John Stowell Jazz Guitar Mastery. The purpose of Jazz Mastery is to give the serious student an entry into the creative process as quickly as possible. Presented here is the necessary information, stated clearly and simply as possible, in the hope that motivation and inspiration will soon follow on the heels of comprehension. The responsibility of a teacher lies in getting students excited, as well as presenting the theory to them in an easily assimilated form. Jazz Mastery will certainly serve up equal portions of the requisite information and inspiration. This material was written and recorded in 1999 and...

Attention Bluesmen, Rockers, Jazzers, Folksters, Twangers, Fingerpickers, Singer-Songwriters and anybody else that straps a guitar on for work or pleasure – this is a must-have guitar course for you! Muriel Anderson’s 50 Right-Hand Techniques You MUST Know is the first and only resource of its kind, and it’s especially relevant today as musical styles converge to create fresh, exciting and interesting accompaniments, solos and compositions. Using the correct right-hand technique is often times the very essence of a particular style and so whether you are drilling down on a specific style or more focused on spicing up your sound...

Buster had this to say about Hot Licks, Rhythms & Grooves: “This video is a journey through 30 years of my musical life. I touch on many different styles and approaches to playing lead and rhythm guitar. My goal as a player is to expand these perimeters and express what I feel musically. My goal as a teacher is to present this in such a manner that you can absorb it, play it and then use the ideas and take them to new places. I hope you find this musical adventure to be as enjoyable for you to learn...

Adam Rafferty Stevie Wonder Solo Fingerstyle. Take a 110 minute lesson with one of the top acoustic fingerstyle guitarists on the scene today. In his friendly and patient teaching style, Adam Rafferty shows you 4 of his favorite Steve Wonder fingerstyle arrangements slowly, note for note. He’ll show YOU how to do his special ‘pop, click, pick and slap’ techniques which help make these solo arrangements some of the funkiest, most grooving versions of these songs available to guitarists today! Also covered are walking baselines, harp like chords, and how to make the guitar parts ‘lock up’ like a...

Robin Nolan Fast Track Gypsy Jazz Lessons. Begin your adventure into the passionate and thrilling world of gypsy jazz guitar. The Gypsy Jazz Fast Track covers 6 tunes in hardcore depth – and there’s 14 lessons per tune. This course is self-paced, online and includes 84+ video lessons, backing tracks and chord charts. For each tune there’s lessons covering: Intros and Endings; The Tune; The Chords; Soloing Ideas (we’ll spend a lot of time working on soloing); Gypsy Jazz Ninja Moves (each tune has 5 of these lessons); Applying the Blues; And a bunch more stuff. The Gypsy Jazz...

Happy Traum Teaches Seven Classic Bob Dylan Songs. Happy Traum’s long association with Bob Dylan makes him the perfect instructor to teach these seven Dylan favorites. In nearly three hours of in-depth guitar instruction, he helps you build guitar skills while passing along his unique historical insights and first-hand perspective on the music. Happy shows novice guitarists the basic chords for each of these classic songs, then brings his arrangements to life with movable chord shapes, bass runs, harmony lines and other nuances that will add distinction to everything you play. Each song features a different fingerpicking approach: Traditional...

Richard Gilewitz Jump Start Fingerstyle Guitar. Most beginners believe that they need to know how to read music, understand theory, struggle through boring exercises and learn hundreds of chords to play fingerstyle guitar. NOT SO! Guitar is the most popular instrument on the planet because it’s the easiest instrument to learn how to play. Thousands of popular songs can be played with just a few chords and a couple of fingerpicking patterns. Learn those few chords and fingerpicking patterns, along with the basics of holding and tuning a guitar and you too will be able to play hundreds of...

Dan Erlewine’s Fret Basics is the first DVD of Fretting Series set. Fret Basics covers fret dressing and refretting with basic tools. Dan describes it this way: “With basic tools and simple skills, you can do excellent fretwork. This DVD shows you how.” The focus of this video: Quality fret dressing and re-fretting with basic tools, on a budget, and in a “home-shop” situation. Information covered: Controlling a hard-to-adjust neck; Simple straightedges and leveling tools; Tabletop neck-jigging; Fret removal; Measuring and fitting fretwire; The basics of leveling and dressing frets; Techniques for fretting bolt-on electrics and “set-neck” acoustics. “Watch...

Jason Shepherd Learn Fingerstyle Guitar In 8 Weeks. This step-by-step video can get you playing fingerstyle guitar in just 8 weeks. this is a realistic way to learn fingerstyle guitar a great gift that can last a lifetime. This video will help you learn to play fingerstyle and fingerpicking guitar without having any prior lessons or experience at all. Jason Shepherd has been an instructor in Phoenix, Arizona for many years years now and has seen what works and what doesn’t. This DVD will guide you through 8 weeks of lessons designed to show you all the basics of...

John Miller The Guitar Of Furry Lewis. A guide to the traditional blues playing style of the Mississippi bluesman who lived in Memphis and had a gift for storytelling and showmanship. Walter ‘Furry’ Lewis recorded 25 songs between 1927 and 1929, as well as several albums in the 1960s for Folkways, Prestige and other labels after being rediscovered as part of the great blues rebirth. As a guitarist, Furry Lewis was a two-finger picker with a huge vocabulary of sounds at his fingertips. He worked effortlessly with both broad strokes and intricate detail, possessing a fluidity that recalls the...