Bluegrass/Country

Bluegrass/Country Guitar Instruction on DVD and VHS VIdeo

50 LICKS COUNTRY STYLE

Learn the techniques and style of today's most popular country guitarists! Troy takes players step-by-step through classic country style licks that can also be used in blues, rock and rockabilly. He demonstrates pedal steel licks, bluegrass licks, cascading licks and licks using harmonics, intervals, triads, bends, chromatic passages, arpeggios, open strings, double stops and more!

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ALBERT LEE

Winner of Guitar Player magazine's 'Best Country Guitarist' Award for 4 years in a row, Albert has sessioned with Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roseanne Cash, and more. He teaches some of his most popular country guitar techniques.

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Albert Lee - COUNTRY GUITAR 2-PACK

Two classic Albert Lee videos packaged together for one unbelievable price! In Advanced Country Guitar, Albert Lee performs some of his favorite tunes. Virtuoso Techniques focuses on the components which make up Lee's brilliant country style: classic intros and endings, chicken picking, lines using thirds, sixths and tenths , banjo-style picking, open-string rolls, pedal steel-type bends, and more. Book with CD also available.

ALBERT LEE HIGHLIGHTS

Using many of his favorite tunes and original compositions, Albert Lee runs the gamut of country guitar stylings, including: intros and endings, banjo-style picking, double-stop runs, mimicking a pedal-steel guitar and creating long seamless runs based off chord shapes.The material is a compilation of great excerpts from ADVANCED COUNTRY GUITAR and VIRTUOSO TECHNIQUES. Feature running time: Approximately 50 minutes.

AN INTIMATE LESSON WITH TONY RICE

Tony Rice slows down his fabulous picking style as he demonstrates his hard-driving flatpicking solos, accompaniments, intros and licks. Includes: Gold Rush * Blackberry Blossom * Muleskinner Blues * Church Street Blues * Cold On The Shoulder * and a fabulous jazz chord arrangement of Georgia On My Mind. 60-MINUTE VHS VIDEO * INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB * LEVEL 3.

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Arlen Roth - MASTERS OF THE TELECASTER

The Telecaster (tm) is the only guitar to have ever spawned its own cult following. The Tele's raw, penetrating sound, combined with unique physical characteristics such as a deeply scooped headstock and placement of its volume and tone controls enable teleplayers techniques and sounds not available on other guitars. In this video, telemaster Arlen Roth teaches you all the classic licks and riffs of the great Telemasters. Techniques such as PEDAL STEELBENDS, BEHIND THE NUT BENDS, CHICKEN PICKIN , CLASSIC ROCKABILLY RHYTHM STYLES, BLUES TECHNIQUES, SHUFFLE. Book with CDs also available.

BASIC BLUEGRASS RHYTHM GUITAR

Steve Kaufman is one of America's top bluegrass guitarists! His video covers the basics of back-up guitar, from the simplest two-chord song to Texas-style fiddle tunes. Players will master bass walks, the Lester Flatt 'G run,' altered chords, complex progressions and more. Steve provides valuable insider's tips and gives the techniques and practice sessions needed to play solid back-up in any picking situation. Songs: Wabash Cannonball * Blackberry Blossom * Sally Goodin. 70-MINUTES VHS VIDEO * INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB * LEVEL 1/2.

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BLUEGRASS GUITAR

Three-time winner of the International Bluegrass Association's Guitar Player Of The Year, David Grier is a rising star in the world of the acoustic guitar. Here he analyzes his breathtaking technique and takes apart some of his signature tunes for intermediate players: Red Haired Boy, Liberty, Bill Cheatham, Engagement Waltz, and others. 75-min. VHS Video - Includes Music & Tab - Early Intermediate Level.

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BLUEGRASS JAMMING

A Guide for Newcomers and Closet Pickers

with Nick Forster, Guitar; Michael Kang, Fiddle; Ben Kaufman, Bass; Sally Van Meter, Dobro; Eric Walser, Mandolin; Pete Wernick, Banjo; Joan Nondi Wernick, Vocals Pete Wernick created this video jam session so that novice guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, Dobro or bass players of any level can get ready for the real thing by playing along with Pete and his exciting all-star jam band. The band runs through 17 classic bluegrass songs and instrumentals while Pete teaches the ins and outs of jam etiquette, the basics of music theory, how to make up harmony vocals, using the number system for calling out changes, and lots more invaluable advice. DVD EXTRA! Clicking the remote's angle button provides a close-up of the guitar player's left hand so you can follow the song's chord changes. 105-MIN. DVD · LEVEL 2 · INCLUDES LYRICS + CHORDS

Classic Country Guitar GETTING THE SOUNDS

Shows you how to create all the great country guitar sounds. From shimmering "clear as country water" sounds, to driving rockabilly: every sound you need to survive the Nashville studio scene. Special DVD features include: additional video previews, "getting to know your amplifier" interactive features, Internet connectivity, and much more!

