DVD ACOUSTIC GUITAR
DVD/Book Pack
Series: At a Glance
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Softcover with DVD - TAB
Guitar
Author: Chad Johnson
Author: Mike Mueller
VIDEO PERFORMER: DOUG BODUCH
Watch and learn with this innovative DVD/book system!
The AT A GLANCE series pairs an instructional DVD lesson taught by a professional guitarist with a supplemental book for a comprehensive learning experience. The lessons are loaded with valuable tips and information, and popular song examples help to demostrate the concepts in action.
Lesson include:
STRUMMING CHORDS: Covers the fundamentas in developing a rock-solid strumming technique. Learn how to keep steady time, use common tones and open strings when moving between chords, and dress up your strum patterns with syncopation.
FINGERSTYLE BASIC: Covers all the essentials for first-time fingerpickers, inclusicg right-hand position, simple arpeggio patterns, block chord style, and an introduction to Travis Picking.
CAPO BASICS: Learn what a capo is, its common uses, and other useful tips. You'll wonder how you ever got by without one.
TRAVIS PICKING: Covers this must-known technique inside and out. You get a thorough tutorial on the basics, as well as tips for playing through progressions, using different string groups, and many variations on the standard pattern.
A first of its kind, the At a Glance series pairs an instructional DVD lesson taught by a professional guitarist with a supplemental book for a comprehensive learning experience. Each book/DVD features several lessons pertaining to one topic, and the DVD lessons feature on-screen music. The lessons are loaded with valuable tips and information, and song examples help to demonstrate the concepts in action. Acoustic Guitar "At a Glance" features four lessons, including: Strumming Chords, Fingerstyle Basics, Travis Picking, and Capo Basics and uses the riffs of 16 songs, 32 pages.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Choosin an Acoustic Guitar
Strumming Chords
Down-Strums
Up-Strums
Common Tones
The Open Strum
"Maggie May" Rod Stewart
"Brown Eyed Girl" Van Morrison
Accents
Syncopation
Ghost Strokes
"Signs" Tesla
"Space Oddity" David Bowie
Fingerstyle Basics 1
Hand Position
Arpeggios
'Time in a Bottle" Jim Croce
Block-Chord Fingerstyle
"Yesterday" The Beatles
"More Than Words" Extreme
Travis Picking
Basic Technique
Other String Groups
Variations
"Watershed" Indigo Girls
"Julia" The Beatles
"Dust in the Wind" Kansas
Capo Basics
Adjusting the Key for Vocal Range
Reading Capoed Tab
Avoiding Barre Chords
Creating Alternate Guitar Parts
Unplayable Parts
"Free Fallin'" Tom Petty
"Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" The Beatles
"Night Moves" Bob Seger
"Landslide" Fleetwood Mac
"Thick as a Brick" Jethro Tull
"Stay" Lisa Loeb
Afterword
DVD is filmed in high-definition and features on-screen music. Book includes the following songs:
BROWN EYED GIRL
DUST IN THE WIND
FREE FALLIN'
JULIA
LANDSLIDE
MAGGIE MAY
MORE THAN WORDS
NIGHT MOVES
NORWEGIAN WOOD (THIS BIRD HAS FLOWN)
SIGNS
SPACE ODDITY
STAY
THICK AS A BRICK
TIME IN A BOTTLE
WATERSHED
YESTERDAY
Italiano
English
