ACCELERATE YOUR ACOUSTIC GUITAR PLAYING featuring Jim Kelly Series: DVD List $24.95 Super Special! $18.71 This DVD offers easy-to-understand exercises and demonstrations that can be applied to all levels and styles. These include: arpeggio exercises; right hand, left hand, and combinations; alternating bass and syncopation; piano style exercises; classical, pop/rock, and jazz/Latin styles; drop D tuning exercises; and more. Clear and detailed instruction is given both onscreen and in the accompanying lesson booklet. 60 minutes.

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ACCELERATE YOUR GUITAR PLAYING Exercises and Tips to Make You Better - Faster Series: DVD Author: Tomo Fujita List $24.95 Super Special! $18.71 Take your playing to the next level as Tomo Fujita shares his proven method for improving the essential skills required to play with other musicians and to freely express yourself on the guitar. This DVD includes easy-to-understand exercises and demonstrations that can be applied to all levels and styles. Topics covered include: scale and picking exercises • interval and ear training • rhythm studies • stylistic grooves: blues, swing, jazz, R&B, and funk. Includes 80-page accompanying instruction booklet. 55 minutes.

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ACCELERATE YOUR ROCK GUITAR PLAYING featuring Scotty Johnson Series: DVD List $24.95 Super Special! $18.71 This DVD offers easy-to-understand exercises and demonstrations that can be applied to all levels and styles. These include: warm up exercises, rhythm playing exercises, bending exercises, soloing exercises, advanced rhythm exercises, and more. Clear and detailed instruction is given both onscreen and in the accompanying booklet.

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ACOUSTIC FINGERSTYLE GUITAR Series: DVD Author: Rick Ruskin List $29.95 Super Special! $22.46 Rick Ruskin's remarkable style captures all the nuances of a band/rhythm-section and transforms the parts into amazing, in-the-pocket fingerstyle grooves like you've never imagined on a single guitar! Split-screen video format covers: right- and left-hand technique, walking-bass and counterpoint lines, open-voiced triads, simultaneous bass/rhythm/lead parts, pedal-steel effects, double-stop bends, harmonics, and more. The techniques are immediately put to use in extraordinary instrumental versions of “Rikki Don't Lose That Number,” “Georgia on My Mind,” and four originals. His meticulous analysis of each phrase is loaded with variations and insight that show how to transform the essence of any tune into dynamic arrangements of your own. Musical notation and tab is printable from the disk (DVD-ROM). “...so brilliant at times that he seems to transcend normal approaches to the guitar.” –Guitar Player magazine. 120 minutes.

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ACOUSTIC GUITAR Softcover with DVD - TAB Author: Chad Johnson Author: Mike Mueller List $9.95 Super Special! $7.46 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, including: Brown Eyed Girl • Dust in the Wind • Free Fallin' • Landslide • Maggie May • Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) • Yesterday • and more.

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ACOUSTIC GUITAR INSTRUMENTALS 1 DVD One: Arrangements in Alternate Tunings Medium: DVD Artist: Martin Simpson List $29.95 Super Special! $22.46 Acclaimed British guitarist Martin Simpson teaches dropped-D and altered-G tunings to bring out the widest possible harmonic range of the guitar. His fingerstyle playing, combined with his unique guitar frailing, will inspire guitarists of all levels and styles. Six magnificent arrangements include: Rosie Anderson • The Shearing's Not for You • Bogie's Bonnie Belle • Pretty Saro • Long Steel Rail • Santa Cruz. Includes music and tab. 75 minutes.

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ACOUSTIC GUITAR INSTRUMENTALS 2 DVD Two: Creating Your Own Arrangements Medium: DVD Artist: Martin Simpson List $29.95 Super Special! $22.46 Martin continues his excellent analysis of the romantic and compelling guitar arrangements for which he is justly famous. He teaches Jock O'Hazeldine, a Celtic air; Banks of the Bann, with the primary melody in the bass; and a Christmas carol, In the Bleak Midwinter, all in dropped-D tuning. 60-MIN • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

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ACOUSTIC GUITAR INSTRUMENTALS 3 DVD Three: Developing Style and Repertoire Medium: DVD Artist: Martin Simpson List $29.95 Super Special! $22.46 Martin teaches his complex arrangements to Donal Ogg, My Generous Lover, and Betsy the Serving Maid (all in Gsus4 tuning), The Coo Coo Bird in the spectacular “mountain minor” tuning, and the fiddle tune Miss McCloud's Reel in the popular DADGAD tuning. 60-MIN • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

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ACOUSTIC GUITAR INSTRUMENTALS 1,2,3 Medium: DVD Artist: Martin Simpson List $69.95 Super Special! $52.46 DVD One – Arrangements in Alternate Tunings: Acclaimed British guitarist Martin Simpson teaches dropped-D and altered-G tunings to bring out the widest possible harmonic range of the guitar. His fingerstyle playing, combined with his unique guitar frailing, will inspire guitarists of all levels and styles. Six magnificent arrangements include: Rosie Anderson • The Shearing's Not for You • Bogie's Bonnie Belle • Pretty Saro • Long Steel Rail • Santa Cruz. 75-MIN • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • INTERMEDIATE LEVEL DVD Two – Creating Your Own Arrangements: Martin continues his excellent analysis of the romantic and compelling guitar arrangements for which he is justly famous. He teaches Jock O'Hazeldine, a Celtic air; Banks of the Bann, with the primary melody in the bass; and a Christmas carol, In the Bleak Midwinter, all in dropped-D tuning. 60-MIN • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • INTERMEDIATE LEVEL DVD Three – Developing Style and Repertoire: Martin teaches his complex arrangements to Donal Ogg, My Generous Lover, and Betsy the Serving Maid (all in Gsus4 tuning), The Coo Coo Bird in the spectacular “mountain minor” tuning, and the fiddle tune Miss McCloud's Reel in the popular DADGAD tuning. 60-MIN • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

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THE ACOUSTIC GUITAR METHOD 2-DVD Set Author: David Hamburger List $39.95 Super Special! $29.96 These carefully graded starter lessons are based on David Hamburger's best-selling books, issued by the publishers of Acoustic Guitar magazine (HL#00695648, 00695649, 00695666, and 00695667). Total beginners will learn how to use a pick and form all the most important chords, while those with some guitar experience will learn fingerpicking styles and other essential techniques. More than two-dozen classic songs are taught, drawn from blues, folk, country and bluegrass traditions. Includes music and tab. 230 minutes.

