Beginning Guitar
A Beginner's Guide to Chord Positions
Happy Traum
Simple, Creative Ways to Move Up the Neck
This two-hour course was made specifically for those guitar students who have never ventured into the unknown territory above the third fret. Although it may seem mysterious at first, it's actually easy to find your way into the upper reaches of the fingerboard. The knowledge you'll gain will give you a deeper understanding of the guitar and will ...
Read More
Instant
Download
$16.95
Basic Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar
Steve Kaufman
Here's your chance to learn the basics of bluegrass back-up guitar! Steve Kaufman teaches you how to play solid rhythm, from playing behind the simplest two-chord song to the complex chord progressions needed to accompany Texas-style fiddle tunes. Steve starts with the fundamentals, showing you how to hold the pick, get good tone, and play the basic bass/chord ...
Read More
Instant
Download
$24.95
Basic Theory That Every Guitarist Should Know - Two-Video Set
Happy Traum
Practical Tools for Everyday Playing
GET THE TWO-Lesson SET AND SAVE! Guitarists: Do you know how the strings, frets, notes, scales and chords all work together to make music? Whether you're a total beginner or have been at it for years, there's a good chance you lack a basic understanding of the theory behind what you're playing. Lesson 1 Happy Traum, one ...
Read More
Instant
Download
$34.95
Easy Bluegrass and Country Guitar
Happy Traum
Guaranteed the quickest and easiest way to get into playing the real country guitar! Happy Traum will get you started in this popular American guitar style and get you ready to move on to more advanced studies. You'll learn to handle a flatpick, play a basic scale, then master these techniques: accompanying songs in straight and waltz time; picking ...
Read More
Instant
Download
$24.95
Easy Fingerpicking Favorites
Happy Traum
Learn to play five easy songs that should be in every fingerpicker's repertoire: "Railroad Bill," "My Creole Belle," "Cocaine Blues," "Freight Train," "Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor." Happy plays each tune in its simplest form, then moves the appropriate notes off the beat (while the bass maintains its steady, on-the-beat rhythm) so you can clearly understand where ...
Read More
Instant
Download
$24.95
Easy Guide to Tuning Your Guitar
Happy Traum, John Sebastian
Secrets to Staying and Playing Perfectly in Tune
There is nothing more important to making good music than having your instrument play (and stay) perfectly in tune. An out-of-tune guitar can be a painful experience for you and your listeners alike, and tuning it up can be a frustrating and time-consuming process for new players. We feel that tuning should be learned right along with fretting, chording and ...
Read More
Instant
Download
$24.95
Easy Guitar Chords and Progressions
Artie Traum
An Effortless Way To Make Your Songs Sound Great!
By moving one finger to a different fret, a familiar chord takes on a whole new quality! Move a chord shape to a different position on the neck and you have a rich, advanced-sounding progression! Welcome to Artie Traum's lesson in how to use chords to enhance basic folk, country, blues and rock songs. Artie designed the perfect lesson ...
Read More
Instant
Download
$24.95
Electric Guitar for Beginners - Two-Video Set
Adam Traum
Two Video Set
Get started playing electric guitar - and have fun doing it! The key to success on a new instrument is motivation, and these two lessons will have you making cool music immediately - inspiring you (or your kids) to practice and improve quickly. Lesson 1 gets you familiar with your instrument and shows how to tune up, get good tone, hold the ...
Read More
Instant
Download
$29.95
Electric Guitar for Beginners - Video One
Adam Traum
DVD One: Getting Started
Get started playing electric guitar and have fun doing it! The key to success on a new instrument is motivation, and this lesson has you making cool music immediately - inspiring you (or your kids) to practice and improve quickly. After introducing you to the parts of the instrument and demonstrating how to tune up, get good tone, hold the pick ...
Read More
Instant
Download
$17.95
Electric Guitar for Beginners - Video Two
Adam Traum
DVD Two: Expanding Your Skills
Continue building your skills and techniques on the electric guitar. Adam Traum brings novice players directly into the world of blues and rock styles with this exciting, easy to follow lesson. He provides invaluable advice and important information while teaching pick technique, chord shapes, "strike and slides," blues scales, licks and powerful soloing ideas. He shows you how authentic lead ...
Read More
Instant
Download
$17.95
DVD
$19.95
Enrich Your Playing With Dropped D Tuning
Happy Traum
Easy Tunes in a Variety of Keys
Here's a perfect lesson on using dropped D tuning, a beautiful and versatile way to play songs and instrumentals on your guitar. Happy Traum shows you harmony-filled tunes in the keys of D, G, and A while building your basic fingerstyle technique and increasing your musical skills.
The famous old spiritual, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, in the “home” key ...
Read More
Instant
Download
$24.95
Get Started on Bluegrass and Country Guitar!
Steve Kaufman
A Complete Lesson for Beginners
Every guitarist has to begin somewhere, and Steve Kaufman, one of the world’s most experienced guitar instructors, gets you started the right way. No previous experience is necessary. All you need is this lesson plus an instrument, a flatpick, and the desire to play. Within minutes, Steve shows you how to tune up, hold the pick, press the strings to ...
Read More
Instant
Download
$24.95