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All Stars Of Rock Guitar | Beginners Blues | Metal Primer | Flamenco Made Easy | KISS Forever | Twisted Sister | Learning Guitar Step 1 | Lead Guitar | Learning Acoustic Guitar |Fingerstyle Guitar Learing Electric Guitar - The Smart Way | Learning Acoustic Guitar - The Smart Way |

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DVD Features: On-Screen Tablature, Bonus Lessons, Interactive Lesson Charts and Passwords To Online Downloadable Books.

Learning Guitar Step 1:
Patrick McCormick presents an easy and educational step by step method for you to learn to play the guitar! Your lesson will begin with the very basics of guitar playing like , tuning the guitar , hand positions and holding the pick. You will then progress into detailed lessons explaining the entire fretboard, Major, Minor and 7th Chords, Scales,Rock and Blues progressions.If you are a beginning guitarist looking to learn to play along with your favorite songs in a few short lessons, then Learning Guitar Step 1 is for you!
Open Chords
Barre Chords
Major Scales
Minor Scales
Finger Exercises
Chord Exercises
Power Chords
Whole Steps & Half Steps

All Stars Of Rock Guitar:
Featuring over 3 hours of lessons from four guitar masters including:
George Lynch (Dokken, Lynch Mob, Souls Of We)
Bruce Kulick (KISS,Solo Artist, Grand Funk Railroad)
Jennifer Batten (Solo Artist, Michael Jackson, Jeff Beck)
Darrell Roberts (Five Finger Death Punch, W.A.S.P).

Each artist discusses their influences and demonstrates some of their signature techniques along with very informative lead guitar and songwriting methods.

Learn advanced tapping and playing techniques with Jennifer, lead guitar and song structures with Bruce as well as metal licks
and rhythm techniques with Darrell. You will also watch George lay down lead tracks for his upcoming solo release.

This 2-Disc DVD set is packed with exciting bonus features including the next generation of Rock Guitar featuring:
Dario Lorina,
Jack Ripper
Yayo Sanchez

Includes:
Multiple Camera Angles
Numerous chapter Marks

Extras:
Bonus Performances
Extended Interviews
Seymour Duncan DVD Excerpt

Beginners Blues:
Learn the techniques made famous by blues greats such as: B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy and many others! Additional features include: Audio & Video Jam Tracks, Lesson Libraries and 25 custom Blues licks to easily jumpstart your blues playing.

Here are some of the exciting lessons you will discover:
Scales,
Rhythym Patterns
12 Bar Blues
Sliding Notes
Hammer-On's
Pull-Off's

Beginners Blues also features a bonus section of "25 Essential Blues Licks" to give you a jump start into playing blues guitar.

 

Metal Primer:
Tommy Bolan (N.Y.C , Warlock) demonstrates his signature licks and tricks to get your fingers shredding across your fretboard now! Whether you are beginning or advanced, using these tips and techniques, your soloing ability is guaranteed to produce positive immediate results. Learn the step by step patterns and details to many of Tommys favorite techniques and complete breakdowns of Tommy's live and in-studio gear.

Here are some of the techniques you will discover:
Warm Up Exercises
Speed Techniques
Scales, Harmonics
String Skipping
Pendulum Picking
Arpeggios
Tremolo Tricks
And More!

 


Flamenco Made Easy:
International recording and touring artist, Charles Sedlak will give you very detailed and entertaining lessons to get you started playing Flamenco guitar today! Charles will teach you proper form, technique and strumming patterns to master the lessons in this DVD and inspire you to create your own exciting Flamenco compositions.

Learn techniques such as: Rasguedo, Rumba, Triplets, Picking Techniques, Malaguena, Tarantas, Soleares and More! Flamenco Made Easy Contains: Bonus Lessons, Interactive Lesson Charts, exclusive password access to FREE online downoads and 2 bonus songs from Charles Sedlak.

KISS Forever:
Now is your chance to learn your favorite KISS classics note for note! Learn from Bruce Kulick and Bob Kulick as they teach you exactly how to play songs that rocked arenas around the world.

Learn: All American Man - Unholy - Tonight You Belong To Me- Crazy Crazy Nights - Nowhere To Run - Domino - Larger Than Life - Jungle - Goodbye - Forever. Learn the complete rhythms and solos. Also includes bonus footage of Bruce Demonstrating his pedal board configuration and online password access to tablature files exclusively for KISS Forever.


