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Let The Mighty Popo introduce you to some of the main elements of African guitar playing and history in this easy to understand lesson for the intermediate guitarist. <br><br> In this lesson, Popo introduces you to: <br><br> • The Rumba Feel<br> • Zydeco Rhythms in Relation to African Guitar,<br> • Bass Lines for Guitar<br> • History Of African Guitar<br> • Double Stop Runs on Guitar<br> • The Soukous Feel<br> • Chord Inversions<br> • African Blues Feels<br> • Mixing Major and Minor LicksM<br> • Right Hand Techniques<br> • Tuning Your D to E<br> • and more!<br>
African Guitar - The Mighty Popo
MPDVD01 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN
 Since Maria Muldaur’s hit song “Midnight at the Oasis” Amos Garrett has been acknowledged as the most innovative stringbending guitarist in the world. <br><br> Amos walks you through his version of “Sleepwalk” illustrating his unique approach to the guitar. <br><br> You’ll never look at your guitar in the same light after the ultimate Amos Garrett lesson. <br><br> In this master class for the intermediate/ advanced guitar player, Amos generously shares the knowledge he has acquired over the years. He takes his version of the Santo and Johnny classic, Sleepwalk, and teaches the bends and licks he uses for that song in a clear concise manner. Then, he takes each bend and teaches how to incorporate them into your playing and how they work over various chords.<br>,<br>
Amos Garrett - Stringbending: A Master Class
AGDVD01 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN
 A great primer for the beginning upright bass player taught in Tammy Fassaert's clear, concise teaching style.<br><br> Let bluegrass musician Tammy Fassaert introduce you to the upright bass in her articulate, relaxed manner. Some of what you will learn includes:<br><br> <ul> <li>Holding and Tuning Your Bass</li> <li>Right Hand Techniques</li> <li>Muting and Damping</li> <li>Chord Progressions</li> <li>Learn Handsome Molly</li> <li>Left Hand Notes and the Chromatic Scale</li> <li>Marking the Stops on Your Bass</li> <li>Learn East Virginia Blues</li> <li>Timing and working effectively with a metronome<br> <li>Waltz Time</li> <li>And more!</li> </ul> Tabs for this DVD can be found on our web page at www.learnrootsmusic.com
Beginning Upright Bass
TFDVD01 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN
 
A study of David Essig's many styles of roots guitar for the intermediate/advanced guitarist.<br><br> In this intimate lesson with David Essig, while learning 4 songs, you will learn about the following:<br><br> • Bluegrass Style Flatpicking and Walking Bass Lines<br> • Lester Flatt Chord Voicings<br> • Open G tuning and Open D Tuning<br> • David's Slide Guitar!<br> • DADGAD Tuning Basic Chords and More<br> • Roll Patterns<br> • Travis Picking with thumbpick and fingers<br> • Single String (Bass) thumping<br> • and much more!<br>
Bluegrass and Country Blues Guitar
DEDVD01 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN
 Let Ivan introduce you to some important basic concepts in soloing and backup techniques for the beginner/intermediate Dobro player.<br><br> In this lesson, Ivan demonstrates how to identify and remember commonly used first-position areas of the fret board, which makes it easy to find a bluegrass melody.He then explains how to incorporate rolls, slides, hammer-ons/pull-offs, and other essential dobro techniques to create a coherent and interesting bluegrass solo.<br><br> Topics covered include:<br><br> <ul> <li>Right Hand Roll Demonstrations</li> <li> Pick Up Notes For Solos</li> <li> Left Hand Damping</li> <li> Visual Patterns For Learning the Dobro Neck</li> <li> Finding Melody Notes</li> <li> Pick Blocking</li> <li> Building a Bluegrass Solo</li> <li> Spicing Up Your Solo</li> <li> Filling Spaces with Dobro Runs</li> <li> and much more! </li> </ul> In the right hands, the Dobro becomes an instrument of impassioned feeling, dark mystery and great beauty. Ivan Rosenberg has those
Bluegrass Dobro
IRDVD01 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN
 Ever wonder how to put together the vocal parts in bluegrass 3 part harmony singing? In this very intimate lesson, Jenny Lester puts her band mates through the paces of finding their harmony parts. They very generously comply in an honest, open-hearted session that takes you right into what could easily be one of their private vocal practice sessions. <br><br> Soon you will be practicing lead, tenor and baritone singing, each on it's own and then with the other 2 parts through this instructional DVD. <br><br> In this lesson, Jenny takes two songs (Friends Like You and The River, Mother Nature and Me) and touches on the following techniques for good harmony singing; <br><br> <ul> <li>finding a good harmony note by learning how to find the root, 3rd and 5th of the chord you are singing over</li> <li>basic harmony theory for singers</li> <li>octaves</li> <li>tips on when and when not to use vibrato</li> <li>blending and tone</li> <li>harmony singing with men and women</li> <li>singing consonants with a group</li> <li>the tenor and baritone parts that make basic bluegrass harmony</li> <li>closing off with harmonies to Will The Circle Be Unbroken</li> <li>and more</li> </ul>
Bluegrass Harmony Singing
JLDVD03 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN
 
