Description
Homespun and String Letter Press, the publishers of Acoustic Guitar Magazine, have joined forces to create a DVD version of String Letter’s best-selling guitar instruction book. This clearly organized, carefully graded set of lessons by popular guitarist and author David Hamburger teaches beginners to play guitar using the techniques and songs of American roots music.
DVD 1 covers all the basic chords and flatpicking techniques; DVD 2 gives you a solid start on fingerpicking along with more advanced flatpicking styles.
David gives total beginners a great start as he teaches you how to tune up, use the capo, play bass runs, vary your strumming patterns and form all the most important chords and chord progressions. DVD 2 continues on an intermediate level, giving those with some previous guitar experience a solid start with fingerpicking and an introduction to more advanced flatpicking styles, including scales and single note playing.
Throughout the lessons you’ll learn to play more than two-dozen classic songs drawn from blues, folk, country and bluegrass traditions, including Careless Love, Columbus Stockade, Darling Corey, In the Pines, Scarborough Fair, Man of Constant Sorrow, Stagolee, Hot Corn Cold Corn, East Virginia, House of the Rising Sun, Banks of the Ohio, The Crawdad Song, The Girl I Left Behind Me, Gambler’s Blues and many others.
Bonus: A four-song play-along session with guitarists Happy Traum and David Hamburger gives you a chance to practice your newly learned flatpicking instrumentals.
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November 17th, 2009 at 12:48 am
quick delivery…I am looking forward to the going through the lessons inside. Content looks as though it will cover the basics and some. I purchased this product for a review and enhancement of what I already know…thanks
Rating: 5 / 5
November 17th, 2009 at 1:01 am
this is a very comprehensive and beneficial source for beginners interested in folk,country and blues rhytms…
Rating: 5 / 5
November 17th, 2009 at 2:46 am
There are plenty of instructional DVDs for Rock and electric guitar, but not a ton of stuff for acoustic guitar. I don’t have a lot of time for guitar lessons, so I need to have materials handy for when I have time to learn. David Hamburger is a great acoustic guitar instructor. The DVD starts from the beginning learning basic open chords, which was a bit too basic for me, but each lesson intoduces a different strumming pattern and folk song to play using the newly learned chords and strumming pattern. Petty soon, you know all of these cool acoustic folk songs. I’m only half way through the 2 DVD set and my acoustic palying has become more fun to play and interesting to listen to. I recommend this DVD set to anyone who is interested in getting better at the acoustic guitar.
Rating: 5 / 5
November 17th, 2009 at 3:58 am
This product is for those who have next to no experience on the guitar. He teaches very basic chords, doesn’t even talk much about scales, and teaches 3 very basic fingerpicking patterns. I am a self taught guitar player and wanted to close some gaps in holes of my own teaching. I personally found no use out of this product. It doesn’t mean it’s bad, it’s just wasn’t for me. He’s not the greatest teacher, but he does get the point across for the most part. If you know basic major, minor, and seventh chords, can keep a rhythm, and know some basic fingerpicking patterns… I wouldn’t waste your money. If you’re just starting and you enjoy folk music (That’s all you learn is folk music), then this might just be the video for you.
Rating: 3 / 5
November 17th, 2009 at 4:29 am
Im just learning to play, self taught, and this 2 disc set is perfect. Its more than what I expected. All basic info from holding pik to strumming to switching chords and some runs with explanation of where notes are within chords. Hamburger has a great method and personality that really makes it fun.
Rating: 5 / 5