Learn how to play and sing nine classic Paul Simon tunes from start to finish. You will learn how to play instrumental solos and how to begin and end each song. While studying Fred's arrangements of these Paul Simon hits you willalso learn a lot about finger picking: backup patterns soloing ideas and various chord positions.

For this unique lesson Fernando Perez composed an instrumental piece titled Jazz Manouche which encompasses many gypsy jazz guitar techniques. Besides teaching you how to play this exciting instrumental Fernando will explain how to understand this style of music in order to create your own compositions in this style. You will learn: Different techniques i.e such as playing abanico - a flamenco technique very useful for fingerstyle guitar Playing ornaments on arpeggios Fingerpicking with your index middle and ring fingers Strumming a perfect groove for Jazz Manouche Strum variations Breaking down bass lines chords and melodies in order to know how they work Positionsfor harmonic movements Original ideas for turning your guitar into a Jazz band and taking solos for guitar bass or even drums For this unique lesson Fernando Perez composed an instrumental piece titled Jazz Manouche which encompasses many gypsy jazz guitar techniques. Besides teaching you how to play this exciting instrumental Fernando willexplain how to understand this style of music in order to create your own compositions in this style. You will learn: Different techniques i.e such as playing 'abanico' - a flamenco technique very useful forfingerstyle guitar Playing ornaments on arpeggios Fingerpicking with your index middle and ring fingers Strumming a perfect groove for Jazz Manouche Strum variations Breaking down basslines chords and melodies in order to know how they work Positions for harmonic movements Original ideas for turning your guitar into a Jazz band and taking solos for guitar bass or even drums

The golden age of African fingerpicking guitar was in the 1950s and 1960s. The great players and recording artists of that time included Jean Bosco Mwenda and Losta Abelo from Zaire and George Mukabi from Kenya. Guitaristsfrom other parts of the world have rarely if ever had a chance to learn their songs and playing techniques. On this DVD their arrangements are taught by John Low who has lived worked and studied with African musicians includingthose mentioned above. There are some interesting links with American guitar styles but there are just as many differences including rhythms borrowed from traditional African music and catchy up-beat patterns. Africanfingerstyle guitar is usually accompanied by rhythms played on a bottle. John Low is accompanied on this DVD by Frans Maathuis and Keith Jackman on bottles.

In this lesson Tom Feldmann takes you to where it all began Dockery Plantation dubbed 'The Birthplace of the Blues' and highlights the earliest recording artists that gave Dockery its legendary status Charlie Patton Son House Willie Brown and Tommy Johnson. You will learn a few songs by each artist giving you a taste of the individuals themselves as well as the genre as a whole. The majority of the lesson is done out of standard tuning focusing on E C and A positions. From standard tuning you move to Drop D tuning for Tommy Johnson's Big Road Blues and then to Open G (Spanish tuning) for Willie Brown's Future Blues. Of course no lesson on Delta blues guitarwould be complete without a look at bottleneck slide and this lesson is no exception with Tom closing with two trailblazers of bottleneck slide Son House and Charlie Patton. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. In addition the original recordings of all the tunes are included. Titles include: STANDARD TUNING: M&O Blues Stone Pony Blues 34 Blues Morning Prayer Blues A Down The Staff Lonesome Home Blues DROP D TUNING: Big Road Blues SPANISH TUNING: Future Blues Levee Camp Moan It Won't Be Long In this lesson Tom Feldmann takes you to where it all began Dockery Plantation dubbed 'The Birthplace of the Blues' and highlights the earliest recording artists that gave Dockery its legendary status Charlie Patton Son House Willie Brown and Tommy Johnson. You will learn a few songs by each artist giving you a taste of the individuals themselves as well as the genre as a whole. The majority of the lesson is done out of standard tuning focusing on E C and A positions. From standard tuning you move to Drop D tuning for Tommy Johnson's Big Road Blues and then to Open G (Spanish tuning) for Willie Brown's Future Blues. Of course no lesson on Delta blues guitarwould be complete without a look at bottleneck slide and this lesson is no exception with Tom closing with two trailblazers of bottleneck slide Son House and Charlie Patton. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. In addition the original recordings of all the tunes are included. Titles include: STANDARD TUNING: M&O Blues Stone Pony Blues 34 Blues Morning Prayer Blues A Down The Staff Lonesome Home Blues DROP D TUNING: Big Road Blues SPANISH TUNING: Future Blues Levee Camp Moan It Won't Be Long

