The second tutorial from David Gross will improve your musical knowledge and make you an all-round versatile Bass master! Gross concentrates on the knowledge and skills that you need to create great basslines in any situation. He introduces a wealth of scales chords and modes all over every position of the fretboard including all the possible combinations of chord tones with playalong bass line examples. You will learn techniques to help recognise intervals more efficiently and exercises to improve your arpeggios.The second tutorial from David Gross will improve your musical knowledge and make you an all-round versatile Bass master! Gross concentrates on the knowledge and skills that you need to create great basslines in any situation. He introduces a wealth of scales chords and modes all over every position of the fretboard including all the possible combinations of chord tones with playalong bass line examples. You will learn techniques to help recognise intervals more efficiently and exercises to improve your arpeggios.

for All Players Two-DVD Set-DVD One: This lesson will benefit every player from beginners to experienced professionals. Mike Marshall shows you how to become a better musician through proper technique problem solving and a systematic exercise regimen. His powerful Fingerbuster exercises methodically work on scales chord shapes and arpeggios providing workouts on every string and in every position. 75 MINUTES - ALL LEVELS - INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB. DVD Two: This encyclopedic chord lesson will provide hours of amazing practice sessions and should be in every mandolinist's DVD library. Learning and mastering chords is of course essential for any stringed instrument player. Mike Marshall's comprehensive step-by-step method teaches every chord in every position on the mandolin fretboard. 55 MINUTES - LEVEL 3 - INCLUDES MUSIC + CHORDS. DVD One: This lesson will benefit every player from beginners to experienced professionals. Mike Marshall shows you how to become a better musician through proper technique problem solving and a systematic exercise regimen. His powerful Fingerbuster exercises methodically work on scales chord shapes and arpeggios providing workouts on every string and in every position. 75 MINUTES - ALL LEVELS - INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB. DVD Two: This encyclopedic chord lesson will provide hours of amazing practice sessions and should be in every mandolinist's DVD library. Learning and mastering chords is of course essential for any stringed instrument player. Mike Marshall'scomprehensive step-by-step method teaches every chord in every position on the mandolin fretboard. 55 MINUTES - LEVEL 3 - INCLUDES MUSIC + CHORDS.

Grab a private lesson with one of the true innovators of the five-string banjo Eddie Adcock and discover the secrets to his unmistakable Bluegrass style in this unique DVD tutorial. Adcock's style combines the traditional Scruggs-style bluegrass with country folk blues gospel and rockabilly sounds. Working with some of his most-requested instrumentals Adcock analyses licks and chord shapes for each tune opening up new techniques and a host of ideas for the picking student. Discover how a basic Travis picking guitar line can be transferred to the banjo (complete with a damped bass string and bluesy details). Larn how to create pedal-steel style hammer-ons and doublebends as well as how to play melodic lines and scales with single string rolls. Grab a private lesson with one of the true innovators of the five-string banjo Eddie Adcock and discover the secrets to his unmistakable Bluegrass style in this unique DVD tutorial. Adcock's style combines the traditional Scruggs-style bluegrass with country folk blues gospel and rockabilly sounds. Working with some of his most-requested instrumentals Adcock analyses licks and chord shapes for each tune opening up new techniques and a host of ideas for the picking student. Discover how a basic Travis picking guitar line can be transferred to the banjo (complete with a damped bass string and bluesy details). Larn how to create pedal-steel style hammer-ons anddouble bends as well as how to play melodic lines and scales with single string rolls.

This perennial favorite now in CD format was used by Bette Midler who learned to yodel for a movie role as well as by countless others who love the powerful singing styles of the great country and western stars. These CDs are great for practicing at home in the car or on top of a tall mountain. TWO CDs - LEVEL 1 - INCLUDES MUSIC This perennial favorite now in CD format was used by Bette Midler who learned to yodel for a movie role as well as by countless others who love the powerful singing styles of the great country and western stars. These CDs are great for practicing at home in the car or on top of a tall mountain. TWO CDs - LEVEL 1 - INCLUDES MUSIC

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-MIN. DVD - INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB - LEVEL 1-2Steve Kaufman teaches you how to play solid rhythm from playing behind the simplest two-chord song to the complex chord progressions needed to accompany Texas-style fiddle tunes. He starts with the fundamentals showing you how to hold a pick get good tone and play the basic bass/chord rhythm patterns solidly and accurately. Then he moves on to important embellishments such as adding bass walks playing the famous Lester Flatt 'G Run' altering your chord shapes to add moving bass lines within a song and other essential techniques. This lesson in back-up rhythm guitar is illustrated with some classic bluegrasas tunes. Playing along with Steve on 'Wabash Cannonball Blackberry Blossom and Sally Goodin' will give you the practice you'll need to use these techniques in other bluegrass songs.

