For the first time Paul takes some of his most popular songs apart for learning guitarists showing how he achieves the harmonically rich compelling sounds that have long been his trademark. He has chosen four traditional and six original songs to illustrate the alternate tunings harmonies chord voicings moving lines picking techniques and other elements that make his arrangements so distinctive. For the first time Paul takes some of his most popular songs apart for learning guitarists showing how he achieves the harmonically rich compelling sounds that have long been his trademark. He has chosen four traditional and six original songs to illustrate the alternate tunings harmonies chord voicings moving lines picking techniques and other elements that make his arrangements so distinctive.

This intimate look at Ralph Stanley's pioneering banjo style begins with the first tunes he learned in the old-time clawhammer technique and progresses through the three-finger bluegrass picking he helped make famous. Includes performances by Ralph and the Clinch Mountain Boys. Ideal not only for fans of Stanley's unmistakable style but for any Banjo player wishing to discover one of the key figures in the development of the instrument.

DVD One-Whether you intend to play bluegrass country pop or jazz your success in acoustic bass playing will rely on good technique and a solid musical foundation. On this outstanding lesson Todd Phillips gets beginning players off to a great start with his step-by-step hands-on approach to the instrument. It's important to have your bass set up properly and Todd goes over the instrument from top to bottom to be sure yours is ready to play. He then provides left and right hand exercises to train the ear and develop the accurate fingering neccesary for playing with good pitch. Using unique on-screen diagrams and close up camera work Todd guides you in visualising the geometric gridof notes on the fingerboard. Major scales and chords in both open and closed positions are shown and in no time you'll be playing chord progressions and bass lines with a full understanding of their underlying musical concepts. Moving to the right hand you'll learn how to achieve volume tone production definition and solid rhythm. In fact you'll quickly achieve the skills needed to lay down a musical foundation for any kind of music you want to play.

Now available on DVD! Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Kevin Moore (aka Keb' Mo') takes students on a powerful journey into the world of traditional and contemporary blues guitar. He begins by showing how turnarounds and harmonized scale passages can be the basis for developing fluid phrases in a Robert Johnson-style blues tune. Keb' then teaches two originals both employing a rhythmic alternating bass style as well as some jazz-oriented chords that add spice and interest to the songs. Switching to his National steel guitar he then discusses the basics of slide technique rounding out this exciting blues lesson. Songs: Delta-Style Blues · Perpetual Blues Machine ·Angelina · Henry. 75-MIN. DVD · LEVEL 3 · INCLUDES TAB Basic techniques for the contemporary player. Keb' Mo's DVD lesson is aimed at players who want to get comfortable with the basics of traditional country blues and then go on to more contemporary blues-based tunes.

Tony Rice slows down his fabulous picking style as he demonstrates his hard-driving flatpicking solos accompaniments intros and licks. 60-MIN DVD - INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB - EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL Renowned fingerpicking guitarist Tony Rice slows down his incredible picking technique as he demonstrates his hard-driving flatpicking solos accompaniments intros and licks. Get a slowed-dwon detailed look at three hard-driving flat-pick instrumentals Gold Rush Blackberry Blossom and Muleskinner Blues . There's even a jazz chord arrangement of the standard Georgia On My Mind

DVD 1-David Cohen systematically leads novice players through all the steps needed to play solid blues piano showing the scales chord theory turnarounds endings and licks that will quickly make anyone into a formidable player. No music reading or previous piano experience is necessary. 90-MIN. DVD · NOVICE LEVEL Get started playing authentic blues piano by ear? No music reading or previous piano experience is necessary. Within minutes you'll be playing a shuffle rhythm on the bass notes with your left hand and riffing on the treble notes with your right. David Cohen is an expert player and teacher and his step-by-step method is logically and carefully conceived. He systematically leads you through all the steps you'll need to play solid blues piano whether as a soloist or a member of a band.

Taylor shows you how to take a simple song and add a little 'Taylor magic' with descending basslines and rich harmonics. He takes a simple tune and shows how to inject colour variation and excitement. Along the way you will learn valuable tips about confidence musicality and personality. Notation and Tab are included. Taylor shows you how to take a simple song and add a little 'Taylor magic' with descending basslines and rich harmonics. He takes a simple tune and shows how to inject colour variation and excitement. Along the way you will learn valuable tips about confidence musicality and personality. Notation and Tab are included.

Repertoire and Technique-This two-DVD set covers the fine art of clawhammer banjo. David Holt is considered one of the finest players and teachers of old-time clawhammer banjo. Start with the fundamentals including right & left hand technique in Lesson 1. Lesson 2 coversadvanced techniques including thumb rolls. Lesson One: 60-MIN DVD • INCLUDES TAB • EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL. Lesson Two: 55-MIN DVD • INCLUDES TAB • INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.This two-DVD set covers the fine art of clawhammer banjo. David Holt is considered one of the finest players and teachers of old-time clawhammer banjo. Start with the fundamentals including right & left hand technique in Lesson 1. Lesson 2 coversadvanced techniques including thumb rolls. Lesson One: 60-MIN DVD • INCLUDES TAB • EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL. Lesson Two: 55-MIN DVD • INCLUDES TAB • INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.

