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Volume 11 Nirvana - Guitar Play-Along Video DVD Only - $14.95 Artist: Pink Floyd. 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. Each DVD includes great songs that all guitarists will want to know! Volume 16 includes: Any Colour You Like; Brain Damage; Breathe; Eclipse; Money; Time; and Us and Them. 115 mins. DVD-All-Region.
Volume 16 Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon - Guitar Play-Along Video DVD Only - $14.95 Artist: Pink Floyd. 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. Each DVD includes great songs that all guitarists will want to know! Volume 16 includes: Any Colour You Like; Brain Damage; Breathe; Eclipse; Money; Time; and Us and Them. 115 mins. DVD-All-Region.
Volume 20 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Guitar Play-Along Video DVD Only - $14.95 Artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival. 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 20 includes: Bad Moon Rising; Born on the Bayou; Down on the Corner; Fortunate Son; Green River; Lodi; Proud Mary; and Up Around the Bend. 96 mins. DVD-All-Region.
Classic Rock Guitar Soloing Video DVD Only - $14.95 Author: Barrett Tagliarino. Learning to solo has never been easier or more affordable. The dynamic Soloing Series offers the essential elements every soloist needs. 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. 40-50 mins. DVD-All-Region.
Eric Clapton - Acoustic Classics Video DVD Only - $19.95 Author: Doug Boduch. Artist: Eric Clapton. 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 mins. DVD-All-Region.
Accelerate Your Guitar Playing Video DVD Only - $24.95 Author: Tomo Fujita. 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 mins. DVD-All-Region.
Volume 1 Classic Rock - Guitar Play-Along Video DVD Only - $14.95 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, and 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 mins. DVD-All-Region.
Volume 2 Modern Rock - Guitar Play-Along Video DVD Only - $14.95 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, and pick & fret hands close-up. Each DVD includes great songs that all guitarists will want to know! Volume 2 includes: Alive (P.O.D.) Bat Country (Avenged Sevenfold) Just like You (Three Days Grace) Loco (Coal Chamber) Nice to Know You (Incubus) Nookie (Limp Bizkit) One Step Closer (Linkin Park) Whatever (Godsmack). 100 mins. DVD-All-Region.
Volume 3 Acoustic Hits - Guitar Play-Along Video DVD Only - $14.95 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, and 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 mins. DVD-All-Region.
Volume 5 Mainstream Rock - Guitar Play-Along Video DVD Only - $14.95 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, and pick & fret hands close-up. Each DVD includes great songs that all guitarists will want to know! Volume 5 includes: All the Small Things (blink-182) Are You Gonna Be My Girl (Jet) Drive (Incubus) Heaven (Los Lonely Boys) Keep Away (Godsmack) Kryptonite (Three Doors Down) Lightning Crashes (Live) My Own Worst Enemy (Lit). 100 mins. DVD-All-Region.
Volume 6 Rock Hits - Guitar Play-Along Video DVD Only - $14.95 Composer: Various Composers. 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. Each DVD includes great songs that all guitarists will want to know! Volume 6 includes: Fortunate Son (Creedence Clearwater Revival) Free Ride (Edgar Winter Group) Hey Joe (Jimi Hendrix) I Can't Explain (The Who) Message in a Bottle (The Police) Reeling in the Years (Steely Dan) Rock and Roll All Nite (Kiss) Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple). 100 mins. DVD-All-Region.
Slide Guitar for Rock and Blues Video DVD Only - $29.95 Artist: Ray Rogers with special guests The Delta Rhythm Kings. One of today's hottest slide guitarists shows how to get the sounds that drive the best electric rock and blues bands: vibrato, dynamics, intonation, slide-hammer technique, damping strings and much more. Includes sizzling versions of: Look Over Yonders Wall The Sky Is Crying Walking Blues Tip Walk Black Cat Bone to illustrate turnarounds, endings and complete solos in several styles. Includes music + tab. Level 2/3. 90 mins. DVD-All-Region.
Stevie Ray Vaughan's Greatest Hits - Signature Licks Video DVD Only - $19.95 Learn the trademark riffs and solos of the man who reinvented blues and rock on the guitar. An in-depth analysis of eight classic songs presented by Greg Koch: Honey Bee; Lenny; Love Struck Baby; Pride and Joy; Rude Mood; Say What?; The Sky Is Crying; and Tightrope. DVD-All-Region.
