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DVD-Essential Riffs For Guitar Review

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(More customer reviews)This DVD is packed with tips and lessons to get you going on becoming a lead guitar player and writer.A variety of styles are covered for this DVD and will get even a beginner up and going right away.

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Packed with dozens of time-tested musical phrases, this lesson will help even a beginner become a strong lead guitarist. Each riff is played slowly, and then up to speed to give a feel for how it should sound in context. Jeff Pevar (guitarist for David Crosby) joins Artie to demonstrate how to use these lead lines while jamming on blues progressions. A demonstration of minor key jazz-blues phrases rounds out this repertoire of licks and will allow players to create hot solos. 55-MIN. DVD · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · BEGINNING LEVEL

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Smokin Country Guitar (2002) Review

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(More customer reviews)I really enjoyed the DVD.He is a very talented guitarist and provides great information in a format that is easy to follow.I appreciate the individual breakdown of the segments he plays throughout his extended example piece.I makes it easier to digest the material and see how the individual licks incorporate in the "Big Picture" of developing solos.The split screen of both hand's activity is always a blessing for this type of instruction video.Highly recomended.

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Finally, a hot player who knows how to teach! Todd is a red hot country chicken pickin' ace & former instructor at The Guitar Institute of Technology. This video opens up with a blazing instrumental performance from his Austin, Tx based trio. You'll soon see why Todd has been profiled in Guitar Player, Guitar For The Practicing Musician, & Guitar World magazines & has played with some of the best bands in Texas & California.
The material is broken into 5 sections:
- Essential music theory
- Using triads shapes as a template, for improvising solos
- Secrets to refining your technique
- Analysis of one of Todd's original tunes (several variations).
- Radio Riffs: this section is a beautifully crafted collection of the most up-to-date licks from top country hit songs, including those hard-to figure-out licks from Brent Mason & Dan Huff. Each lick is taught individually, then combined into a hot tasteful solo. Comes with both tablature & writings on related subjects written by Todd himself.(booklet inside the package) (75 minutes long) VHS or DVD

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Beginning Electric Slide Guitar Review

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(More customer reviews)This was my first exposure to slide guitar instruction other than Youtube. I found it helpful, but only for getting started. Because I've been playing guitar for a while, I had hoped for something that would provide more material to play. With this dvd, you learn the basic mechanics of slide including vibrato, a few scales, and a few licks. A lot of info that most more advanced players won't need or want, including how to read notes and tab. You aren't going to get much more than the basics. If you are just want to get started, this will help. If you are hoping to start playing blues slide or something else, look elsewhere.

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Genre: How To - Musical Instruction
Rating: NR
Release Date: 4-JUL-2006
Media Type: DVD

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SongXpress: Modern Rock, Vol. 4 - For Acoustic or Electric Guitar Review

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(More customer reviews)I purchased this product after recently learning to play the guitar. I found the teaching to play these songs very simple and easy to understand. However, you must know your chords before buying this DVD as they do not teach you how to play the chord, but instead which chords to play to make up the song. I only learnt the first two songs...

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SongXpress is the fastest and easiest way to learn your favorite songs on guitar. It's like having a good friend teach you in the comfort of your living room! With this exciting and fun format, you'll learn all the chords, riffs, and guitar patterns for e

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How to Play Guitar You Really Got Me in the Style of Eddie Van Halen Review

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(More customer reviews)Seems to me I was sent a bootleg copy of this product.VERY disappointed because this was a Christmas present for my fiance who is a die-hard fan of Eddie Van Halen.The DVD didn't look anything like the picture and it was sent in a clear plastic case, nothing else.You can't hear the instructor because the same lick from "You Really Got Me" keeps playing throughout the intro.You can't select anything from the menu.Don't waste your money.

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In this two-hour DVD I break down and explain in our easy to digest format the classic rocker YOU REALLY GOT ME. This is the full on song lesson and when we say 'full song lesson' we mean it. We teach ALL the song parts ' intro, verses, rhythms, chorus, timing, strumming and strum patterns, embellishments, licks, full guitar solos, and more. You learn the techniques as well as the song, so then you can blast them all across all your playing and practicing.

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How to Play the Music of Stevie Wonder - Arrangements for Solo Fingerstyle Guitar Taught by Adam Rafferty Review

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(More customer reviews)How to Play the Music of Stevie Wonder by Adam Rafferty is a fantastic new release aimed at fingerstyle guitarists wanting to hone their chops and add some R&B and funk to their repertoire with arrangements of the Stevie Wonder hits "Superstition", "I Wish", "Overjoyed", and "Sir Duke."