Let Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne take you on an amazing journey through various blues piano styles. ‘Cop some licks’ from this great player as he explores the piano styles of Chicago, New Orleans, St Louis and more in this intimate lesson for the intermediate / advanced player.<br><br> Topics covered in this great lesson include:<br><br> • Chicago, New Orleans & St Louis (Kansas City) styles<br> • Explanations on the styles of Professor Longhair, Fats Domino, Otis Spann and others<br> • Soloing Ideas<br> • Playing with a bass player and/or a band<br> • Boogie Woogie<br> • Gospel & The Blues<br> • Stride Piano<br> • Floyd Cramer (Country VS. The Blues)<br> • And much more!<br>
Blues Piano With Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne
KWDVD01 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN
 Whatever you thought the 'blues' is -- get ready to learn from one of Canada's flat-out best. Multiple JUNO nominee and Maple Blues Award winner David Gogo will rawk you with a guitar playing style second to none. This former 'whiz kid' wowed Stevie Ray Vaughan when only 16 and now you can hear why. Gogo's teaching style is easily accessable for the aspiring guitarist and his presentation on this video is both entertaining and educational. If you are an advanced guitar player or a bedroom picker, you will be sure to get something from David Gogo's Blues Rock Licks and Tricks!<br><br> Here's just some of what you will learn:<br><br> • An in-depth look at David's effects pedals and set up<br> • Guitar Pick Tricks<br> • String Bending<br> • Pick Harmonics<br> • Soloing Through The Scale Boxes<br> • Comparing The Kings (Albert and BB)<br> • Right Hand Attack Techniques<br> • Soloing through the I, IV, V Changes<br> • Differences in various Guitars and Pickups<br> • Lots of fun, jamming licks and tricks!<br>
Blues Rock Licks and Tricks
DGDVD01 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN
 Mention blues anywhere in Canada and Tim William's name will inevitably come up. He proves over and over what 'Living Blues' magazine said '...Tim Williams has the taste, panache and style to pull it off.' Tim has become a favorite teacher at music camps all over Canada and in the United States and he really shines in his clear teaching abilities of his style of blues and ragtime guitar.<br><br> While learning these great original and traditional songs, you will learn about:<br><br> <ul> <li>Open G and D Tuning</li> <li>The 'constant bass' thumb technique</li> <li>Trilled 7ths tricks</li> <li>Cool Turnarounds</li> <li>Funky Right Hand techniques</li> <li>Slide Guitar Techniques</li> <li>Alternating bass techniques</li> <li>Talk about Guitar choices</li> <li>Ragtime - Jugband Guitar Styles</li> <li>Diminished Runs</li> <li>Dixieland Major/Minor moves</li> <li>Blue 3rds</li> <li>Country Blues Techniques</li> <li>Finger Picks</li> <li>Lots of comparisons and hints to the styles of the great acoustic blues players</li> <li>Intro to Drone Notes</li> <li>Double Stops</li> </ul>
Blues, Rags and Slide Guitar
TWDVD01 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN
 
Let Australian guitarist Simon Fox take you on a journey in this master class through the mysteries of DADGAD guitar playing for the fingerstyle guitarist.<br><br> Simon will take you through various techniques that will help you get going in the DADGAD guitar tuning. Topics covered include:<br><br> • DADGAD Tuning Exploration<br> • Capoing in DADGAD<br> • Right Hand Techniques,<br> • Learn Simon’s Compositions; Night Fishing, The Potato Van, The Fisherman & The Last Straw<br> • Playing in various Keys<br> • The Modes and How to Use Them in DADGAD<br> • Hammer On and Pull Off Riffs<br> • Thumb Triplets<br> • Partial Bar Chords in DADGAD<br>
Dadgad Guitar With Simon Fox
SFDVD01 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN
 Let Ross teach you over 100 essential banjo licks in this easy to understand, fun lesson. Banjo players at all levels will get lots of new licks and styles to work with from Ross's Essential Banjo Licks DVD. <br><br> Ross Nickerson is one of North America's finest contemporary banjo players and his teaching abilities are tremendous!<br><br> Students who are well versed in banjo studies are very likely aware of the great teaching styles of Ross Nickerson. In this collection of Essential Banjo Licks, Ross teaches; <br><br> <ul> <li>Tips on Left Hand Techniques (sliding, hammer-ons , pull-offs, bending)</li> <li>Song or Solo Beginnings in the Keys of G, C, D</li> <li>Song or Solo Endings in the Keys of G, C, D</li> <li>Turnarounds in G, C & D</li> <li>Scruggs Licks in G, C & D</li> <li>Melodic Banjo Style Licks</li> <li>Single String Licks</li> <li>Backup Licks</li> <li>Up The Neck Licks</li> <li>Triplets</li> <li>Blues Licks</li> <li>Slow Stuff</li> <li>Hot Licks</li> <li>And more!</li><br> Each lick is played up to speed and then slowed down for easy studying.<br><br> Tabs are available for this lesson as a PDF on the DVD from your computer.
Essential Banjo Licks with Ross Nickerson
RNDVD01 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN
 Let David introduce you to some important basic concepts in soloing and backup techniques for the beginner / intermediate Harmonica player.<br><br> 'Canada's Top Harp Blower'.<br><br> In this lesson David introduces you to many important harmonica concepts and techniques including:<br><br> • Cupping & Tone Control<br> • Vibrato<br> • Blowing & Drawing Chords<br> • Single Note Blocking<br> • Tongue Blocking<br> • Tongue Blocking Octaves<br> • Bending Notes<br> • Playing The Scale using bends<br> • Blowing Bends<br> • Warbles<br> • Back Up Harmonica<br> • Jam Tracks<br> • Electric (Amplified) Harmonica<br> • Playing Cross Harp<br> • Position Playing,br>
Harmonica of David 'Hurricane' Hoerl
DHDVD01 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN
 
Let Steve introduce you to his amazing world of Lap Style Slide Guitar in C tuning (CGCGCD) in this easily accessible lesson for the intermediate slide player. <br><br> 'Steve has evolved into a musical chameleon, whether appearing with his group Zubot and Dawson, the avant-folk quartet The Great Uncles of the Revolution or blues legend Jim Byrnes, and now, he proves he's a great teacher too!' <br><br> In this lesson, Steve focuses on his specialized style of playing lap-style slide in open C tuning. Using an original country blues to show how he plays in C major, Steve moves through the mixolydian mode ( flat 7ths) and into the C minor scale with a song demonstration on each while showing his unique techniques throughout. All licks are shown for the left and right hands with slow, easy to understand instruction and then played up to speed with lots of tips along the way. Steve will have you improvising in no time at all with this great lesson for the lap style slide player!<br><br> NOTE: On this DVD Steve uses a variation of the CGCEGC tuning: CGCGCD.
Hawaiian Lap Style Slide Guitar with Steve Dawson
SDDVD02 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN
 If you play acoustic or electric guitar; Blues or Bluegrass; Jazz or Rock and Roll; this lesson with Orville Johnson covers the fundamentals you need to get started as a lead guitarist.<br><br> In this lesson, Orville covers the fundamentals needed in a fun, easy to understand lesson that will get your fingers working and your brain thinking as a lead guitarist.<br><br> Orville covers the following topics:<br><br> <ul> <li>Thinking like a Lead Guitar player</li> <li>Vibrato</li> <li>Building a Solo using movable licks</li> <li>Picking Exercises for the Right Hand</li> <li>Sweep Picking</li> <li>Alternating Picking</li> <li>Harmonized Scales on adjacent and non-adjacent strings</li> <li>Bending Strings - whole steps and half steps</li> <li>Hammer on Licks</li> <li>Sliding phrases</li> <li>Finding and playing melodies</li> <li>Playing Licks vs. Melodies</li> <li>Training Your Ear</li> <li>Spicing Up A Melody</li> <li>And more</li> </ul> This is an important lesson for the aspiring rhythm player who wants to do more and a great reminder on what makes a good soloist for the rest of us!
Intro to Lead Guitar
OJDVD02 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN
 Let Steve introduce you to his amazing world of Lap Style Slide Guitar in C tuning (CGCGCD) in this easily accessible lesson for the intermediate slide player. <br><br> “Steve has evolved into a musical chameleon, whether appearing with his group Zubot and Dawson, the avant-folk quartet The Great Uncles of the Revolution or blues legend Jim Byrnes, and now, he proves he’s a great teacher too!”<br><br> In this lesson, Steve focuses on his specialized style of playing lap-style slide in open C tuning. Using an original country blues to show how he plays in C major, Steve moves through the mixolydian mode ( flat 7ths) and into the C minor scale with a song demonstration on each while showing his unique techniques throughout. All licks are shown for the left and right hands with slow, easy to understand instruction and then played up to speed with lots of tips along the way. Steve will have you improvising in no time at all with this great lesson for the lap style slide player!<br><br> NOTE: On this DVD Steve uses a variation of the CGCEGC tuning: CGCGCD.<br><br>
Lap-Style Slide In C Tuning With Steve Dawson
SDDVD01 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN
 
