The bread-and-butter of acoustic playing is covered in 50 lessons demonstrating fingerpicking patterns, open-string voicings, changes with bass lines, alternate tunings, Brit-pop strums, left-hand mutes, double-stops, funk patterns, alternating bass, movable chord-shapes, Travis-picking, harmonics, and much more. Teaches the techniques that define the acoustic masters. A Guitar Lab product - employing a hands-on approach in which students "play" their way through the curriculum, using tools like tab files, practice rhythm tracks, more. 1 hour, 43 min.
on order, expected arrival date 11/30/09
495-DVD8094
.. list $24.95 ours
$20.50
DVD - ACCELERATE YOUR GUITAR PLAYING - EXERCISES AND TIPS TO MAKE YOU BETTER--FASTER
featuring Tomo Fujita
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Berklee professor Tomo Fujita shares his method for improving the essential skills required to play with other musicians and to freely express yourself on guitar. Covers: scale and picking exercises, intervals and ear training, rhythm studies, and grooves in blues, swing, jazz, R&B, and funk. Includes 80 page note/tab booklet. 55 min.
49-DVD320458
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$22.45
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DVD - ACOUSTIC GUITAR FOR BEGINNERS
by Dave Kilminster
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Are you a complete beginner? Or maybe you had some lessons once and got discouraged because you found it too difficult? If so this is the DVD for you! It shows you the easiest possible way of playing guitar, with no pointless exercises or inane, nursery rhyme type tunes, just good, inspirational music. Lessons include tuning, moveable chord shapes, cool strumming patterns and much more.
02-DVD68
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$17.95
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DVD - ACOUSTIC GUITAR WITH PAUL BALOCHE - MODERN WORSHIP SERIES
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This 2-1/2 hour DVD is jam-packed with up close and personal instruction on acoustic guitar essentials including: the open chord concept, finger picking techniques, right and left hand damping, using your capo to play in all keys, walkdowns in all keys, alternate voicings for common chords, modern chord progressions, improving your timing and feel, progressive barre chord voicings, effective strumming patterns and techniques, more. The companion workbook is available by download from www.leadworship.com. 155 min.
49-DVD748287
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$26.95
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DVD - ALFRED'S KID'S GUITAR COURSE COMPLETE
by Ron Manus & L.C. Harnsberger
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Companion to the book of the same title. 133 min.
20-DVD32141
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$17.95
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DVD - ALFRED'S KID'S GUITAR COURSE, BOOK 1
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Companion to the book of the same title.
20-DVD30608
$12.95
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DVD - ALFRED'S KID'S GUITAR COURSE, BOOK 2
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Companion to the book of the same title.
20-DVD31994
$12.95
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DVD - AN EASY GUIDE TO TUNING YOUR GUITAR - SECRETS TO PLAYING AND STAYING PERFECTLY IN TUNE
taught by Happy Traum with John Sebastian
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Happy Traum and John Sebastian demonstrate various tips and tricks for getting in tune. Learn how to tune to the notes on a piano or keyboard, "relative" tuning using the fretboard and harmonics, the ins and outs of electronic tuners, staying in tune when using a capo, the right way to change your strings so they stay in tune, troubleshooting your instrument for pitch problems, more. 60 min.
300-DVD276
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$17.95
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DVD - AN INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC STYLES FOR ACOUSTIC GUITAR
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You want to learn the guitar and you want to learn it now! The quickest way to learning songs is learning to play in different styles. Whether it's blues, latin, or good old rock 'n' roll, there are certain concepts and fundamentals that are common to all contemporary songs in their genre. Teaches the elements of a basic song in each style so you can apply them to your playing and learn hundreds of songs like it. Skills included: * Posture & technique * How to tune correctly * How to change your strings * Chords * Strumming patterns * Arpeggios * Fingerpicking and more! Additional DVD features: printable reference materials, performances, extra tips, beginning music theory interactive, more. 90 min. min.
03-DVD999043
.. list $9.95 ours
$8.95
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DVD - BEGINNING ACOUSTIC GUITAR
taught by Michael Thompson
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Basics, starting with the parts of the guitar, tuning, fundamental chords, chord progressions, arpeggiated chords. He also demonstrates minor pentatonic scales, strumming patterns, finger picking and more. Includes note/tab booklet. 37 min.
25-DVD320392
.. list $14.95 ours
$13.45
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DVD - BEGINNING ACOUSTIC GUITAR
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Simple instruction for beginning/intermediate players. With tab booklet. Includes several months of lessons. Songs are demonstrated slowly on a split screen. Bass and rhythm guitar accompaniment is provided. Start with chords and strumming patterns. Then learn to add melody to create lead solo arrangements. Learn hammers, pull-offs, slides, tab, rhythm patterns, arpeggiated rhythm, endings, more. 60 min.
515-DVD10
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$13.45
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DVD - BEGINNING GUITAR WITH PAUL BALOCHE - MODERN WORSHIP SERIES
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For beginners of all ages, a fun and easy way to learn worship songs on the guitar. On this widescreen DVD, Paul demonstrates all the essentials to get you started, from tuning to strumming your first chords. In a few simple steps he shows you how you can play some of your favorite songs in a matter of days. With cameras showing Paul's hands from different angles, you copy his every move as he teaches you to play: "Blessed Be Your Name," "Come, Now Is the Time to Worship," "Here I Am to Worship," "How Great Is Our God" and "Open the Eyes of My Heart." The companion workbook is available by download from www.leadworship.com. 103 min.
