Teaches the song forms and techniques of early American folk and blues guitar styles. Acclaimed blues performer and educator, Woody Mann, teaches five blues songs based on the playing of such originators as Charley Patton, Son House, Robert Johnson, Big Joe Williams, Scrapper Blackwell, and Tommy Johnson. Written for the near beginner to intermediate student, each song illustrates the techniques and approaches of these innovators in a clear and easy to understand arrangement of a classic theme in Open G, Open D, and standard tuning. Woody teaches techniques including rhythmic fingerpicking, left-hand dumping, brushing and percussive right-hand techniques, and...

Gerardo is one of the most skilled and without doubt technically one of the most perfect flamenco guitarist. He has participated in experiences of jazz and other genres, being one of the most convincing cases of integration of the jondo sound in other musical schemes, which has come to be known as fusion. He composes enormously rich and complex music, without loosing the strength of the flamenco reference, and he performs himself with the technical capacity of a real virtuoso. This great interpreter and composer invites you here into his musical world. In the first part of this DVD...

Open tunings have always been an integral part of the Country Blues Guitar tradition. In this approach the guitar is tuned to a full chord. Most blues players began playing the guitar in an open tuning as it made playing much easier yet gave the guitar a much stronger and richer sound. For a minimum of effort you can produce a maximum of sound, rhythm and music. The most popular Country Blues tunings were the Open G tuning, also called Spanish tuning and the Open D tuning, also called Vestapol tuning. Also used by a few Delta guitarists such...

Keith Wyatt, one of the country’s foremost blues and rock educators, takes you through all aspects of acoustic slide playing including choosing the right slide, open tunings, use of a capo, fingerboard patterns, vibrato, special intonations, and muting techniques. Keith also shows you how to mix slide with standard guitar technique for fills and self accompaniment. From preparation to actual performing, instructor Keith Wyatt covers the fundamentals of playing acoustic slide guitar in this entry in Beyond Basics series. Words cannot explain how awesome this guy is in playing the blues. Trust me, if your curious about slide guitar,...

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 beginning fingerstyle guitar. All it requires is that...

Turn your acoustic guitar into a full band with this comprehensive book/DVD set by guitar virtuoso Chris Woods. Providing detailed step-by-step instruction on a variety of percussive guitar techniques this book includes warm-ups exercises full pieces and practical how-to training that will get you slapping tapping and enjoying your guitar like never before. The high-definition DVD reinforces all the material in the book and features Chris Woods himself as your personal instructor. No matter what style of music you play the Percussive Acoustic Guitar Method will change enhance and progress your entire approach to the guitar! This is a...

Drawing on four decades of teaching experience, Happy Traum has devised this nearly foolproof method to help you get off to a great start. He trains you to “rewire your brain” so that playing in this style becomes second nature. Happy also imparts invaluable information about finger picks, string damping, Travis style picking and other important topics. DVD 1 starts you from scratch. The simple children’s song “Skip to My Lou” helps you learn the basic concepts before you move on to fingerpicking standards such as “Spike Driver’s Blues,” “Green, Green Rocky Road,” “Staggerlee,” “Nine Pound Hammer” and “Hobo’s...

Adrian Legg Fingerpicking and Open Tunings DVD download. Adrian Legg takes an in-depth look at some of the more intriguing open tunings for acoustic guitar plus a variety of trailblazing effects. “Frailing” for guitar, Celtic-style playing, DADGAD tuning, open G tuning, dynamics, attack, advanced hammer and pull techniques and even Scottish bagpipe effects – all these and much more make this DVD an exceptionally rewarding lesson from a British guitar master. “Fingerpicking And Open Tunings” also features a new introduction by Woody Mann. Jazz and blues guitarist Woody Mann learned from legendary Rev. Gary Davis and then played and...

Two hours of Classical Guitar technique and tuition from internationally renowned concert artist Scott Tennant. This comprehensive guide covers everything from fingernail shape and care to scale velocity, arpeggios and tremolo-picking. You will even discover the famous Pumping Nylon daily warm-up routine that will boost your articulation and dexterity. Close-ups, split-screens and scrolling notation make this set of lessons comfortable and easy to follow. This is not a book for the absolute beginner – though if you are one you might buy it, read the pages on finger placement and accuracy, then hold on to it while you develop...

This music is usually related to the deep southerns. It can be refered to “twangy” because of the banjos and other musical instruments. It is similar to country music but bluegrass usually are based upon religion, freedom, and the older days. Some songs are the artist just talking/singing or they have several musical instruments such as a banjo, violin, and more banjos. The songs almost never have a negative message and are created for easy listening. Bluegrass is a genre of music that is REALLY hard to sing or play but sounds excellent when done correctly. This volume will...