Jorma Kaukonen

KAUKONEN JORMA, THE ACOUSTIC GUITAR 2. TABLATURE DVD

Blues, rags and originals. I know you rider -water song -San francisco bay blues.
90 MIN. INCLUDES MUSIC & TAB! Jorma continues his examination of blues-based fingerpicking, taking apart favorites from his repertoire and teaching runs, chords, picking and other techniques. Songs include: I Know You Rider, his original Water Song, and the perennial favorite San Francisco Bay Blues.

Jorma Kaukonen's signature guitar style, honed throughout a long and distinguished career, combines a blues-based fingerpicking with contemporary innovations. This DVD continues Jorma's exploration of the techniques that make up his unique guitar style.

His in·depth breakdown of the folkiblues classic I Know You Rider covers the licks, chord shapes, bass runs and right hand picking he uses in his powerful arrangement of this song. You'lIleam rhythmic figures, "back picking," double-time pattems, vibrato, accompaniment ideas, runs up the neck and other invaluable techniques to add to your fingerpicking repertoire.
Water Song, a classic Jorma original, is an instrumental showpiece in open G that encompasses harmonized scales, octave runs, string bends, right hand rolls and other intriguing guitar moves. Finally, Jorma teaches san Francisco Bay Blues, a ragtime-style standard thars filled with the guitar licks and tricks that have made this a perennial favorite of guitar fingerpickers for generations.
This wonderful DVD is typical of Jorma Kaukonen's guitar lessons-friendly, relaxed and filled with fascinating guitar lore, good songs and a myriad of useful techniques.

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ACOUSTIC GUITAR of Jorma Kaukonen
BLUES. RAGS AND ORIGINALS
taught byJorma Kaukonen
90 minutes
Music and tab enclosed
ISBN-13: 978-1-932964-28-8
ISBN-10: 1-932964-28-2

Jorma Kaukonen started out as an acoustic fingerpicker before becoming a rock legend as lead guitarist for the Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna. (He and the Airplane were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.) Jorma has released more than two-dozen albums, both solo and in various groups. In recent years, he has been pursuing the acoustic blues and country fingerpicking styles that he has always loved best. A lifelong interest in teaching has resulted in several Homespun instructional DVDs, videos and Cds as well as Fur Peace Ranch, the successful guitar camp he and his wife, Vanessa, founded in southeast Ohio.
 

KAUKONEN JORMA, THE ACOUSTIC GUITAR 1, 2, 3. DVD TAB.

THE ACOUSTIC GUITAR OF JORMA KAUKONEN - 3-VIDEO SET

Medium: Video
Artist: Jorma Kaukonen
Video One: Jorma teaches his solid fingerpicking blues style through some of his favorite traditional and original tunes: West Coast Blues -Hesitation Blues -Crystal City -Embryonic Journey. Includes tips on picking style, slide technique, open tunings and a demonstration with Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna partner Jack Casady. 100-MIN. DVD INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Video Two: Jorma Kaukonen continues his examination of the blues-based fingerpicking that has long been his signature style. He takes apart, in detail, some favorites from his repertoire, teaching the runs, chords, picking and other techniques that make his arrangements so memorable. Songs include the folk/blues -I Know You Rider his original -Water Song and the perennial favorite -San Francisco Bay Blues. 90-MIN. DVD INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Video Three: Jorma delves into seven of the traditional and original guitar pieces that have become his trademark. He mixes traditional folk picking patterns with rolls, back-brushing, double-time playing, percussive rhythms and other concepts for the intermediate-level player. A fascinating excursion into the techniques of one of America's most popular performers. Songs: I Will Be All Right -Been So Long -Ice Age -Mann's Fate -Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning -Third Week in the Chelsea -Ninety-Nine Year Blues. 80-MIN. DVD INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB INTERMEDIATE LEVEL