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ACOUSTIC GUITAR METHOD Medium: Book & CD & DVD Package Author: David Hamburger List $44.95 Super Special! $33.71 This mega-pack features the book/CD pack written by David Hamburger from String Letter Publishing (HL00695648) combined with the 2-DVD set also featuring David Hamburger from Homespun (HL00641892). A $50 value for only $44.95!

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ACOUSTIC GUITAR SOLOING DVD Artist: Jamie Findlay List $14.95 Super Special! $11.21 Jamie Findlay, one of the masters of contemporary acoustic guitar, has taught jazz guitar at USC and currently teaches at the Musicians Institute. In this in-depth presentation, he demonstrates and breaks down licks, scales and chords, and teaches sequences, arpeggios, thirds, and sixths intervals. He discusses major and harmonic minor scales, pentatonic scales and blues scales, with step-by-step demos of soloing in blues, country, Latin, Brazilian, jazz and pop styles. Packed with cool riffs and practice ideas, this DVD will help you develop your ear and play searing acoustic solos! Includes a lesson booklet showing examples in notation and tablature. 51 minutes.

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VOLUME 3. ACOUSTIC HITS Guitar Play-Along DVD List $14.95 Super Special! $11.21 The Guitar Play-Along DVD Series lets you hear and see how to play songs like never before. Just watch, listen and learn! Each song starts with a lesson from a professional guitar teacher. Then, the teacher performs the complete song along with professionally recorded backing tracks. You can choose to turn the guitar off if you want to play along or leave the guitar in the mix to hear how it should sound. You can also choose from three viewing options: fret hand with tab, wide view with tab, pick & fret hands close-up. Each DVD includes great songs that all guitarists will want to know! Volume 3 includes: Every Rose Has Its Thorn (Poison) • Fly to the Angels (Slaughter) • Iris (Goo Goo Dolls) • More Than Words (Extreme) • Silent Lucidity (Queensryche) • Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton) • 3 AM (Matchbox 20) • To Be with You (Mr. Big). 100 minutes.

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ACOUSTIC ROCK A Step-by-Step Breakdown of Guitar Styles and Techniques Series: DVD Author: Doug Boduch List $19.95 Super Special! $14.96 Learn the trademark acoustic guitar parts behind the greatest songs in rock and pop! Includes 8 songs: Before You Accuse Me • Crazy on You • Drive • Dust in the Wind • Iris • More Than Words • Norwegian Wood • Silent Lucidity. 1 hour, 36 minutes.

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ADVANCED ROCK LEAD GUITAR For Electric and Acoustic Guitar Medium: DVD Author: Dave Celentano List $19.95 Super Special! $14.96 In this DVD, Dave Celentano concludes his “three level” rock lead guitar course by introducing the student to a variety of complete solos to learn and play over the band rhythm tracks. Topics include: '80s style soloing, modal soloing in rock, acoustic blues soloing, triads, arpeggios, legato string bending, vibrato, tapping, and more. Dave demonstrates all the solos, then breaks each down into small sections for learning and discusses important concepts, theory, and scales. Transcription booklet included. 60 minutes.

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ADVANCED ROCK RHYTHM GUITAR For Electric and Acoustic Guitar Medium: DVD Author: Dave Celentano List $19.95 Super Special! $14.96 In this DVD, Dave Celentano concludes his “three level” rock rhythm guitar course with challenging rhythm work in the styles of funk/rock, fast boogie blues, slow blues/rock, jazz/rock, and heavy metal. Techniques and topics covered are fast electric and acoustic strums, palm muting, string muting, scratch strumming, riff rhythms, seventh and ninth chords, power chords, and bar chords. Dave demonstrates each example, then breaks them down into smaller sections for learning. Transcription booklet included. 60 minutes.

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MURIEL ANDERSON'S ALL-STAR GUITAR NIGHT, CONCERT 2000 Medium: DVD Artist: Muriel Anderson List $24.95 Super Special! $18.71 Muriel Anderson's world-class guitar events bring top players together for what are always powerful musical evenings. The artists featured here represent a spectrum of styles and sounds, from classical-tinged lyricism to electric blues; from Travis-style thumbpicking to ethereal tapping; from delicate fingerstyle to rockin' country blues. Here's an opportunity to witness amazing acoustic and electric guitar performances on an entertaining and awe-inspiring video! Songs include: Hometown (Muriel Anderson) • Impressions (Stan Lassiter) • Lady's Night (Preston Reed) • Becca's Bounce (Steve Fairclough) • Mr. Guitar My Friend (Thom Bresh) • Cannonball Rag (Thom Bresh & Buster B. Jones) • Workin' Man Blues (Brent Mason) • Strawberry Fields Forever (Laurence Juber) • Saudade (Michael Chapdelaine) • Classical Gas (Tommy Emmanuel) • All Blues (Mitch Watkins) • Dance with Me (Nokie Edwards) • Flying Home (Stanley Jordan) • Seymour's Blues (Seymour Duncan) • Vincent (Muriel Anderson & Tommy Emmanuel).

