(Instructional). This unique program is an invaluable tool for any musician who wants to sing or play anything he or she hears. Through a progressive series of interactive exercises, Matt Glaser teaches how to recognize pitches and intervals, repeat complex rhythms and play back musical phrases and complete solos after only one hearing! Beginners and professionals alike, regardless of instrument or style of music, will develop invaluable skills and expand their musical consciousness. SIX CDs * INCLUDES WRITTEN MATERIAL * LEVEL ALL

Ear Training for Instrumentalists

Arts & Photography

Glaser, Matt

Music

HOMESPUN

(Homespun Tapes). Here's a great way to improve your picking, build up speed and stamina, and get those licks and solos working no matter what instrument you play! Whether you are a professional or a "parking lot" player, these fabulous sessions will get your fingers in shape fast! On the four CDs, you have a dedicated bluegrass band on the right speaker to give you solid back-up to 49 great tunes, both slowed-down and up-to-speed. The lead part can be heard in the left channel.

Steve Kaufman's Four-Hour Bluegrass Workout

Kaufman, Steve

(Homespun Tapes). Here is a complete course that will have anyone playing the guitar in minutes! Happy Traum, one of the world's most experienced guitar teachers, has carefully designed this hands-on, step-by-step method for all age groups. All the basic chords and important picking and strumming techniques are taught, and the student will be singing and playing more than a dozen songs right from the first lesson! By the end of this course he or she will know over 70 songs, and be able to play in most keys using a variety of picking and strumming techniques. FOUR CDs * INCLUDES BOOK OF CHORDS + LYRICS * LEVEL 1

Guitar for the Absolute Beginner

Traum, Happy

Humor & Entertainment

(Homespun Tapes). This collection of reels, jigs, hornpipes and set dances are the favorite tunes played in pubs and at parties by Irish players around the world. Each tune is masterfully demonstrated on tinwhistle by L.E. McCullough, played slowly and then up-to-speed to make each one easier to learn. Added guitar and keyboard back-up tracks make for a great practice session. Excellent for players of any melodic instrument fiddle, accordion, flute, tinwhistle, banjo, bouzouki, guitar who want to hold their own in any Irish music gathering. Includes accompaniment tracks for playing along on any instrument. FOUR CDs * INCLUDES 50-PAGE MUSIC + CHORD BOOK * LEVEL 3

121 Favorite Irish Session Tunes: Performed on Tinwhistle by L.E. McCullough

McCullough, L.E.

(Homespun Tapes). This six-hour course teaches guitarists to find and play any note in any position on the neck, build chords and improvise melodies. Russ Barenberg, one of America's premier acoustic guitarists, provides a road map for fully understanding the entire guitar fingerboard. He also covers music theory (as it pertains to the guitar), ear training, improvisation and exercises to strengthen the left hand. Highly recommended for all serious guitar students. SIX CDs * INCLUDES TAB * LEVEL 3

Exploring the Fingerboard

Barenberg, Russ

(Homespun Tapes). Steve Kaufman's series of favorite bluegrass tunes has been a perennial best-seller. He teaches the basic melody for the beginning guitarists, then he gets the intermediate players started on a series of great licks and runs. Finally, experienced pickers will get the advanced version to enable them to spice up the tune so it becomes a real showpiece! The unique play-along system allows the student to learn from Steve's guitar part or pick along with the rhythm track for a fantastic practice session. Twenty songs, including: Alabama Jubilee * Black Mountain Rag * Blackberry Rag * Dixie Hoedown * Down Yonder * Eighth of January * John Hardy * June Apple * Katie Hill * Liberty * and more! SIX CDs * INCLUDES 139-PAGE MUSIC + TAB BOOK * LEVEL ALL

Bluegrass Guitar Solos Every Parking Lot Picker Should Know

(Homespun Tapes). Steve Kaufman's third set of popular lessons for Parking Lot Pickers teaches how to work out guitar breaks to well-known bluegrass songs. Once again, turn off Steve's lead guitar on your stereo and play along with the rhythm tracks. Perfect practice for a "live" picking situation. Twenty songs, including: Nine-Pound Hammer * Blue Ridge Cabin Home * Dark Hollow * Foggy Mountain Top * How Mountain Girls Can Love * More Pretty Girls Than One * Gold Watch and Chain * I Am a Pilgrim * In the Pines * and more! SIX CDs * INCLUDES 100-PAGE MUSIC + TAB BOOK * LEVEL ALL

Bluegrass Guitar Solos That Every Parking Lot Picker Should Know

(Guitar Educational). Tony Rice is perhaps the greatest innovator in acoustic guitar flatpicking playing today. This CD features some of his favorite licks, intros and solos, broken down so the aspiring flatpicker can learn to master them. These examples provide a real taste of Tony's guitar style and technique. Includes "kickoffs" to The Likes of Me * Fare Thee Well * Ten Degrees and Getting Colder * The Soul of Man, and complete solos for Annie, Orphan Annie * Wayfaring Stranger * Blue Ridge Mountain Home * and Fishscale. ONE CD * INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB BOOK * LEVEL 5

Tony's Choice: Licks, Kickoffs and Solos

Rice, Tony

(Guitar Educational). During the fifteen years that Merle Watson toured and recorded with his father, Doc Watson, the duo was one of the most popular and beloved musical teams in folk music history. On these two CDs, Merle teaches the traditional fingerpicking, flatpicking and slide guitar styles for which he was famous. Doc joins Merle in a dynamic demonstration of "twin guitars" as they take apart some of their most requested duets and explain, in detail, how each part is played. CD One Country Guitar Fingerpicking Solos & Duets: Southbound * Candyman * Will the Circle Be Unbroken * Goin' Down the Road * Make Me a Pallet on the Floor * Nine-Pound Hammer * The Last Thing on My Mind * Worried Blues * Bonaparte's Retreat * Windy and Warm * Blue Railroad Train * Solid Gone * Deep River Blues. CD Two Slide Guitar and Flatpicking Solos & Duets: Poor Boy Blues * Day Break Blues * Curly Headed Baby * Can't Be Satisfied * Wabash Cannonball * Minglewood Blues * Miss the Mississippi and You * Columbus Stockade * Honky Tonkin' * Will the Circle Be Unbroken * Old Joe Clark * Salt Creek * Florida Blues * Cotton-Eyed Joe * Red-Haired Boy. TWO CDs * INCLUDES TAB * LEVEL 3

Fingerpicking, Flatpicking and Slide: Guitar Styles of Merle Watson

Watson, Merle

(Homespun Tapes). This set of six one-hour CDs plus a 136-page book teaches beginning, intermediate and advanced versions of 20 great traditional instrumentals. Steve includes rhythm tracks for a fantastic practice session. Includes music and tablature.

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Ear Training for Instrumentalists

Steve Kaufman's Four-Hour Bluegrass Workout

Guitar for the Absolute Beginner

121 Favorite Irish Session Tunes: Performed on Tinwhistle by L.E. McCullough

Exploring the Fingerboard

Bluegrass Guitar Solos Every Parking Lot Picker Should Know

Bluegrass Guitar Solos That Every Parking Lot Picker Should Know

Tony's Choice: Licks, Kickoffs and Solos

Fingerpicking, Flatpicking and Slide: Guitar Styles of Merle Watson

Bluegrass Guitar Solos That Every Parking Lot Picker Should Know