COUNTRY BALLADS VOL. 1

SongXpress is like having your best friend teach you your favorite songs. Experience the immediate gratification of learning your favorite songs now Country Ballads. Features four beautiful songs taught just as they're performed by the original artists. Titles and (artists) are: Angels Among Us (Alabama) * Blue Eyes Cryin' In the Rain (Willie Nelson) * I Still Believe in You (Vince Gill) * Jesus Mama (Confederate Railroad). VHS Video only.

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COUNTRY LEGENDS

Albert Lee (the greatest "hot country guitarist of all time") discusses the history and development of country and rockabilly guitar, demonstrates his renowned rhythm guitar style and B-bender licks, discusses his influences and demonstrates the licks and solos that were an early influence on him, and demonstrates his remarkable lead guitar technique with special demonstrations of both his flat picking and "hybrid" picking techniques. Special Features of DVD include: Performance Only Feature, Tuning Segment, Interactive Photo Gallery, Additional Video Tips, Internet Connectivity.

COUNTRY ROCK VOL. 1

SongXpress is like having your best friend teach you your favorite songs. Experience the immediate gratification of learing your favorite songs now. Features four sizzling country rockers taught just as you've heard them performed on the origianl recordings. Titles are: Fast As You (Dwight Yoakam) * Hey, Good Lookin' (Hank Williams) * Liza Jane (Vince Gill) * Mercury Blues (Alan Jackson). VHS Video only.

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COUNTRY SWING BACK-UP GUITAR

Create back-up guitar parts to fiddle and country tunes in real Western Swing style! Nick Forster dissects moving bass lines and jazz-based chords and shows how to move out of open chords and into the complex chord shapes and progressions typical of Texas-style back-up. Songs: Sally Goodin * Deep Water * Brain Cloudy Blues * Gray Eagle. 60-MINUTE VHS VIDEO * INCLUDES CHORDS * LEVEL 2/3.

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DAN CRARY'S FLATPICK GUITAR WORKSHOP

An In-Depth Exploration Of Dynamic Flatpicking. Dan Crary imparts a wealth of technical knowledge, encouragement, inspiration and powerful ideas that will benefit all guitar students. Includes instruction on numerous runs, syncopated licks, crosspicking and more. Dan redefines performing, arranging, improvising, soloing, and practicing, and teaches these songs: Lime Rock * Arkansas Traveler * John Henry * Foggy Mountain Special * Sally Goodin. 85-MINUTE VHS VIDEO * INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB * LEVEL 3.

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DOC'S GUITAR

Recorded at the famed Merle Watson Memorial Festival in Wilkesboro, NC, this DVD captures Doc Watson teaching some of the most requested fingerpicking and flatpicking tunes in his vast repertoire. With his characteristic good humor, Doc provides an intimate look into the guitar technique, musical philosophy and fine musicianship for which he is known and loved worldwide. Clear explanations and demonstrations help players learn his definitive arrangements of: Deep River Blues · Bluebell · Southbound · Black Mountain Rag · Georgie · Way Downtown · Don't Let Your Deal Go Down · Blue Railroad Train · Windy and Warm · Beaumont Rag · East Tennessee Blues · The Cuckoo. 90-MIN. DVD OR VHS · INTERMEDIATE LEVEL · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB

EASY BLUEGRASS AND COUNTRY GUITAR

Happy Traum makes it easy - and fun - for beginners to play favorite bluegrass tunes. He teaches all the basic techniques needed and helps guitarists begin to build their own repertoire right away. Happy covers pick technique, elementary theory, song accompaniment, and how to play instrumental solos. 60 min. VHS video, includes booklet, level 1.