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MURIEL ANDERSON'S ALL STAR GUITAR NIGHT Medium: DVD Artist: Muriel Anderson List $24.95 Super Special! $18.71 featuring Muriel Anderson, Peppino D'Agostino, Alex DeGrassi, Ed Gerhard, Tommy Jones, Laurence Juber, Phil Keaggy, Gayla Drake Paul, Preston Reed, Martin Taylor, and the Richard Smith Trio Some of the world's greatest fingerstyle guitarists perform informally together on a single stage, creating a powerful and unforgettable set of guitar music. Performance DVD. 60 minutes.

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ARRANGEMENTS FOR SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR - LESSON TWO More Instrumentals from a National Champion DVD - TAB Artist: Peter Huttlinger List $29.95 Super Special! $22.46 Pete Huttlinger's championship picking style is making him a powerful force in the acoustic guitar world. An engaging and accomplished instructor, he brings his spectacular playing to learning fingerstyle players with dramatic performance pieces that are challenging but fun to learn. Advanced level. Includes music and tab. 1 hour, 30 minutes.

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ARRANGEMENTS FOR SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR Instrumentals from a National Champion Medium: DVD Composer: Peter Huttlinger List $29.95 Super Special! $22.46 Pete Huttlinger's championship picking style is making him a powerful force in the acoustic guitar world. An engaging and accomplished instructor, he brings his spectacular playing to learning fingerstyle players with dramatic performance pieces that are challenging but fun to learn. For intermediate level guitarists. 90 minutes.

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ARRANGEMENTS FOR SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR 2-DVD Set Author: Peter Huttlinger List $49.95 Super Special! $37.46 DVD 1: Pete Huttlinger's championship picking style is making him a powerful force in the acoustic guitar world. An engaging and accomplished instructor, he brings his spectacular playing to learning fingerstyle players with dramatic performance pieces that are challenging but fun to learn. For intermediate level guitarists. 90 minutes. DVD 2: Huttlinger's championship picking style is making him a powerful force in the acoustic guitar world. An engaging and accomplished instructor, he brings his spectacular playing to learning fingerstyle players with dramatic performance pieces that are challenging but fun to learn. Advanced level. Includes music and tab. 1 hour, 30 minutes.

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THE ART OF GUITAR CROSSPICKING Medium: DVD Artist: Steve Kaufman List $29.95 Super Special! $22.46 This bluegrass flatpicking style, with its rolling, complex sound, has become an integral part of every hot bluegrass guitarist's arsenal. In this DVD, Steve Kaufman teaches seven songs using this technique: Back Up and Push • Blue Ridge Mountain Blues • Wildwood Flower • Bill Cheatham • Golden Eagle Hornpipe • Sweet Bunch of Daisies • and Grandfather's Clock. 60-MIN. DVD • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

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THE ART OF HAWAIIAN SLACK KEY GUITAR DVD - TAB Artist: Keola Beamer List $29.95 Super Special! $22.46 Here's an opportunity to learn to play the lush and elegant sounds of Hawaiian slack key guitar. Keola Beamer, a contemporary master in this style, provides the perfect introduction to a rich tradition that has inspired fingerstyle guitarists worldwide. He teaches seven traditional and original compositions in the special tunings that give slack key its distinctive sound, including: Kuu Lei Awapuni Melemele (My Yellow Ginger Lei) • Kalena Kai (Bath House) • Grandmother's Wish • and more. 80-MIN. • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • LEVEL 3

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BASIC BLUEGRASS RHYTHM GUITAR DVD - TAB Artist: Steve Kaufman List $29.95 Super Special! $22.46 Steve Kaufman is one of America's top bluegrass guitarists. His video covers the basics of back-up guitar, from the simplest two-chord song to Texas-style fiddle tunes. Players will master bass walks, the Lester Flatt “G run,” altered chords, complex progressions and more. Steve provides valuable insider's tips and gives the techniques and practice sessions needed to play solid back-up in any picking situation. Songs: Wabash Cannonball • Blackberry Blossom • Sally Goodin.

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BASIC GUITAR & STRING SET UP Medium: DVD List $7.95 Super Special! $5.96 This fun and informative beginning DVD will teach you everything you need to know to keep your new guitar in great playing condition! Guitar Institute of Technology instructor Tom Kolb demonstrates step-by-step: • The parts of the electric and acoustic guitar • How to change the strings • How to hold the guitar and the pick • Common chords • How to tune with an electric tuner, with a keyboard, and by ear • Strumming patterns Includes a pamphlet featuring chords and easy songs to help you start playing right away – all for only $7.95! 30 minutes.

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BASIC LICKS AND CLASSIC SOLOS FOR ELECTRIC BLUES GUITAR Medium: DVD Author: Jim Weider List $29.95 Super Special! $22.46 Here's a DVD lesson for novice players who want to get started playing blues on the electric guitar. Jim Weider shows the easy way to get into playing authentic licks, riffs, rhythms and hot solos. Each tune covers a different aspect of electric blues playing and provides a great solo for practicing the techniques he's taught. 90-MIN. DVD • INCLUDES TAB • EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

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A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO CHORD POSITIONS Simple, Creative Ways to Move Up the Neck 2 CDs Medium: BOOK W/CD Composer: Happy Traum List $24.95 Super Special! $18.71 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

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BEGINNER'S GUITAR COURSE, VOL. 1 Introducing the Guitar with Chords and Strumming Medium: CD-ROM Author: Kevin Garry, Ph.D. List $19.95 Super Special! $14.96 Hal Leonard is pleased to introduce this multimedia CD-ROM series from eMedia Music, the leading publisher of music instruction software. The Beginner's Guitar Course offers an exciting way to quickly learn to play guitar. Professional guitar instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D. guides with video demonstrations of techniques. Songs and exercises can be heard as either live recorded audio or variable-speed MIDI tracks. As the music plays, an animated fretboard guides the student through the correct fingerings. Each volume includes valuable accessories: an automatic tuner, metronome, chord dictionary and recorder. The multimedia lessons and built-in accessories offer tremendous value and make learning fun and easy! Volume 1 – Introducing the Guitar with Chords and Strumming: Over 40 easy-to-follow lessons range from basics like holding and stringing the guitar to playing chords and strumming techniques.