One of the most exciting and accomplished players in ki ho'alu (slack key) guitar gives a lesson for novices as well as advanced players in the slack key style. He teaches instrumentals encompassing both quiet beautiful melodies and rip-roaring showstoppers with lightning-fast licks and fancy picking. Booklet includes TAB. 80 minutes. Ledward Kaapana is one of the most exciting and innovative players in the ki ho'alu Slack Key guitar style and this DVD tutorial is suitable for novice as well as expert guitarists. Kaapana teaches several instrumentals in a variety of styles encompassing both quiet beautiful melodies and rip-roaring showstoppers with lightning-fast licks and highly technical picking. Discover the secrets of this quintessentially Hawaiian approach to the guitar from one of its greatest masters.

Creating Powerful Arrangements-Treat yourself to an intimate lesson with one of the most celebrated singer/songwriters of recent years and discover the secrets of her lush arrangements unusual tunings and fingerstyle techniques. Patty teaches some of her most popular songs making them immediately accessible to all guitarists. Each song is analysed in depth showing tunings exact fingerstyle techniques and how these dazzling guitar arrangements dovetail perfectly with her captivating vocals.Treat yourself to an intimate lesson with one of the most celebrated singer/songwriters of recent years and discover the secrets of her lush arrangements unusual tunings and fingerstyle techniques. Patty teaches some of her most popular songs making them immediately accessible to all guitarists. Each song is analysed in depth showing tunings exact fingerstyle techniques and how these dazzling guitar arrangements dovetail perfectly with her captivating vocals.

Here are the electric gutar techniques that will add hot solos and powerful drive to any country or rock band! The Fender Telecaster is so popular among country performers that it has almost become the standard guitar due to its clean warm jangly sound. Ray Flacke is renowned for use of the Telecaster and here he teaches the mind-boggling licks that have made him sought-after for session recording dates jingles and live gigs on the Nashville scene for more than 30 years. Suitable for early intermediate level as some prior knowledge of the guitar is required. This excellent tutorial DVD is your chance to become a virtuoso guitarist riffing country licks like there is notomorrow!

Guitar virtuoso Frederic Hand teaches exquisite classical guitar arrangements of four widely known and much-beloved American folk songs: The Water is Wide Wayfaring Stranger Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair and We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder. He shows you how by using lush chords rich harmonies and inventive improvisational elements you can make each one a beautiful and compelling performance piece. Fred teaches full concert arrangements as well as easier alternate versions for novice players who are just getting into this style of music. Learning either (or both) of these will be deeply satisfying for anyone who loves the sound of classicalguitar. Fred Hand makes this a complete learning experience by carefully explaining chord extensions and substitutions harmonic voicings up and down the neck of the guitar and elements of music theory. He shows how to use improvisational techniques and ways to enhance these as well as other songs so that you can make them truly your own.

