1 - Starting From Scratch-Celebrated instructor Happy Traum guides you through the first steps in learning fingerstyle blues guitar. In this DVD intended for novice players you'll discover the basic blues forms along with a series of easy steps to develop your playing technique around a variety of characteristic tunes. Disciplines include:Syncopated progressions12-bar and 8-bar formsBass runsDozens of turnarounds intros and endings. Happy's lessons are packed with numerous tips and suggestions as well as invaluable information about music theory and musicianship. As you conquer each step your playing will become stronger and more confident and you'll be well onyour way to becoming an accomplished blues guitarist. Music and tablature are included.

Fred Sokolow gives a comprehensive introduction to fingerpicking with a library of patterns that can be applied to any style. Designed for the beginner and starting with tuning and simple chords Sokolow shows you how to beginwith your first patterns gradually developing your technique and right-hand dexterity. By the end of the 70-minute lesson you will have learned A large variety of patterns and rhythm grooves Chords and licksin five different keys Connecting basslines and 'bass runs' in five keys The fingerpicking techniques are combined and applied in a host of well-known tunes that include Sloop John B House OfThe Rising Sun Nine Pound Hammer and Scarborough Fair demonstrating the versatility and popularity of this exciting approach to the guitar.

Includes Guitar solo tutorials and 3 speed Guitar jam tracks to solo sections lessons by Andy James.This excellent DVD will show you how to nail five Guitar solos by this master of the fetboard! The accompanying CD includes Guitar jam tracks for each solo section at slow medium and full tempo so you can learn each solo at your own pace and steadily build up to full speed. Guitar solo lessons include: Ladies Nite In Buffalo; Going Crazy; Elephant Gun; Big Trouble; Bump And Grind

This money-saving pack features the 48-page FastTrack Guitar Method Book a 45-minute FastTrack audio CD complete with songs and lessons and the DVD Fender Presents Getting Started on Electric Guitar.

Four Lessons: Blues Rhythm Guitar The Blues Scale Blues Licks Blues Turnarounds.A first of its kind the At A Glance series pairs an instructional DVD lesson taught by a professional guitarist with a supplemental book for a comprehensive learning experience.Each pack features several lessons pertaining to one topic and the DVD lessons feature on-screen music from a vast array of classic songs.

Blues And Ragtime Guitar-For many years Ernie Hawkins has been playing concerts clubs festivals colleges and museums in the United States Canada Europe and Japan. He has played with blues greats such as Son House Mance Lipscomb Fred McDowell Jim Brewer and Rev. Gary Davis. In this DVD Ernie talks about his influences and performs a wide range of blues ragtime and gospel tunes. Titles include: What You Gonna Do Railroad Blues Chump Man Blues Rev. Davis Medley Police Dog Blues Slow Drag Fast Fox Trot Twelve Sticks Florida Blues Penitentiary Blues Potato Head Blues Hawkins Rag If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down That Road Call Up China Lightnin's Hideaway Elm Street Blues Masanga Riding On A Moonbeam and Blue Belle.

The Life And Music Of The Legendary Jazz Guitarist-In guitar history no single figure stands as tall as jazzman Charlie Christian. He helped not only introduce the electric guitar to the world but also popularized single string solos moving the instrument from background rhythm to the forefront of popular music. And like so many important jazz players he made enormous contributions in the span of an all-too-short life. Born in 1916 in Texas Christian moved to Oklahoma City at an early age where he became immersed in the jazz culture of the Sooner State. Influenced by family jazz musicians in and out of Oklahoma and area western swing players Christian emerged with his own unique style of playing. By 1939 hejoined the Benny Goodman Sextet. During the next few years he received national acclaim. At clubs like Minton’s in New York he even helped craft the early stages of Bebop. And yet by 1942 he succumbed to tuberculosis and passed into history. This DVD covers all aspects of Charlie’s life and music featuring interviews with family friends fellow Oklahoma jazz musicians and music luminaries like Claude ‘Fiddler’ Williams Jerry Jerome and Les Paul. Also included are a large array of musical performances by such guitarists as Herb Ellis Eldon Shamblin Zeke Campbell and others.

Robben Ford Highlights. A documentation of the style and technique of Robben Ford. Featuring instruction interviews and special performances by Robben Ford and the Blue Line. Arranged for DVD.

Albert Lee is a legendary guitarist whose speed phrasing feel and choice of notes has earned the reputation as the world's premier country guitarist. This Country Boy DVD combines two of his best-selling videos: Advanced Country Guitar and Virtuoso Techniques into one fantastic method. Advanced Country Guitar features Albert playing some of his all-time favourite tunes and analysing his baffling technique in depth! From his hybrid Travis-picking style chord voicings scalar ideas to analysis of his classic guitar parts. Virtuoso Techniques focuses on the components that make up Albert's style. Using dozens of practicalexamples he covers classic intros and endings; lines using thirds sixths and tenths; banjo-style picking; chord progressions using open-string rolls; pedal-steel-type bends; and voice-leading. Special Features include Interview with Albert about his experiences playing live. Bonus lesson on chicken pickin' and over 250 printable pages of note-for-note transcriptions.

This exceptionally rich two DVD instructional set is filled with fascinating conversation and the amazing playing that we've come to expect from the world's premier flatpick guitarist.

Learn five Avenged Sevenfold tracks note for note with Andy James. This superb DVD teaches you some of the best riffs and solos from this modern American rock band! Tracks include: Bat Country The Beast And The Harlot Almost Easy Afterlife Trashed And Scattered The DVD includes over 2 hours of lessons plus guitar jam tracks to practise and perform with.

DVD One-One of the world's most revered and talented exponents of the Delta Blues style presents a two-part in-depth guide to the earthy hard-driving sound of the Mississippi.Rory Block dissects and teaches a breathtaking set of key Delta Blues performances including the rhythmic pounding of Charlie Patton the fingerpicking style of Tommy Johnson and the slide/open-tuning sounds of the great Robert Johnson. As you learn each song you will develop a host of important techniques such as treble melodies open tunings bass runs sliding octaves string-bending and some show-stopping thundering rhythm patterns.

The golden age of African fingerpicking guitar was in the 1950s and 1960s. The great players and recording artists of that time included Jean Bosco Mwenda and Losta Abelo from Zaire and George Mukabi from Kenya. Guitaristsfrom other parts of the world have rarely if ever had a chance to learn their songs and playing techniques. On this DVD their arrangements are taught by John Low who has lived worked and studied with African musicians includingthose mentioned above. There are some interesting links with American guitar styles but there are just as many differences including rhythms borrowed from traditional African music and catchy up-beat patterns. Africanfingerstyle guitar is usually accompanied by rhythms played on a bottle. John Low is accompanied on this DVD by Frans Maathuis and Keith Jackman on bottles.