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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 9781597730716 Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC ISBN: 1597730718 Label: Homespun Tapes Languages: Manufacturer: Homespun Tapes Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Homespun Tapes Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 08, 2005 Running Time: 230 minutes Studio: Homespun Tapes Theatrical Release Date: 2005 Editorial Review: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Does what it saysIt's easy to follow, interesting, not too slow and he has a very dry sense of humor, which I find entertaining Rating:  - Intermediate MusicianThis 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 ... Read More Rating:  - Actually Play SongsI have previewed other high rated learning guitar instructional dvds, and this one seemed to be the only dvd that teaches you how to play songs. It was a lot of fun to me. The instructor is funny at times, as opposed to other instructors that are too serious and tended to be boring. This is the one guitar dvd I would recommend if you're just beginning, because it kept me practicing to learn more songs. He teaches you the chords as an introductory of playing a song and the songs get tougher as you ... Read More Rating: - Better than I expectedThere 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. ... Read More Rating: - Excellent instructionI am a self-taught guitarist, returning to the instrument after not playing for several years. I consider my skill level to be intermediate, but I wanted to start fresh and take a more systematic or disciplined approach to my guitar education. This 2 DVD set is a great tool for my purpose. The instruction is clear, well illustrated, and moves along at a nice pace. I highly recommend this product. |
