Description:
The powerful sounds and songs of Leadbelly, Pete Seeger, Blind Willie McTell and others resound through the 12-string guitar. This lesson teaches the walking basses, dynamic rhythms, full chords and fingerpicking innovations that can be used on this wonderful instrument. It includes classic blues, rags, folk songs and instrumentals. 90-MIN • BEGINNER TO EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Happy Traum (Artist)
 

Description:
This collection of reels, jigs, hornpipes and set dances are the favorite tunes played in pubs and at parties by Irish players around the world. Each tune is masterfully demonstrated on tinwhistle by L.E. McCullough, played slowly and then up-to-speed to make each one easier to learn. Added guitar and keyboard back-up tracks make for a great practice session. Excellent for players of any melodic instrument – fiddle, accordion, flute, tinwhistle, banjo, bouzouki, guitar – who want to hold their own in any Irish music gathering. Includes accompaniment tracks for playing along on any instrument.

FOUR CDs • INCLUDES 50-PAGE MUSIC + CHORD BOOK • LEVEL 3

L.E. McCullough (Artist)
 

Description:
New CD Series!

This detailed course in beginning, intermediate and advanced flatpicking techniques teaches a dazzling set of gospel standards that are great for playing at bluegrass jam sessions or family gatherings. Includes rhythm backups for productive and exciting practice sessions.

6 CDs • INCLUDES 105-PAGE BOOK WITH MUSIC + TAB. All Levels.

Steve Kaufman (Artist)
 

Description:
This series of CDs teaches essential swing guitar repertoire to bluegrass flatpickers. Steve's unique method features three levels: a beginner's version in which he teaches the basic melody; an intermediate arrangement that will give players a solid musical grounding; and finally, a full-blown solo that will challenge any aspiring swing guitarist. Backup tracks make for productive and exciting practice sessions. Tunes: After You've Gone • Back Home Again in Indiana • Blue Moon • Danny Boy • Georgia on My Mind • Honeysuckle Rose • I Got Rhythm • Kansas City Kitty • Lady Be Good • Limehouse Blues • Little Rock Getaway • Minor Swing • Miss Molly • Panhandle Rag • It's Only a Paper Moon • Remington's Ride • Over the Rainbow • Sugar Foot Rag • Summertime • The Sunny Side of the Street.

160-PAGE BOOK WITH 6 CDs • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • LEVEL ALL

Steve Kaufman (Artist)
 

Description:
These 30 classic fiddle tunes will add depth to any player's repertoire and technical proficiency. Butch plays each piece both slowly and up-to-speed, and provides rhythm tracks (with mandolin and guitar) that allow for instant practice sessions, anytime. Songs: St. Anne's Reel • Fisher's Hornpipe • Whiskey Before Breakfast • Little Rabbit • Cherokee Shuffle • Fire on the Mountain • more. Includes music and tablature.

Butch Baldassari (Artist)
 

Description:
Especially for the beginner who wants to learn a variety of styles and techniques. No previous experience necessary to learn more than 40 songs, including My Home's Across The Smoky Mountains • Little Birdie • Jesse James • The House Carpenter • Railroad Bill and many others.

INCLUDES TAB • LEVEL 1

 

Description:
Especially for the beginner who wants to learn a variety of styles and techniques. No previous experience necessary to learn more than 40 songs, including My Home's Across The Smoky Mountains * Little Birdie * Jesse James * The House Carpenter * Railroad Bill and many others. Continuing the study of folk and country banjo styles for the beginner, these lessons teach old-time frailing (clawhammer) techniques. Celtic tunes and three-finger picking. Songs include Little Sadie * Old Joe Clark * The Cuckoo * Pretty Polly * Temperance Reel and many others.

Happy Traum (Artist)
 

Description:
LEVEL 2 INCLUDES TAB Continuing the study of folk and country banjo styles for the beginner, these lessons teach old-time frailing (clawhammer) techniques. Celtic tunes and three-finger picking. 26 songs including: Little Sadie • Old Joe Clark • The Cuckoo • Pretty Polly • Temperance Reel and many others.

Happy Traum (Artist)
 

Description:
One of the world's premier acoustic lead guitarists teaches eight of his most requested show-stoppers, demonstrating them up to speed and then slowing each one down to explain the finer points of flatpicking. He includes well-known Irish and American fiddle tunes and two of his own astounding compositions. Includes: Billy in the Low Ground • Forked Deer • McCahill's Reel • Irish Waltz • Cotton Patch Rag • Sweet Laree • Tom and Jerry • Memories of Mozart.

60-MIN. CD • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • LEVEL 4

Dan Crary (Artist)
 

Description:
Find chords in the upper reaches of the fingerboard, and learn the basic concepts of music theory for guitar. Starting with the easiest three-string movable chord positions, Happy explains with very clear, simple instructions how to use them, combining them with other movable chords until you can play in any position and in any key. Moving on to four, five and six-string (barre) movable chords, you'll learn songs and chord progressions that will help you put your newly-acquired chord knowledge into practice.

TWO CDS • INCLUDES CHORDS • LEVEL 2

Happy Traum (Composer)
 

Description:
This starter lesson by a top blues musician will give novices a basic understanding of how to play in a variety of open tunings on the guitar, and get into new and exciting sounds. Includes arrangements of: I'll Fly Away • Spanish Fandango • John Henry • Amazing Grace • and others. INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • LEVEL 3 • 75 MIN.

 

Description:
Fiddlers of all levels will benefit from Jay Ungar's inventive use of slides, rolls, smears, vibrato and special bowing techniques. You'll learn how to turn tunes into distinctive compositions with ornaments, slides and grace notes. Jay teaches: Tombigbee Waltz • Tennessee Waltz • South Wind • Shebeg Shemor • Give Me Your Hand • and his Grammy-winning tune, Ashokan Farewell.

90 MIN. • INCLUDES MUSIC • LEVEL 2

 

Description:
Get ready for the holidays with these classic instrumentals! Each song has been chosen for its “playability” as well as its timeless beauty. Once mastered, these guitar pieces will become favorites season after season for years to come: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear • God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen • What Child Is This? • Pretty Little Baby • Silent Night • 'Twas on a Night Like This • Jingle Bells.

85 MIN. • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • LEVEL ALL

 

Description:
Get ready for the holidays with these fantastic instrumentals that anyone can play! Each classic song has been chosen for its “playability” as well as its timeless beauty. The songs range from a fingerpicking version of an old English carol to a bluesy African-American Christmas spiritual. Once mastered, these guitar pieces will become favorites season after season for years to come. Includes: It Came upon a Midnight Clear • God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen • What Child Is This? • Pretty Little Baby • Silent Night • 'Twas on a Night like This • and Jingle Bells.

85-MIN. VIDEO • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • LEVEL 3

Happy Traum (Artist)
 

Description:
Russ shows guitarists at all levels how to achieve good tone, keep solid time, compose solos, improvise and play with more assurance, better control and stronger technique. Tunes include For J.L., Old Joe Clark, Dominion Reel, Prince Charlie, Oh! Susannah and Cowboy Calypso. Includes tab. 1 hour, 30 minutes.

Russ Barenberg (Artist)
 

Description:
DVD One: This lesson in resonator guitar will have intermediate-level players picking better than they ever dreamed they could! Stacy details use of picks, the bar, hammer-ons, pull-offs, right-hand rolls, chord positions, and more. Songs include: Little Rosewood Casket, Nine Pound Hammer, Trouble in Mind. Includes tab. Early intermediate level. 75 minutes.

DVD Two: Stacy moves into more advanced territory as he discusses drones, scale patterns, and other techniques, now with an emphasis on using bar slants and string pulls to create more complex chords and effects. Songs: Cherokee Shuffle, Bill Cheathem, Last Rose of Autumn. Includes tab. Intermediate level. 75 minutes.

 

Description:
This lesson in resonator guitar will have intermediate-level players picking better than they ever dreamed they could! Stacy details use of picks, the bar, hammer-ons, pull-offs, right-hand rolls, chord positions, and more. Songs include: Little Rosewood Casket, Nine Pound Hammer, Trouble in Mind. Includes tab. Early intermediate level. 75 minutes.

 

Description:
Stacy moves into more advanced territory as he discusses drones, scale patterns, and other techniques, now with an emphasis on using bar slants and string pulls to create more complex chords and effects. Songs: Cherokee Shuffle, Bill Cheathem, Last Rose of Autumn. Includes tab. Intermediate level. 75 minutes.

 

Description:
This intermediate-level lesson in resonator guitar will have you picking better than you ever dreamed you could! Covers picks, use of the bar, hammer-ons, pull-offs, right-hand rolls, chord positions, and more. Teaches the old-time classic 'Little Rosewood Casket'; the traditional blues 'Trouble In MInd'; a bluegrass boogie 'Foggy Mountain Rock'; and 'Nine Pound Hammer' and 'Dixie Hoedown.' 75 min. video, includes booklet, level 2-3.

Stacy Phillips (Artist)
 

Description:
In a lively, “jam-packed” display of ideas and musicianship, Mike Dowling and Pat Donohue teach the necessary strategies that enable guitarists to make good music together, regardless of the song or style, or even if they've never played a particular tune before. The two pros demonstrate a wide variety of essential skills, taking the mystery out of how to jam on classic folk, ragtime and blues tunes. Includes music and tab. 105 minutes.

Mike Dowling (Artist)
Pat Donohue (Artist)
 

Description:
Solo guitarist and studio musician Peter Huttlinger outlines his method for effective and consistent practice techniques. He includes numerous drills, exercises, scales, metronome use and other regimens for guitarists who want to solve problems and make greater strides in improving their musical skill level. 85-MIN. DVD OR VIDEO • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • BEGINNER LEVEL

Peter Huttlinger (Composer)
 

Description:
Solo guitarist and studio musician Peter Huttlinger outlines his method for effective and consistent practice techniques. He includes numerous drills, exercises, scales, metronome use and other regimens for guitarists who want to solve problems and make greater strides in improving their musical skill level.

90-MIN. DVD OR VIDEO • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • LEVEL 2

Peter Huttlinger (Composer)
 

Description:
Steve Allen, the original host of The Tonight Show and one of the world's most beloved entertainers, reveals his passion for jazz piano in his first instructional video. He divulges 'tricks of the trade' (trills, octave vibrato, 'fake runs,' blues riffs etc.) and shows how to build arrangements and spice up jazz pieces with a variety of easy techniques. Pianists will cover basic blues, boogie woogie, stride, walking basses, the use of 10ths, decending bass lines and more, while Steve plays and analyzes: Honeysuckle Rose * Spring Is Where You Are * I'm Confessin' That I Love You * You Can Depend On Me * A Time For Love * and more. He passes on inside tips about the styles and musical contributions of several jazz masters (Erroll Garner, Oscar Peterson, Count Basie, Art Tatum), and gets jazz players off to a great start. 80-MINUTES VIDEO * INCLUDES MUSIC * LEVEL 1/2.

Steve Allen (Artist)
 

Description:
Steve Allen, one of the world's most beloved entertainers, had a passion for jazz piano. Here he divulges his “tricks of the trade” and shows how to build lovely arrangements with a variety of easy techniques. Steve plays and analyzes: Honeysuckle Rose • Spring Is Where You Are • I'm Confessin' That I Love You • A Time for Love • and more, plus insider tips about the styles and musical contributions of jazz greats.

80 MIN. • INCLUDES MUSIC • LEVEL 2

Steve Allen (Artist)
 

Description:
Sit down at the piano and play whatever comes into your head, making up your own music as you go along. That's free improvisation. Marilyn Crispell digs into her long experience with the music of Cecil Taylor, Anthony Braxton, Gary Peacock and other jazz improvisers, breaking down the finer points of creating music on the spot.

80-MIN. DVD OR VHS • LEVEL 3 • INCLUDES MUSIC BOOKLET

Marilyn Crispell (Composer)
 

Description:
with Bill Keith/Jim Rooney Band; Chesapeake; Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum; Bela Fleck and Tony Trischka; Don Stover. Homespun's first performance video documents an exciting evening of powerful music and high emotions. In November 1994, some of America's top bluegrass musicians gave peak performances at this 'Bluegrass Summit' held near Boston to celebrate the life and work of the popular banjo player Don Stover. All royalties from the sale of this video will go to Don to help defray medical expenses brought on by a serious illness. 60-MINUTE VIDEO * PERFORMANCE

Don Stover (Artist)
 

Description:
With his powerful command of a wide variety of genres, Joey Miskulin shows how to play everything from polkas to cajun, Tex-Mex to cowboy, country to rock. Using a variety of popular tunes, he teaches and demonstrates the important techniques that will help accordionists improve tone, speed, control and play on a whole new level. 75-MIN. • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

 

Description:
An award-winning bassist provides the tools for playing upright bass on everything from bluegrass to jazz. Starts with basics and quickly moves into improvisation, back-up patterns, walking bass lines, runs, chords and more. 6 songs.

 

Description:
LEVEL 2/3 INCLUDES MUSIC An award-winning bassist provides the tools for playing upright bass on everything from bluegrass to jazz. Starts with basics (holding the bass, hand positions, tuning and exercises) and quickly moves into improvisation, back-up patterns, walking bass lines, runs, chords and more. 6 songs.

Rob Wasserman (Artist)
 

Description:
Martin continues his excellent analysis of the romantic and compelling guitar arrangements for which he is justly famous. He covers Jock O'Hazeldine, a Celtic air; Banks Of The Bann with the primary melody in the bass; and a Christmas carol, In The Bleak Mid-Winter, all in dropped-D tuning. 60-MINUTE VIDEO * INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB * LEVEL 3.

Martin Simpson (Artist)