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BEGINNER'S GUITAR COURSE, VOL. 2 Playing Rock & Blues Medium: CD-ROM Author: Kevin Garry, Ph.D. List $19.95 Super Special! $14.96 Hal Leonard is pleased to introduce this multimedia CD-ROM series from eMedia Music, the leading publisher of music instruction software. The Beginner's Guitar Course offers an exciting way to quickly learn to play guitar. Professional guitar instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D. guides with video demonstrations of techniques. Songs and exercises can be heard as either live recorded audio or variable-speed MIDI tracks. As the music plays, an animated fretboard guides the student through the correct fingerings. Each volume includes valuable accessories: an automatic tuner, metronome, chord dictionary and recorder. The multimedia lessons and built-in accessories offer tremendous value and make learning fun and easy! Volume 2 – Playing Rock & Blues: Over 30 easy-to-follow lessons introduce playing rock and blues, including power chords, rock syncopation, palm muting, blues rhythm, the 12-bar blues and more!

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BEGINNER'S GUITAR COURSE, VOL. 3 Playing Melodies & Fingerpicking Medium: CD-ROM Author: Kevin Garry, Ph.D. List $19.95 Super Special! $14.96 Hal Leonard is pleased to introduce this multimedia CD-ROM series from eMedia Music, the leading publisher of music instruction software. The Beginner's Guitar Course offers an exciting way to quickly learn to play guitar. Professional guitar instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D. guides with video demonstrations of techniques. Songs and exercises can be heard as either live recorded audio or variable-speed MIDI tracks. As the music plays, an animated fretboard guides the student through the correct fingerings. Each volume includes valuable accessories: an automatic tuner, metronome, chord dictionary and recorder. The multimedia lessons and built-in accessories offer tremendous value and make learning fun and easy! Volume 3 – Playing Melodies & Fingerpicking: Over 30 easy-to-follow lessons start with reading tablature and playing melodies and then continue onward with the bass-note strum technique and fingerpicking, both Arpeggio and Travis styles.

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BEGINNER'S GUITAR COURSE, VOL. 4 Learning to Read Music Medium: CD-ROM Author: Kevin Garry, Ph.D. List $19.95 Super Special! $14.96 Hal Leonard is pleased to introduce this multimedia CD-ROM series from eMedia Music, the leading publisher of music instruction software. The Beginner's Guitar Course offers an exciting way to quickly learn to play guitar. Professional guitar instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D. guides with video demonstrations of techniques. Songs and exercises can be heard as either live recorded audio or variable-speed MIDI tracks. As the music plays, an animated fretboard guides the student through the correct fingerings. Each volume includes valuable accessories: an automatic tuner, metronome, chord dictionary and recorder. The multimedia lessons and built-in accessories offer tremendous value and make learning fun and easy! Volume 4 – Learning to Read Music: Over 40 lessons move step-by-step through learning how to read music. The notes on each string are gradually introduced with exercises and reinforced with popular songs.

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BEGINNING ACOUSTIC GUITAR Medium: DVD Artist: Michael Thompson List $14.95 Super Special! $11.21 This DVD features Michael Thompson, one of rock's most talented session players and a Berklee College of Music graduate, presenting solid acoustic guitar basics that are used by every popular musician today. Michael introduces the guitar by starting with the instrument and its parts, followed by tuning. He shows you fundamental chords, chord progressions and arpeggiated chords, also demonstrating minor pentatonic scales, strumming patterns, finger picking and more. Covers all the basic fundamentals every guitarist needs to get started, and the knowledge it takes to get the top gigs. Includes a lesson book. 37 minutes.

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BEGINNING ELECTRIC BLUES GUITAR Medium: DVD Artist: Andy Aledort List $14.95 Super Special! $11.21 Learn the essentials of playing electric blues guitar from one of the genre's most renowned and respected educators. This DVD covers twelve-bar blues form, the blues scale, major and minor pentatonics, combining scales, shuffle rhythm, pick harmonics, seventh chords, and more must-know topics. Andy also includes an inspiring performance section, revealing the unique approach of several blues masters, including B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Clapton. 58 minutes.

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BEGINNING GUITAR Softcover with DVD - TAB Author: Chad Johnson Author: Mike Mueller List $9.95 Super Special! $7.46 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. Beginning Guitar – At a Glance features five lessons to get players started and uses riffs from 14 classic songs to demonstrate the concepts in action. Songs include: Brown Eyed Girl • Iron Man • Oh, Pretty Woman • Should I Stay or Should I Go • Smells like Teen Spirit • Wonderful Tonight • and more.

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BEGINNING GUITAR VOLUME ONE Medium: DVD Composer: Tom Kolb List $9.95 Super Special! $7.46 In this info-packed DVD, parts of the acoustic and electric guitar are described. Viewers will also learn: how to tune up, how to get good tone with an amplifier, how to hold the pick, left- and right-hand positioning, open chords, power chords, strumming patterns, string muting, soloing and more. Features rock, blues and country rock styles, a jam session with a live band, and a detailed booklet. 44 minutes.

