Basic Mandolin for Guitar Players

Adam Traum

A Jumpstart for Mandolin

Guitarist Adam Traum casually picked up the mandolin to bring to jam sessions, since there are usually more than enough guitars to go around. From that start he gained a love and respect for the mandolin’s widely expressive range, and he explores the instrument here from a guitar player’s perspective.  Although non-guitar pickers will also benefit from this ... Read More
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E Blues Double Stops, Harmonized Scales and a Few Cool Riffs

Adam Traum

A Download-Only Homespun Single Lesson

Knowing double stops is a great way to learn the guitar’s fretboard and develop riffs of your own. In this lesson, only available through Homespun Instant Access, pro guitarist Adam Traum teaches harmonized scales and the fundamental theory behind double stops to help you create dynamic solos for blues in the key of E. He teaches some cool licks ... Read More
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Electric Guitar for Beginners - DVD 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
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Electric Guitar for Beginners - DVD 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
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Electric Guitar for Beginners - Two-DVD Set

Adam Traum

Two DVD 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. DVD 1 gets you familiar with your instrument and shows how to tune up, get good tone, hold the ... Read More
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Great Electric Guitar Lessons

Ray Flacke, Roy Rogers, Hubert Sumlin, Jorma Kaukonen, Steve Wariner, Jim Weider, Ray Benson, Adam Traum

Blues, Slide, Country and Old Fashioned Rock 'n' Roll

For the past half-century the electric guitar has been woven into the fabric of American roots music, and its power and allure still make it our most popular musical instrument.  The instruction on this rich compilation covers a wide range of musical applications for the electric guitar, taught by some of the top guitar players in their respective genres.  After ... Read More
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Learn to Play Blues Guitar with a Flatpick - DVD 1

Adam Traum
Using a flatpick on a steel-string acoustic guitar gives you a big sound and the ability to play punchy rhythms and lightning-fast single string lead lines. Adam Traum shows how you can develop a powerful blues style utilizing the special qualities you get from a pick. Adam starts you off witha basic shuffle rhythm in E, gradually introducing bass runs ... Read More
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Learn to Play Blues Guitar with a Flatpick - DVD 2

Adam Traum
Following the success of his first “Blues With a Flatpick” DVD, Adam Traum has created a user-friendly, pick-style lesson in the blues that will teach you licks, scales, bass runs, chord shapes, turnarounds and progressions in a variety of keys and blues genres.  Starting with a “straight-eight Jimmy Reed” rhythm in E, Adam methodically adds bass run turnarounds, riffs, bends ... Read More
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Learn to Play Blues Guitar with a Flatpick - Two-DVD Set

Adam Traum
GET THE 2-DVD SET AND SAVE! Acoustic blues guitar has long been primarily in the fingerstyle domain, but no more! On these two DVDs, Adam Traum shows how you can develop powerful blues style using a flatpick. Adam teaches rhythms, blues scales, licks, lead lines and even play-along sections that will improve the technique of any learning guitarist. From the ... Read More
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"Moonshiner" - Single Song Download

Adam Traum

A Classic Folksong

“The Moonshiner” is a favorite traditional song that has been recorded by the Clancy Brothers, Tex Ritter, Bob Dylan, the Punch Brothers, Uncle Tupelo and innumerable other artists and groups through the years. Adam Traum has made an enjoyable and very accessible arrangement of this folk standard that can be played (and sung) by acoustic guitarists as a solo piece ... Read More
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St. James Infirmary Blues

Adam Traum

A Download-Only Homespun Single Lesson

The “Saint James Infirmary Blues,” also known as the “Gambler’s Blues,” is an eight-bar, minor blues New Orleans classic. It was originally made famous by Louis Armstrong but has since been performed by countless other blues, jazz, folk and rock artists. In this Homespun single-song lesson, guitarist Adam Traum discovers some suprising ways to make this great song come ... Read More
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Take the Lead! Easy Steps to Begin Creating Guitar Solos

Adam Traum
Learning guitarists: Do you know your basic guitar chords but want to take your playing to a new level by picking out melodic solos?  If so, you’ll love Adam Traum’s new course! Using familiar folk and bluegrass classics as examples, Adam shows in clear, simple instruction how to build single-string melodies and, eventually, have the tools to start ... Read More
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