Complete all-around drummers need to be able to play in any style maintain solid grooves and have total command of their instrument. Danny Gottlieb taps his vast experience to help players at all levels become total musicians. Drawing from his unique 'Workshop Study Guide' that has helped thousands of players in clinics across the US and abroad Danny covers everything from rudiments to powerful rock and jazz grooves. Essential drum pad exercises and in-depth advice will help you develop the speed and consistency needed to excel in both live performance and studio work. Danny starts with sixteen basic rock and jazz exercises showing techniques that novices and professionalsalike will find invaluable. Then it's on to essential snare drum work with Danny again providing the hands-on means to improve your chops and join the ranks of the top rock and jazz drummers. An amazing 10-minute duet with Danny's long-time friend and mentor master drummer Joe Morello rounds off this DVD with a pyrotechnic display of percussive magic that is not to be missed! Complete all-around drummers need to be able to play in any style maintain solid grooves and have total command of their instrument. Danny Gottlieb taps his vast experience to help players at all levels become total musicians. Drawing from his unique 'Workshop Study Guide' that has helped thousands of players in clinics across the US and abroad Danny covers everything from rudiments to powerful rock and jazz grooves. Essential drum pad exercises and in-depth advice will help you develop the speed and consistency needed to excel in both live performance and studio work. Danny starts with sixteen basic rock and jazz exercises showing techniques thatnovices and professionals alike will find invaluable. Then it's on to essential snare drum work with Danny again providing the hands-on means to improve your chops and join the ranks of the top rock and jazz drummers. An amazing 10-minute duet with Danny's long-time friend and mentor master drummer Joe Morello rounds off this DVD with a pyrotechnic display of percussive magic that is not to be missed!

DVD 1-This lesson in bottleneck/slide guitar details the powerful techniques that put Mike Dowling in high demand as a Nashville session guitarist. Taking examples from traditional blues as well as his own compositions Mike explores often-overlooked tricks of the trade that will make even the simplest lines sound musical. Playing primarily in open D tuning Mike teaches Mean Ol' Frisco Stranger Here Boogie Woogie Dance Swamp Dog Blues and Jan's Song. Early intermediate level. 110-minutes.Discover the vast possibilities of East Coast Piedmont fingerpicking-style. On this comprehensive lesson in bottleneck slide guitar Mike Dowling reveals his secrets tricks and techniques that have made him a successful artist and Nashville session guitarist. He explores often overlooked techniques that will enhance your playing and overall musicianship and make even the simplest lines sound musical. Using mainly Open-D tuning Mike teaches Mean Ol' Fisco Stranger Here Boogie Woogie Dance Swamp Dog Blues and Jan's Song . Suitable for early intermediate level this package contains a book let with tablature to the featured tracks andexercises.

Melodies-Fiddlers of all levels will benefit from Jay Ungar's inventive use of slides rolls smears vibrato and special bowing techniques. You'll learn how to turn tunes into distinctive compositions with ornaments slides and grace notes. Jay teaches: Tombigbee Waltz - Tennessee Waltz - South Wind - Shebeg Shemor - Give Me Your Hand - and his Grammy-winning tune Ashokan Farewell. 90 MIN. - INCLUDES MUSIC - LEVEL 2 Learn to create the lilting haunting sounds that linger in the heart long after the last fiddle note is ounded. Jay Ungar helps intermediate level players bring beautiful traditional and contemporary tunes to life by explaining his fiddle techniques in note-for-note detail. All fiddlers will benefit from Jay's inventive use of slides rolls smears vibrato and special bowing techniques and will learn how subtle changes in tone and rhythm can create interest and excitement. Drone and double stop harmonies as well as changes in pulse volume and intensity will add drama to a tune while ornaments slides and grace notes turn it into a distinctive and compelling composition.

A perfect companion to the best-selling video 'Kids' Guitar'! This child friendly engaging instructional CD is specially designed to give your child a repertoire of great songs and new guitar techniques.

Rhythmic Explorations for Bowed Instruments-Discover a whole bunch of innovative and exciting new bowing techniques that will get your stings grooving! Learn how to create infectious driving rhythms and syncopations in a wide variety of musical styles. Darol Anger demonstrates the percussive bowing techniques that will add dynamics and energy to Bluegrass Celtic Swing Latin Rock or any other style you can imagine. This DVD is a set of wonderful rhythmic explorations for all bowed strings that expands musical options and inspiration.

The improvisational flair and amazing technical skill of the legendary Don Reno are laid bare for you to discover in this DVD tutorial by his very own son Don Wayne Reno. His unique style combines chord-based solos percussive techniques and flamboyant single-string runs. Don Wayne guide you through the distinctive rolls brush techniques walk-downs and chord melodies basing the lesson around eight classic Reno songs. Don Wayne even uses the 1934 Gibson Mastertone that his father received as a trade from the great Earl Scruggs. You won't find a more complete Reno-style Banjo lesson anywhere!