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BEGINNING GUITAR VOLUME TWO Medium: DVD Author: Tom Kolb List $9.95 Super Special! $7.46 Filled with rock-solid information from beginning to end, this intermediate-level DVD helps guitarists build a stronger foundation, covering: barre 7th and 9th chords; double stops and scales; essential techniques such as sequences, bends, vibrato, hammer-ons and pull-offs; and more. Rock, blues and funk styles are played by a live band so you can jam along. Includes a detailed booklet with all examples written out in notes and tab. Taught by Musicians Institute instructor Tom Kolb, who has performed with Larry Carlton, Joe Walsh, Dave Navarro, Trevor Rabin and many others. 30 minutes.

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BEGINNING METAL RHYTHM GUITAR Medium: DVD Author: Nick Bowcott List $14.95 Super Special! $11.21 Enter the realm of darkness with a metal master as he reveals the deepest secrets of playing serious metal rhythms. Nick exposes all the essential elements, including: power chords • riffs • evil intervals • muting and picking techniques • the heavy chord • and more. Truly an inspiring DVD for enthusiasts of all metal styles from Black Sabbath to Metallica to Pantera. 56 minutes.

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BEGINNING ROCK LEAD GUITAR Learn to Play Rock Leads! Medium: DVD Artist: Troy Stetina Let one of guitar's leading educators show you the essentials of playing exciting rock leads! Troy covers modes, articulations, arpeggios, speed exercises, scales, rock licks, theory and more, all in great detail for the beginning rock guitarist. This DVD is an inspiring session with a master designed to bring your playing to the cutting edge! 54 minutes.

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BEGINNING ROCK LEAD GUITAR For Electric and Acoustic Guitars Medium: DVD Author: Dave Celentano List $19.95 Super Special! $14.96 This comprehensive DVD introduces you to all the essential scales and techniques used to play rock lead guitar. On the DVD, Dave Celentano demonstrates and will have you playing the following: alternate picking, sweep picking, hammer ons, pull offs, slides, vibrato, tapping, string bending, legato, pinch harmonies, and many tips. At the end of the DVD you'll put it all together by learning a complete solo and then performing it over the rhythm track. 60 minutes.

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BEGINNING ROCK RHYTHM GUITAR Medium: DVD Artist: Troy Stetina List $14.95 Super Special! $11.21 Learn all the essential rhythm techniques! In this DVD, Stetina teaches power chords, barre chords, triad shapes, muting, chord progressions, pick harmonics, chord arpeggiation, riffs and more. He also includes vital background information with each concept, giving you the theory behind the chops of your favorite bands. 53 minutes. $14.95 (US) Inventory # HL 00320411 ISBN: 0634068423 UPC: 73999162967

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NORMAN BLAKE'S GUITAR TECHNIQUES DVD 1: Songs, Instrumentals and Styles Medium: DVD Composer: Norman Blake List $29.95 Super Special! $22.46 Legendary guitarist Norman Blake teaches flatpicking fundamentals and a variety of bluegrass and old-time country guitar techniques that have made him a hero to acoustic players everywhere. He explores arrangements for several favorite songs and instrumentals from his repertoire, discussing back-up technique, use of the capo, special tuning and lots more. Songs: Whiskey Before Breakfast • Gray Coat Soldiers • Ginseng Sullivan • and more. 90-MIN. DVD • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • LEVEL 3

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NORMAN BLAKE'S GUITAR TECHNIQUES DVD 2: Ten Stellar Songs and Instrumentals Composer: Norman Blake List $29.95 Super Special! $22.46 Norman demonstrates guitar techniques, musical ideas, playing style and ten great songs and instrumentals taken from his vast repertoire: Coming Down from Rising Fawn • Caperton Ferry • Uncle Joe (Miss McLeod's Reel) • Old Virginia Reel • and more. 90-MIN. DVD • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • LEVEL 4

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NORMAN BLAKE'S GUITAR TECHNIQUES 2-DVD Set Composer: Norman Blake List $49.95 Super Special! $37.46 In his illustrious career, Norman Blake has toured and/or recorded with June Carter, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, John Hartford, Joan Baez, Tony Rice, Bob Dylan and numerous others. DVD One – Songs, Instrumentals and Styles: Legendary guitarist Norman Blake teaches flatpicking fundamentals and a variety of bluegrass and old-time country guitar techniques. He explores arrangements for six favorite songs and instrumentals from his repertoire, discussing back-up technique, use of the capo, special tuning and lots more. Songs: Whiskey Before Breakfast • Gray Coat Soldiers • Prettiest Little Girl in the County • The Wreck of the Old '97 • and more. Features Nancy Blake on second guitar. 90-MIN DVD • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL DVD Two – Ten Stellar Songs and Instrumentals: His impeccable taste and sure touch have inspired countless folk, bluegrass and country players. On this fascinating video, Norman demonstrates musical ideas, playing techniques and ten traditional and original songs and instrumentals taken from his vast repertoire: Coming Down from Rising Fawn • Caperton Ferry • Uncle Joe (Miss McLeod's Reel) • Old Virginia Reel • Coleman's March • New Century Hornpipe • Jimmy in the Swamp • Church Street Blues • Give Me Back My Fifteen Cents • and Hobo's Last Ride. 90-MIN. DVD • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.

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RORY BLOCK TEACHES THE GUITAR OF ROBERT JOHNSON DVD - TAB Artist: Robert Johnson Author: Rory Block List $29.95 Super Special! $22.46 On Rory Block's second installment into the great blues artist's legacy, she provides complete note-by-note, lick-by-lick instruction for three of his most powerful songs: Cross Road Blues • Ramblin' on My Mind • and Hellhound on My Trail. Rory takes each song apart, putting a microscope on the intros, chord positions, slide techniques, picking, strumming and other blues guitar skills needed to play them right. INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • LEVEL 4 • 105 MIN.

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BLUEGRASS GUITAR SOLOS EVERY PARKING LOT PICKER SHOULD KNOW BOOK W/CD - TAB Artist: Steve Kaufman List $69.95 Super Special! $52.46 Steve Kaufman's series of favorite bluegrass tunes has been a perennial best-seller. He teaches the basic melody for the beginning guitarists, then he gets the intermediate players started on a series of great licks and runs. Finally, experienced pickers will get the advanced version to enable them to spice up the tune so it becomes a real showpiece! The unique play-along system allows the student to learn from Steve's guitar part or pick along with the rhythm track for a fantastic practice session. Twenty songs, including: Alabama Jubilee • Black Mountain Rag • Blackberry Rag • Dixie Hoedown • Down Yonder • Eighth of January • John Hardy • June Apple • Katie Hill • Liberty • and more! SIX CDs • INCLUDES 139-PAGE MUSIC + TAB BOOK • LEVEL ALL

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BLUEGRASS GUITAR SOLOS THAT EVERY PARKING LOT PICKER SHOULD KNOW (SERIES #4)* Medium: BOOK W/CD Artist: Steve Kaufman This set of six one-hour CDs plus a 136-page book teaches beginning, intermediate and advanced versions of 20 great traditional instrumentals. Steve includes rhythm tracks for a fantastic practice session. Includes music and tablature.

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BLUEGRASS GUITAR SOLOS THAT EVERY PARKING LOT PICKER SHOULD KNOW BOOK W/CD - TAB Artist: Steve Kaufman Steve Kaufman's third set of popular lessons for Parking Lot Pickers teaches how to work out guitar breaks to well-known bluegrass songs. Once again, turn off Steve's lead guitar on your stereo and play along with the rhythm tracks. Perfect practice for a “live” picking situation. Twenty songs, including: Nine-Pound Hammer • Blue Ridge Cabin Home • Dark Hollow • Foggy Mountain Top • How Mountain Girls Can Love • More Pretty Girls Than One • Gold Watch and Chain • I Am a Pilgrim • In the Pines • and more! SIX CDs • INCLUDES 100-PAGE MUSIC + TAB BOOK • LEVEL ALL

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BLUEGRASS GUITAR Medium: DVD Artist: David Grier List $29.95 Super Special! $22.46 Three-time winner of International Bluegrass Association's “Guitar Player of the Year,” David Grier is a rising star in the world of the acoustic guitar. Here he analyzes his breathtaking technique and takes apart some of his signature tunes for intermediate players: Red-Haired Boy, Liberty, Bill Cheatham, Engagement Waltz, and others. Includes music & tab. Early intermediate level. 75 minutes.

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BLUES GUITAR LEGENDS Medium: DVD Author: Kenny Sultan List $24.95 Super Special! $18.71 This companion to Sultan's bestselling book (HL00000181) lets intermediate guitarists learn the techniques and interpret the styles of blues legends Lightnin' Hopkins, Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller, Mississippi John Hurt, and Big Bill Broonzy. 110 minutes.

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BLUES ROCK GUITAR SOLOING Medium: DVD Composer: Mat Gurman List $14.95 Super Special! $11.21 This DVD features top-rated session player Mat “Gurminator” Gurman teaching one of the most important music lessons you will ever take, regardless of the style you play. Mat demonstrates the art of phrasing – the key to all improvised music. He teaches how to get the music out of your head and into your playing, so your solos make sense. He tells how to get a great blues rock tone and demonstrates soloing in the styles of Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, Billy Gibbons, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton and Robben Ford. He also shows how to apply the blues scale to almost any style of music when you solo. Packed with licks and practice ideas, this DVD will help you develop your ear and continue to improve your soloing for months and years to come. Includes a lesson booklet showing examples in notation and tablature. 46 minutes.

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AN INTRODUCTION TO OPEN TUNINGS AND SLIDE GUITAR Medium: DVD Artist: Roy Book Binder List $29.95 Super Special! $22.46 Roy Book Binder has given us another terrific look at his unique brand of fingerpicked blues guitar. On this DVD/video, he covers the basics of open tunings and the use of the bottleneck, teaching essential techniques in a way that will be easy even for newcomers to this style. Roy introduces beginning players to the slide through an exploration of open D (“Vestapol”) and open G (“Spanish”) tuning, demonstrating songs, licks, techniques, and the sounds of bottleneck blues. Songs: Never Drive a Stranger from Your Door • Cigarette Blues • Electricity • Palm Trees Shaking in the Night • She Did You a Favor • Baby Don't You Do It No More • Tired of Being Mistreated. 80-MIN. DVD OR VIDEO • LEVEL 2 • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB

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BOSSA NOVA GUITAR LICKSAMPLES Medium: DVD Author: Romero Lubambo List $19.95 Super Special! $14.96 Romero Lubambo, the world's most in-demand bossa nova guitarist, shows you 33 essential bossa nova guitar patterns – direct from Brazil! This DVD features one-on-one instruction plus lots of performance footage that allows you to see up-close how these bossa nova patterns are used by a master. Includes complete transcriptions with tab reference sheet. 60 minutes.

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THE GUITAR OF PAUL BRADY Playing Traditional and Contemporary Irish Songs Medium: DVD Artist: Paul Brady List $29.95 Super Special! $22.46 Paul Brady's interpretations of traditional Irish ballads have won him near-fanatical fans on both sides of the Atlantic, and his contemporary rock songs have made him the pre-eminent Irish singer-songwriter of his generation. Here he takes apart eleven of his most popular songs for learning guitarists: Lakes of Pontchartrain • Arthur McBride • Mary and the Soldier • Luck of the Draw • Crazy Dreams• Nobody Knows • and more. 90-MIN DVD or VIDEO • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • LEVEL 3

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BOB BROZMAN'S GUIDE TO ROOTS GUITAR STYLES DVD One Artist: Bob Brozman List $29.95 Super Special! $22.46 Bob explores the guitar's rhythmic, harmonic and melodic possibilities, covering movable chords, picking patterns, two-hand damping, rhythmic devices and other techniques to bring a guitarist to exciting new discoveries. Includes tab. Early intermediate level. 1 hour, 15 minutes.

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BOB BROZMAN'S GUIDE TO ROOTS GUITAR STYLES DVD Two Artist: Bob Brozman List $29.95 Super Special! $22.46 Swing chords and rhythms, Gypsy jazz, 32-bar song forms, calypso rhythms, palm harmonics, minor key jazz/blues and a variety of exercises transform a guitarist's repertoire and range. Includes tab. Intermediate level. 1 hour, 5 minutes.

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THE C-A-G-E-D GUITAR SYSTEM MADE EASY DVD Three - The Next Step: Exploring Blues and Ragtime Progressions Artist: Ernie Hawkins List $29.95 Super Special! $22.46 Ernie Hawkins uses the amazing C-A-G-E-D System when playing his specialty – blues and ragtime tunes in alternate-thumb fingerpicking style. On his third lesson, Ernie explores blues melodies as they move up into the highest reaches of the fingerboard, as well as the popular “circle of fifths” ragtime progression. INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • LEVEL 4 • 60 MIN.

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THE C-A-G-E-D GUITAR SYSTEM MADE EASY DVD 1 - Five Chord Shapes for Mastering the Fingerboard Medium: DVD Artist: Ernie Hawkins List $29.95 Super Special! $22.46 Ernie Hawkins calls it “the Magic Key.” The C-A-G-E-D System establishes a roadmap to the entire neck of the guitar, and on this DVD he lays out a clear and easy method for finding any chord, scale, note or lick – in any key – anywhere on the fingerboard. A must-have lesson for all learning players. LEVEL 3 • INCLUDES CHORDS

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THE C-A-G-E-D GUITAR SYSTEM MADE EASY DVD 2 - Playing Chords and Licks in Every Key and Position Artist: Ernie Hawkins List $29.95 Super Special! $22.46 Ernie Hawkins's long experience in country blues fingerpicking establishes the path for continuing his in-depth exploration of the C-A-G-E-D Guitar System. He shows how the basic 12-bar blues progression can be played in every key and position on the fingerboard, and provides innumerable tips, exercises, licks and variations to keep a learning guitarist busy for months. LEVEL 3 • INCLUDES CHORDS

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THE C-A-G-E-D GUITAR SYSTEM MADE EASY, DVD 1 & 2 Medium: DVD Artist: Ernie Hawkins List $49.95 Super Special! $37.46 DVD One: Five Chord Shapes for Mastering the Fingerboard: Ernie Hawkins calls it “the Magic Key.” The C-A-G-E-D System establishes a roadmap to the entire neck of the guitar, and on this DVD he lays out a clear and easy method for finding any chord, scale, note or lick – in any key – anywhere on the fingerboard. A must-have lesson for all learning players. Includes chords. DVD Two: Playing Chords and Licks in Every Key and Position: Ernie Hawkins's long experience in country blues fingerpicking establishes the path for continuing his in-depth exploration of the C-A-G-E-D Guitar System. He shows how the basic 12-bar blues progression can be played in every key and position on the fingerboard, and provides innumerable tips, exercises, licks and variations to keep a learning guitarist busy for months. Includes chords.

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THE C-A-G-E-D GUITAR SYSTEM MADE EASY, DVDS 1, 2 & 3 Series: Homespun Tapes Publisher: Homespun Medium: DVD Artist: Ernie Hawkins List $69.95 Super Special! $52.46 All three DVDs together in one value-priced collection.

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THE BASS GUITAR OF JACK CASADY Medium: DVD Artist: Jack Casady List $29.95 Super Special! $22.46 This DVD lesson is a treasury of the ideas and techniques of one of rock's legendary bassists. Jack Casady analyses his bass parts for classic tunes from the Hot Tuna repertoire and discusses the musical concepts that make up his unique style. 80-MIN. • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

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CELTIC INSTRUMENTALS FOR FINGERSTYLE GUITAR DVD One: DADGAD Tuning Author: Al Petteway List $29.95 Super Special! $22.46 In this amazing lesson, Al Petteway shows you how to use alternate tunings, droning bass notes, slides, bends, hammers, pulls and other guitar tricks to create the haunting beauty of Celtic music. 70 MIN. • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • LEVEL 3

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CELTIC INSTRUMENTALS FOR FINGERSTYLE GUITAR DVD Two: Alternate Tunings Author: Al Petteway List $29.95 Super Special! $22.46 In this second lesson, Al shows you how to use a variety of alternate tunings – standard, dropped D, open G and low C – to create beautiful arrangements of traditional Irish and Scottish tunes. 70 MIN. • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • LEVEL 3

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CELTIC INSTRUMENTALS FOR FINGERSTYLE GUITAR 2-DVD Set Author: Al Petteway List $49.95 Super Special! $37.46 Complete contents of DVDs 1 and 2 (00641740 and 00641741) in one money-saving set!