49-DVD749005
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$26.95
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DVD - BETTER LEAD GUITAR THROUGH CHORDS
taught by Fred Sokolow
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If you're trying to improve your lead guitar playing by studying scales, that's only half the picture. The best lead guitarists in rock, jazz, country, bluegrass and R & B base much of their improvisation and soloing on chords - even when they're playing single note solos. Sokolow shows you several chord based approaches to soloing and backup, covering several genres: arpeggios, country licks and fast flatpicking solos in country/bluegrass tunes like "Jambalaya;" solo and backup R&B like "People Get Ready" and "Just My Imagination;" Steve Cropper-style licks on "Dock of the Bay" and "Under the Boardwalk," Django-style solos on swing tunes like "Avalon." You'll also learn basic music theory as Fred shows you how to find chords up and down the fretboard and connect them in chord families. Tab/music booklet as PDF file. Intermediate. 90 min.
304-DVD415
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DVD - EASY GUITAR CHORDS AND PROGRESSIONS - AN EFFORTLESS WAY TO MAKE YOUR SONGS SOUND GREAT
taught by Artie Traum
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By moving just one finger to a different fret, or a chord shape to a different position, a familiar chord takes on a whole new quality. Artie focuses on the basic chord shapes you use all the time (D, G, E and C) and shows how you can transform their sound with altered notes, open strings, bass lines, barre chords, and other techniques. Filled with guitar tips, musical ideas and good songs, including: "Sloop John B," "Corrina," "Worried Man Blues," "Barbed Wire," "The Water Is Wide" and "Diamond Joe." Beginning/Intermediate. Includes note/tab booklet. 85 min.
300-DVD350
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DVD - EFFORTLESS GUITAR: ESSENTIAL ACOUSTIC TEXTURES
by Richard Smith
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Expand your playing into the more exotic personalities of the acoustic guitar! Provides an easy-to-learn method for learning Caribbean, South American and Spanish styles that can work well in all musical situations, from rock and pop to blues and bossa nova. Learn about: authentic flamenco techniques, rasgueado and golpe techniques, innovative plucking and strumming, the samba style, rhumba, reggae, bossa nova, and recommended guitars and strings. Intermediate/advanced.
02-DVD136
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$17.95
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DVD - ELECTRIC GUITAR FOR BEGINNERS: TWO DVD SET
taught by Adam Traum, with Martin Keith, bass
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Contains 300-DVD294 & 300-DVD295. The key to success on a new instrument is motivation and this lesson has you making cool music immediately. In DVD 1 Adam shows you how to tune up, hold the pick and play your first chords, then teaches a groovy lick that takes you through an entire blues/rock chord progression. In DVD 2 he teaches pick technique, chord shapes, "strike and slides," blues scales, licks and soloing ideas. You'll learn to play lead riffs in a variety of positions, lots more. Adam and Martin provide rhythm backup so you can practice your new chords and licks. Includes note/tab booklets. 80 & 65 min.
300-DVD295SET
.. list $34.95 ours
$31.45
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DVD - ELECTRIC GUITAR FOR BEGINNERS: VOL. 1 - GETTING STARTED
taught by Adam Traum, with Martin Keith, bass
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The key to success on a new instrument is motivation and this lesson has you making cool music immediately. Adam shows you how to tune up, get good tone, hold the pick and play your first chords, then teaches a groovy lick that takes you through an entire blues/rock chord progression. You'll learn simple improvisation on single and double strings, a "Chuck Berry" rock 'n' roll rhythm pattern, more. Adam and Martin provide rhythm backup for you practicing your newly learned licks. Includes note/tab booklet. 80 min.
300-DVD294
.. list $19.95 ours
$17.95
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DVD - ELECTRIC GUITAR FOR KIDS: TWO DVD SET
taught by Marcy Marxer and Pete Kennedy
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Contains 300-DVD333 and 300-DVD334. The coolest way ever to learn electric guitar! Lesson 1 teaches: parts of the guitar, how to hold the pick, fretting first notes, getting a basic rhythm groove, forming chords, beginning to improvise. Lesson 2 teaches: barre chords, blues progressions, "metal" power chords, slides, pull-offs, hammer-ons, vibrato, rhythm grooves, and playing chords and scales in different keys. Emily (11) and Jake (14) help out to show that kids can really play this stuff. EXTRA: jam along audio tracks so you can practice what you've learned with a rhythm section. Beginner/intermediate. Includes note/tab booklets. 70 & 55 min.
300-DVD334SET
.. list $34.95 ours
$31.45
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DVD - ELECTRIC GUITAR FOR KIDS: VOL. 1 - GETTING STARTED FOR AGES 9 AND UP
taught by Marcy Marxer and Pete Kennedy
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The coolest way ever to learn electric guitar! Marcy and Pete take kids through all the steps necessary to start playing in minutes. These fun easy to use play-along lessons teach budding players the parts of the guitar, how to hold the pick, fretting first notes, getting a basic rhythm groove, playing power chords and beginning to improvise. Emily (11) and Jake (14) help out to show that kids can really play this stuff. EXTRA: jam along audio tracks so you can practice what you've learned with a rhythm section. Beginners. Includes note/tab booklet. 70 min.
on order, expected arrival date 11/27/09
300-DVD333
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$17.95
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DVD - ELECTRIC GUITAR WITH PAUL BALOCHE & BEN GOWELL - MODERN WORSHIP SERIES
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This 3 hour DVD is designed to help you expand your guitar playing skills and give you confidence in playing some of the more challenging praise and worship styles of today. You will be inspired to develop a heart for worship and a desire for excellence. Covers: chord voicings and positions, electric guitar tone, equipment and effects pedals, playing with a band, creating rhythm "parts," octaves, volume issues in church, more. The companion workbook is available by download from www.leadworship.com. Includes 80 minutes of bonus footage featuring instruction by veteran guitarist Glenn Pearce. 209 min.
49-DVD749006
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$26.95
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DVD - ESSENTIAL GUITAR PRACTICE ROUTINES: ALTERNATE PICKING
taught by Danny Gill
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One of the most frequently asked questions in the field of guitar education is "What do I practice?" This excellent DVD series provides lessons and pieces of music exclusively written for practicing essential guitar techniques. By combining the technique lessons with the music and learning the piece from start to finish, you will not only improve your ability, but also get a sense of achievement. Intermediate/advanced. 128 min.
02-DVD178
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$17.95
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DVD - ESSENTIAL GUITAR PURE THEORY: HARMONY & THEORY ADVANCED
by Danny Gill
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Harmony and theory are key components of music, helping to create the universal language of music. This will guide you through the major scale modes, the harmonic minor scale, the melodic minor scale, modal interchange, secondary dominants, and the diminished scale. Each example is clearly demonstrated and performed with a backing track for you to play-along with. Advanced.
02-DVD244
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$17.95
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DVD - ESSENTIAL GUITAR PURE THEORY: HARMONY & THEORY BASICS
by Danny Gill
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Harmony and theory is the language of music, and what allows a universal language among musicians. Starting with the basics, this will guide you through the notes on the neck, the major scale, major and minor triads, intervals, note values and harmonizing the major scale. Each example is clearly demonstrated and performed with a backing track, which is also included for you to play along with.
02-DVD242
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$17.95
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DVD - ESSENTIAL GUITAR PURE THEORY: HARMONY & THEORY INTERMEDIATE
by Danny Gill
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Harmony and theory is the language of music, allowing a universal musical language. Guides you through the minor scale, relative keys, diatonic 7th chords, pentatonic scales, blues chord progressions, blues soloing and extended chords. Each example is clearly demonstrated and performed with a backing track, which is also included for you to play along with. Intermediate.
02-DVD243
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$17.95
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DVD - FENDER PRESENTS GETTING STARTED ON ACOUSTIC GUITAR
with Keith Wyatt
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At over 3 hours long with more than 50 interactive lessons, this DVD presents one of the most comprehensive methods for beginning acoustic players. The course is divided into two sections: The First Step - covers tuning up, essential chords and scales, music reference (notes, rhythms, chords, & scales), practice tips, rhythm & soloing techniques, 3-D fretboard graphics, & backing tracks for play-along; Play Acoustic! - covers rhythm technique (bare finger/thumb, bass/chord), soloing technique (chord embellishment, open-string chords), electrified acoustic, complete rhythms and solos for rock, blues, and country styles, backing tracks in each style for play along, more. Special DVD features include a Fender Factory Tour, looping function, web links, English, Spanish, German, French, & Japanese language options, and universal encoding. 218 min.
49-DVD320294
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$22.45
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DVD - FENDER PRESENTS GETTING STARTED ON ELECTRIC GUITAR
with Keith Wyatt
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At over 3 hours long with more than 50 interactive lessons, this DVD presents one of the most comprehensive methods for beginning electric players. The course is divided into two sections: The First Step - covers tuning up, essential chords and scales, music reference section (notes, rhythms, chords, & scales), practice tips, rhythm & soloing techniques, 3-D fretboard graphics, & backing tracks for play-along; Play Electric! - covers rhythm parts (muting, alternate picking, arpeggios), soloing technique (string bending, vibrato), rock, blues, & country styles, rhythm and solo ideas for each style, backing tracks in each style, amps and effects, more. Special DVD features include a Fender Factory Tour, looping function, web links, English, Spanish, German, French, & Japanese language options, and universal encoding. 202 min.
49-DVD320293
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$22.45
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DVD - FINGER FITNESS - THE ADVANCED FINGER FITNESS GUIDE
with Greg Irwin
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A series of exercises designed to enhance hand strength, coordination, finger independence and fine motor response - exercises you can do anywhere, any time. Execellent for boosting performance and strength in specialized applications, such as playing a musical instrument. Presents 15 exercise sections: warm ups, routine of four, bends, folds, taps, pushes, spins, splits, combinations, opposites, crossovers, shuffling, routine of seven, cross throughs and advanced moves. Each section is level coded 1-5 for ease of use. Also includes two new Dazzling Digital Dances! 58 min.
553-DVD3
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$21.95
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DVD - FINGER FITNESS - THE COMPLETE HAND WORKOUT
with Greg Irwin
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Strength and coordination exercises for the fingers and hands. The progressive format challenges you to increasingly complex hand exercises with musical and verbal accompaniment. Features five exercise lessons to enhance finger independence, dexterity and agility; ten fun & easy dance routines to reinforce the lessons learned; the finger ballet "Ne Mina;" and basic exercises ideal for short breaks in the workplace. Includes an insert with pictures of the six basic moves. 62 min.
553-DVD2
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$21.95
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DVD - FRETBOARD ROADMAPS
taught by Fred Sokolow
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No matter what style of guitar you play, you will love this DVD! Get past that first position roadblock - and think in terms of the entire guitar fretboard with this guide to moveable chord progressions and scales. Includes booklet. 60 min.
49-DVD320325
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$16.15
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DVD - GREAT ELECTRIC GUITAR LESSONS
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ON SALE!! SAVE $8.95!! This rich compilation covers a wide range of instruction for the electric guitar, taught by some of the top guitar players in their respective genres. Derived from Homespun's DVD library, it includes a beginner's introduction to basic blues (Adam Traum); bottleneck slide (Roy Rogers); western swing (Ray Benson); Chicago blues (Hubert Sumlin); country fingerpicking (Steve Wariner); classic rock and rockabilly (Jim Weider); modern rock (Jorma Kaukonen); and country Telecaster (Ray Flacke). All levels. Includes note/tab booklet. 90 min.
300-DVD349
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$13.50
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DVD - GUIDE TO THE CAPO
by Dix Bruce
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Teaches everything you need to know about using a capo. Bruce teaches basic music theory that explains how the capo works and why. Learn all the fundamentals of placing several different styles of capos on both acoustic and electric guitars. You'll learn how the fret position of the capo affects what key you're playing in and how to use the capo as an artistic tool. Dix demonstrates several songs with special capoing techniques including how to use a partial capo to simulate an alternate tuning, how to use two capos on one guitar, and how to use capos on two different guitars at different positions when you play in a duo or band. Great for guitarists of all levels. 73 min.
02-DVD21594
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$13.45
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DVD - GUITAR CHORD ENCYCLOPEDIA
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This resource for all playing styles and levels features five easy-to-play voicings of 44 chord qualities for each of the twelve keys, for a whopping total of 2,640 chords! For each chord, there is a chord frame, a full-color photo of the chord being fingered, and an audio example of the chord being played. Slick and easy-to-use navigation tools make this DVD a treat for all guitarists! Includes booklet with info on basic chord theory and fingering principles.
49-DVD320331
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DVD - GUITAR CHORD MAGIC: TWO DVD SET
taught by Artie Traum
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Contains 300-DVD230 & 300-DVD231. Lesson One: Artie shows how jazzy three- and four-note chords can easily be substituted for standard major and minor triads to spice up a song accompaniment. Lesson Two: Explore the guitar's magical possibilities as Artie teaches progressions using moving basses, harmony lines and other skills that will add rich sounds to any acoustic song or instrumental. Early intermediate/intermediate. Includes chord booklets. 120 min.
out-of-stock, more coming soon -- normally ships within 7-10 days
300-DVD231SET
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$44.95
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DVD - GUITAR CHORDS MADE EASY
by William Bay
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Takes you through all the basic guitar chords starting with the easy to play forms and moving into the standard and more difficult fingerings. Every chord is shown in a guitar chord progression and a play-along segment is provided for each chord and progression. Also includes rock power chords in the keys of C, G, D, A, E and F and blues guitar chord progressions in the keys of C, G, D, A, E and F. 52 min.
02-DVD21106
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DVD - GUITAR SHERPA PRESENTS - CAGED CRACKED FOR GUITAR
by Brad Carlton
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Learn the CAGED system, a unique and highly effective system for fretboard navigation, chord selection and improvisation. You'll start off learning the five moveable chord forms and a system for quickly identifying roots and other strong tones, then learn how to see and overlay intervals, arpeggios, pentatonics and other scale forms - all of them also moveable to any key. Next, you'll learn inversions of the chords to add texture to the harmony. The fun begins as you put your big bag of moveable chords, arpeggios and scale forms to work to comp, solo and improvise over any changes, in any key, in any fretboard position. A great "rut-buster" for advanced and intermediate players. DVD features picture-in-picture showing both hands. Learning Tools (available via download) include: text lesson guide, chord charts, practice rhythm tracks, and bonus material. 98 min.
01-DVD10032
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$22.50
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DVD - GUITAR SOLOING 101 - AN EASY GUIDE TO THE FINGERBOARD
taught by Marcy Marxer with Cathy Fink, second guitar
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Even novice guitarists can start playing melodies and improvising lead parts! Marcy brings all the notes, frets, and strings into clear focus giving you a roadmap to the fingerboard. You'll learn scales up the neck and across the strings, how to find and identify intervals, and how melodies can be revealed out of chord shapes. By adding passing tones, slides, hammer-ons, and other ornaments you'll soon be improvising blues, swing, a fiddle tune and a pop song. It's a huge amount of information from the basics of improvisation to the intricacies of the CAGED system. As a bonus Marcy and Cathy provide backup for practice. Beginner. Includes note/tab booklet. 2 hours.
300-DVD234
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$26.95
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DVD - GUITAR TUNING FOR THE COMPLETE MUSICAL IDIOT
featuring Bobby Joe Holman
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ON SALE!! SAVE $3.00!! There's nothing more distracting than hearing a musician play out of tune. This user-friendly DVD teaches various methods for tuning guitars, including a section on using electronic tuning devices. 40 min.
49-DVD1198
.. list $10.00 ours
$6.00
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DVD - GUITAR WORLD: MASTERING FRETBOARD HARMONY
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3+ hours of intense music theory for the guitar: generating chords from scales, harmonizing scales, arpeggios and chord inversions, stacked chord voicings, voice leading, more. From Guitar World magazine. Written music included as a .pdf file.
