In this double DVD lesson, Ernie Hawkins teaches in detail nine of Rev. Gary Davis’s best known blues arrangements. Rev. Davis approached playing the blues in several different styles. Each had unique characteristics and ranged from what he called old fashion picking to complex playing that explored and extended the blues tradition on the fingerboard. Each arrangement is broken down phrase by phrase and then played slowly on a split screen. You can easily follow the playing with the tab/music booklet. Ernie not only learned from this Master directly but teaches the Rev. in a manner that anyone can...

The Play series… entertaining instructional programs illustrating the methods and techniques made famously recognizable by the world’s greatest guitarists, this release concentrates on the one and only Robert Johnson. The Legendary Robert Johnson is reputed to be the man who sold his soul at the crossroads to play the blues. During his short life, he enjoyed little success or recognition, and it would be 20 years after his death before his music received its deserved acclaim. Now regarded as a maestro of the blues, Johnson has been a key influence on many famed guitarists. Max Milligan will show how...

The learning continues as Happy Traum takes you, step-by-step, through three more classic American songs, building each one from its simplest chord-and-strum accompaniment (a perfect jumping-off point for the beginning player) to a fully realized performance piece complete with melody notes, bass lines, chord substitutions, harmonies, picking techniques and improvisations. Drawing on his nearly 50 years of teaching experience, Happy systematically introduces elements to each song that will help give you a better command of the fretboard. At the same time you’ll be adding wonderful material to your repertoire, building your right and left hand technique and improving your...

George and Ira Gershwin’s beautiful songs are timeless jazz standards, and they sound great on guitar. In this dvd, Fred plays and teaches six complete Gershwin arrangements, including guitar backup (for singing) and instrumental chord solos for each tune. Just for fun, Fred includes the rarely-heard introductory verses to the songs, as well as ad-lib instrumental solos. After playing each tune, Fred gives you a rundown on the arrangement, going over tricky spots and analyzing the chord progression and substitutions. Then he replays it slower, on a split screen with close-ups of both hands. Best of all, you can...

Master blues guitar with lessons from international recording artist Charles Sedlak. Sedlak, who holds a Ph.D. in music education and teaches guitar classes between tours, walks you through the essentials of blues guitar with this step-by-step instructional program for beginners. Starting with basics such as strumming simple chords, Sedlak moves on to playing in a variety of keys, fingerpicking and other blues techniques. Learn the techniques made famous by blues greats such as: B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy and many others! Charles Sedlak is an international recording and touring artist, having logged fifteen albums to...

John Carlini s a musical Renaissance man. He embraces all styles of music with an understanding and passion that is evident every time he picks up his guitar. His influences range from guitarists like Andres Segovia, Django Reinhardt and Lenny Breau, to pianist Bill Evans & saxophonist John Coltrane. Carlini has the uncanny ability to incorporate all these styles & make them his own. John truly has music in his blood. His father was a violonist in the New York Philharmonic, while his mother was a virtuoso piano player. John graduated from Berklee School of Music & went on...

John Carlini graduated from the Berklee School of Music, was the Musical Director for the “Ice Capades”, the guitarist for the road company of “Grease” and has played Bluegrass with his friends Tex Logan, Bill Keith, David Grisman & Tony Rice for many years. Travel through musical time with John Carlini and learn about such diverse topics as “Time and the Metronome”, “the Mighty Tritone”, “the John Coltrane/Bill Monroe connection”, “Bach and the Acoustic Guitar”, and other exciting concepts all designed to help improve your own technique and musicianship! John’s teaching technique is “one of a kind”. There is...

Learn essential Classical Guitar techniques with Danny Gill. This superb Classical Guitar tutorial is designed for the beginner to intermediate player looking to develop their finger style Guitar techniques from basic ideas to more challenging pieces. Not only will you develop your finger independence through a variety of practical exercises, you will also learn such classical favourites as Greensleeves and Bach’s Bouree In E Minor. A must for anyone interested in solo Guitar!     Language: English Year: 2008 Country: UK Running time: 1 hour Quality: DVD5 Video: MPEG2 PAL 4:3 (720×576) VBR Audio: English (Dolby AC3, 2 ch)...

Greg Douglass is a versatile multi-platinum artist who has toured and recorded with Steve Miller, Van Morrison, Greg Kihn, Eddie Money and others.With over 75 minutes of instruction, numerous chapter marks for easy navigation and a fully interactive lesson library: Greg Douglass Fingerstyle is an entertaining and educational tool for today’s guitar player. Lots of information and examples of various fingerstyle picking with eight example songs. Beginner – Intermediate players may be frustrated. Could use some more beginner material. Even though some “slow motion” video is used, this could have been a very valuable technique throughout the lessons. The...

If you are interested in learning, Electric, Acoustic, Jazz, Rock, Blues, Punk, Metal, you are in the right place. We provide video guitar lessons so you can learn songs from all your favorite bands. We teach, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eric Clapton, Green Day, The Beatles, Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, Jack Johnson, Metallica, Nirvana, King of Leon and much much MORE! Here you can download for free all 45 lessons. Anyway Ben Lowrey will teach you guitar. All lessons include original PDF with tabs and chords. You could see preview of lesson below:     Archive of files includes...