Designed to motivate and inspire students, Guitar Sherpa's innovative learning systems employ a hands-on, contextual format. Students “play” their way through Guitar Sherpa curriculum rather than working through tedious examples and exercises.
Ladd Smith, winner of the Guitar Player Guitar Superstar award, delivers an extraordinary learning experience covering the essential improvisational, theoretical and technical skills needed to perform and record in the modern Nashville electric guitar style.
You'll play your way through this DVD in a cognitive manner – no tedious notation, theory or exercises to bog you down. Ladd presents an extensive series of lessons based on his instrumental, “Outrun the Train” which earned him the Guitar Superstar competition's top spot. “The tune is an ideal instructional tool because it features a ton of my favorite licks and covers a wide range of up-tempo 'Tele-melee' material in an ear-friendly way, utilizing a common key, tempo and theme for ease of reference.” Ladd teaches you the Nashville numbering system, provides gear overviews with each lesson while drilling down on dozens of key skills including hybrid picking, banjo rolls, chicken pickin', chord solos, “butterfly” hammer-on/pull-offs, unison and pedal-steel bends, train beats, open string pull-offs, vibrato, descending double-stop runs, triad-based pedal-steel riffs, sliding 4th intervals and bends, arpeggiated rhythms, contrary-motion/counterpoint lead lines, descending banjo effects, open string utilization, behind-the-nut bends and whole tone riffs. Whether or not you aspire to be a Nashville player, Monster Nashville Guitar is a bottomless resource for players of any style, providing ample instruction to feed your grey matter for a lifetime. Includes hands-on learning tools such as: text lesson guide, standard notation, guitar tab, power tab files, power tab software, practice rhythm tracks, bonus material. Secure PIN enclosed in DVD package for quick and secure download of learning tools.
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This DVD offers six great lessons from the masters of country guitar!
Lesson 1: Arlen Roth gives you a true country guitar lesson
Lesson 2: James Burton demonstrates “pedal steel” type licks and some classic rhythm parts
Lesson 3: Greg Martin explores some country essentials including Travis picking and country blues lead style
Lesson 4: Great English country picker Adrian Legg teaches you a wealth of acoustic techniques
Lesson 5: Danny Gatton teaches some Les Paul style licks that give a great/rockabilly sound
Lesson 6: Legendary country picker Scotty Anderson teaches some hot double stops and unique right hand techniques.
Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
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This DVD offers six great lessons from the masters of heavy metal guitar:
Lesson 1: Marty Friedman helps you construct unique runs and develop your speed
Lesson 2: Vinnie Moore on basic scales, theory and technique plus tips on practicing
Lesson 3: Def Leppard master guitarist Vivian Campbell shows you exciting pull-off licks, muting and split harmonics
Lesson 4: Al Pitrelli teaches solid foundation work in modes and arpeggios
Lesson 5: Michael Fath shows how to work on basic sweeping, triad stacking and arpeggios
Lesson 6: Michael Lee Firkins on challenging sweeps, picking, arpeggios and right-hand tapping.
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Featuring Arlen Roth and the styles and techniques of the greatest exponents of the best-selling electric guitar of all time! Arlen explores the playing styles of such Strat greats as Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Mark Knopfler, Ronnie Earl, Duke Rollibard, Nils Lofgren, Eric Johnson, Robin Trower, Lee Roy Parnell, Mick Taylor, Jeff Beck, and Bonnie Raitt.
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Blues guitarists know Jay Geils as a respected jazz/blues guitarist with a command of many styles and a true love for the history of the guitar. Jay, backed by a guitar/bass/drums trio, leads the viewer through the history of electric blues guitar from Charlie Christian to Chuck Berry to B.B. King and beyond. Geils covers bebop, swing and slide guitar; open E and G tunings, augmented and tritone substitutions, getting the correct blues tone, and many other areas. 1 hour, 17 minutes.
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In this special DVD you receive six seperate lessons from 6 true guitar greats, providing their unique insights into some diverse aspects of rock guitar technique.
