Aaron Gilmartin's intro to flamenco will get anyone started playing this passionate and exciting music. Along with flamenco history and terminology Aaron teaches four of the most important forms: Tangos and Alegrias and Bulerias and Soleares - along with the strumming and picking techniques that make flamenco so exciting to players and listeners alike. Aaron Gilmartin's intro to flamenco will get anyone started playing this passionate and exciting music. Along with flamenco history and terminology Aaron teaches four of the most important forms: Tangos and Alegrias and Bulerias and Soleares - along with the strumming and picking techniques that make flamenco so exciting to players and listeners alike.

Lesson 2-Marcy and Ginger present five new chords and a variety of strumming techniques. On-screen chord charts graphics and lyrics make understanding the chords and learning to sing and play nine more great tunes easy and fun. Marcy and Ginger present five new chords and a variety of strumming techniques. On-screen chord charts graphics and lyrics make understanding the chords and learning to sing and play nine more great tunes easy and fun.

A lesson in basic music theory for the five-string Banjo player that will open vast possibilities and help you develop your musical ear. Bluegrass master Bill Keith will give you the knowledge needed to gain a total understanding of the Banjo fretboard and find the right notes anywhere first time! Keith starts out by demonstrating a simple method for picking out familiar melodies by ear. Soon you will be playing harmonised scales and moving freely around the whole instrument with the help of the unique visual charts he has devised. The charts show relationships between notes frets and strings in a clear and logical manner - allowing you to quickly grasp the full range ofthe instrument. Before you know it you will be developing melodies and improvising all over the instrument with using your favourite Bluegrass melodies.

Learn to play a variety of fantastic tunes as you master the challenging techniques of the Dobro with this accessible DVD tutorial by Dobro master Stacy Phillips. Phillips provides detailed instruction on: The use of picks The bar Hammer-ons Pull-offs Right hand rolls A variety of chord positions An in-depth examination of major scale patterns is provided applicable to almost any song and allowing you to create your own melodies and improvisations. Each song has been carefully selected to introduce different playing styles and boost your musical vocabulary. You will discover the blues bluegrass three different open tunings and a breathtaking arrangement of Dixie Hoedown thatcombines every element from the lessons in spectacular fashion. This intermediate-level tutorial in resonator guitar will have you picking better than you ever dreamed you could! Learn to play a variety of fantastic tunes as you master the challenging techniques of the Dobro with this accessible DVD tutorial by Dobro master Stacy Phillips. Phillips provides detailed instruction on: The use of picks The bar Hammer-ons Pull-offs Right hand rolls A variety of chord positions An in-depth examination of major scale patterns is provided applicable to almost any song and allowing you to create your own melodies and improvisations. Each song has been carefully selected to introduce different playing styles and boost your musical vocabulary. You will discover the blues bluegrass three different open tunings and abreathtaking arrangement of Dixie Hoedown that combines every element from the lessons in spectacular fashion. This intermediate-level tutorial in resonator guitar will have you picking better than you ever dreamed you could!

Volume 2 (DVD)-In Learn To Play Bottleneck Blues Guitar Bob Brozman provides intermediate and advanced level guitarists with a complete toolbox with which to dramatically increase their repertoire and enhance their blues arrangements and improvisations. Brozman gives both a historical and a technical analysis of the styles innovations and techniques originally created by Robert Johnson Son House Charlie Patton and other Delta slide masters. The songs covered include Come On in My Kitchen Delta Memories Rollin' and Tumblin . Includes tab. The duration of this DVD is approximately 70 minutes. In Learn To Play Bottleneck Blues Guitar Bob Brozman provides intermediate and advanced level guitarists with a complete toolbox with which to dramatically increase their repertoire and enhance their blues arrangements and improvisations. Brozman gives both a historical and a technical analysis of the styles innovations and techniques originally created by Robert Johnson Son House Charlie Patton and other Delta slide masters. The songs covered include Come On in My Kitchen Delta Memories Rollin' and Tumblin . Includes tab. The duration of this DVD is approximately 70 minutes.

The Tenor Banjo has a shorter neck and higher sharper sound great for being heard in a band situation. Buddy Wachter's tutorial provides everything you need to know and is specifically produced for this particular kind of Banjo. The lessons include Theory Basic chord formations Picking and strumming exercises Correct tremolo technique Moveable chords Dynamics and structure when playing tunes You'll learn valuable insights into the Duo and Riverboat styles as well as the approach of the incomparable Eddie Peabody.

