIC BLUES GUITAR BEYOND BASICS

Keith Wyatt gets you started right playing "down home" blues on your acoustic. Learn all the classic moves in the three popular keys, including open-string chor ds with melodic embellishments, turnarounds, and both slow and quick-change versions of the 12-bar blues progression. You'll also learn strum patterns, bass lines and the blues shuffle. Keith includes the use of a capo as well as a wealth of insight into this traditional and influential style. Special Features of DVD Include: ~Tuning Segment ~Artist Video Previews ~Bonus Video Tips ~Matching Book/CD Preview ~Beyond Basics Catalog ~Internet Connectivity.

ACOUSTIC FINGER PICKING HL 00320016

Musician, teacher, producer and songwriter Jamie Findlay presents 30 minutes of in-depth instruction on acoustic finger picking. He demonstrates exercises to build technique in a variety of finger picking styles, like folk, pop, country, blues, and jazz. Includes info on comping, soloing, chord melodies, walking bass lines, and much more. Features Jame performing with a vocalist and bass player.

ACOUSTIC GUITAR INSTRUMENTALS

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DVD One - Acclaimed British guitarist Martin Simpson teaches dropped-D and altered-G tunings to bring out the widest possible harmonic range of the guitar. His fingerstyle playing, combined with his unique guitar frailing, will inspire guitarists of all levels and styles. Six magnificent arrangements include: Rosie Anderson • The Shearing's Not for You • Bogie's Bonnie Belle • Pretty Saro • Long Steel Rail • Santa Cruz. Includes music and tab. 75 minutes.
DVD Two - Martin continues his excellent analysis of the romantic and compelling guitar arrangements for which he is justly famous. He teaches Jock O'Hazeldine, a Celtic air; Banks of the Bann, with the primary melody in the bass; and a Christmas carol, In the Bleak Midwinter, all in dropped-D tuning. 60-MIN • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
DVD Three - Martin teaches his complex arrangements to Donal Ogg, My Generous Lover, and Betsy the Serving Maid (all in Gsus4 tuning), The Coo Coo Bird in the spectacular “mountain minor” tuning, and the fiddle tune Miss McCloud's Reel in the popular DADGAD tuning. 60-MIN • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

ACOUSTIC ROCK GUITAR SOLOING HL 00320085

Jamie Findlay, one of the masters of contemporary acoustic guitar, has taught jazz guitar at USC and currently teaches at the Musicians Institute. In this in-depth presentation, he breaks down licks, scales and chords, and teaches sequences, arpeggios, thirds, and sixths intervals. He discusses major and harmonic minor scales, pentatonic scales and blues scales, with step-by-step demonstrations of soloing in blues, country, Latin, Brazilian, jazz and pop styles. 33 Minutes VHS Video.

ACOUSTIC SLIDE GUITAR BEYOND BASICS

Add the exciting and soulful sound of slide to your acoustic guitar . Keith Wyatt, one of the country's foremost blues and rock educators, takes you through all aspects of acoustic slide playing including choosing the right slide, open tunings, use of a capo, fingerboard patterns, vibrato, and special intonation and muting techniques. Keith also shows you how to mix slide with standard guitar technique for fills and self accompaniment. (60 min. video)

BEGINNING ACOUSTIC GUITAR HL 00320001

Beginning Acoustic Guitar features Michael Thompson, one of rock's most talented session players and a Berklee College of Music graduate. Michael has performed with many popular musicians including Michael Jackson, Michael Bolton, Great White, Dokken, Reba McEntire, Peter Cetera, Ringo Starr & The All Starr Band, Cher, Celine Dion, Hall & Oates, Earth, Wind & Fire, Bette Midler and also has his own album out under the Geffen label. In this video he presents 30 minutes of solid acoustic guitar basics that are used by every popular musician today. Michael introduces the guitar by starting with the instrument and its parts, followed by tuning. He shows you fundamental chords, chord progressions and arpeggiated chords. Michael also demonstrates minor pentatonic scales, strumming patterns, finger picking and much more. This video covers all the basic fundamentals every guitarist needs to get started. Michael Thompson proves that education goes a long way when it comes to selling the top gigs and he also believes in sharing the knowledge of what it takes to get the top gigs.

Best of Lennon & McCartney for Acoustic Guitar

Acoustic Guitar magazine music editor Andrew DuBrock explores the softer, yet no less brilliant, side of the legendary lads from Liverpool. He teaches the acoustic styles and techniques used to create the Beatles classics: Across the Universe · And I Love Her · Blackbird · Dear Prudence · Julia · Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) · Rocky Raccoon · and Yesterday.

Classic Acoustic Guitar VOL. 1

Magda Hiller, your SongXpress instructor, shows you the classic and beautiful acoustic guitar parts to these four great songs. Magda will show you how to play all the chords, fingerpicking patterns and altered tunings you'll need. Plus, our exclusive on-screen diagrams and tablature will have you performing these classics in no time. Titles and (artists) are: 4 + 20 (Crosby, Stills, and Nash) * Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell) * Come Monday (Jimmy Buffet) * Vincent (Don McLean).

Classic Acoustic Guitar VOL. 2

Tommy Anthony, your SongXpress instructor, shows you everything you need to play these beautiful acoustic guitar masterpiece. You'll learn all the chords and fingerpicking patterns that are the foundations of these acoustic guitar classics. Titles are: House on Pooh Corner (Loggins & Messina) * More Than Words (Extreme) * American Pie (Don McLean) * and Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver).