A great primer for the beginning fiddler of any age.<br><br> Let Jenny Lester get you started on the fiddle with her clear, friendly and fun teaching style.<br><br> Learn how to hold the fiddle and bow, tuning tips, how to tape your fretboard so you can find the notes, the A, G and D scales, working with a metronome, the Nashville shuffle, double stops, stretches, rosening your bow, drone notes and much more.
Learning to Fiddle
JLDVD01 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN
 Let Paul Pigat (aka Cousin Harley) take you on an easily accessible lesson through the many techniques of Rockabilly guitar! This lesson is for the intermediate/ advanced player.<br><br> Topics covered include:<br><br> • Rockabilly Intros<br> • Alternate Picking/TraviS Picking Rockabilly Style<br> • Soloing for the Left and Right Hands<br> • Country Swing Licks<br> • James Burton Styles<br> • Double Stops and Tritone Licks<br> • Bends<br> • Diminished Runs<br> • Gear Set Up<br> • And much more!<br>
Rockabilly Electric Guitar With Paul Pigat
PPDVD01 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN
 Pete Turland gets more out of a standup bass than any other player I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing. He's easily the most innovative and charismatic slapper in Canada and probably the US as well. He brings respect to an often unheralded instrument and uncovers a whole realm of sonic possibilities. Why not learn from the best?
Rockabilly Slap Bass With Pete Turland
PTDVD01 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN
 
Here's some of what you will learn:<br><br> <ul> <li>damping techniques</li> <li>pentatonic licks for slide guitar</li> <li>right hand techniques</li> <li>movable slide patterns played around basic bar chord shapes</li> <li>mixing rhythm and lead playing for slide guitar</li> <li>turnarounds</li> <li>famous open-tuning licks moved to standard tuning</li> <li>country blues licks</li> <li>slow blues</li> <li>and lots of fun, jamming licks!</li> </ul>
Slide Guitar In Standard Tuning
SHDVD01 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN
 Let Paul Pigat (aka Cousin Harley) take you on a fun, easily accessible lesson through the techniques of Hillbilly Fingerstyle incorporating the styles of Merle Travis, Chet Atkins, Scotty Moore and Lenny Breau. This lesson is for the intermediate/advanced player.<br><br> 'Paul Pigat is not only a great player but man, what a fantastic instructor!!!' A student's praise for Paul's Rockabilly Guitar DVD.<br.<br> Students who purchased Paul's Rockabilly Guitar DVD have been begging us for another lesson from this gifted musician and teacher. At last, here is Paul's take on Travis Picking or, as he likes to call it, 'Hillbilly Fingerstyle Guitar!' Regardless of what you call it, Paul has put together a great, articulate lesson for anyone interested in this style of playing that will surely be as popular as his first lesson.<br><br> In this lesson, Paul touches on:<br><br> <ul> <li>Guitar Boogie patterns, fingerstyle</li> <li>Muting Techniques</li> <li>Lots of alternative chord voicings that will spice up your playing</li> <li>Fingerstyle Turnaround patterns</li> <li>Exercises to increase right and left hand coordination</li> <li>The Chet Atkins 3 finger roll pattern</li> <li>Bass lines leading into chords</li> <li>Pinching techniques</li> <li>Paul's pedal and amp settings</li> <li>and much more</li> </ul> This is a great lesson for the Blues, Rockabilly, Jazz, Rock and Roll and Folk Style Guitar Player.
Travis Picking - Hillbilly Fingerstyle Guitar
PPDVD02 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN
 Let Orville take you through the basic techniques needed to become a Dobro player in this fun, accessible lesson for the beginner/intermediate player.<br><br> A great primer for any beginning Dobro player, or a good reminder on techniques for the intermediate player, Orville teaches:<br><br> <ul> <li>What makes something sound 'bluesy'</li> <li>Playing through a 12 bar blues in G</li> <li>Rhythm & Lead - Blues in E</li> <li>What notes can you use in the G scale that relate to E blues?</li> <li>Slanting bar techniques and scales</li> <li>Using the slants and chords in 'Wayfaring Stranger'</li> <li>Playing in open G - 'Cherokee Shuffle'</li> <li>Cherokee Shuffle in A without using a capo</li> <li>The rake</li> <li>Pulling behind the bar</li> <li>Retuning your B to A for bar pulls</li> <li>Hammer ons and pull offs</li> <li>Fast triplet licks</li> <li>Melodic style picking</li> <li>'The Mongrels Dream'</li> <li>'Shenandoah'</li> <li>and arranging for yourself</li> <li>and more...</li> </ul> This is an important lesson in Dobro Techniques for the Blues, Bluegrass, Swing or Hawaiian player.
Tricks, Licks & Techniques for Dobro Volume 2
OJDVD03 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN
 
