In this one-hour instructional DVD James Alan Shelton and George Shuffler demonstrate and teach the guitar techniques that helped change the role of the guitar in bluegrass music. The music of the Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys has featured lead guitar work since Bill Napier and George Shuffler brought the guitar to the forefront of the Stanley's music in the late 1950s. This video begins with James Alan Shelton, the current lead guitar player for Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, picking a tune with the legendary George Shuffler. James then interviews George regarding the development of his 'crosspicking? guitar technique. George demonstrates the technique and provides a guitar solo to one of the tunes he helped to make a bluegrass standard, 'Will You Miss Me.? George and James then pick 'Katy Dear? together and demonstrate their crosspicking talents. The instructional portion of the video begins with James Alan Shelton demonstrating the crosspicking roll and providing several exercises which will serve to train your right hand to gain skill with the crosspicking technique. James then teaches a 'turnaround? to 'Rank Stranger? which utilizes the crosspicking technique to 'fill in the gaps? between vocal lines. He then shows how to take the simple melody line of a song, 'Uncloudy Day,? and incorporate the crosspicking technique between the melody notes. Next, James teaches a crosspicking break to 'Bury Me Beneath the Weeping Willow? and follows that tune by demonstrating how to transform a Carter style guitar solo into a crosspicking solo using the song 'Wildwood Flower? as an example. The next section of the video features James teaching two of his original flatpicking tunes 'Road to Coeburn? and 'Tom's Creek.? This is followed by a fingerstyle performance of Ralph Stanley's favorite guitar number, 'Cannonball Blues.? James concludes the instructional portion of the video by talking about his selection of guitar strings, picks, and capos and provides 'tricks of the trade? to help you keep your flatpick in good shape. George and James both talk about their signature model Huss and Dalton guitars and the video concludes with George and James picking 'Banks of the Ohio? together. All of the songs that are taught in the video are transcribed in the accompanying transcription book. / Guitare (Flatpick) Et Plectre

Authentic Country Blues Guitar Techniques and Repertoire 2-DVD Set-Playing and singing country blues guitar is no easy task. It's just you and the box summoning up the requisite Guitar parts singing the melody and maintaining a solid groove. No drummer. No bass player - just you and your Guitar.Independence repertoire technique timing and endurance comprise the essential skill set for authentic fingerstyle country blues Guitar.Playing and singing the material in this 2-DVD set hones these skills like nobody's business. Paul Rishell diligently guides you through 16 handpicked tunes to cover a wide variety of the feels rhythms and techniques that are characteristic to country blues Guitar.You'll learn allof the parts rhythms and requisite techniques for songs such as Down the Dirt Road Blues by Charley Patton Shake 'Em on Down by Tommy McClennan Low Down Rounder by Peg Leg Howell Sweet Jivin' Mama by Blind Blake One Dime Blues by Blind Lemon Jefferson and many more. Get a solid grip on this Delta Piedmont and Texas blues Guitar repertoire and you'll be able to handle anything (including your own compositions) with authenticity stellar technique and maximum groove. Head out to the porch now with Dirt Road Blues.

Fingerstyle Guitar is extremely popular today. This is because it lends itself to very personal and lyrical solo and accompaniment styles. This method is one of the very best at teaching the basics of fingerpicking. Written byNashville's fine guitarist Tommy Flint you will learn chording Travis picking soloing scales and accompaniment patterns playing over the entire fingerboard barre-chords two-string harmony combining hammer and slide three-against four roll contrary motion crosspicking harmonics right and left hand agility studies and much more. A bonus is the inclusion of over 50 great original Tommy Flint fingerpicking guitar solos which reflecta rich diversity of styles. This volume includes material previously published in two volumes as Mel Bay's Deluxe Fingerstyle Guitar Method. Written in notation and tablature. This package includes an audiodownload available online which provides play-along demonstrations of many of the exercises and solos in the book starting with page 41. The solo Guitar is on the right with accompaniment Guitar on the left so you can eliminatethe solo part or accompaniment by adjusting the balance control of your player.

David Laibman is regarded as one of the founders of modern fingerstyle classic ragtime guitar. He began working out old-timey and classical rags in the 1960s; recorded The New Ragtime Guitar with Eric Shoenberg (Folkways 1970) and Classical Ragtime Guitar (Rounder 1980) both available on CD. In this DVD David performs a wide variety of his compositions and arrangements of rags by Scott Joplin James Scott and Joseph Lamb. He talks about his musical influences arranging and working out fingerings for these complex pieces and how in recent times he has begun writing ragtime compositions for guitar.

Acoustic Guitar Private Lessons-Learn the art of fingerstyle jazz guitar with these 12 insightful lessons. With chapters aimed at building chord vocabulary separating bass and melody voices and improvisation in the style of jazz guitar greats like WesMontgomery and Joe Pass this book is your guide to building and playing great solo guitar arrangements of songs from the classic jazz-standard repertoire. Complete with jazz interpretations of traditional songs. Lessons includeaudio downloads standard notation and tablature for all examples and songs and much more.

Arrangements for Solo Acoustic Guitar 2 - more instrumentals from a national champion.Pete Huttlinger continues his exploration of the guitar arrangements that have won him accolades throughout the acoustic guitar world - and a National Fingerstyle Championship! An engaging and accomplished instructor, Pete brings his spectacular playing with dramatic performance pieces that are as challenging as they are fun to learn.Pete starts out by teaching his Merle Travis-inspired chord/melody arrangement of the great Gershwin tune I Got Rhythm. His exciting version features lightening-fast fingerpicking and a total left hand workout.Things calm down a bit as you learn Pete's somewhat easier 'Chet-style' fingerpicking tune Darcy's Guitar. Then you're off and running again, this time with an in-depth teaching of Pete's most requested tune, the showstopper, The Santa Rita Connection.McGuire's Landing in DADGAD brings us back to a mellow Celtic mood. Tommy In The Morning, written by Pete for fellow fingerpicker Tommy Emmanuel, and the lovely hymn On Eagles' Wings, played in James Taylor's evocative style, round out this terrific DVD lesson.Over the years, Peter Huttlinger has established himself as a top-notch session player, composer, arranger, songwriter and sideman. The Berklee graduate has been a featured artist with the San Diego and Housten symphonies and the Nashville Chamber Orchestra, and has performed on numerous Grammy winning and nominated projects. In 2000 he won first place in the prestigious National Fingerstyle Championship in Winfield, Kansas. Pete toured, recorded and performed with John Denver from 1994 until the singer's death in 1997. He has also written music for HBO, PBS, ESPN, and many other networks. His 2003 release Naked Pop is on Steve Vai's Favored Nations label. / Guitare

Guitar Styles of Merle Watson-During the fifteen years that Merle Watson toured and recorded with his father Doc Watson the duo was one of the most popular and beloved musical teams in folk music history. On these two CDs Merle teaches the traditional fingerpicking flatpicking and slide guitar styles for which he was famous. Doc joins Merle in a dynamic demonstration of twin guitars as they take apart some of their most requested duets and explain in detail how each part is played. CD One - Country Guitar Fingerpicking Solos & Duets: Southbound - Candyman - Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Goin' Down the Road - Make Me a Pallet on the Floor - Nine-Pound Hammer - The Last Thing on My Mind - Worried Blues- Bonaparte's Retreat - Windy and Warm - Blue Railroad Train - Solid Gone - Deep River Blues. CD Two - Slide Guitar and Flatpicking Solos & Duets: Poor Boy Blues - Day Break Blues - Curly Headed Baby - Can't Be Satisfied - Wabash Cannonball - Minglewood Blues - Miss the Mississippi and You - Columbus Stockade - Honky Tonkin' - Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Old Joe Clark - Salt Creek - Florida Blues - Cotton-Eyed Joe - Red-Haired Boy. TWO CDs - INCLUDES TAB - LEVEL 3

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Multiple Levels Musical Genre : Jazz Series : Complete Number of pages : 184 This book is complete in the sense that there is something for everyone: beginners, intermediate players and professionals. Along with learning the basics, this book teaches fingerstyle guitar players to play two-string harmonies, accompaniment styles and much more. Alan De Mause has filled the companion CD to capacity with 90 examples of music from his landmark text. The recording features nylon-string guitar throughout in both solo and midi-accompanied settings. A full range of jazz guitar stylings is offered, starting from square one and proceeding through advanced fingerstyle solo material.