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EASY GOSPEL GUITAR

Beginners and intermediate players learn seven gospel favorites in bluegrass/country-style. Steve covers basic chords, bass walks, hammer-ons, pull-offs, runs and more techniques to add style to any song. Songs include: Amazing Grace · Old-Time Religion · Will the Circle Be Unbroken · What a Friend We Have in Jesus. 90-MIN. VHS VIDEO · INCLUDES TAB · LEVEL 2

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ELECTRIC COUNTRY BLUES

Mississippi Delta meets Memphis country and goes electric! Jim Weider, lead guitarist for The Band, shows how the most influential electric blues/country guitarists got their powerful sounds. Includes the Delta, Louisiana and Cajun-inflected tones of James Burton, Roy Buchanan, Muddy Waters, Lonnie Mack, Keith Richards, Jerry Reed, and others, plus technique building exercises and ideas, and jam-alongs with the band. Ten songs. VHS Video.

FINGERSTYLE BLUEGRASS GUITAR

Eddie Adcock transforms basic country tunes into musical adventures! He teaches traditional and contemporary guitar instrumentals using right-hand rolls, Travis-style picking, complex slides, pull-offs and hammer-ons, and lightning-fast runs. 90-MIN. VHS VIDEO * INCLUDES TAB * EARLY INTERMEDIATE TO INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.

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FLATPICKING THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS

Steve Kaufman has chosen 11 well-known and much-loved songs, each one associated with an important season or holiday. As one of America's most experienced teachers, Steve adds the techniques and advice novice flatpickers will need to pick these as instrumentals. Songs include: Let Me Call You Sweetheart (Valentine's Day) · When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (St. Patrick's Day) · America the Beautiful (Memorial Day) · Battle Hymn of the Republic (Fourth of July) · We Gather Together (Thanksgiving) · Dayenu · Who Can Retell? (Hannukah) · Winter Wonderland · Jingle Bells · We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Christmas season) · Auld Lang Syne (New Year's Eve). 80-MIN. VHS VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 2

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FLATPICKING WITH DOC

This unique lesson with the incomparable Doc Watson provides detailed instruction for thirteen of his most popular songs and instrumentals: Ragtime Annie, Salt Creek, Little Sadie, More Pretty Girls Than one, Sweet Georgia Brown, Goodnight Waltz, New River Train, and more. Steve Kaufman provides back-up and 'twin' guitar parts, and Doc is joined by his grandson, Richard Watson, for three duets: Walk On Boy, Chicago Blues, and Summertime. 80-MIN VHS VIDEO - INCLUDES MUSIC & TAB - EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.

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Great Guitar Lessons - Bluegrass Flatpicking

Taught by Russ Barenberg, Norman Blake, Dan Crary, Nick Forster, Steve Kaufman, Tony Rice, Happy Traum. These lessons for both novices and advanced pickers in flatpick style will help guitarists play the notes and make music out of them as well. Seven celebrated bluegrass guitarists tackle everything from back-up in the Texas swing style to hot bluegrass solos. 75-MINUTE VHS VIDEO * LEVEL 2-4.

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Great Guitar Lessons - Blues and Country Fingerpicking

Taught by Eddie Adcock, Rory Black, Roy Book Binder, Thom Bresh, John Jackson, Happy Traum, Doc Watson. These terrific compilations, gathered from lessons by several top Homespun pickers, cover a vast range of possibilities in both fingerpicking and flatpicking styles. Each lesson segment teaches a complete song or instrumental and each tape includes an introductory lesson by Happy Trum. He teaches a song that gives the tools needed to really start picking. These lessons cover the steady bass/syncopated melody of the Piedmont blues players; the muffled bass and swingy chords of Travis-style pickers; the strumming and pounding of Delta blues stylists; and the banjo-like rolls and single-string approach of bluegrass-oriented pickers. 75-MINUTE VHS VIDEO * LEVEL 2 - 4.

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GUITAR STYLES OF THE CARTER FAMILY

The Carter Family has been a seminal force in the history of recorded country music. Maybelle Carter's dynamic thumb lead style in particular is essential knowledge for anyone interested in playing traditional American folk or country guitar. In this lesson, Mike Seeger teaches how to get the famous Carter Family guitar sound and incorporate it into some of their most significant songs. Even near-beginners will be able to learn these pieces, while more experienced guitarists will enjoy the nuances and subtleties of Maybelle's influential style. Mike is joined by Janette Carter, who offers reminiscences of the family, demonstrates her mother's guitar playing, and sings on most of the songs. Songs include: Wildwood Flower · Jimmie Brown the Newsboy · The Cannonball · Little Darling Pal of Mine · You Are My Flower · Pretty Polly · and I Never Will Marry. 85-MIN. VHS VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 2