Twisted Method:
Twisted Sister guitarist Eddie "fingers" Ojeda gives Twisted fans throughout the world up close and personal lessons into his rockin' riffs and blazing solos! Now is your chance to learn rock anthems such as "I Wanna Rock" and "Were not Gonna Take It" as well as twisted classics "The Price" and "The Fire Still Burns". Eddie also gives tips and candid conversation about his gear, influences and "Twisted" beginnings.

I Wanna Rock
Were Not Gonna Take It
The Fire Still Burns
The Price

 

Learning Guitar Step 1:
Patrick McCormick presents an easy and educational step by step method for you to learn to play the guitar! Your lesson will begin with the very basics of guitar playing like , tuning the guitar , hand positions and holding the pick. You will then progress into detailed lessons explaining the entire fretboard, Major, Minor and 7th Chords, Scales,Rock and Blues progressions.If you are a beginning guitarist looking to learn to play along with your favorite songs in a few short lessons, then Learning Guitar Step 1 is for you!
Open Chords
Barre Chords
Major Scales
Minor Scales
Finger Exercises
Chord Exercises
Power Chords
Whole Steps & Half Steps

 


Greg Douglass Lead Guitar:
Greg Douglass is a versatile multi-platinum artist who has toured and recorded with Steve Miller, Van Morrison, Greg Kihn, Eddie Money and others.With over 100 minutes of instruction, numerous chapter marks for easy navigation and a fully interactive lesson library: Greg Douglass Lead Guitar is an entertaining and educational tool for today's guitar player.
Scale Patterns
Slide Techniques
Alternate Positions
Bends
Hammers
Pull - Offs
Phrasing

Learning Acoustic Guitar:
Start Playing guitar today with international recording and touring artist Charles Sedlak. Learning chords, strumming techniques, arpeggios and progressions have never been as fun or as easy to understand as you will find in this fully interactive and truly entertaining DVD!


Chords
Strumming Techniques
Arpeggios
Blues Progression

Fingerstyle Guitar:
Greg Douglass is a multi-platinum recording artist who has performed and recorded with such Icons of Rock as the Steve Miller Band, Eddie Money, Greg Kihn, Van Morrison, and more. In this dvd you will discover: Building Melody, Alternate Fingerings, Travis Picking, Playing Rhythm and Lead, Alternating Bass Notes, Improvisation, Bending Notes, Finger Picking Rolls.


Now! some of our best-selling DVD titles are now available as Book/DVD "Mega-Paks" entitled The Smart Way Series.

Learning Electric Guitar - The Smart Way:
Section 1: Learning Guitar Step 1 with Patrick McCormick
This section covers everything a beginner needs to know to understand how to play the guitar including: Reading Music Notation, Open Chords , Finger Exercises, Chord Matching Formulas, Reading Tablature, Barre Chords, Chord Progressions, Power Chords

Section 2: Lead Guitar with Greg Douglass
Greg is a multi-platinum recording artist who has performed and recorded with such Icons of Rock as the Steve Miller Band, Eddie Money, Greg Kihn, Van
Morrison, and more. In this section you will discover: Lead Licks, Scale Patterns, Alternate Positions, Soloing, Phrasing, Slide Techniques
Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs, Custom Lead Guitar Songs

Learning Acoustic Guitar - The Smart Way:
Section 1: Learning Acoustic Guitar with Charles Sedlak

Charles Sedlak is an international recording and touring artist. Charles was one of six students selected in the Christopher Parkening’s once a year Master Class, and is a recipient of a Ph.D in music education. Learn: Reading Music Notation, Open Chords, Arpeggios, Chord Matching Formulas.

Section 2: Acoustic Fingerstyle with Greg Douglass
Greg is a multi-platinum recording artist who has performed and recorded with such Icons of Rock as the Steve Miller Band, Eddie Money, Greg Kihn, Van Morrison, and more. In this section you will discover: Building Melody, Alternate Fingerings, Travis Picking, Playing Rhythm and Lead, Alternating Bass Notes, Improvisation, Bending Notes, Finger Picking Rolls.