Best of Stevie Ray Vaughan - Signature Licks Video DVD Only - $19.95 In this outstanding DVD, author/clinician/recording artist Greg Koch teaches the trademark riffs and solos of SRV, the man responsible for reinventing blues and rock on the guitar. Greg analyzes these eight classics in detail: Ain't Gone 'N' Give Up on Love; Couldn't Stand the Weather; Crossfire; Empty Arms; The House Is Rockin'; Riviera Paradise; Scuttle Buttin'; and Stang's Swang. DVD-All-Region.
The Best of The Allman Brothers Band - Signature Licks Video DVD Only - $19.95 Learn the trademark riffs and solos behind one of the most influential guitar bands of all-time! On this DVD, host Dave Celentano provides a step-by-step breakdown of the guitar styles and techniques of Duane Allman and Dickey Betts through the analysis of these eight classics: Ain't Wastin' Time No More; Black Hearted Woman; In Memory of Elizabeth Reed; Jessica; Little Martha; Melissa; Ramblin' Man; and Whipping Post. 60 mins. DVD-All-Region.
Famous Rock Guitar Riffs and Solos Video DVD Only - $19.95 Learn the trademark riffs and solos that define rock guitar! In this DVD, Musicians Institute guitar instructor Tom Kolb provides in-depth analysis of these eight groundbreaking songs: No Particular Place to Go (Chuck Berry) Crossroads (Cream) Hey Joe (Jimi Hendrix) You Shook Me (Led Zeppelin) Iron Man (Black Sabbath) Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple) You Really Got Me (Van Halen) Crossfire (Stevie Ray Vaughan). 60 minutes. DVD-All-Region.
Jimi Hendrix - Learn to Play the Songs from Are You Experienced Video DVD Only - $59.95 This fantastic two-hour-long digital video disc shows guitarists how to play the important parts to every song on this influential album. The DVD is hosted and taught by the late Velvert Turner, a student and friend of Jimi's, with demonstrations by ace Hendrix educator Andy Aledort. For each song, the guitar parts are played first slowly, then up to speed to help players learn each riff and solo properly, and there are backing tracks to play along with. As a bonus, this DVD includes actual footage of Jimi playing many of the songs explored and covered on the DVD. Players will learn: Purple Haze Manic Depression Hey Joe Love or Confusion May This Be Love I Don't Live Today The Wind Cries Mary Fire Third Stone from the Sun Foxey Lady Are You Experienced? Stone Free 51st Anniversary Highway Chile Can You See Me Remember and Red House and with the navigational freedom that a DVD provides, they'll easily be able to go right to the lessons of their choice! DVD-All-Region.
Best of Lennon & McCartney for Acoustic Guitar Video DVD Only - $19.95 On this DVD, Acoustic Guitar magazine music editor Andrew DuBrock explores the softer, yet no less brilliant, side of the legendary lads from Liverpool. He teaches the acoustic styles and techniques used to create the Beatles classics: Across the Universe And I Love Her Blackbird Dear Prudence Julia Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) Rocky Raccoon and Yesterday. DVD-All-Region.
50 Licks Rock Style Video DVD Only - $14.95 Musicians Institute instructor Tom Kolb teaches licks in the styles of rock guitar masters such as Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Eric Johnson, the Allman Brothers, Keith Richards, Chuck Berry, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Satriani, Billy Gibbons, Dave Navarro, Mark Knopfler, and other great players! He explains how to apply the licks over certain chords or progressions, and covers techniques such as hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, vibrato, bends, octaves, harmonics, whammy bar, double stops, sequencing of scales, intervallic licks, arpeggios, and many more. Includes a helpful instructional booklet. 60 minutes. DVD-All-Region.
Fender Presents Getting Started on Acoustic Guitar Video DVD Only - $24.95 By far the most comprehensive DVD ever offered for the beginner guitarist well over 3 hours long! Over 50 Interactive Lessons! Step-by-step lessons incorporating clear, easy-to-follow 3-D graphics and unique play-along tracks teach the viewer the essential chords, scales, and techniques used by acoustic guitar players in every popular style, including rock, blues and country. This DVD is separated into two major sections: The First Step: tuning up string names essential chords and scales used by all players music reference section (notes, rhythms, chords and scales) practice tips fretting-hand technique picking-hand technique backing tracks for play-along animated 3-D fretboard graphics. Play Acoustic!: rhythm technique (bare finger/thumb, bass/chord, fingerstyle, etc.) soloing technique (chord embellishment, open-string chords, using a capo) electrified acoustic rock, blues and country styles rhythm and solo technique in each style backing tracks in each style for play-along tips on caring for your instrument from the Fender Custom Shop. Special DVD Features include: Bonus footage, including a Fender Factory Tour! Looping function Web links, including a web site specifically designed for beginning guitarists Multi-language feature so you can hear the DVD in English, Spanish, German, French, or Japanese Universally encoded for playability worldwide. 225 minutes. DVD-All-Region.