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GUITAR TIPS Country Guitar

GUITAR TIPS brings together some of the world's greatest guitarists,each providing his own insights on music and the guitar. COUNTRY GUITAR features top country players Albert Lee, Jerry Donahue, Steve Morse and Steve Trovato demonstrating examples of popular country techniques including chicken pickin', banjo rolls, stringbending, double stops, open strings and much more. (47 min. VHS VIdeo)

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Hot Nashville Guitar GETTING THE SOUNDS

GIT instructor Steve Trovato demonstrates and explains ideas and techniques for putting together hot country rock solos. Includes: fast single lines over common chord progressions, poppin' double stop lines, hot open string licks and scales, boogie shuffle lines plus a few of his favorite licks. Special DVD features include: additional video previews, "gettingt o know your amplifier" interactive features, Internet connectivity, and much more!

Jerry Donahue - COUNTRY TECH

In Country Tech, Jerry Donahue shows you the techniques which have earned him the reputation as being one of the hottest new country pickers. With up-close camera shots and on-screen music graphics,Jerry demonstrates his tasty licks, double stops, glisses, slurs, soulful finger vibrato, and mind-boggling bends. (45 min. VHS Video)

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JOHN JORGENSON

This John Jorgenson video is a presentation and demonstration of the versatile style and techniques with one of the top call session guitarists in the recording industry, television and performance circuit today. He won the Academy of Country Music's 'Guitarist of the Year' in 1990, 1991, and 1992 and 'Band of the Year' for Desert Rose Band in 1988, 1989, and 1990. In this video, he presents how to improvise melodies with 4ths, 5ths, octaves and chords; utilize unique picking, tapping and bending techniques for a colorful sound; use metric modulation with flair; use chromatics to create dynamic melody fills; and much more! 60 minutes.

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Lead Guitar Breaks for Bluegrass Songs

With guest vocalist John Herald What do you play when you are called upon to take a break during a bluegrass song? Here's the answer. Steve Kaufman breaks down lead solos to six classics, demonstrating the licks, chord inversions, embellishments, flatpick techniques and other important pointers that will show learning players how to take it! Songs: Blue Ridge Mountain Blues · Wabash Cannonball · Peach Picking Time in Georgia · East Virginia Blues · Somebody Loves You · Darling · Till the End of the World Goes Round. VHS Video

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LEARN TO PLAY WALTZES

Learn To Play Waltzes Flatpicking Style taught by Steve Kaufman is a 70 minute Homespun video. He teaches his arrangements to some of the most beautiful instrumentals in the guitar repertory. Steve teaches five pieces in great detail, showing how to play them flatpick style.

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LEARN TO PLAY WESTERN SWING GUITAR

The founder, singer and guitarist for the western swing band Asleep At The Wheel details the rhythm parts and lead solos that characterize this infectious style. Includes detailed instructions for playing the swing favorites: Take Me Back To Tulsa, Fat Boy Rag, Milk Cow Boogie, Redwing, Roly Poly, and other great tunes from the repertoire of Bob Wills, and others. VHS Video.

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LEARNING TO FLATPICK

Steve Kaufman's complete three-tape series. The first video 'From The Beginning,' introduces players to the exciting flatpick style. When combined with the other two videos in this series, this course of study gives players all the tools they need to play and improvise hot bluegrass solos. This tape covers all the basics and gets learning players started the right way! 65 min. video, includes booklet, level 2. In the second video, 'Building Bluegrass Technique,' Steve Kaufman covers use of the capo, how to play up and down the neck, chord back-ups, bass runs, damping, slides, substitution chords and crosspicking. Build a flatpicking solo to tunes like: Old Joe Clark * Bury Me Beneath The Willow * The Wildwood Flower * Wabash Cannonball * Arkansas Traveller * Salty Dog * Down Yonder. 90-MINUTE VIDEO * INCLUDES TAB * LEVEL 2. The third video, 'Developing Speed and Style', moves learning players beyond the basics into the finer points of flatpick guitar style. Covers rhythmic crosspicking techniques, speed-building, left- and right-hand positions, and a dynamic variety of slides, arpeggios, bends, accents, intros and endings for six classic tunes: Liberty * Salt Creek * Blackberry Blossom * Clarinet Polka * Home Sweet Home * Ragtime Annie. 90-MINUTE VIDEO * INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB * LEVEL 3.