The DVD lasts just under two hours and Adam spends between 20 to 30 minutes teaching each arrangement. The video begins with a short introductory segment in which Adam encourages guitarists not to be intimidated or frustrated with the complex material presented in the video. He then briefly talks about what he calls "learning how to learn" and describes four specific stages of the learning process that students will encounter while working through the pieces. Adam adds that he continues to practice these pieces often and that he too is still fine tuning his performances!

The remainder of the video takes a no-nonsense approach. Each of the four songs is shown being performed in it's entirety and is then deconstructed and analyzed in the following segment. During the instruction segments the video consistently shows a close up of Adam's left hand and an smaller inset of his right hand so guitarists can closely study either hand. Adam is comfortable in front of the camera and is obviously used to breaking down information into short, easily understood phrases. There is enough detail given to the specialized guitar techniques used that you can't misinterpret how to recreate them. Once enough explanation has been given, short sections of the tune are demonstrated at a slow enough tempo that intermediate-level players should be able to start playing along with only a little practice. Adam ends most instructional segments with some performance notes and often points out places where he has slightly changed elements of the original songs in order to make them groove harder and sound more at home on the guitar. [...]

The 30-page booklet that accompanies the DVD contains very detailed scores in standard notation and tablature. Left-hand fingerings are included for every note and occasional right-hand fingerings are indicated as well. Often there are notes from Adam in the music suggesting alternate fingerings or describing guitar techniques that printed notation can't clearly show. My only gripe about the booklet is that it's a bit small. The booklet is made from standard 8.5 x 11 paper folded in half like a church bulletin. It's certainly not any worse than what is included with most instructional DVDs but I may take the booklet to Kinko's and enlarge each page to make it easier on my 39-year-old eyes.

Although the arrangements are quite complex and will take even an experienced player some time to master, I'm sure anyone wanting to better understand how to arrange for solo fingerstyle guitar would benefit from watching the DVD. Adam either directly or indirectly addresses a myriad of concepts and techniques that guitarists use when creating solo arrangements. Some of these include: choosing a key signature, isolating melody and bass lines, understanding syncopation, cross-string scales, right-hand-slaps, hammer-ons form nowhere, hinge barres, and more.

I totally enjoyed watching and working with this DVD. Adam's friendly vibe and attention to detail ensure that any guitarist willing to spend time practicing the material will be able to master the four songs presented.

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Grab Your Guitar and Start Playing These Incredible Stevie Wonder Arrangements For Solo Fingerstyle Guitar NOW!

Take a 90 minute lesson with one of the top acoustic fingerstyle guitarists on the scene today.

In his friendly and patient teaching style, Adam Rafferty shows you 4 of his favorite Stevie Wonder fingerstyle arrangements slowly, note for note. He'll show YOU how to do his special "pop, click, pick and slap" techniques which help make these solo arrangements some of the funkiest, most grooving versions of these songs available to guitarists today!

(Are you curious yet? Just search youtube for "Adam Rafferty Stevie Wonder" to see the videos for yourself!)

Also covered are techniques for walking basslines, harp like chords, and how to make the guitar parts "lock up" like a full band.

In just minutes - you'll be able to play solo guitar versions of 4 classic Stevie Wonder songs, SUPERSTITION, I WISH, OVERJOYED and SIR DUKE. No music reading required, all tablature is included with the printed material!

Here's What You'll Get:

- 110 minute DVD with performances and in depth lessons for
- "Superstition", "Overjoyed", "I Wish" and "Sir Duke"
- Move by move, note for note explanations of the arrangements
- Split Screen Views of Right and Left Hand for easy understanding
- A 30 page booklet with complete tablature and notation
- Easy to undserstand explantions of "pop", "click" and "slap" techniques
- Explanations of walking basslines, harp like chords and groove techniques
- Easily learn at YOUR own pace in YOUR own home when YOU want to!
"This DVD is like havingAdam available for private lessons at your home anytime you want!"

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Guitar Method: The Greatest Bass Riffs of All Time! Review

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(More customer reviews)I have been playing bass since 2003 and am one of the few female bassists who plays a six-string bass.My husband bought me the VHS version of this video way back when, before it was available on DVD, and I really enjoy it.However, I have some unique abilities and specific teaching needs which make it more valuable to me than perhaps other bassists.First, although I can read music, I play bass primarily by ear.As the other reviewer points out, you cannot really see the instructor's hands very well.What I like about the video, though, is that the bass riffs are audibly prominent enough for me to figure out by ear what he's playing.In addition, he plays great recognizable bass riffs from "Lady Madonna," "Barracuda," "Back in the Saddle," "Sledgehammer," and "Roundabout," among others.In addition, because I am a woman, I have a unique set of "groupies" who follow me around in the hopes I will screw up, because everyone knows women cannot play bass, right?So I learned these riffs by ear for the pure shock value.Learning these riffs gave me the confidence early in my bass-playing career to silence most of the people who laughed at me and told me I'd never be able to play bass. This video motivated me to get good at bass guitar.

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Beginning Metal Guitar - Featuring Nick Bowcott Review

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(More customer reviews)So yes, this DVD does teach you to rock. Very softly. It is good for someone who JUST picked up the guitar for the first time. Over all I thought It fell short. I will say what he does teach is correct and well taught.

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Enter the realm of darkness with a metal master as he reveals the deepest secrets of playing serious metal rhythms. Nick exposes all the essential elements, including: power chords + riffs + evil intervals + muting and picking techniques + the heavy chord

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Guitar Artistry of El Mcmeen (2008) Review

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(More customer reviews)A beautiful and warm performance by a most talented performer!El McMeen, though not the most outgoing of performers, still is able to give an intimate, warm, and terrific performance of Celtic, Sacred and Pop Fingerstyle Guitar.

Obviously guitarists will love this DVD, but it is really much more than for just those who play.

My wife and I sat down to a "treat night" of wine and cheese and some wonderful snacks and made a "date" of this DVD.It is not an instructional DVD, but a performance and it is like going to a small venue concert, as the camera brings us up close and personal.

This DVD is really a treat for music lovers whether or not you have heard of El McMeen.

The camera work is up to par with the technology of our day, which is a great improvement from the early McMeen VHS instructional tapes now on DVD.Improvement in technology is of great benefit to enjoying a concert.

This is a great "date" DVD for music lovers.

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In this DVD, El shares his insights on music and guitar playing, along with his evocative and distinctive guitar style. His music ranges from Celtic songs and dance tunes, through alternating-bass Americana, sacred music, pop tunes and his original compositions.Titles: Medley: The Fair Flower of Northumberland*/Casadh*, Medley: Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms*/ Ned of the Hill*, Medley: Morgan Magan*/Carolan s Receipt*, Medley: October Winds*/My Mary of the Curling Hair*, Medley: Lament for Owen Roe O Neill*/The Rights of Man*/The Kid on the Mountain*, Jock O Hazeldean*, Hector the Hero*, Medley: Will the Circle Be Unbroken*/Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho*, Holy Manna*, Medley: Fairest Lord Jesus*/Give Me Jesus*, Just As I Am*, Medley: Be Thou My Vision*/Amazing Grace*, Hyfrydol*, Le Mans*, Song for Sheila*, Perfidia, My Girl, Still the One, Medley: Working My Way Back to You/There Is a Rose in Spanish Harlem, Drifting Too Far from the ShorePDF files of the tab/music of those tunes marked with a star (*) are included on the DVD.90 Minutes

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Getting the Sounds, Hot Nashville Guitar Review

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(More customer reviews)Steve's a great player and his flawless execution of these fast solos is very inspiring!All of the solos sound great and are very worth learning.

I also like the inclusion of written notes and not guitar tab.(There are a few minor errors in the notation but Steve takes the licks slow enough to catch on to what he's doing even if the written notes are sometimes different from what one is hearing.)

I also like that there are not 100 solos and licks.The content is just enough to feel you've accomplished something.

Great DVD buy if you want to learn how to solo in the country style.

I'd welcome a another DVD by Steve showing even more tricks.

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GIT instructor Steve Trovato demonstrates and explains ideas and techniques for putting together hot country rock solos. The DVD includes fast single lines over common chord progressions, poppin' double stop lines, hot open string licks and scales, boogie

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Doug Smith - Contemporary Instrumental Guitar Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this DVD hoping to learn at least some of the included songs. Doug Smith's performances are a pleasure to watch, and his detailed teaching on each piece is very helpful and enlightening. However (and this is a huge however), the publishers did not include a pdf file with the music/tab on the DVD. If the written music file was included, this would be a 5-star-plus, but even with Doug's excellent performance and teaching (including left and right-hand views), it will be very difficult to learn these songs without written music. I will now have to buy the book-CD with the sheet music for another $16.50...

