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KIRTLEY PAT, TO THUMBSTYLE GUITAR. TAB. DVD
Differences in the styles of Merle Travis, Chet Atkins, Mose Rager. Thumbstyle guitar is a term that describes the guitar playing style that grew up around 1920 in western Kentucky. It is identified with the music of its most well known creators, Mose Rager, Kennedy Jones and Merle Travis. It became the basis for later styles of country guitar, including those of Chet Atkins, Doc Watson and Jerry Reed. In this lesson Pat Kirtley teaches the basics of this style, and shows you how to play five repertoire-building tunes which will illustrate various aspects of the style. The tunes range from the basic and essential, I Am a Pilgrim, to a contemporary thumbstyle arrangement of the 1970 country hit, Ready for the Times to Get Better. Pat also shows you: the basic right-hand concepts of thumbpicking; how to use the thumbpick; right-hand palm muting using the left-hand thumb for holding chords; differences in the styles of Mose Rager, Merle Tracis and Chet Atkins; how to play up the neck chords in the style of Mose Rager; Chord form variations used by thumbstyle players. Includes a 24-page tab/music booklet.
Titles:
Deep River Blues
I Am A Pilgrim
I'll See You In My Dreams
Ready For The Times To Get Better
The Guitar Rag
Booklet 43 pages.
Running time: 90 minutes.

EASY STEPS TO BOSSA NOVA GUITAR, Add Brazilian Sounds to Your Repertoire, Aaron Gilmartin. TAB. DVD

Series: Homespun Tapes
Publisher: Homespun DVD - TAB

Artist: Aaron Gilmartin
This basic lesson is for guitarists who want to add the jazzy chords and samba rhythms of Bossa Nova to their guitar playing. These techniques can be used to add distinctive new colors and feels to any song, and will be a great start for anyone wanting to get into new musical genres. INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB - LEVEL 3 - 80 MIN.

PLAYING IN THE GROOVE. Corey C. DVD

Product Description:
One of the roles of a jazz guitarist is providing accompaniment. Economy of rhythm and harmony while comping and grooving with a band will get jazz guitarists further with their fellow bandmates than playing lots of bulky, cluttered rhythms and chords. "Playing in the Groove" will demonstrate to jazz guitar students how not to overplay in a small jazz group settings but rather play tasty lines and chords that will impress any soloist. In this DVD, emphasis is placed on locking in with a bass player and drummer and using chord voicings that won't clutter up the harmony. The accompanying chart provides abbreviated but clear and easy to understand musical material that is covered in the 48-minute DVD.

Contents:

DVD CONTENTS:
Opening / Welcome
Tuning
Exercise with Quarter Dotted 8th Rhythm
12 Bar Blues in B
Adding More Rhythmically
3rd and 7th Double Stops
Adding Chord Substitutions
3rd and 7th in the Circle of 4ths
3rd and 7th in E Blues
More Interesting Rhythms
Sticking With an Idea
Mix Chordal and Riffing Ideas
Closing

Total Time: 47:47

CHART CONTENTS
B Blues Scale
Rhythmic Examples 1
B Blues
Basic Riffs
3rds and 7ths
B Blues with Chords and Substitutions
Other Rhythms
E Blues with 3rds and 7ths
More Riffs

GREAT GUITAR LESSONS, BLUES AND COUNTRY FINGERPICKING. Doc Watson, Eddie Adcock, Happy Traum, John Jackson, Rory Block, Roy Book Binder, Thom Bresh. TAB. DVD

This compilation features basic to advanced lessons from some of Homespun's most celebrated pickers. You'll become familiar with each instructor's teaching and playing style, and expand your own guitar technique, as you master several complete tunes.
Happy Traum - "John Henry" (new lesson); John Jackson - "Louis Collins" (The Fingerpicking Blues Of John Jackson); Rory Block - "Fixin' To Die" (The Power Of Delta Blues Guitar,DVD 2); Roy Book Binder - "Ragtime Instrumental Medley" (Blues By The Book, DVD One); Doc Watson - "Southbound" (Doc's Guitar); Eddie Adcock - "Red Wing" (Fingerstyle Bluegrass Guitar); Thom Bresh - "Walkin' The Strings" (The Real Merle Travis Guitar)

Michael Angelo Batio, GUITAR WORLD: LEARN SHRED GUITAR THE ULTIMATE DVD GUIDE. TABLATURE DVD

SERIES: Guitar World
CATEGORY: Guitar DVD
FORMAT: DVD

In the ultimate DVD guide Learn Shred Guitar, speed king Michael Angelo Batio demonstrates secret techniques to help you kick-start your solos, tackle super scales, play faster and become a speed king! With more than 90 minutes of lessons and hundreds of exercises, the Learn Shred Guitar DVD will take your guitar playing and soloing to the next level.

The Ultimate Warm-Up
Harmonic Minor/Phrygian Dominant in Odd Meter
Incorporating Sweeps into Melodic Ideas.
Prog: Soloing in F-Sharp Phrygian
Scalar Riffs: Dividing Scalar Runs into Three-Note Groups
Sweep Picking: Using Sweeps in Conjunction with Arpeggiated Melodic Ideas
Using Wide Stretches with Unusual Scales and String Skipping
The Whole-Tone Scale
Diminished Arpeggios
Tapped Riffs Incorporating String Skipping
Tapped Riffs Executed as Sweeps
Alternative Minor and Major Sweep Arpeggios
The Randy Rhoads Influence
How to Break Out of a Rut
Symmetrical Riffs with Wide Stretches
How to Create Harmonized Lines: Stacking "Thirds

Your Instructor: Michael Angelo Batio
Guitar virtuoso Michael Angelo Batio has been called “the most blazing player on the planet” and was recently voted one of the 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists of All-Time by Guitar World magazine. Batio performs more than 150 guitar clinics around the globe each year, and his four best-selling instructional DVDs for Metal Method Productions "Speed Lives and Speed Kills 1, 2 and 3" are considered essential viewing among advanced players.

In 2005, Batio released his critically acclaimed Hands Without Shadows CD, which features guests appearances by guitarist Mark Tremonti of Alter Bridge and Creed and bassist Rudy Sarzo of Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake and Quiet Riot. His new album is expected later this year.

Batio is also a long-running columnist for Guitar World magazine and has his own signature guitar line developed and designed by Dean Guitars. Among his other accomplishments, Batio invented and was the world’s first player of the twin-necked, left- and right-handed double-guitar