20-DVD33914
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$13.45
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DVD - HAL LEONARD GUITAR METHOD DVD - FOR THE BEGINNING ELECTRIC OR ACOUSTIC GUITARIST
with Tom Kolb
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The world famous Hal Leonard Guitar Method now on DVD! Covers tuning, reading standard notation and tab, playing chords, more. Features on-screen music, guitar diagrams, and hand position close-ups. Corresponds with the Hal Leonard Guitar Method and its supplements plus bonus lessons covering chord progressions, songs, licks and jam tracks. 80 min.
49-DVD697318
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DVD - HANDS ON GUITAR!
taught by Alan Miller
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This groundbreaking series of interactive DVDs are much more than just ordinary lessons. Quizzes after each lesson test your skill and comprehension and provide feedback and supplemental material, just like a real one-on-one lesson with a pro. Covers: guitar anatomy and tuning, open chords and barre chords, chord progressions, pentatonic scales and soloing. 42 min.
01-DVD890
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$17.99
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DVD - HAPPY TRAUM'S GUITAR BUILDING BLOCKS: FOUR DVD SET
taught by Happy Traum
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Contains 300-DVD186, 300-DVD187, 300-DVD188 and 300-DVD189. Happy created this series of lessons to help learning players develop essential guitar technique. Each DVD concentrates on a specific "building block" allowing you to delve into those areas you need to strengthen. Get tips on how to play barre chords cleanly and easily, along with basic chord theory, transposing, and useful chord progressions. Learn to add bass runs to your chord progressions with bass "walks" from basic to complex. De-mystify right-hand fingerpicking technique by breaking it down into easy patterns. And take easy songs and transform them into beautiful show pieces using interesting right-hand patterns, altered chords, chord substitutions, more. Beginning/intermediate. Includes four booklets. 4 hours!
300-DVD189SET
.. list $89.95 ours
$80.95
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DVD - HAPPY TRAUM'S GUITAR BUILDING BLOCKS: VOL. 2 - BASS RUNS AND HOW TO USE THEM
taught by Happy Traum
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Bass runs provide movement, harmony and a smooth transition as you change chords. Learning to add bass runs to chord progressions teaches you how to play the notes of the scale in several keys, and helps you develop good timing and single-note accuracy. Happy teaches a variety of bass "walks" in several keys, from the most basic to more complex chromatic runs. Songs include "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" "Bury Me Beneath the Willow," "I Am A Pilgrim," "Walk Right In," more. Beginning/intermediate. Includes note/tab booklet. 60 min.
300-DVD187
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DVD - HAPPY TRAUM'S GUITAR BUILDING BLOCKS: VOL. 3 - INSTANT FINGERPICKING SUCCESS
taught by Happy Traum
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Fingerpicking is one of the most popular ways of playing the guitar, favored by folk, blues, and country pickers, and singer/songwriters such as James Taylor, Paul Simon, Nanci Griffith, and others. This lesson de-mystifies the right-hand technique by breaking it down into easy to learn patterns. Once these are mastered you'll be able to apply them to songs such as "Nine Hundred Miles," "Red Apple Juice," "Railroad Bill" and "Pretty Peggy-O." Beginning/intermediate. Includes note/tab booklet. 60 min.
300-DVD188
.. list $29.95 ours
$26.95
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DVD - INTRO TO LEAD GUITAR
with Orville Johnson
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For all you rhythm players who want to do more, this lesson covers the fundamentals you'll need to play lead guitar. Doesn't matter if you play acoustic or electric, blues or bluegrass, jazz or rock and roll, Orville will get your fingers working and your brain moving. He covers: thinking like a lead guitar player, vibrato, building a solo using movable licks, sweep picking, harmonized scales, bending strings, finding and playing melodies, playing licks vs. melodies, training your ear, more. 75 min.
457-DVD111
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$26.95
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DVD - INTRODUCTION TO CHORD THEORY & CHORD VOICING
taught by John Miller
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In Volume One, John goes over the major scale and its structure and intervalS; then into triads, showing how the diatonic triads are derived from scale structure, following up triads with seventh chords, the diatonic seventh chords and the various seventh chord types. A variety of exercises are on the PDF included on your DVD. John then shows you how to voice triads and seventh chords out of the E, A, C, D and F positions. Volume Two starts out by covering sixth chords and how to voice them, then tonic function and seventh chord function. The remainder is working on songs, seeing how to play the same song in a variety of keys and positions and how to use the way the guitar is tuned to transpose from one key to another, in the easiest possible fashion. Intermediate. 205 min.
02-DVD994SET
.. list $39.95 ours
$35.95
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DVD - INTRODUCTION TO ROOTS GUITAR - AN OVERVIEW OF NORTH AMERICAN FOLK STYLES
taught by Doug Cox
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A great primer for the beginner/intermediate guitarist interested in blues, bluegrass, country and folk guitar techniques. Includes tips on tuning, hand stretching exercises, mastering basic chord progressions, forward and backward right hand roll patterns and exercises, alternating thumb roll patterns, Travis picking, blues in E, right hand muting, right hand frailing or brush stroke, string bending, 4 finger roll patterns, right hand string grabbing, more. Booklet included. 60 min.
49-DVD1404
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$17.95
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DVD - KID'S GUITAR: TWO DVD SET
taught by Marcy Marxer
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Contains 300-DVD41 and 300-DVD42. One of our favorite kid's performers teaches folks age 6-12 how to get started on the joys of singing with the guitar, along with a basic understanding of music. Vol. 2 teaches simple finger-picking arpeggios, capo use, basic chord theory, and more. The first DVD course of its type -- and a real delight! Includes chord booklet. 90 & 75 min.