Let Orville take you through the basic techniques needed to become a Dobro player in this fun, accessible lesson for the beginner/intermediate player.<br><br> A great primer for any beginning Dobro player, or a good reminder on techniques for the intermediate player, Orville teaches: <br><br> • Scales & Blocking Techniques.<br> • Playing up and Down One String.<br> • Sliding with Triplets.<br> • Intonation.<br> • Bar Tilts.<br> • Damping.<br> • Scale Patterns Across 6 Strings in Closed Positions; Practicing Scales in a Musical Manner; Vibrato; Harmonics; Palm Harmonics (Chimes); Playing In Different Keys Without a Capo using Red Haired Boy as an example and more.<br><br> This is an important lesson in Dobro Techniques for the Blues, Bluegrass, Swing or Hawaiian player.<br><br>
Tricks, Licks & Techniques for Dobro, Volume 1
OJDVD01 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN
 Understanding Slide Guitar is the perfect introduction to bottleneck guitar playing for the beginner to intermediate guitar player. Taught in open E tuning, this lesson is long on detailed instruction with utmost clarity giving a basic foundation for further study. <br><br> The focus of this tape is not on repertoire but rather on how to approach slide guitar from a jammers point of view.
Understanding Slide Guitar With Doug Cox
DCDVD01 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN
 The instruction material on this lesson is very basic and is strictly for beginners. Cox explains basic right-hand technique and how to use the Stevens steel properly. He then goes onto demonstrate hammer-ons and pull-offs. Nothing fancy, just concise and accurate information. Mr. Cox covers a lot of information that may seem obvious to someone who has played a musical instrument before; however, this same information presented to a novice can mean the difference between total frustration and an enjoyable musical experience. Cox seems to realize this, and it's one of the lesson's best attributes. Doug Cox ends his lesson with a simple but classy arrangement of the festival favorite 'Will The Circle Be Unbroken.'
Understanding The Dobro
DCDVD02 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN
 
Valdy has been part of the fabric of Canadian pop and folk music for over 30 years. A man with a thousand friends, from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island to Texas to New Zealand, he's a singer, guitarist and songwriter who catches the small but telling moments that make up life.<br><br> Valdy has sold almost half a million copies of his 13 albums, has two Juno Awards (Folk Singer of the Year and Folk Entertainer of the Year), a total of seven Juno nominations and four Gold albums to his credit.<br><br> Valdy shares stories about some of his favorite tunes, demonstrates in detail how to play them and gives great tips on songwriting all in this intimate DVD performance.<br><br>
Valdy - Play Me A Rock And Roll Song
VHDVD01 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN
 Let Jenny show you some of her basic voice techniques and exercises to help you become a confident singer in the country and modern bluegrass styles. This fun, easily-accessible lesson is for the beginner/intermediate vocalist.<br><br> 'Outstanding. Jenny's vocals would make an angel weep with joy!'<br><br> 'The genre that Kentuckian Bill Monroe founded in the 1930s may not have the cachet that high-processed pop music enjoys these days but, if it did, Jenny Lester would be hailed as an emerging Celine Dion.'<br><br> A great primer for any beginning vocalist, or a good reminder for the experienced singer, this lesson covers:<br><br> - relaxation techniques<br> - singing in tune<br> - supported singing (holding notes)<br> - chest voice and head voice<br> - singing difficult words<br> - caring for your voice<br> - vibrato<br> - picking keys to sing in<br> - intro to harmony singing<br> - and more!<br>
Vocal Techniques
JLDVD02 (DVD)
$29.95 US/CAN



   
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