DVD Two - Intermediate & Advanced Techniques-The accordionist in the popular Cajun band Balfa Toujours takes his exploration of the instrument beyond the basics. Dirk Powell covers topics such as ornamentation syncopation phrasing anticipating the bellows changes creating rhythmic effects and many other techniques to get a real hot Cajun sound. The songs include The Wafus Two-Step Lafayette Playboy Waltz Hick's Wagon Wheel Special Dimanche Apres-midi (Sunday Afternoon). 60-MIN. · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVELFollowing on from the first DVD Dirk Powell's Learn To Play Cajun Accordion 2 covers more advanced topics for this playing beloved instrument and driving force behind Cajun tunes. Suited to intermediate and advanced players Dirk explains how to add ornamentation syncopate the phrasing and drive the beat strong phrases to pump up and fill out a tune and how to put that extra spark into the melody. With another selection of repertoire pieces from the Cajun style and advice and tips for accordionists in contemporary electric or modern bands this DVD method contains everything you need to perfect your playing and take it to the next level.

Renowned country and folk instrument tutor Happy Traum provides a clear and simple hands-on introduction to the five-string banjo. Learn a host of traditional tunes and songs in an authentic style with lessons in picking slurs slides and much more.

Get Bluesy on the Mandolin as Steve James brings learning Mandolinists more of the funky old-time songs that made his previous instructional DVD on this instrument so popular! He covers blues scales chord patterns walking lines arpeggios accompaniments and a selection of great tunes!

Here's a lesson that will thrill and inspire mandolinists at all levels. Chris Thile mandolin virtuoso for the hit band Nickel Creek shares his own successful formula for developing right- and left-hand dexterity improving speed and accuracy and playing with heightened musicality. He provides numerous exercises that will make all the difference as aspiring players learn: Ode to a Butterfly · Hop the Fence · Red Haired Boy · Swallowtail Jig. As a bonus you'll hear astonishing performances of Chris' original tunes When Mandolins Dream and Raining at Sunset. 85-MIN. DVD · LEVEL 3 · INCLUDES MUSIC + TABThis DVD lesson will thrill and inspire mandolinists at all levels. Chris Thile shares his own successful formula for developing right and left hand dexterity improving speed and accuracy and playing with heightened musicality.

A wonderful combination of detailed instruction historical reminiscences and insightful advice from the legend of the Bluegrass Banjo Sonny Osborne. Sonny's style is one of the most distinctive in the world of Bluegrass Banjo. In this special DVD lesson the master demonstrates walk-downs unusual endings pedal steel licks back-ups chordal harmonies chiming and more. He pays homage to his original hero Earl Scruggs as well as showcasing his treasured 1935 Gibson Grenada flathead Banjo. Many of Sonny's examples are illustrated in style with the full award-winning Osborne Brothers Band allowing you to hear all the riffs and moves in an authentic and celebratedBluegrass setting.

One of the world's top Dobro players shares some of the secrets of his great playing demonstrating hand positions right-hand rolls bar pull-offs and hammer-ons forward and reverse bar slants string pulls and lots more. Includes note-for-note breakdowns of tunes such as: Fireball Mail - Cincinnati Rag - Banks of the Ohio. Intermediate Level. Bonus! Includes new introduction and interview recorded in 2004. 90 minutes. One of the world's top Dobro stars gives you and insight into the secrets of his exceptional technique. Jerry Douglas introduces several key Dobro skills including: Hand positions Right-hand rolls Bar pull-offs and hammer-ons Forward and reverse bar slants String pulls You will also find note-for-note breakdowns of such tunes as Fireball Mail Cincinnati Rag and Banks Of The Ohio

An Easy Guide To The Fingerboard-Anyone can solo on Guitar! Marcy Marxer's DVD shows you that as long as you know your basic chords you can start playing melodies and improvising lead parts. This easy-to-use method brings all of the frets notes and strings into clear focus providing a useful roadmap to the guitar fingerboard. Marxer teaches you scales both across the neck and along the string allowing you to visualise your path along the guitar finding melodies and intervals within chord shapes. She introduces simple tunes including Frere Jacques and Will The Circle Be Unbroken and shows how the adding of passing notes bends and slides will lead to your first bluesy solo ideas. There's even an explanationof the intricacies of the CAGED tuning system. Anyone can solo on Guitar! Marcy Marxer's DVD shows you that as long as you know your basic chords you can start playing melodies and improvising lead parts. This easy-to-use method brings all of the frets notes and strings into clear focus providing a useful roadmap to the guitar fingerboard. Marxer teaches you scales both across the neck and along the string allowing you to visualise your path along the guitar finding melodies and intervals within chord shapes. She introduces simple tunes including Frere Jacques and Will The Circle Be Unbroken and shows how the adding of passing notes bends and slides will lead to your first bluesy solo ideas. There's evenan explanation of the intricacies of the CAGED tuning system.