300-DVD42SET
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$35.95
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DVD - KIDS GUITAR: VOL. 1 - 10 EASY LESSONS
taught by Marcy Marxer
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One of our favorite kid's performers teaches folks age 6-10 how to get started on the joys of singing with the guitar, along with a basic understanding of music. The first DVD course of its type -- and a real delight! Includes booklet. 90 min.
300-DVD41
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$22.45
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DVD - LEARN TO PLAY GUITAR IN 21 DAYS
taught by Ravi
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Powered by TrueFire, this Guitar Lab instructional series employs a hands-on approach, letting you play through the curriculum, rather than struggle through tedious theory and exercises. Picture-in-picture, practice rhythm tracks, note/tab, text guides and interactive Power Tab - see & hear the note/tab played out at any tempo, without changing pitch. Beginners. 100 min.
495-DVD8091
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$20.50
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DVD - MASTERING THE GUITAR: LEVEL 1A
by William Bay & Mike Christiansen
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Companion DVD to the book of the same title. Presents over 155 solos & duets and over 140 scale, picking, and chord accompaniment studies. Covers rock, flatpicking, fingerpicking, blues, classic, cajun, flamenco, reggae, jazz, latin, bluegrass and country styles. Mostly notation with some tab. 1 hour, 45 min.
02-DVD96620
.. list $14.95 ours
$13.45
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DVD - MECHANICS OF ACOUSTIC GUITAR
by Lee Hodgson
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2-DVD set. This easy-to-follow tutorial is ideal if you've just bought your first guitar. Takes you from novice to intermediate level. Requires no prior knowledge of music. Slowly but surely, the tutor guides you through all the things that a beginner needs to know and, importantly, points out what can go wrong. Each chapter includes chord vocabulary, while commonly-used scales and technique are introduced strategically, along with some practical theory - nothing too demanding, just enough to help you understand what you're doing and why. You'll soon be strumming chords, picking out melodies and, maybe, writing some songs of your own! Beginning/intermediate. 263 min.
02-DVD196
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$22.45
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DVD - MECHANICS OF ELECTRIC GUITAR
taught by Lee Hodgson
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2-DVD set. This easy-to-follow tutorial is ideal if you've just bought your first guitar. Takes you from novice level through to intermediate. Requires no prior music training. The tutor guides you through all the things that a beginner needs to know and, importantly, points out what can go wrong. Each of the chapters includes chord vocabulary, while commonly-used scales and technique are introduced strategically, along with some practical theory - nothing too demanding, just enough to help you understand what you're doing and why. 297 pp.
02-DVD197
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$22.45
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DVD - MORE ACCELERATE YOUR GUITAR PLAYING
featuring Tomo Fujita
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Professor Tomo Fujita shares his proven method for improving the essential skills required to play with other musicians and to freely express yourself on the guitar. These easy-to-understand exercises and demonstrations that can be applied to all levels and styles. Includes: scale exercises; classical, blues, and jazz etudes; ear training; reading exercises; walking bass and comping; rock, jazz, and blues demonstrations. Clear and detailed instruction is given both onscreen and in the accompanying 86 page note/tab booklet. 57 min.
49-DVD320585
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$22.45
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DVD - ORRIN STAR'S BLUEGRASS RHYTHM GUITAR WORKSHOP
taught by Orrin Star
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Enhanced view of Star's original all-day rhythm workshop: a full range of strums, bass runs, and how and when to apply them; the "cool" chord forms, how to approach faster songs and much more. Tab booklet included -- 95 min.
FGM-DVD1003
$22.45
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ORRIN STAR'S BLUEGRASS RHYTHM GUITAR WORKSHOP
taught by Orrin Star
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Enhanced view of Star's original all-day rhythm workshop: a full range of strums, bass runs, and how and when to apply them; the "cool" chord forms, how to approach faster songs and much more. Tab booklet included -- 95 min.
FGM-V1003
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$21.20
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DVD - PETE HUTTLINGER'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF CHORDS
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Pete Huttlinger has created a "video chord library" designed to show you all the important chords and fingerings, from easy shapes to challenging finger-twisters. Pete has developed a study technique he calls "Say It and Play It," a powerful way to memorize root notes by playing chromatic scales. It's like having your own personal GPS system on the fingerboard. The lesson grows in complexity leading to chord changes for "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "All Of Me," as well as tips on all kinds of music - from folk and blues to pop, country and swing. All levels. Includes chord diagram booklet. 75 min.
300-DVD351
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$26.95
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DVD - RHYTHM IN YOUR RIFFS - STRUMS, PATTERNS AND GROOVES FOR ACOUSTIC GUITAR
taught by Bob Brozman
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Brozman has made a fascinating lesson that will help acoustic players look at their guitar in a whole new way. He explores many aspects of rhythm guitar, investigates the elements of meter and what makes a good groove. He helps you develop coordination through a variety of drills and exercises so that accents, swing rhythms, polyrhythms, triplets, and other rhythms become second nature. Intermediate. Includes tab booklet. 70 min.
300-DVD164
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$26.95
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DVD - RHYTHM TUNE UP
taught by John McGann
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Playing with good time is fundamental to making good music. McGann shows you how to understand the basics of rhythm, use the metronome to perfect your skills and put it all together to play with great time & feel at any tempo. Covers: playing on beats 1 & 3 vs 3 & 4; 8th notes, straight vs swing 8ths; shuffle (12/8 time); 3/4 time - waltz and jazz waltz; Celtic music - jig rhythm; funk - 16th note rhythms; practicing rhythm to melody transitions; playing on, ahead of, or behind the beat; subdividing the beat; more. For all musicians and instruments. No music reading necessary. 50 min.
