Play Acoustic Guitar in Minutes

A Quick Guide to Easy Chords Basic Fingerpicking Strumming Patterns Chord Progressions and more-Play Acoustic Guitar In Minutes covers all of the basics of Acoustic Guitar playing - from easy chords and basic fingerpicking to strumming patterns chord progressions and much more.Play Acoustic Guitar In Minutes comes complete with a DVD featuring over two hours of instruction with professional Guitar instructor Andrew DuBrock. With exercises in both standard and TAB notation this easy-to-follow guide will get your fingers on the fretboard in no time.

Kenny Sultan. Centerstream Publications. This book for intermediate-level players is a follow-up to Kenny's first book Introduction To Acoustic Blues. It covers blues in five different keys and positions and incorporatesslide or bottleneck playing in both open and standard tunings. All songs are primarily finger-style with a monotone bass used for most. The accompanying CD features performances of every example and song. Most songs are played atslow speed and at regular tempo to facilitate learning and nearly all tunes have a detailed explanation about the music and how best to play it. 67-minutes audio accompaniment. For intermediate-level players. A follow-up toIntroduction To Acoustic Blues. Covers five different keys and positions and incorporates slide or bottleneck playing in both open and standard tunings.

This deluxe edition of the world-famous method by Will Schmid and Greg Koch includes online access to 48 online audio tracks and 30 minutes of video lessons! The Hal Leonard Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play acoustic or electric guitar. It is based on years of teaching guitar students of all ages, and it also reflects some of the best guitar teaching ideas from around the world. Book 1 includes: tuning - playing position - musical symbols - notes in first position - C, G, G7, D, G7, A7 and Em chords - rhythms through eighth notes - strumming and picking - 100 great songs, riffs and examples. / Guitare

This method features 50 simple accompaniments for all Guitar players especially the beginners who will find material that they will be able to enjoy without delay! These accompaniments that can be played either on an acoustic or an electric Guitar cover many different styles (folk pop rock blues bossa nova...) and playing techniques (arpeggios in finger picking arpeggios with a pluck strumming hammer-on...). Inspired by the greatest Guitar players these 50 accompaniments will help you refine your sense of rhythm and feel comfortable with your instrument. The video DVD allows you to hear and see these 50 accompaniments giving you the opportunity to executethe good moves pick the right fingerings and to be rhythmically accurate! The mp3 CD contains as many tracks as there are accompaniments that is 50 play-along tracks featuring two different tempos: the objective tempo (normal) and the practice tempo (slow). On the normal tempo track the Guitar plays over the first cycle and is mute hereafter to let you take the place ! Finally these tracks have a deliberately long duration (3 to 4 minutes each more than 5 hours of music then!) to give you time to practise in the best possible conditions.

The Early Blues Of Lightnin' Hopkins-In this second DVD lesson devoted to the guitar playing of Lightnin??? Hopkins Ernie Hawkins dives into Lightnin's early catalogue from the Aladdin and Gold Star record labels. There was an amazing variety to Lightnin's early work. Listening to his early recordings we hear an artist at his prime. He effortlessly employing widely different rhythms keys and tunings. The deeper we listen to these songs the deeper our insight into what a master of Texas blues Lightnin' Hopkins really was.Lightnin's style itself came along at the perfect time: the advent of the electric guitar. His style strong rhythms punctuated by his flowing but compact lead linescreated a stinging and heart-tearing evocative sound. Lightnin's guitar style and technique worked great for both the acoustic or electrical guitars. The blues of Freddy King Albert Collins the Vaughn brothers Billy Gibbons testify to the power of this style. Lightnin' connects the generations of players starting with Blind Lemon Jefferson for whom he was lead-boy in the early 1920s. Standing tall at the center of the Texas Blues story is Lightnin??? Hopkins.In this double DVD set Ernie Hawkins covers songs in unusual keys such as: drop D(Sugar Mama) in drop D but played in the key of A (Santa Fe Blues) in G (Bad Luck and Trouble) as well as in the usual blues in A Come Back Baby and the country gospel Needed Time in the key of E. As a bonus Ernie teaches his version of Lightnin's Hideway the Freddy King tune coming back home to Lightnin'.Ernie teaches phrase by phrase and then uses the split-screen so you can carefully study what each hand is doing. Detailed tab/music booklets are included as PDF files on both DVDs. 186 minutes ??? Level 2/3 ??? Detailed tab/music PDF files on the DVDs

In this lesson Fernando Perez presents several tunes from West Africa. Directly learnt from African Jalis (Griots) these are traditional as well as original compositions specially arranged for Guitar. Imitating the sound of West African instruments such as Kora Ngoni or Balafon Perez demonstrates unique techniques on the Guitar in order to perform the grooves and melodies in a faithful way. All the tunes can be played on nylon or acoustic steel string Guitars. In this lesson you will learn: Understanding the sound and techniques of African instruments in order to apply them to the guitar. Different techniques imitating Korascale runs Balafon breaks etc. Several grooves from Mali Senegal Gambia. How to properly keep these grooves counting tapping and feeling. Kora picking style with thumb and index. Main scales used in West African music. How West African music connects with Blues styles. Combining West African styles with your own Blues licks. Explanations on how to further develop this music style. A West African repertoire full of variety. Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and played slowly on a split-screen. Titles include: The Mandinka Song Massina Madou Fatoudiob Sanu Mali Blues and Kulanjan. 107 minutesLevel 3Detailed tab/music PDF booklet on the DVD

Guitar Play-Along DVD Volume 17-The Guitar Play Along DVD series lets you hear and see how to play songs like never before. Just watch listen and learn! Each song starts with a lesson from a professional guitar teacher. Then the teacher performs the completesong along with professionally recorded backing tracks. You can choose to turn the guitar off if you want to play along or leave the guitar in the mix to hear how it should sound. You can also choose from multiple viewingoptions; fret hand with tab wide view with tab pick

Paul Baloche Modern Worship Series-Sunday mornings can easily become routine and lack inspiration unless you continually incorporate fresh ideas. Becoming familiar with a variety of music styles should be an essential skill for each musician on the worship team.This DVD is designed to instruct and encourage your worship team to master various music styles enhancing the worship experience for the entire congregation. Filmed during a live session Paul Baloche and his band demonstrate sixdistinct music styles and break them down by instrument: acoustic electric and bass guitars drums and keyboards. Musicians of all skill levels will benefit from the techniques that are taught in this up-close and practicalsession. Dynamics arranging worship leading and playing together as a band are just some of the topics covered on this recording. 64 minutes.