As the Country Blues began to be recorded, in the mid-1920s, it soon became apparent that the music was being played and appreciated not only by African-American musicians and audiences, but by white musicians and audiences as well. Many of these white musicians played with and learned from black musicians, for even in the Jim Crow Era there was always a good deal of musical interaction and exchange. So it is that the term “Hillbilly Blues” can be used to describe the music made by white musicians of that era in the Country Blues style. Included on this DVD...

Brian Riggs Learn Classical Guitar Technique and play Spanish Romance download. In this course, you’re going to learn how to play every important technique for classical guitar, and you will immediately put your skills to use by playing 3 classical guitar pieces, “Pavan” by Luis Milan, “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” by J.S. Bach, and the hauntingly beautiful “Spanish Romance.” What you can expect from the course: You’ll find out how great it feels to be able to play complex music using your right-hand fingers to pluck the strings You’ll have more security and accuracy with less strain as...

Keith Wyatt Beyond Basics Solo Acoustic Blues Guitar DVD download. Guitar instructor Keith Wyatt offers lessons on bass lines, turnarounds, hammer-ons, fingerpicking, and more in this entry in Warner Brothers’ Beyond Basics series. The history of the blues comes alive as GIT’s head instructor Keith Wyatt shows how to play classic chord and single-note phrases on the acoustic. This DVD picks up where Acoustic Blues Guitar leaves off as Keith goes deep into the style with advanced chord and melody combinations, bass lines, the blues scale, turnarounds, bends, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and special fingerpicking ideas. Keith also captures the essence...

La Guitarra Flamenca de Rafael Riqueni DVD download. Rafael Riqueni is considered to be one of the most creative and versatile innovators of the modern flamenco guitar. This video provides a summary of his artistic work. He plays and explains 10 selected pieces from his repertoire: 3 Bulerias, Fantasia, Garrotin, Rumba, Solea, Tangos, Taranta as well as his famous Fandango “Al Nino Miguel”. Each toque is first played at normal speed and then explained step by step and in full detail. Besides these technical explanations the origin of each palo is also briefly commented on. The professional accompaniment by...

60-Day Fingerstyle Blues Camp. This study program is straightforward and very effective. Work through each of the three courses sequentially: Fingerstyle Blues Guitar I, Fingerstyle Blues Guitar II and then Acoustic Slide Guitar. Take on one chapter at a time for at least an hour a day. You’ll quickly learn to master the tunings, fingerpicking styles and techniques of fingerstyle blues and acoustic slide guitar. Along the way, you’ll add a set’s worth of solo fingerstyle tunes to perk up your repertoire. But here’s the trick – give your regular play list a break and keep the five audio...

Happy Traum The Blues Bag Eleven Classic Blues Songs & Arrangements. Learn to play eleven of the best, tried and true favourites that are a must for every acoustic Blues player’s repertoire. You’ve learnt the basics and now is the time to want to add exciting new material to your set list, here is a two DVD package that’s perfect for for you. Happy’s clear, detailed instruction will move your guitar style forward in leaps and bounds helping you to gain insights into the style sand techniques of many of the great traditional players.You’ll learn how to add important...

Kenny Sultan Guitar Blues DVD download. Kenny Sultan is one of the most highly respected blues guitarists, and blues guitar educators, in the country. Kenny’s great solo blues arrangements serve as a virtual encyclopedia of vital blues licks and patterns. On this DVD, Kenny performs and teaches six of his most popular compositions. In the special lesson sections, he walks you through the key aspects and techniques required for each arrangement, and you can select from multiple camera angles: watch the performance or see a close-up of his right or left hand. Acoustic fingerstyle blues students have once again...

Fred Sokolow The Music of the Grateful Dead. There’ll never be another band like the Grateful Dead, but the Dead’s music lives on. Now you can learn to play and sing nine classic Grateful Dead tunes from start to finish with Fred Sokolow’s 90-minute instructional video. For each song Fred show you how to fingerpick backup while singing, how to play instrumental solo, and how to begin and end the tune. Along the way, you’ll learn a lot about finger-picking: backup patterns, soloing ideas and chord positions. Each song is played at regular speed and then slowed down on...

Jimmy Dillon Acoustic Enlightenment download free. In 3 Hours, Double Your Acoustic Skills Without Practicing For Years By Using These Enlightened Guitar Secrets. Learn one of the most important secrets of great acoustic guitar playing: It’s how to change from chord to chord by using sweet sounding transitions. Jimmy doesn’t focus on scales and chops when he teaches. The fact is, if you’ve been playing for longer than a few months, you already have some chops. Jimmy Dillon is one of the most in-demand guitar pros in San Francisco because his rock-solid bag of tricks works every time he...

Rick Ruskin Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar. If you’re expecting some nice safe guitar muzak, then you’re in for a real shock! Rick Ruskin’s remarkable style captures all the nuances of a band/rhythm-section and transforms the parts into amazing, in-the-pocket fingerstyle grooves like you’ve never imagined on a single guitar! Split-screen video format covers: Right- and left-hand technique, walking-bass and counterpoint lines, open-voiced triads, simultaneous bass/rhythm/lead parts, pedal-steel effects, double-stop bends, harmonics and more. The techniques are immediately put to use in extraordinary instrumental versions of: Rikki Don’t Lose That Number (Steeley Dan), Georgia On My Mind and four originals, each...