618-DVD1
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$22.45
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DVD - ROGER MCGUINN'S BASIC FOLK GUITAR - EASY ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRADITIONAL FAVORITES FROM THE FOLK DEN
taught by Roger McGuinn
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Using a six-string acoustic, Roger brings his love of folk guitar to novice and intermediate players, providing a solid repertoire of 12 classic songs and the basic techniques needed to play them. The songs he teaches include sea chanteys, ballads, blues, spirituals and cowboy songs, plus McGuinn originals such as "Gate of Horn" and the Byrds' hit, "Chestnut Mare," which Roger demonstrates on his Martin 12-string. Beginning/intermediate. 75 min.
300-DVD19
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$26.95
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DVD - SMARTSTART GUITAR
taught by Jessica Turner
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A unique lesson for children ages 5-10, first teaching them how to tune to an open chord so they can start playing immediately. Then they learn simple chords D, C, and D minor, how to use a pick and a capo, parts of the guiar, how to choose an instrument for a proper fit, and other skills. These basics are taught with the help of two young students. Songs taught include "Are You Sleeping?" "This Old Man," "Old Joe Clark," "Old MacDonald," "Buffalo Gals," more. 50 min.
300-DVD181
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$17.95
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DVD - THE ACOUSTIC GUITAR METHOD
taught by David Hamburger
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Two DVD set. Learn to play guitar using the techniques and songs of American roots music. These carefully graded lessons are based on David's books of the same name. You'll learn how to tune, form all the most important chords, how to use the capo, play bass runs, vary your strumming patterns, and more than two dozen songs from the blues, folk, country, and bluegrass traditions. DVD 1 covers the basics, DVD 2 gives you a solid start on fingerpicking plus more advanced flatpicking styles. "Careless Love," "Darling Corey," "In the Pines," "Man of Constant Sorrow," "Stagolee," more. Beginning/intermediate. Includes note/tab booklet. 3 hours, 50 min.
300-DVD224
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$35.95
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DVD - THE C-A-G-E-D GUITAR SYSTEM MADE EASY: THREE DVD SET
taught by Ernie Hawkins
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Contains 300-DVD308, 300-DVD309 & 300-DVD325. The C-A-G-E-D System provides a complete understanding of the entire guitar neck. On this DVD set Ernie lays out a clear and easy method for finding any chord, scale, note or lick--in any key--anywhere on the fingerboard. In Vol. 1 you'll learn how five basic chord shapes can reveal all the scales, intervals, and voicings you'll need to play any kind of music. In Vol. 2 you'll learn 12-bar blues in every key and position, how licks can be transposed, how to link chords with harmonized passing tones, lots more. In Vol. 3 Ernie explores blues melodies as they move into the highest reaches of the fingerboard, passing formations to link one chord to another in a variety of keys, more. Intermediate. Includes note/tab booklets. 85, 120 & 60 min.
300-DVD325SET
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$62.95
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DVD - THE C-A-G-E-D GUITAR SYSTEM MADE EASY: VOL. 1 - FIVE CHORD SHAPES FOR MASTERING THE FINGERBOARD
taught by Ernie Hawkins
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Ernie calls it "the Magic Key." The C-A-G-E-D System provides you with a complete understanding of the entire guitar neck and on this DVD he lays out a clear and easy method for finding any chord, scale, note or lick--in any key--anywhere on the fingerboard. You'll learn how five basic chord shapes can reveal all the scales, intervals, and voicings you'll need to play any kind of music, and Ernie provides hours of drills, exercises, practice tips, and basic theory. A must-have for all learning players. Intermediate. Includes tab & chord booklet. 85 min.
300-DVD308
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$26.95
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DVD - THE C-A-G-E-D GUITAR SYSTEM MADE EASY: VOL. 3 - THE NEXT STEP: EXPLORING BLUES AND RAGTIME PROGRESSIONS
taught by Ernie Hawkins
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Ernie uses the C-A-G-E-D System when playing his specialty - blues and ragtime tunes in alternate-thumb fingerpicking style. This enables him to have instant access to the guitar's entire fretboard. On his third lesson, Ernie explores blues melodies as they move into the highest reaches of the fingerboard; shows you the chord shapes, notes, and licks in every position; adds passing formations to link one chord to another in a variety of keys; and covers the popular "circle of fifths" ragtime progression. Intermediate/advanced. Includes note/tab booklet. 60 min.
300-DVD325
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$26.95
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DVD - THE HAPPY TRAUM GUITAR METHOD: BASIC THEORY THAT EVERY GUITARIST SHOULD KNOW - PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR EVERYDAY PLAYING, TWO DVD SET
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Contains 300-DVD375 & 300-DVD376. Aimed at novice players, these lessons demystify the guitar fretboard and provide clear, practical ways to expand your understanding and overall musical experience. DVD 1 covers chromatic and diatonic scales, chord building, key signatures and other essential basics. Happy maps out the fingerboard so you can quickly find notes in any key and start turning them into simple melodies. DVD 2 continues with moveable three- and four-string chord shapes that can be played anywhere, in any key, up and down the fretboard, minor keys, progressions, transposing, using harmonized scales, more. All levels. Includes note/tab as PDF files on the discs. 80 & 115 min.
