Ledward Kaapana The Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar. Ledward Kaapana is widely acknowledged to be one of the most exciting and accomplished players in ki ho’alu, or slack key guitar style. Playing in open-chord and other alternate tunings, Led’s two-finger picking and alternating bass is reminiscent of the great blues and country guitarists, but with the licks and harmonies typical of Hawaiian traditional music. His playing is loose and improvisational, and his repertoire encompasses both quiet, beautiful melodies and rip-roaring show-stoppers with lightning-fast licks and fancy picking. The beauty of the slack key style is that it’s made up of...

David Laibman Playing the Classic Rags. “It is its own story – not an imitation of a piano, or of a dixieland or jazz band. It is, simply – ragtime guitar. In these lessons, I have tried, for the most part, to meet two goals. First, to create versions of some of the most beautiful classical rags that ‘lay down’ well on guitar, so when you play them you are working with the instrument, not fi ghting it. I have tried to pitch and arrange the pieces so that a lot of the action is in first position rather...

John Hammond Learn To Play Blues Guitar & Harmonica. Legendary blues musician John Hammond distills forty years of experience in this remarkable exploration of his guitar, harmonica and vocal techniques. He sings, plays and breaks down a variety of songs and instrumentals, sharing his blues wisdom with aspiring players and enthusiasts. Includes music and tab. Hammond’s passion and commitment to his music have inspired blues lovers throughout the world for more than forty years. Now guitarists (and harmonica players) can learn, up close, how John plays the songs, licks, grooves and soulful solos that make up his dynamic blues...

Keith Wyatt Jump Jive N Swing Guitar download. Keith Wyatt, L.A.’s premier blues and rockabilly guitar maestro guides you through all the techniques, chord patterns, riffs and licks you could ever need!. Among the things you’ll learn: blues forms, chord voicings, swing patterns, bass lines, rhythm guitar feels, horn style fills, organ style punches, minor blues, “jungle” beats, and much more! Keith Wyatt is a Los Angeles-based guitarist, educator performer, teacher, writer, and developer of music curriculum and educational media. Since 1996, Wyatt has toured and recorded with renowned LA-based “American Music” group The Blasters and is featured on...

Stefan Grossman Advanced Fingerpicking Guitar Techniques Blues Guitar. Contemporary acoustic fingerstyle blues encompasses a wide variety of styles, techniques and sounds. In this lesson, Stefan Grossman teaches four multi-sectioned blues instrumentals that are bases on traditional techniques, blues piano ideas, single-string melodic guitar licks and horn styled solos. The music varies from a piano styled boogie to a slow country blues reminiscent of the playing of Blind Blake and Jelly Roll Morton to a New Orleans blues in the style and feel of Ray Charles and Snooks Eaglin. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file. Titles...

Max Milligan Play Johnson download. 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....

Classic Acoustic For Guitar Volume 1 DVD download. On this DVD, Magda Hiller, your SongXpress instructor, shows you the classic and beautiful acoustic guitar parts to these four great songs, Magda shows you how to play all the chords, fingerpicking patterns, and altered tunings you’ll need. Plus, our exclusive on-screen diagrams and tablature will have you performing these classics in no time. These videos are great learning tools, almost like having an instructor in the room with you, except that you can rewind the tape and play only the parts that you need to repeat. The song express series...

Al Petteway Celtic Instrumentals For Fingerstyle Guitar #1 DADGAD Tuning. Learn to play in DADGAD, the popular guitar tuning that gives many Celtic and British Isles instrumentals their special beauty and power. Al Petteway shows you how to play exquisite arrangements using droning bass notes, slides, bends, trills and other guitar tricks to imitate the haunting sounds of harps and pipes. This wonderful lesson by one of today’s most admired fingerstyle players is filled with invaluable insights into playing in Celtic style, from strongly syncopated rhythm strokes to the ringing, harp-like sounds of “cross-string” picking. You’ll learn to locate...

Gerhard Graf-Martinez Gipsy Guitar Rumbas Flamencas Y Mas download. Gipsy Guitar – Rumba-styles of the Flamenco guitar. After the great success of his two-volume Flamenco Guitar Method Gerhard Graf-Martinez has devoted the present volume, at the request of many of his readers, specially to the Hispano-American aspect of the Flamenco, the Rumba flamenca. It is precisely these forms of the Flamenco that are regarded by many people as the epitome of the Flamenco and with which groups such as the Gipsy Kings take the international charts by storm. In “Gipsy Guitar” the author guides each interested guitar player safely...

Greg Douglass Fingerstyle guitar lessons download. 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...