Fender Presents Getting Started on Electric Guitar Video DVD Only - $24.95 Getting Started on Electric Guitar offers a complete course for the beginning electric guitarist. Step-by-step lessons incorporating clear, easy-to-follow 3-D graphics and unique play-along tracks teach the viewer the essential chords, scales and techniques used by electric guitar players in every popular style, including rock, blues and country. This DVD is separated into two major sections. Part 1 The First Step covers: tuning methods string names essential chords and scales used by all players musical reference section (notes, rhythms, chords and scales) practice tips fretting-hand technique picking-hand technique backing tracks for play-along an animated fretboard & more. 102 minutes. Part 2 Play Electric! covers: right-hand technique left-hand technique rhythm parts (muting, alternate picking, arpeggios) soloing technique (string bending, vibrato) rock, blues & country styles rhythm and solo ideas for each style backing tracks in each style for play-along sounds (amplifiers and effects) caring for your instrument and tips from the Fender Custom Shop. 100 minutes. Special DVD features include: bonus footage, including a tour of the Fender factory! looping capabilities web site links specifically for beginning guitarists a multi-language feature so you can view the DVD in English, Spanish, German, French or Japanese universally coded for playability worldwide. 225 mins. over three hours long! DVD-All-Region.
Playing in the Style of the Fender Stratocaster Video DVD Only - $19.95 Musicians Institute instructor Tom Kolb takes an in-depth look at the Fender Stratocaster and the styles of its most famous players. He discusses the classic Strat sound, pick-up configuration and body style, then breaks down the blues riffs of Stevie Ray Vaughan, the shimmering tone of David Gilmour, and the tremolo picking of Dick Dale. Tom then takes players step-by-step through the soulful bends of Eric Clapton, the whammy bar melodies of Jeff Beck, the landmark stylings of Jimi Hendrix, the unique chord voicings of Eric Johnson, and much more. Includes an accompanying booklet with easy-to-follow notation and diagrams that correspond exactly to the video. 60 minutes. DVD-All-Region.
Blues Rock Guitar Soloing Video DVD Only - $14.95 Learning to solo has never been easier or more affordable! This dynamic series, offers the essential elements every soloist needs. In Blues Rock Guitar Soloing, Mat demonstrates the art of phrasing which is the key to all improvised music as heard in the music of Santana, Clapton & SRV. 46 mins. DVD-All-Region.
Beginning Electric Blues Guitar Video DVD Only - $14.95 Artist: Andy Aledort. Learn the essentials of playing blues guitar from one of the genre's most renowned educators. This video covers twelve-bar blues form, the blues scale, major and minor pentatonics, combining scales, shuffle rhythm, and more. 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. 55 mins. DVD-All-Region.
Beginning Rock Lead Guitar Video VHS - $19.95 On Sale - $9.95 (VHS Only)
DVD - $14.95 Artist and Composer: Troy Stetina. Part of an exciting new series of videos for beginning guitarists. Each video features an inspiring session with a master teacher/player and includes on-screen music and up-close camera shots all in a very hip, totally contemporary setting. Allow one of guitar's leading educators to show you the essentials of playing exciting rock leads. Troy covers modes, articulations, arpeggios, speed exercises, scales, rock licks, theory, and more, in detail for the beginning rock guitarist. 53 minutes. VHS-NTSC format only/DVD-All-Region.
Beginning Rock Rhythm Guitar Video DVD Only - $14.95 Learn all the essential rhythm techniques, including power chords, barre chords, triad shapes, muting, chord progressions, pick harmonics, and more. Troy also includes vital background information with each concept, giving you the theory behind chops of bands like Pearl Jam and Extreme. Includes on-screen music and up-close camera shots. 52 minutes. DVD-All-Region.
Larry Carlton - Vol. 1 Video VHS - $19.95 On Sale - $9.95 (VHS Only)
DVD - $19.95 This Grammy Award-winning jazz/rock guitarist has recorded with Steely Dan, Diana Ross, Neil Diamond, Olivia Newton-John, Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, and others. On this video he discusses blues and chord substitution. 52 mins. VHS-NTSC format only/DVD-All-Region.
Larry Carlton - Vol. 2 Video VHS Only - $19.95 On Sale - $9.95 Discover the answers to the 'most asked questions' about how Larry Carlton, one of today's most influential jazz/rock guitarists, achieves his soulful and memorable style in this revealing 45-minute session. Larry presents an in-depth look at how to solo and improvise jazz, blues and be-bop variations with keyboard accompaniment provided by Terry Trotter. He covers many vital performance tips and techniques, including: playing over ballads, expanding phrases, creating chord melodies, creating your own solo arrangements, and more. Whether you want to become a session player or enhance your performance skills, Larry Carlton gives you some insight to what it takes. VHS-NTSC format only.
Master Sessions - Dave Navarro Video VHS - $19.95 On Sale - $9.95 (VHS Only)
DVD - $19.95 Dave Navarro, guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, demonstrates his unique guitar style and techniques. He discusses his rhythm style showing chordal licks, double stops, and chord structure, and breaks down many of his best riffs and solos, from his earlier Jane's Addiction days, as well as recent Red Hot Chili Peppers recordings. He takes the viewer step-by-step through his multiple delays, wah-wah pedal and ebow tricks, and more. The accompanying booklet includes easy-to-follow diagrams and notation that corresponds exactly to the video. VHS-NTSC format only/DVD-All-Region.
Ted Nugent - Gonzo Guitar Video VHS Only - $19.95 On Sale - $9.95 Get a glimpse into the mind of the 'Motor City Madman' with this great new Nugent video. His guitar genius on the Gibson Byrdland, his earshattering intensity, and his over-the-top antics have made his name synonymous with rock. Spans four decades of multi-platinum hits in his no-holds-barred career. 61 mins. VHS-NTSC format only.
Beginning Rock Guitar Video VHS Only - $14.95 On Sale - $7.95 This video features Michael Thompson, a graduate of the Berklee College of Music and one of rock's most talented session players for Michael Bolton, Dokken, Reba McEntire, Great White and more! He presents solid rock guitar basics, from parts of the guitar through picking techniques and creating solos. VHS-NTSC format only.
Intermediate Rock Guitar Video VHS Only - $14.95 On Sale - $7.95 Guitar Institute of Technology instructor Tom Kolb has played with Steve Miller, Richard Marx, Jefferson Starship and the Beach Boys. This 30-minute video features solid rock guitar principles like major, minor and pentatonic intervals of scales, double stops, arpeggios, rock rhythms, solos and more. VHS-NTSC format only.
Classic Rock Guitar Soloing Video VHS Only - $14.95 On Sale - $7.95 Barrett Tagliarino has taught at GIT since 1987. While touring Europe, he taught at Hohner Music School in Vienna and served as a department head for the rock division. Barrett also has played sessions for SONY and ARCO, as well as performing at major venues in Los Angeles. In this video, Barrett 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 which allow the viewer to play along. Packed with licks and practice ideas, this video will help develop your ear and continue to improve your soloing. Tablature included. Aprox. 45 minutes. VHS-NTSC format only.
Modern Rock Guitar Soloing Video VHS Only - $14.95 On Sale - $7.95 This 'soloing' video features Drop D Tuning, muting, alternate picking and a variety of other techniques. Musician's Institute Instructor Danny Gill's past credits include a stint with Arcade (featuring RATT's lead singer). This video also features Danny's Top 10 guitar noises! VHS-NTSC format only.
Marty Friedman's Electric Guitar Day One Video VHS Only - $19.95 On Sale - $9.95 Marty Friedman, a successful solo artist and former lead guitarist for Cacophony and Megadeth, is one of the most respected rock guitarists in the industry, known for his technical brilliance and harmonic sense of adventure. In this video for beginners, he gives you everything you need to get started! He covers: parts of the guitar, strings and picks, tuning, amp settings, effects and pedals, practice and performance tips, chords & scales, how to play solos, lead patterns, and much more! Includes an insert. 90+ minutes. 'In this video, I clearly outlined every detail of what I did as a beginning guitarist to take me from being a complete non-musician to getting me on track to being the player I am today. There is more advice for starting-out guitarists here than I've ever given before in any of my interviews, guitar seminars or instructional videos ... Nothing in this video is difficult to master, for ANYONE!' - Marty Friedman VHS-NTSC format only.
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