Roy Rogers gives a full and comprehensive introduction to the master art of the Blues slide guitar. As a world-class performer Rogers has an unmistakable virtuoso style that draws upon the heritage of T-Bone Walker Albert King John Lee Hooker and here's your chance to learn the nuts and bolts of the style. Topics include: How to get into open tuning Holding the slide Using vibrato and proper intonation Developing a powerful hybrid picking technique Licks and their variations Improvisation harmony and rhythm riffs Combining the slide with hammer-ons and pull-offs The DVD is supported by some fantastic performances by The Delta Rhythm Kings illustrating all the points discussed and allowing you to witness the Rogers technique in context. Soon you will have the most blistering Blues solos at your fingertips.

This DVD provides rare insights into the musical thinking of one of the most influential songwriters and arrangers in modern American popular music. Steely Dan's Donald Fagen reveals how traditional twelve-bar blues and R&B structures can be the basis for unique and sophisticated compositions. He and jazz pianist Warren Bernhardt break down the keyboard arrangements to three great Steely Dan hits: (Chain Lightning · Josie · Peg) - as well as the solo works: On the Dunes · Tea House on the Tracks. 70 MIN. · INCLUDES MUSIC · LEVEL 3-4Songwriting legend Donald Fagen analyses some of his best-known songs showing you how to transform your song ideas into sophisticated Jazz/Rock arrangements. Three songs by Steely Dan plus two from his own Grammy-nominated album are dissected to show how altering the bassline and harmonic details of a standard Blues/Rn'B structure can transform the song into something more rich unusual and exciting. You will witness the development of progressively more complex pieces as the simplicities at the root of the song-constructions are revealed. With the help of Warren Bernhardt Fagen provides a unique masterclass that will transform your approach to songwriting.

Happy Traum's long association with the iconic Bob Dylan makes him the perfect instructor to teach these seven fingerstyle arrangements of Dylan favourites. The detailed in-depth lessons are designed for both early intermediate and more experienced players who will gain important guitar technique along with first hand historical insights.

A step-by-step learning guide to the autoharp-one of the most beautiful (and easiest) traditional instruments. Includes detailed instruction on holding it proper use of the chord buttons strumming and fingerpicking techniques and how to pick out melodies and play instrumentals in the styles of the great traditional players. 60 minutes. A brilliant beginners' DVD that teaches the rudimentary and fundimental skills and techniques needed to play the Autoharp - one of the most beautiful (and easiest)traditional instruments. Step-by-step instruction of everything you need to know from proper use of the chord buttons strumming and fingerpicking techniques and how to pick out melodies and play instrumentals in the styles of the great traditional players. John Sebastian of Lovin' Spoonful presents his detailed but easy method which is perfect for novices and beginners as it teaches how to hold the harp how to tune it play simple strums and co-ordinate the fingers and thumb in fingerpicking for the first time.

DVD Three: Boogie Woogie and Slow Blues-David Bennett Cohen takes beginning and intermediate pianists beyond the basics and into the depths of real blues styles. The emphasis is on improvisation for both slow blues and the more up-tempo boogie-woogie. The tunes he teaches including Pinetop's Boogie and Blues for a Summer's Dream incorporate a wide spectrum of musical ideas and techniques. 80 MIN. - INCLUDES MUSIC - LEVEL 3 David Cohen takes beginning and intermediate pianists beyond the basics and into the colorful flavors foot-stomping syncopation and old-time funky feeling of the real blues style. The emphasis is on helping you achieve solid technique and improvisational ideas for both slow blues and the more up-tempo boogie-woogie styles. David covers a wide range of musical concepts that will bring your playing to a whole new level. He starts with the driving bass patterns that give boogie-woogie its recognizable groove then adds chords riffs bass lines classic turnarounds and arpeggios that will give your playing style and distinction. Moving from the key of C toE (necessary if you’re going to be playing with a guitarist) David explores slow blues using progressions that will expand your harmonic sense and allow you to improvise easily and effectively in major and minor keys. You’ll learn to play the rollicking Pinetop’s Boogie (in two keys) the sophisticated Blues For A Summer’s Dream and the seemingly endless variations on the 8-bar Slow Blues in E.