Classic Acoustic Guitar VOL. 3 VH0439

SongXpress is a fast and easy way to learn your favorite songs on guitar. Four classic acoustic guitar songs from the 60s and 70s. Including Janis Ian's Brazilian influenced pop classic "At Seventeen," CSNY's classic "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, Janis Joplin's hit version of the Kris Kristopherson song "Me and Bobby McGee, and and beautiful acoustic guitar version of the immortal John Lennon song "Imagine." VHS video only.

Classic Acoustic Guitar VOL. 4 VH0443

Break out your acoustic guitar one more time to learn these acoustic guitar classics today ! In the traditional SongXpress style, your instructor will give you step-by-step instruction to have you playing all the chords, fingerpicking patterns and classic melody lines allowing you to impress family and friends in no time. Everyone will think you've been playing guitar for years !!! This tape features four more of the greatest acoustic guitar songs of all time including, "Fields of Gold", "Peaceful Easy Feeling", "Ventura Highway", and a special acoustic rendition of "Crying". In no time at all, you will be able to include these songs into your already extensive SongXpress library. VHS Video only.

EASY STEPS TO ACOUSTIC BLUES GUITAR

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DVD One - Veteran guitarist and Homespun Tapes founder Happy Traum offers this unique course in acoustic blues guitar, especially designed for novice players. He breaks it all down into “easy steps,” including syncopated strumming patterns, 12-bar and 8-bar blues progressions, bass runs, and more than a dozen variations for the all-important blues turnarounds, intros and endings. 60-MIN. • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • BEGINNER LEVEL

DVD Two - Happy Traum's “easy steps” learning concept breaks down the all-important steady thumb blues style into modules that can be digested one element at a time. This nearly foolproof method for building solid guitar technique includes shuffle and boogie-woogie bass lines, blues scales, playing solos up the neck, variations on blues chord progressions and arrangements of Rock Me, Baby, Baby Please Don't Go, Trouble in Mind and other blues classics. 90-MIN. • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

ESSENTIAL DADGAD FOR BEGINNERS HL 00641522

More and more guitarists are discovering the powerful harmonies and rich chord formations that become available to them in DADGAD tuning. Here is an Ieasy introduction to DADGAD tuning for those who are new to alternate tinings and want to explore its unique sounds on the guitar.The award-winning guitarist and recording artist, Artie Traum, provides tips for composing on the guitar, and makes it easy even for beginners to understand and master this popular and versatile guitar tuning.

ESSENTIAL RIFFS FOR ACOUSTIC GUITAR HL 00641473

Packed with dozens of time-tested musical phrases, this lesson will help even a beginner become a strong lead guitarist. Each riff is played slowly, and then at speed to give a feel for how it should sound in context. Jeff Pevar (currently playing with David Crosby) joins Artie Traum to demonstrate how to use these lead lines while jamming on blues progressions. A demonstration of minor key jazz-blues phrases will round out this repertoire of licks and will allow a player to create hot solos. 55-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 2

EXPLORING DADGAD GUITAR HL 00641447

The rich textures and distinctive chord voicings of DADGAD guitar tuning has made this style increasingly popular among contemporary players. Laurence Juber has taken it to a whole new level with his use of beautiful cascading notes and complex harmonies. On this richly detailed video lesson, Laurence provides a complete understanding of how DADGAD works and how to gain a deeper knowledge of the fingerboard and its vast possibilities. Songs: Danny Boy · Still Warm · Silhouette · Fountain Jumping. 90-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 4

GUITAR ACCOMPANIMENT HL 00641053

A good accompanist adds depth, sparkle and excitement to a song, punctuating it with improvised lines and well-placed chords, then stepping forward to take a solo. Artie Traum has accompanied dozens of top performers, and here he shows guitarists how it's done. Diane Zeigler's original songs represent several styles: ballads, blues and country and provide perfect material for lead back-up on accoustic guitar. 80-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · BEGINNER/EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Introduction to Musical Styles for Acoustic Guitar

You want to learn the guitar and you want to learn it now! The quickest way to learning songs is learning to play in different styles. The UBXpress series takes the fundamentals of the #1 instructional music video (Ultimate Beginner Series) and combines it with the most revolutionary way of learning great songs (SongXpress) in order to create a path of learning designed to get you up and playing in no time. Whether it's blues, latin, or good old rock 'n' roll, there are certain concepts and fundamentals that are common to all contemporary songs in their genre. We'll teach you the elements of a basic song in each style so you can apply them to your playing and learn hundreds of songs like it. With UBXpress we don't just feed you for a day, we feed you for a lifetime. Skills Include: * Posture & technique * How to tune correctly * How to change your strings * Chords * Strumming patterns * Arpeggios * Fingerpicking and much more! Special DVD Features Include: tuning segment, performance option, artist video previews, additional video tips, beginning music theory interactive, listening recommendations, and Internet connectivity.

INTRODUCTION TO ROOTS GUITAR HL 00000265

An Overview of North American Folk Styles

This fun & fantastic video taught by Canada's premier guitar and Dobro® player is a perfect primer for the beginning to intermediate guitarist interested in knowing the techniques needed to play blues, bluegrass, country and folk guitar. It includes invaluable info and tips on: tuning, hand stretching exercises, mastering basic chord progressions, forward and backward right-hand roll patterns and exercises, alternating thumb roll patterns, Travis picking, blues in E, right-hand muting, string bending, 4-finger roll patterns, and so much more! You'll learn all the basics you'll need to become a true roots guitar player! Booklet included. 60 minutes.