Here's an easy and fun way for beginners to play favourite bluegrass tunes. Happy teaches all the basic techniques and helps guitarists begin to build their own repertoire. He covers pick technique elementary theory song accompaniment and how to play instrumental solos.

Learn five classic blues songs especially arranged for intermediate-level guitarists who want to explore exciting new styles and repertoire. Mary Flower's clear step-by-step instruction will make these pieces fun to play for anyone with some prior knowledge of blues fingerpicking techniques. Mary starts off with Leroy Carr's Papa's in the Housetop first strumming the basic chords to get you quickly into the tune. She teaches you how to play the melody on the high strings then adds harmony notes and finally finishes the arrangement with a hot New Orleans bass line. She then launches into equally detailed instruction for Bessie Smith's Backwater Blues with moving bassesand unusual harmonies: Memphis Minnie's Black Rat Swing played in both standard and open D tunings: Jimmy Oden's Going Down Slow a 12-bar shuffle/groove blues using a combination of Charlie Patton and Jimi Hendrix licks and New Orleans Hop Scop Blues another great Bessie Smith ragtime blues. Mary Flower's arrangements are challenging fun to play and filled with musical ideas that will inspire you and add great songs to your blues repertoire. Learn five classic blues songs especially arranged for intermediate-level guitarists who want to explore exciting new styles and repertoire. Mary Flower's clear step-by-step instruction will make these pieces fun to play for anyone with some prior knowledge of blues fingerpicking techniques. Mary starts off with Leroy Carr's Papa's in the Housetop first strumming the basic chords to get you quickly into the tune. She teaches you how to play the melody on the high strings then adds harmony notes and finally finishes the arrangement with a hot New Orleans bass line. She then launches into equally detailed instruction for Bessie Smith's BackwaterBlues with moving basses and unusual harmonies; Memphis Minnie's Black Rat Swing played in both standard and open D tunings; Jimmy Oden's Going Down Slow a 12-bar shuffle/groove blues using a combination of Charlie Patton and Jimi Hendrix licks; and New Orleans Hop Scop Blues another great Bessie Smith ragtime blues. Mary Flower's arrangements are challenging fun to play and filled with musical ideas that will inspire you and add great songs to your blues repertoire.

Here's a unique chance to take an intimate lesson with a true blues great and long time sideman to the legendary Howlin' Wolf Hubert Sumlin. Sumlin's sharp-edged solos and screaming riffs have graced recordings by some of the very best blues stars including Eric Clapton Willie Dixon and Sunnyland Slim and the longevity of his career with Howlin' Wolf means his distinctive tone is now as integral to the Wolf sound as the voice of the formidable bluesman himself. He has long been acknowledged as a vital influence by such groundbreaking guitar pioneers as Jimmy Page and Keith Richards as well as by mavericks such as Zappa and Hendrix. Introduced by Jimmy Vivino and backed by a stellar rhythm section featuring The Band's Levon Helm with David Johnson and Michael Merritt Hubert sheds light on his traditional Mississippi-based fingerpicking blues style. Discover the licks that helped to define a musical era slowed down and demonstrated in detail by the man himself. Sumlin breaks down some of Wolf's best tunes including Smokestack Lightning Forty Four and Hidden Charms . A special treat for blues lovers and learning guitarists everywhere!

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 · LEVEL 4 · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB This DVD captures influential country/folk guitarist Doc Watson in a special guitar workshop teaching the most requested fingerpicking and flatpicking songs and instrumentals in his vast repertoire.

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 16 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 anglebutton 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 DVD edition of this expert tutorial from Pete Wernick (aka 'Doctor Banjo') in which he and his band teach novice players and pickers how to jam. The details of 'jam etiquette' basics of music theory signalling kick-offs and endings using the 'number system' for calling out changes and many more topics are covered in depth.

One of the hottest guitarists on the Irish scene today breaks apart his accompaniment style for the learning player. He demonstrates his complex strumming patterns and shows how to add interest and depth to a basic three-chord tune by using substitutions to change the underlying harmonic structure. More than a dozen great reels jigs and hornpipes are analyzed rhythmically including: Crowley's The Mountain Road Craig's Pipes The Gooseberry Bush Gallagher's Frolics Mist Covered Mountain Langstrom's Pony Humours of Whiskey Banks of Loch Gamhna Return to Camden Town Fermoy Lasses The Girl That Broke MyHeart Chief O'Neill's Hornpipe Tim Henry's Favorite The Pullet. 85-MIN. DVD INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB LEVEL 3 John Doyle's powerful accompaniment style includes strumming patterns moving bass lines palm damping backbeats accents and syncopations that drive a tune forward. By using minor chords and substitutions he can add interest movement and depth to a basic three-chord tune. This exciting lesson shows both simple arrangements and complex rhythms chord shapes and progressions to enable you to get a traditional band to really rock! Using dropped-D tuning John teaches rhythmic accompaniments to reels jigs slip jigs and hornpipes. With John Williams playing the melodies on button accordion he goes over each tune both slowly and up-to-speed developing dynamic chordprogressions and rhythmic flourishes as he goes. You'll learn the accompaniments to more than a dozen great tunes including 'Crowley's' 'The Mountain Road' 'Craig's Pipes' 'The Gooseberry Bush' 'Gallagher's Frollics' 'Mist Covered Mountain' 'Langstrom's Pony' Humours Of Whiskey' 'Banks Of Loch Gamhna' 'Return To Camden Town' 'The Fermoy Lasses' 'The Girl That Broke My Heart'.

Take a lesson with the father of rock and roll piano and with this DVD take a rare close-up look at Johnnie Johnson's style and technique. Johnson was the pianist on all of Chuck Berry's hits and with his warm personality and a unique overhead camera angle to supply a players perspective this is a fabulous new method fo blues and rock piano enthusiasts. You'll learn chop bass rolling bass lines and improvising chordal figures and lead lines and watch Johnnie perform a variety of classic blues styles as well as interviews and conversation which reveals his styles and techniques. This DVD lesson will provide valuable insights into Johnson's musical ideas and willhelop you build a repertoire of bass patterns treble licks and complete instrumental solos for blues boogie-woogie or rock and roll piano.

2-DVD Set-These two lessons will give learning players all the tools they'll need to master the resonator guitar. Rob Ickes Dobro Player of the Year from 1996-1999 covers everything from fine-tuning the strings to picking style bar position bluegrass back-up technique and how to achieve good tone timing and volume control. He provides several exercises as well as insights into his own warm-up regimens. 2-DVD SET - INCLUDES TAB - LEVEL 2/3 Award-winning instrumentalist Rob Ickes has created a comprehensove course to help you master all aspects of the resonator guitar from bar tachnique to fingerpicking rolls. He covers ererything you'll need to hold your own in a bluegrass band from a fine-tuning the strings to achieving good tone timing and volume control. You'll learn correct hand positions for fast and clean playing powerful forward and reverse right hand rolls basic music theory and all aspects of good bar techniques. With Jim Hurst on vocal and guitar you'll gain an understanding of how to play back-up rhythm and fills behind a vocalist create effective solos build chords andscales and much more. Rob teaches or demonstrates several great tunes including Will the circle be unbroken Dixie Hoedown Ol' Dangerfield Sailin' To Hawaii Monrobro Reuben How great Thou Art and Flat Lonesome . Whether you want to play bluegrass or explore country blues Hawaiian or other styles these DVDs will get you on the right track-fast.

taught by Bill Keith Pete Wernick Tony Trischka Eddie Adcock Don Wayne Reno Sonny Osborne and Ralph Stanley This terrific compilation features instruction by some of Homespun's most celebrated banjo pickers. The lesson segments progress from very basic to advanced and will give players a full range of bluegrass banjo techniques. Tunes include: Soldier's Joy · John Hardy · Little Rock Getaway · El Randa · Turkey Knob · and Little Maggie. ALL LEVELS · INCLUDES TAB · 90 MIN.Bluegrass banjo has all the drive excitement rhythmic complexity and melodic possibilities that you could want in an instrument. This collection of lessons compiled from Homespun's vast library of music instruction covers a variety of skills and tunes. The segments are graded to take you from elementary to advanced levels and will open up myriad playing possibilities while allowing you to sample lessons before purchasing any of these DVDs in full. Taught by seven of the most celebrated pickers this collection will expand your repertoire improve your technique and enhance your musical knowledge. Before long you'll be tackling everything from working onyour basic rolls to playing hot bluegrass solos.