The original blues guitar hero who according to musical folklore sold his soul at a desolate crossroads in return for musical virtuosity Robert Johnson unwittingly inspired a guitar revolution. In the hands of Eric Clapton John Mayall Peter Green and others the songs of the legendary bluesman became the very basis of British blues sound and the roots of modern rock as we know it.In this unique DVD Scott Ainslie presents a lesson devoted to Johnson's work teaching you seven of his greatest songs. Ainslie delivers a concise and accessible demonstration of the techniques Johnson used to create his remarkable guitar parts including tunings slide techniques and thedistinctive characteristic fingerpicking of the country blues. Get to grips with the achingly melancholy Drunken Hearted Man the upbeat shuffle of Walkin' Blues as well as the original arrangement of the now much-loved standard Sweet Home Chicago.The lesson is also accompanied with a selection of jam-along songs a section covering specific techniques and a host of tips for effective practice.

In this live studio performance featuring a plethora of styles and compositions Richard Smith plays in a variety of musical settings from solo Guitar to Guitar and Cello duets with his virtuoso cellist wife JulieAdams.When Richard invites an ensemble featuring more of Nashville's hottest pickers including Pat Bergeson on Guitar Aaron Till on Fiddle and Brian Zonn on Double Bass the performance is unstoppable.

Craig Wagnerâ??s unique approach to fingerstyle guitar includes equal amounts of jazz funk blues rock pop bluegrass and country flavourings. He turns the guitar into a whole musical combo with adventurous techniquesincorporating two-handed tapping polyrhythms walking bass banjo rolls exotic chords and moving inner voices. His forte is composition and arranging. In this video lesson he presents eye-popping reworkings of the jazzstandards Caravan and Cherokee Herbie Hancockâ??s Chameleon and Stevie Wonderâ??s Superstition. This is a very challenging DVD lesson designed for the advanced fingerstyle guitarist. Advanced techniques taughtinclude: 2 Hand Tapping Walking Bass Polyrhythms Latin Rhythms Arpeggios Chord Theory

Steve Baughman (Taught). Par BAUGHMAN STEVE. This DVD showcases guitarist Steve Baughman demonstrating his incredible fingerstyle creativity while he performs guitar solo settings on 14 Celtic and traditional compositions. Of special interest is Steve's analysis of alternate tunings and innovative new fingerstyle performance techniques. In addition to well-known Celtic compositions, Steve performs a number of his original guitar solo settings and his own arrangements of several tunes written by the famed Irish harpist Turlough O'Carolan. Included on this video are: Lord Inchiquin, John Kelley's Reel, St. Anne's Reel, Planxty Bongwater, Lady Gethin, Planxty George Brabazon, Greensleeves, Frailing, Misses McCloud's Reel, Liberty, Planxty Pegeen, and more. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Celtic/Irish - Concert/Documentary / Accessoire / Guitare

Grammy winning guitarist and acclaimed author Mark Hanson teaches you how to play great fingerpicking blues guitar instrumentals on this DVD. Included are Mark's fun arrangements of Every Night When the Sun Goes Down Stick With Me Baby and his extended bluesy guitar solo of the classic Amazing Grace. Also included are Mark's sprightly ragtime composition 'Riff Raff' and a thorough explanation of developing fingerstyle solo techniques through multi-voiced back-up shuffle patterns. As an added bonus Mark is shown performing his highly regarded arrangement of Water Is Wide. Contains complete music notation and tablature for all the fivetunes. Individual lesson segments and multiple camera angles and close-ups all to help your learning!

As editor of Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine I have had the good fortune to meet some of the finest guitar players in the world. Today the scope of the players out there keeps growing and the level of musicianship keeps gettinghigher. It is an honor to present Vol. 1 of what promises to be a long series of DVDs presenting some of the finest fingerstyle players the world has to offer.' - Bill Piburn

Fingerstyle Guitar virtuoso Peppino D???Agostino (voted ???Best Acoustic Guitarist??? by readers in the 2007 Guitar Player magazine Reader???s Choice Awards) presents 14 tunes on this DVD.Filmed in Nashville in 2007 itfeatures a collection of Peppino???s most requested concert pieces. One of the performances is a Vocal piece from Peppino???s new CD Made in Italy on Mesa/Bluemoon Recordings.