Lesson 1: Arlen Roth gives you a good foundation in shuffle-rhythm rock guitar like Chuck Berry
Lesson 2: Ex-Rolling Stones and John Mayall blues/orck player Mick Taylor shows you “Catfish Blues” and string bending
Lesson 3: Nils Lofrgen an exercise in Keith Richards style
Lesson 4: Ex-Procol Harum player Robin Trower demonstrates whammy-bar style plus his familiar vibrato and bending techniques
Lesson 5: Bruce Kulick, the lead guitar force behind Kiss, works on bending, triplet soloing and scales
Lesson 6: Eric Johnson gives you a master's insight into Clapton, Beck and Hendrix style lead guitar, vibrato and bending.
Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
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Designed to motivate and inspire students, Guitar Sherpa's innovative learning systems employ a hands-on, contextual format. Students “play” their way through Guitar Sherpa curriculum rather than working through tedious examples and exercises.
Trey Alexander, winner of Guitar Player's Guitar Superstar award, opens up his big bag of improvisational, theoretical and technical chops to reveal the blazing techniques and high-level concepts that he has cultivated over years of intensive study, live performances and a tenacious dedication to his craft.
This DVD guides your development of the essential skills needed to succeed in today's modern rock arena. You'll learn fretboard navigation concepts and a variety of right and left hand techniques to facilitate easy movement both vertically and horizontally across the neck. Trey also drills down on a wide range of improvisational skills that will help you develop strong melodic statements and distinctive rhythmic grooves. It covers a broad range of modern rock concepts, including Trey's award-winning “Modern Equivalent.” This course is designed to expose you to the variety of contemporary grooves, rhythmic patterns, techniques, phrasing and theoretical approaches that today's rock guitarist must master. You'll work through ballads, up-tempo power grooves and jazz rock styles and also study expressive devices such as legato, tapping, sweep-picking and the use of harmonics to enhance a tune's melodic structure, avoiding shred for shred's sake. This is a hands-on playing course – you'll be rockin' out from the very first lesson and will quickly develop a raging addiction to your Atomic Rock practice sessions. Includes hands-on learning tools such as: text lesson guide, standard notation, guitar tab, power tab files, power tab software, practice rhythm tracks, bonus material. Secure PIN enclosed in DVD package for quick and secure download of learning tools.
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Though Arlen Roth has written many books and done many videos on slide guitar, this is the first time he's done a Hawaiian Lap Steel video. And even though there are many obvious parallels and crossovers between learning this increasingly popular instrument and slide guitar, this lesson helps bring into focus many of the unique properties that the Lap Steel is best adapted for, such as: chord work, blocking and damping, David Linley style harmonic chimes (various types), blues slide, Hawaiian style, open E tuning, high bass G tuning, open vs. closed position licks, jazz-style runs, country- and Hawaiian-style double-stop harmonies, advanced behind-the-slide bends, proper techniques, and so much more! If you're just getting into lap steel, or even if you've been playing a for a while, this DVD will surely help you make the right moves on the instrument, while inspiring you on to greater personal creativity in the process. A true must for all slide players! Booklet enclosed
You'll never miss a note! All exercises are transcribed in the accompanying booklet, corresponding to example numbers on the screen. And of course, all right- and left-hand techniques are shown close-up, with special split-screen effects, so you can closely observe and learn all the subtleties the top players are known for. 45 minutes.
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Take a tour of some great 1940s and 1950s American style as Duke shows you T-Bone Walker style, 9th chord extensions, blues-based swing, Charlie Christian style, passing tones, Les Paul style, scraping the strings, special rhythm licks, fast note flurries, and rock 'n' roll style. Let Duke Robillard share his amazing skills with you in this classic Hot Licks session.
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In this re-transcribed and edited book with online video, master guitar teacher Arlen Roth explores the finer points of guitar soloing. Arlen explains how to develop interesting and musical guitar solos, and stresses the importance of choosing notes wisely. All the guitar tab from the original booklets is included and using modern-day technology to provide you with the most accurate transcriptions ever created for this series. Plus, we've included tab for examples that were previously not transcribed, providing you with the most comprehensive Hot Licks guitar lessons yet! Each book comes with a unique code used to access the cloud-based video footage from any type of device.
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