You may never have touched a banjo before but Pete (Dr. Banjo) Wernick will have you picking right from the opening minutes of this DVD. By the time you finish you'll be accompanying songs playing solos and will have learned basic chords slides hammer-ons and pull-offs right-hand rolls in the three-finger bluegrass style and lots more. More than a dozen easy bluegrass songs are taught including: Buffalo Gals · Mama Don't 'Low · Columbus Stockade · Shady Grove · Roll in my Sweet Baby's Arms · and lots more. 100-MIN. DVD · INCLUDES TAB · LEVEL 1This DVD lesson is perfect for those who want to play three-finger style bluegrass banjo - from scratch. You may never have touched a banjo before but that's OK. Pete (Dr. Banjo) Wernick will have you picking right from the opening minutes of this DVD. By the time you finish you'll accompoany songs play solos and have a real understanding of the instrument. Here are just some of the things you'll be learning: Basic chords and how to use them Slides hammer-ons and pull-offs Right hand 'rolls' in the three-finger bluegrass style Finding the melody notes on the neck of the banjo and incorporating them into roll paterns How to play more than a dozeneasy songs in the bluegrass style In short this one DVD will give you everything you'll need to get your bluegrass banjo picking off to a great start!

DVD One-Learn the traditional country blues guitar styles that influenced generations of players. Rory Block one of the most knowledgeable and talented exponents of the classic blues style teaches the earthy hard-driving playing of the Mississippi Delta. For intermediate-level players. Inludes music and tab. 60 minutes. Also available: Lesson Two (HL00641887) One of the world's most revered and talented exponents of the Delta Blues style presents a two-part in-depth guide to the earthy hard-driving sound of the Mississippi. Rory Block dissects and teaches a breathtaking set of key Delta Blues performances including the rhythmic pounding of Charlie Patton the fingerpicking style of Tommy Johnson and the slide/open-tuning sounds of the great Robert Johnson. As you learn each song you will develop a host of important techniques such as treble melodies open tunings bass runs sliding octaves string-bending and some show-stopping thundering rhythm patterns.

Bluegrass/Country Flatpicking-Kaufman's detailed instruction and ingeneous arrangements allow you to learn and develop your flatpicking guitar skills whilst playing your very favourite gospel standards. Suitable for beginners and intermediate players by covering both simple accompaniments as well as instrumental solos and advanced picking techniques. Subjects include: How to pick out a melody from a chord progression Adding bass walks Hammer-ons and pull-offs Diminished chords and turnarounds Bluegrass-style licks Double-stops substitutions and many other ways of adding authentic colour to your gospel songs.Kaufman's detailed instruction and ingeneous arrangements allow you to learn and develop your flatpicking guitar skills whilst playing your very favourite gospel standards. Suitable for beginners and intermediate players by covering both simple accompaniments as well as instrumental solos and advanced picking techniques. Subjects include: How to pick out a melody from a chord progression Adding bass walks Hammer-ons and pull-offs Diminished chords and turnarounds Bluegrass-style licks Double-stops substitutions and many other ways of adding authentic colour to your gospel songs.

Perhaps the most readily identifiable sound of traditional Irish music is the sound of the Tin or Penny Whistle. Once mastered this simple inexpensive instrument can be played by a soloist or as an important element in a multi-instrument Irish music session. Expert player and instructor L.E. McCullough teaches all the basic techniques along with several tunes to get beginners off to a great start. No prior experience of this or any other instrument is required making this an ideal method for elementary players. Includes a booklet of all the music included in the DVD.Perhaps the most readily identifiable sound of traditional Irish music is the sound of the Tin or Penny Whistle. Once mastered this simple inexpensive instrument can be played by a soloist or as an important element in a multi-instrument Irish music session. Expert player and instructor L.E. McCullough teaches all the basic techniques along with several tunes to get beginners off to a great start. No prior experience of this or any other instrument is required making this an ideal method for elementary players. Includes a booklet of all the music included in the DVD.

Like Father Like Son-Thom Bresh the only son of the legendary guitarist Merle Travis shows how to get the real Travis sound. He teaches several of Merle's best-loved guitar instrumentals: Guitar Rag Cannonball Rag and others. A must-have for all serious acoustic guitar students! 90-MIN. - INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB - LEVEL 3 Merle Travis' powerful and innovative fingerpicking changed the course of guitar history. Now the only son of the legendary guitarist gives us an in-depth look at his father's timeless style. He returns to his roots to teach the guitar instrumentals he learned directly from his dad: Guitar Rag Cannonball Rag Walking The Strings I'll See You In My Dreams Bugle Call Rag Farewell My Blue Belle and Hangin With The Girls I Know.