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Each DVD offers six songs performed and taught by a master of the acoustic style. In a special lesson section, key aspects and techniques required for each arrangement are presented. The viewer can select from multiple camera angles, including the full performance or just the left or right hand in close-up. In addition, an artist biography and discography plus several bonus song performances are included in each DVD.

Doug Smith, winner of the 2006 Fingerstyle Championship at Winfield Festival, guides you through this high-quality DVD, a must-have if you're a fan of solo guitar. Doug's various influences come together to produce some of the most striking and beautiful solo guitar arrangements ever heard. With a background in classical guitar and composition, and a rock band honored by Musician magazine as the finest in the country, Doug Smith brings diverse influences to his contemporary instrumentals.

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DVD-Celtic Instrumentals For Fingerstyle Guitar #2- Alternate Tunings Review

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(More customer reviews)Excellent DVD. Great selections, great teacher, and fantastic fingerstyle guitar music. If you're looking for a bargain, get the 2-DVD set versus purchasing the individual DVDs. Search Al Petteway in Amazon to hear some small samples of his music to get an idea of how talented he is.

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Al Petteway continues his excellent lesson with five beautiful and evocative guitar instrumentals in the Celtic style. This time, he covers songs and effects that can be attained through a variety of tunings, including standard, dropped-D, open G and low C.
Al shows you how to create your own arrangements by finding the melody within the chord structure, then fleshing it out with pipe-like drone notes, chord substitutions, moving bass lines, the rhythmic "Scottish Snap" and other Celtic-sounding elements. Embellishment techniques_right hand rolls, hammers, pull-offs, etc._help you turn basic tunes into elegant guitar pieces.
You'll learn wonderful exercises for developing your right- and left-hand speed and dexterity, along with complete arrangements for five beautiful instrumentals: Fy to the Hills in the Morning (Johnny Cope), Light and Airy (a slip jig), the classic Sidh beag sidh mor, Red Haired Boy and Jock O'Hazeldean. Finally, Al pulls all the elements together with his Caledon Wood, a piece that incorporates everything he has taught on both volumes: right hand rhythm patterns, damping effects, harmonics, lyrical and percussive playing, and more.
These videos will give you invaluable insights into the music of one of the world's most accomplished fingerstyle soloists and accompanists. A natural and engaging teacher, Al's music features beautiful renderings of both traditional Irish and Scottish tunes as well as his own Celtic-inspired compositions.

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Bass Lessons DVD on Contemporary Worship / Modern Gospel / Slap Styles Review

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(More customer reviews)This DVD is great for anyone who is wanting a new perspective on bass guitar playing.I would highly recommend it.

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Wes Stephenson breaks down his soulful approach to playing the bass guitar, while explaining the concepts behind many different styles of music including: rock, funk, R&B, gospel, reggae, hip hop, motown, and more. You can check out demo clips at soulfulproductions(dot)com.

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50 Licks Rock Style DVD Review

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(More customer reviews)Tom Kolb has a friendly personality and is pleasant to get instruction from BUT uses advance terms and doesn't explaing them, fingering views aren't that great. Need to watch closely to figure it out. It would really be nice IF they added a small section going through the different F/X Pedals (settings) to show HOW to get that classic rock sound BUT NO SUCH LUCK - Overall not bad, not sure if I would buy it again...
As always, THANKS for reading my reviews and be well. The WebbMan

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Musicians Institute instructor Tom Kolb teaches licks in the styles of masters such as Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Eric Johnson, the Allman Brothers, Keith Richards, Chuck Berry, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Satriani, Billy Gibbons, Dave Navarro, Mark Knopfler, and other greats! He explains how to apply the licks over certain chords or progressions, and covers techniques such as hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, vibrato, bends, octaves, harmonics, whammy bar, double stops, sequencing of scales, intervallic licks, arpeggios, and many more. Includes a helpful instructional booklet. 60 minutes.

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50 of the Greatest Rock Riffs Vol.1 by Chris Rupp - guitar lesson instructional dvd Review

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(More customer reviews)The dvd goes over many classic song riffs. It has a PDF file so you can print out all the tabs. Chris goes over the fingering and the picking so along with the tabs even a beginner can follow. Remember it is only Riffs and not the entire songs.

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