300-DVD376SET
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$35.95
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DVD - THE HAPPY TRAUM GUITAR METHOD: BASIC THEORY THAT EVERY GUITARIST SHOULD KNOW - PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR EVERYDAY PLAYING, VOL. 1
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Do you know how the strings, frets, notes, scales and chords all work together to make music? Happy Traum demystifies the guitar fretboard and brings it into focus for learning players. Starting with chromatic and diatonic (major) scales, Happy maps out the fingerboard so you can quickly find notes in any key and start turning them into simple melodies. You'll learn what intervals are, how bass runs and chords are built and how they are used in songs. Gives you a whole new perspective and reveals the vast possibilities that are hidden under the strings. All levels. Includes note/tab as PDF file. 80 min.
300-DVD375
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$22.45
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DVD - THE HAPPY TRAUM GUITAR METHOD: BASIC THEORY THAT EVERY GUITARIST SHOULD KNOW - PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR EVERYDAY PLAYING, VOL. 2
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Happy continues his hands-on exploration of basic music theory, providing knowledge every guitarist needs to become a more skillful player. You'll learn moveable three- and four-string chord shapes that can be played anywhere, in any key, up and down the fretboard and basic chord progressions. By understanding the degrees of the scale and where the notes of each chord are found, you can build arrangements and improv for any song. Plus, you'll learn scales and chords in major and minor keys, transposing from one key to another, using harmonized scales, building chord progressions, more. All levels. Includes note/tab as PDF file. 115 min.
300-DVD376
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$22.45
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DVD - THE PATH TO FRETBOARD MASTERY
by Matthew Von Doran
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Teaches a system that organizes the fretboard in a way that enables you to quickly visualize any scale, chord or arpeggio pattern, and know each note's name & function. Whether you are practicing, improvising, composing or performing, this approach allows you to make note choices on the fly. By decreasing your response time in any musical situation, you'll achieve a greater creative freedom. Beginner or advanced, if you sometimes get lost while playing the guitar, this is for you! Multiple levels.
02-DVD281
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$17.95
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DVD - ULTIMATE GUITAR TECHNIQUES - POWER PENTATONICS
by Jamie Humphries
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Explains the many uses of the pentatonic scale from its basic applications and shape, right up to pentatonic substitution. You'll learn how to imply different modes using the familiar shapes and fingerings, but add fresh ideas to your playing by avoiding regular major and minor modes. Also looks at alternative pentatonics and the way in which the pentatonic can even be used to imply the altered scale. Beginners.
02-DVD135
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$17.95
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DVD - ULTIMATE GUITAR TECHNIQUES: CHORDS AND THE SCALES THAT FIT THEM
by Stuart Bull
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People often ask which scales fit which chords, because when they play, "noodling" around the same pentatonic shapes is sometimes the only system available. The focus here is to provide you with scale options, notes to start and finish on, plus fresh melodic ideas. If you feel you are stuck in a musical rut and ready to take your playing to the next level, this will help you reach further. Beginners.
02-DVD131
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$22.45
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DVD - ULTIMATE GUITAR TECHNIQUES: FRETBOARD NAVIGATOR, VOL. 1
by Jamie Humphries
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Learn and remember fretboard essentials. Learn over 100 chords; memorize the notes on the neck; understand major chord scales, pentatonic and blues scales by simply remembering five shapes! Also contains licks and runs that help you maximize your fingerboard knowledge.
02-DVD116
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$17.95
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DVD - ULTIMATE GUITAR TECHNIQUES: FRETBOARD NAVIGATOR, VOLUME 2
by Jamie Humphries
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Learn and remember fretboard essentials. This will help you unravel the secrets of the fretboard. Learn caged minor and major scales in every key, navigate the fingerboard with three note per string shapes, solo over changes with the caged modes, spice up your lines with triad arpeggios and more. Also includes nine practice tracks! Beginners. 122 min.
02-DVD117
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$17.95
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DVD - ULTIMATE GUITAR TECHNIQUES: SCALE SHAPES
by Stuart Bull
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Learn and remember scale shapes for pentatonics and modes. Contains a specially-formulated system using backing tracks written especially for this course. In a short time you will have the necessary tools to play scale position in every key, taking your soloing ability to new heights! Intermediate. 108 min.
02-DVD63
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$17.95
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DVD - ULTIMATE GUITAR TECHNIQUES: SOLOING WITH MODES
by Danny Gill
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Danny takes an in-depth look at the 7 major scale modes. Learn scale patterns, licks and solos for the Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian modes, and understand how they relate to each other. Also learn how to recognize and create your own modal progressions. Each solo idea is played in context with a full backing track and then demonstrated slowly. Danny also details the theory of the modes and shows how you can use them in common playing situations from blues to jazz to metal, and everything in between. Beginners. 131 min.
02-DVD129
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$17.95
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DVD - YOU CAN PLAY GUITAR - A COMPLETE COURSE FOR THE BEGINNER
taught by Happy Traum
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With this two-DVD set, anyone can make music on the guitar - even if you've never strummed a note! Happy's unique step-by-step method, honed by forty years of teaching experience, makes it easy. Covers Chords & Progressions including 14 basic chord positions and chord theory to help you play by ear; Strumming & Picking techniques including simple brush strums, damping, alternating bass notes, hammering-on, more; and Understanding the Guitar which combines an exploration of the fingerboard with basic music theory to provide a solid understanding of the instrument. Two DVDs with note/tab booklet. 3 hours 20 min.
300-DVD15
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$44.95
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General Guitar Instruction
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