NEW DIRECTIONS IN FLATPICKING

Beppe Gambetta has received worldwide acclaim for his distinctive blend of traditional European & American acoustic guitar styles. This video offers intermediate & advanced flatpickers: detailed breakdowns of bluegrass classics and traditional European dance forms, examinations of crosspicking rhythms, triplets, movable chords, and more. Teaches Beppe's unique renditions of 'Soldier's Joy,' 'Old Joe Clark,' his lyrical signature piece 'Slow Creek,' and three European dance tunes. Features tunes from his Good News From Home CD, and two duets with Artie Traum. 90 Min. video. Includes booklet. ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.

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NORMAN BLAKE'S GUITAR TECHNIQUES

In his long and illustrious career, Norman Blake has toured and/or recorded with June Carter, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, John Hartford, Joan Baez, Tony Rice, Bob Dylan and numerous others. Video One - Songs, Instrumentals and Styles: Legendary guitarist Norman Blake teaches flatpicking fundamentals and a variety of bluegrass and old-time country guitar techniques. He explores arrangements for six favorite songs and instrumentals from his repertoire, discussing back-up technique, use of the capo, special tuning and lots more. Songs: Whiskey Before Breakfast · Gray Coat Soldiers · Prettiest Little Girl in the County · The Wreck of the Old '97 · and more. Features Nancy Blake on second guitar. 90-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL Video Two - Ten Stellar Songs and Instrumentals: His impeccable taste and sure touch have inspired countless folk, bluegrass and country players. On this fascinating video, Norman demonstrates musical ideas, playing techniques and ten traditional and original songs and instrumentals taken from his vast repertoire: Coming Down from Rising Fawn · Caperton Ferry · Uncle Joe (Miss McLeod's Reel) · Old Virginia Reel · Coleman's March · New Century Hornpipe · Jimmy in the Swamp · Church Street Blues · Give Me Back My Fifteen Cents · and Hobo's Last Ride. 90-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

PEDAL STEEL LICKS FOR GUITAR

Take a lesson with super picker Forest Rodgers! In this video that supplements Forest's book Pedal Steel Licks for Guitar, you'll learn how to play 30 classic beginnings, endings, turn-arounds and fill-ins to popular pedal steel licks on the guitar. Forest plays them at regular tempo and then at a slower tempo for easier learning. Watch the fascinating interaction as pedal steel master Doug Stock plays the licks then Forest copies them on guitar. Features tips for the best steel guitar sound reproduction and steel guitar voiced chords. You'll make the band pay attention when you learn these 30 pedal steel licks on guitar! 60 minutes.

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PICKING UP SPEED

Drills and Tunes for Flatpick Guitarists

Every bluegrass flatpicker wants to play faster while maintaining good tone and timing. Steve Kaufman has powerful advice and well-thought out exercises to help get a player's right and left hand mechanics working correctly. Using well-known fiddle tunes as drills, Steve works on coordination and how to practice for best results. Also included are a cross-picked version of Wildwood Flower and show-stopping chord runs and picking combinations on the classic Little Rock Getaway. 70-MIN. VHS VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

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RAY FLACKE

Ray is one of the top country session players. He has played with Emmylou Harris, Ricky Scaggs, Janie Fricke, Lacy J. Dalton, and others. On this video he covers an incredible selection of licks and country guitar techniques.

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Ray Flacke - Country Telecaster® Virtuosity

With special guests Mike Leech (bass), Larry Knechtel (piano), Martin Parker (drums). One of the world's best 'Telecaster' players reveals how to play hot country guitar! Ray Flacke demonstrates the use of flatpick-and-fingers and teaches the moves behind his trademark solo style: double-stops, pedal steel-like string bends, multiple hammer-ons and pull-offs, string damping, playing below the nut and other dazzling techniques. Ray shares invaluable tricks of the trade and teaches four of his original instrumentals. 90-MINUTE VHS VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 3.

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STEVE WARINER - UP CLOSE

An in-depth video lesson for electric and acoustic players. Grammy award winner Steve Wariner shares the insights needed to master some of his hit repetoire. One of Nashville's most popular pickers. 60-MIN. VHS VIDEO - INCLUDES MUSIC & TAB - EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.

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Techniques for Soloing and Performing Flatpick Style

This top Nashville guitarist carefully breaks down his method for improvising across the entire guitar fingerboard. Teaching how to create fascinating guitar solos through finding 'chord centers' in every position, Pat includes new ideas for adding harmonies within chords, improvising blues and minor-key songs, and innumerable tips on playing technique. 90-MINUTE VHS VIDEO * INCLUDES CHORDS + TAB * ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.