From The Golden Era Of American Pop Music-The music on this recording represents a pinnacle in the range of fingerstyle Guitar music. It contains some of the best tracks recorded by a superb musician at the exact moment of discovering his full powers of expression. The result is a feast for Guitar music lovers whose tastes run to substantial fare. This was Ton Van Bergeyk 's second solo recording. It was originally released in 1976. This enhanced CD release includes tab/music of all the tunes (except Jazz Me Blues) as PDF files. You will need Adobe Acrobat (a free download) to open and print this file from your computer. Song list: 1. Junk Man Rag 2.Mustard Swing3. Zither Melodies 4. From Soup To Nuts 5. Kansas City Stomp 6. Rondo Caprice 7. Ragtime Medley: Bantam Step & Springtime Rag 8. Notoriety Rag 9. Medley: If I Had You & Moonlight Serenade 10. Jazz Me Blues 11. Divertisement 12. Georgia Grind 13. Coconut Dance 14. Florida Rag

Though Buddy Holly's career was short he was a huge influence on the Beatles the Rolling Stones Bob Dylan and most of the rockers and songwriters of the 1960s 70s and beyond. Most of the songs in this collection have been hits many times over and they’re still covered today by rock pop and country bands. Fred makes Buddy's tunes accessible to fingerpicking guitarists in this instructional DVD that includes rockers like That’ll Be the Day It’s So Easy and Maybe Baby and pretty ballads like Raining In My Heart and Everyday . He explains the tricky parts of the arrangements and presents a split-screen slower version of each tune sothat you can back yourself up singing and can play instrumental versions of every song as well. His easy-going instructional style makes it easy to learn! Other Buddy Holly tunes in this set include Peggy Sue Lonesome Tears and It Doesn’t Matter Anymore . All the songs (backup and solos) are written out in tab and music in the accompanying booklet.

Crosspicking is an exciting flatpicking technique that is an essential part of every bluegrass guitarist's arsenal. Utilising repeated patterns on three-string groups crosspicking captures the bounce of a fiddler's double shuffleand the drive of three-finger banjo Scruggs-style rolls. Learn the art of this exciting pick technique with Eric Thompson in this DVD tutorial that features split-screen close-ups so you'll never miss a note!

To Arranging For Fingerstyle Guitar-In A Nuts & Bolts Approach To Arranging For Fingerstyle Guitar Rolly Brown teaches an organised approach to exploring and combining rhythm melody and harmony to create fingerstyle Guitar arrangements. This instructional DVD includes numerous tips tools and techniques a look at approaching different musical styles and just enough theoretical knowledge to get you started at arranging your own versions of whatever sort of music you want to create on the Guitar. Numerous examples are shown and discussed. The topics covered include: Arpeggiated rolling rhythm Arranging for constant alternate bass Chord choice and substitution The essential tones concept Arranging with a walkingbass line Bossa Nova rhythm Ragtime Fingerstyle blues Original compositions In A Nuts & Bolts Approach To Arranging For Fingerstyle Guitar Rolly Brown teaches an organised approach to exploring and combining rhythm melody and harmony to create fingerstyle Guitararrangements. This instructional DVD includes numerous tips tools and techniques a look at approaching different musical styles and just enough theoretical knowledge to get you started at arranging your own versions ofwhatever sort of music you want to create on the Guitar. Numerous examples are shown and discussed. The topics covered include: Arpeggiated rolling rhythm Arranging for constant alternatebass Chord choice and substitution The essential tones concept Arranging with a walking bass line Bossa Nova rhythm Ragtime Fingerstyle blues Originalcompositions