Butch Baldassari provides a solid introduction on how to play the mandolin. You will learn how to hold and tune the instrument and play basic scales & chords - soon you'll be picking out melodies to classic bluegrass tunes.

Creating Easy Song Arrangements-The compelling mysteries of solo guitar arrangements are now easier to understand than ever before. Renowned guitarist and celebrated tutor Happy Traum takes a handful of traditional songs and shows you how to transform them into magical solo arrangements. You will discover interesting picking patterns altered chords and substitutions ornamentation harmonised scales and much more. By breaking the technique down into building blocks and fundamental patterns you will soon be developing your own personal solo style and you'll be amazed at what can be done with even the simplest folk melody! Get the most from this absorbing and highly individual approach to the guitar withthis superb tutorial from one of the best in the business. Full music and tablature are included. Happy Traum has created the Guitar Building Blocks series of lessons to help learning players develop essential guitar technique. Each of these DVDs concentrates on a specific 'building block' allowing you to delve deeply into just those areas that you need to strengthen. The Building Blocks series gives you a solid foundation upon which to base your future guitar studies. The compelling mysteries of solo guitar arrangements are now easier to understand than ever before. Renowned guitarist and celebrated tutor Happy Traum takes a handful of traditional songs and shows you how to transform them into magical solo arrangements. You will discover interesting picking patterns altered chords and substitutions ornamentation harmonised scales and much more. By breaking the technique down into building blocks and fundamental patterns you will soon be developing your own personal solo style and you'll be amazed at what can be done with even the simplest folk melody! Get the most from this absorbing and highly individual approach to the guitarwith this superb tutorial from one of the best in the business. Full music and tablature are included. Happy Traum has created the Guitar Building Blocks series of lessons to help learning players develop essential guitar technique. Each of these DVDs concentrates on a specific 'building block' allowing you to delve deeply into just those areas that you need to strengthen. The Building Blocks series gives you a solid foundation upon which to base your future guitar studies.

Young Fiddle virtuosos Luke and Jenny Anne Bulla present a highly innovative and practical approach to playing the Fiddle with Kids teaching kids . Enjoyable and easy to follow this instructional DVD introduces all the skills needed to play Boil the Cabbage Down and to be ready for more advanced studies. Suitable for any young Fiddlers aged 6-12 this first lesson features: Tuning Up Bow Technique Playing First Notes Proper Hand Position and Posture And all other essential skills for beginners.Young Fiddle virtuosos Luke and Jenny Anne Bulla present a highly innovative and practical approach to playing the Fiddle with Kids teaching kids . Enjoyable and easy to follow this instructional DVD introduces all the skills needed to play Boil the Cabbage Down and to be ready for more advanced studies. Suitable for any young Fiddlers aged 6-12 this first lesson features: Tuning Up Bow Technique Playing First Notes Proper Hand Position and Posture And all other essential skills for beginners.

DVD One: The Basics-Grab your five-string banjo and get ready to frail! Bob covers all the basics of traditional clawhammer style: hammer-ons pull-offs chords scales tunings right-hand essentials slides double-thumbing the fifth string and more. Songs include: Shortenin' Bread - Cripple Creek - Liberty - Soldier's Joy. 60 MIN. - INCLUDES TAB - LEVEL 1 Grab your five-string banjo and get ready to frail! Bob Carlin starts at ground zero and covers all the basics of the traditional clawhammer style. You'll soon learn all the essentials needed to figure out almost any tune.

DVD One - Starting Out-The one-row button accordion creates the defining sound that drives the waltzes and two-steps beloved by enthusiasts of Cajun music. Dirk Powell's step-by-step approach makes it easy to start playing immediately. He teaches how tohold the instrument use the bellows find the notes and play double (octaves) - the essence of the Cajun style. Includes detailed instruction for playing some of the most popular Cajun dance tunes: La Valse deQuatre-vingt-dix-neuf Ans (The 99 Year Waltz) The High Point Two-Step Johnny Can't Dance. 75-MIN. DVD INCLUDES LYRICS NOVICE LEVEL.Dirk Powell's Learn To Play Cajun Accordion 1 is a complete beginners method to playing beloved instrument and the driving force behind Cajun tunes. Perfect for novice players or those just starting out Dirk unravels all the basics and explains clearly how to hold the Accordion use the bellows find the notes and the importance of double octaves. With a selection of repertoire pieces from the Cajun style and all the tools you'll need to start playing what are you waiting for - squeeze away!