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THE ART OF FLATPICK GUITAR

Russ shows guitarists at all levels how to achieve good tone, keep solid time, compose solos, improvise, play with more assurance, better control and stronger technique. Includes several exercises and original instrumentals. 90-MINUTE VHS VIDEO * INCLUDES TAB * LEVEL ALL.

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THE ART OF GUITAR CROSSPICKING

Crosspicking is a classic bluegrass flatpicking style that features a rolling, complex sound. This technique has been enthusiastically adopted by guitar masters and has become an integral part of every hot bluegrass guitarist's arsenal. In this video, Steve teaches beautiful arrangements of seven songs: Back Up and Push * Blue Ridge Mountain Blues * Wildwood Flower * Bill Cheatham * Golden Eagle Hornpipe * Sweet Bunch Of Daisies * and Grandfather's Clock. 60 Min. VHS Video, Includes Booklet, Level 3/4.

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THE BEST OF THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND

Learn the trademark riffs and solos behind one of the most influential guitar bands of all-time! On this DVD, host Dave Celentano provides a step-by-step breakdown of the guitar styles and techniques of Duane Allman and Dickey Betts through the analysis of these eight classics: Ain't Wastin' Time No More · Black Hearted Woman · In Memory of Elizabeth Reed · Jessica · Little Martha · Melissa · Ramblin' Man · Whipping Post. Approximately 60 minutes.

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THE COUNTRY BLUES GUITAR OF CATFISH KEITH

Singer, songwriter and guitarist Catfish Keith has established himself as one of the most exciting country blues performers on the scene today. His innovative style of foot-stomping, deep Delta blues and American roots music has had audiences spellbound across the U.S. and abroad. In this outstanding lesson, Catfish teaches his trademark arrangements of seven traditional country blues songs, from Mississippi to the Caribbean. In each case, he first plays the tune, then slows it down to highlight how he achieves his dynamic effects. His intense fingerpicking style features heavy vibrato, snapping bass strings, powerful strums and riffs, deep bends, artificial or harp harmonics, bottleneck slide and plenty of funky attitude! One of the finest acoustic bluesmen in America ... This man is flat-out spectacular! - Big City Blues 85-MIN. VHS VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 4

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THE REAL MERLE TRAVIS GUITAR

A must-have for all serious acoustic guitar students! Thom Bresh, the only son of the legendary guitarist Merle Travis, provides an in-depth look at the fascinating style that changed the course of guitar history. In this step-by-step guide, he teaches several of Merle's most-loved guitar instrumentals, including: Guitar Rag * Cannonball Rag * and others. Thom shows how to get the real Travis sound - the right way, straight from the source! 90-MINUTE VHS VIDEO * INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB * ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.

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The Songs and Guitar of Ramblin' Jack Elliott

In this exciting video, Jack Elliott and Arlo Guthrie take you on a journey through folk music history, playing the blues, ballads and cowboy songs that define Jack's unique guitar style and repertoire. Jack's guitar technique is clearly demonstrated as he plays through some of his best-known songs, giving you an up-close view of his distinctive fingerpicking and flatpicking arrangements. Songs include: Railroad Bill · Freight Train · Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out · Candy Man · Take Me Back and Try Me One More Time · Cup of Coffee · The Cuckoo · Hard Travelin' · San Francisco Bay Blues · Poor Howard · Blind Lemon · Black Snake Moan · If I Were a Carpenter · Talking Sailor. 80-MIN VHS VIDEO · INCLUDES TAB · LEVEL 3

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THE TONY RICE GUITAR METHOD

Here, at last, is the definitive lesson by one of the greatest guitar flatpickers of all time! In a wide-ranging and detailed session, Tony Rice demonstrates his world-famous technique, gives invaluable advice, analyzes some of his best-known pieces and discusses his style, influences, guitars and favorite players. This exceptionally rich two-part set is filled with fascinating conversation and the amazing playing we've all come to expect from this master picker. Songs: The Last Thing on My Mind · Bury Me Beneath the Willow · Wildwood Flower · Nine Pound Hammer · Stony Lonesome · Billy in the Lowground · Shenandoah · Danny Boy · Little Sadie · Jerusalem Ridge · Salt Creek · I Am a Pilgrim. 2-DVD OR 2-VIDEO SET · 140-MIN. · LEVEL 3 · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB