Jorma Kaukonen: The Acoustic Guitar of Jorma Kaukonen: Guitar Solo: Instrumental

Here’s the ultimate course in Jorma Kaukonen’s unique and influential blues and country guitar finguerpicking style. These lessons are filled with wisdom advice and invaluable skills for pickers at all levels. You’ll learn five traditional and original songs each one becoming a springboard for important musical information that will be applicable to any songs you want to play. An experienced and inspiring instructor Jorma teaches at a leisurely pace taking care to point out all the possible variations that will enable you to make each song your own. JOrma reviews the chord positions needed for each song slowing them down phrase-by-phrase so that even relativebeginners will be able to play the piece with some practice. He discusses his alternate bass thumb work and adds runs bens double-stops bass walk-ups blues licks turnarounds endings and ornamental notes to enhance your fingerpicking and blues arrangements. Each song features a dynamic live performance by Jorma and Barry Mitterhoff. Jorma Kaukonen started out as an acoustic fingerpicker before becoming a rock legend as lead guitarist for the Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. (He and the Airplane were included into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995). Jorma has released more than two-dozens albums both solo and in various groups. In recent years he has been pursuing the acoustic blues and country fingerpicking styles that he has always loved best. A lifelong interest in teaching has resulted in several Homespun instructional videos.

DVD Three-Jorma demonstrates the chord shapes right hand rolls and runs inspired by Rev. Gary Davies on the traditional gospel song 'I'll Be Alright Someday'. Moving into a deries of songs in E minor he teaches inter-linked runs and soloing ideas that build upon one another allowing you play arrangements of his original compositions 'Been So Long Ice Age' and 'Mann's Fate' as well as another traditional gospel song 'Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Buring'. On 'Third Week In The Chelsea' Jorma mixes traditional folk-picking patterns with rhythmic strums back0brushing double time playing dynamics and other concepts that distinguish Jorma's unique guitar style.