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VOLUME 4. CHICAGO BLUES Guitar Play-Along DVD Artist: Various Artists List $14.95 Super Special! $11.21 The Guitar Play-Along DVD series lets you hear and see how to play songs like never before. Just watch, listen and learn! Each song starts with a lesson from a professional guitar teacher. Then, the teacher performs the complete song along with professionally recorded backing tracks. You can choose to turn the guitar off if you want to play along, or leave the guitar in the mix to hear how it should sound. You can also choose from three viewing options: fret hand with tab, wide view with tab, pick & fret hands close-up. Each DVD includes great songs that all guitarists will want to know! Volume 4 includes: All Your Love (I Miss Loving) (Otis Rush) • Easy Baby (Magic Sam) • I Ain't Got You (Jimmy Reed) • I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (Muddy Waters) • Killing Floor (Howlin' Wolf) • Mary Had a Little Lamb (Buddy Guy) • Messin' with the Kid (Junior Wells) • Sweet Home Chicago (various artists). 81 minutes.

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CHOP BUILDER FOR ROCK GUITAR Medium: DVD Author: Joe Stump List $19.95 Super Special! $14.96 Take your hard rock chops into the stratosphere with Berklee professor and world-renowned guitarist Joe “Shred Lord” Stump. In this master class DVD, Stump breaks down his disciplined approach to scale patterns and practice routines. He'll show you how to improve your technique and increase your speed, no matter what style you play. All you need is your guitar and a metronome. Stump will help you achieve a greater mastery of the instrument, with routines to get your chops in shape for the intense physical demands of the rock guitar idiom. 43 minutes.

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ERIC CLAPTON - ACOUSTIC CLASSICS A Step-by-Step Breakdown of Guitar Styles and Techniques Medium: DVD Author: Doug Boduch Artist: Eric Clapton List $19.95 Super Special! $14.96 Learn to play eight of Clapton's best acoustic songs and solos note-for-note with this DVD: Change the World • Circus • Layla • Malted Milk • Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out • Signe • Tears in Heaven • Walkin' Blues. Exclusive DVD features include: guitar techniques section, jam-along songs, and practice tips. 79 minutes.

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ERIC CLAPTON - THE SOLO YEARS A Step-by-Step Breakdown of Guitar Styles and Techniques Medium: DVD Author: Doug Boduch Artist: Eric Clapton List $19.95 Super Special! $14.96 Riffs and solos from 8 classic Clapton songs, including: After Midnight • Cocaine • Forever Man • Lay Down Sally • Motherless Children • Pretending • Running on Faith • Wonderful Tonight. DVD bonus features include a guitar techniques section, jam-along songs, and practice tips. 73 minutes.

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ERIC CLAPTON - THE EARLY YEARS A Step-by-Step Breakdown of Guitar Styles and Techniques Medium: DVD Author: Doug Boduch Artist: Eric Clapton List $19.95 Super Special! $14.96 Learn the riffs and solos of Eric Clapton's early years with The Yardbirds, John Mayall's Blues Breakers, Cream, Blind Faith, and Derek and the Dominos! Eight classic songs are taught note-for-note: All Your Love (I Miss Loving) • Bell Bottom Blues • Can't Find My Way Home • Cross Road Blues (Crossroads) • I Ain't Got You • Layla • Sunshine of Your Love • White Room. Bonus features include: guitar techniques section • jam-along songs • practice tips. 63 minutes.

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VOLUME 1. CLASSIC ROCK Guitar Play-Along DVD List $14.95 Super Special! $11.21 The Guitar Play-Along DVD series lets you hear and see how to play songs like never before. Just watch, listen and learn! Each song starts with a lesson from a professional guitar teacher. Then, the teacher performs the complete song along with professionally recorded backing tracks. You can choose to turn the guitar off if you want to play along, or leave the guitar in the mix to hear how it should sound. You can also choose from three viewing options: fret hand with tab, wide view with tab, pick & fret hands close-up. Each DVD includes great songs that all guitarists will want to know! Volume 1 includes: All Right Now (Free) • Carry On Wayward Son (Kansas) • Cat Scratch Fever (Ted Nugent)• I Want You to Want Me (Cheap Trick) • La Grange (ZZ Top) • Mississippi Queen (Mountain) • Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo (Rick Derringer) • Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd). 100 minutes.

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CLASSIC ROCK A Step-By-Step Breakdown of Guitar Styles & Techniques Medium: DVD List $19.95 Super Special! $14.96 Artist: Doug Boduch Learn the trademark riffs and solos of the classic rock guitar greats! Eight songs are taught note-for-note by Doug Boduch. Includes: Aqualung (Jethro Tull) • Born to Be Wild (Steppenwolf) • Day Tripper (The Beatles) • Message in a Bottle (The Police) • Oye Como Va (Santana) • Refugee (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) • Takin' Care of Business (Bachman-Turner Overdrive) • Tush (ZZ Top). DVD Bonus features include: guitar techniques section • jam-along songs • practice tips. 82 minutes.

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CLASSIC ROCK GUITAR SOLOING Medium: DVD Author: Barrett Tagliarino List $14.95 Super Special! $11.21 Learning to solo has never been easier or more affordable. The dynamic “Soloing Series” offers the essential elements every soloist needs. Each DVD runs approximately 40-50 minutes and comes complete with an accompanying booklet showing examples in notation and tablature. Each DVD is filled with rock-solid information from beginning to end. In this DVD, Barrett, a GIT instructor since 1987, will take you through a step-by-step demonstration of techniques such as bends, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and vibrato. He breaks down and shows how to count out solo structures and how to connect phrases into memorable musical statements. Barrett presents an incredible in-depth study of classic rock guitar soloing. In a number of demonstrations, he is accompanied by rhythm tracks that allow the viewer to play along. Packed with licks and practice ideas, this DVD will help develop your ear and continue to improve your soloing for months and years to come.

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