Danny Gill's Rhythm Guitar for Absolute Beginners

Over the course of this DVD you will learn some essential rhythm guitar techniques such as simple chords barre chords and power chords that can be used in any style of guitar playing from jazz to metal. It covers essential basic rhythm guitar skills including: tuning the guitar · what different parts of the guitar do · basic picking techniques · how to play simple chords · how to play simple riffs · triads and strumming · power chords · barre chords · dominant 7th chords.

Week 2-This course is designed to focus your practice towards realistic goals achievable in six weeks. Each week provides you with guitar techniques concepts and licks to help you play and understand rock guitar playing at a manageable easy to follow pace. The material is presented to you in easy to absorb sections which progress in a sensible logical order. Stick with this course and we guarantee you will improve. Week 2 includes: Minor Pentatonic and Blues scale pattern #2 · connecting patterns · sequences · pre-bends and rhythmic bends. 3 licks in the style of Jimmy Page. Danny Gill is a former pupil of Joe Satriani and co-author of the Musicians Institute Rock Guitar series. Hissongs have appeared on TV shows including 'The Osbournes' and film sound tracks such as 'Insomnia' and 'Under Siege.'

Taking its title from Herb Ellis’ most famous composition Detour Ahead chronicles the life and music of the famed jazz guitarist. From his birth in Farmersville Texas and his early days playing rhythm in the big bands of Jimmy Dorsey and Glen Gray to his innovative work with groups like the Soft Winds Detour Ahead covers every major step of the guitarist’s life. Much attention is given to his groundbreaking work with the Oscar Peterson Trio of the 1950s his days with Ella Fitzgerald his work with the Great Guitars and his many friends in jazz. On-camera interviews include Ray Brown Charlie Byrd Benny Golson Benny Green Al Grey Lionel Hampton Gene Harris Jon Hendricks and Hank Jones. Along with modern interviews Detour Ahead features never-before-seen home movies from jazz’s golden age of Herb on tour with Dizzy Gillespie Ella Fitzgerald and others. Complete musical tunes from various live and studio venues include The Days of Wine and Roses Sweet Georgia Brown Body and Soul Georgia On My Mind Danny Boy John Brown’s Body and Wave. Sidemen include guitarists Charlie Byrd Tal Farlow Terry Holmes; bassmen Norm Cochran and Jack Hannah drummers Tommy Perkins and Ernie Durawa and pianist Sonny Gray.

Released in July 1979 AC/DC’s sixth studio album Highway to Hell is one of the band’s biggest musical achievements and sadly the last feature lead singer Bon Scott who died early the following year. Highway to Hell became AC/DC’s first LP to break into the US Top 100 eventually reaching number 17 and it propelled the band into the top ranks of hard rock acts. It is the second highest selling AC/DC album behind Back in Black and is generally considered one of the greatest hard rock albums ever made.Learn to play the following:• Highway to Hell• Girls Got Rhythm• Walk All over You• TouchToo Much• Beating Around the Bush• Shot Down in Flames• Get It Hot• If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)• Love Hungry Man• Night ProwlerIn this course LickLibrary veteran Danny Gill walks you through the many highlights of each song from the metal icons one phrase at a time including Angus young’s incredible guitar solos.