This groundbreaking DVD teaches you all you need to know to become a one-piece rhythm section, combining percussive techniques and chord progressions! Steve Trovato and Richard Smith cover a wide range of styles including Rock, Blues and Latin, showing you how to transform your rhythm playing by incorporating new ideas and patterns into your arsenal of techniques.

Brownie McGhee's rhythmic fingerpicking style, rich accompaniments, intricate lead playing and wide-ranging repertoire influenced generations of Guitarists around the world. Happy Traum learned to play directly from this master bluesman, and he knows how to make Brownie's songs and techniques accessible to all aspiring acoustic blues players. Happy starts with the basics so that even novice blues players will be able to get off to a solid start. Concentrating on the keys of E and A, his detailed lesson covers all the musical components that made Brownie's playing distinctive. Happy provides numerous playing tips and advice along with first-hand insights into Brownie's life and music.

One of the world's most revered and talented exponents of the Delta Blues style presents a two-part in-depth guide to the earthy, hard-driving sound of the Mississippi. Rory Block dissects and teaches a breathtaking set of key Delta Blues performances, including the rhythmic pounding of Charlie Patton, the fingerpicking style of Tommy Johnson and the slide/open-tuning sounds of the great Robert Johnson. As you learn each song you will develop a host of important techniques such as treble melodies, open tunings, bass runs, sliding octaves, string-bending and some show-stopping, thundering rhythm patterns.

In Killer Rock and Metal Runs guitarist Danny Gill will teach you over forty runs using all of the classic techniques used in rock and metal: bends, pull-offs, hammer-ons, sweep picking, two-hand tapping, slides, vibrato and more. Each idea is played in context with a backing track and then demonstrated slowly with full explanations on the scales and techniques used. These melodic phrases will help you to solo over the entire length of the fretboard in a variety of rock and metal situations.

Brad Carlton's reputation as one of the industry's most sought after "stunt" studio guitarists is well deserved. His mastery of the fretboard is exceeded only by his working knowledge of theory, harmony and technique. Carlton is best known for his uncanny ability to improvise impeccably executed solos over any changes, in any style -- with little or no rehearsal time. Improvisation A La Mode, a 6-CD ROM interactive video course, unravels the mystery of improvisation by revealing Carlton's unique approach for instantly identifying parent keys along with their respective modes and applying his improvisational know-how to create rich colors and textures in solos and rhythm work. TrueFire's new quick-learning interactive video system presents video, text, jam tracks, notation and power tab with a full array of controls to optimize learning.

The legendary Josh White (1914-1969) is widely considered to be one of the most influential blues and folk artists of all time. His singing and guitar playing electrified a generation of fans with his dazzling technique and passionate renditions of blues, folk songs and ballads. We're delighted to present this DVD on the songs and guitar of Josh White by his son, Josh White, Jr., an accomplished actor, singer, performer and teacher. He knows his father's repertoire intimately and can replicate it with great accuracy. On this lesson he skillfully communicates Josh White's unique guitar style in a way that is easy to follow and accessible for all players. Learning guitarists with a knowledge of basic chords will be able to learn arrangements to his classic songs, along with blues chords, bass riffs, turnarounds, strumming techniques and more.

This superb guitar workshop will teach you five classic tracks from the golden age of Rock & Roll, using note by note tutorials for each song. Learn all the lead and rhythm guitar parts with the ultimate DVD guitar lessons. Each song is clearly explained note for note with this award winning guitar tuition method. The DVD is hosted by Lee Hodgson. Lee Hodgson is a versatile studio musician and vastly experienced stage performer. He is also a regularly featured columnist and transcriber for both Guitarist and Guitar Techniques magazine.

Acclaimed British guitarist Martin Simpson teaches dropped-D and altered-G tunings to bring out the widest possible harmonic range on the guitar. His fingerstyle playing, combined with his unique guitar frailing and clawhammer style strumming, will inspire guitarists of all levels. The tutorial includes six magnificent arrangements of: Rosie Anderson, The Shearing's Not For You, Bogie's Bonnie Belle, Pretty Saro, Long Steel Rail and Santa Cruz. This intermediate level tutorial DVD also includes the music and tablature for the featured songs. Bring depth, tone and open-string magic to your solo arrangements.

A guide to the traditional blues playing style of the Mississippi bluesman who lived in Memphis and had a gift for storytelling and showmanship. Walter 'Furry' Lewis recorded 25 songs between 1927 and 1929, as well as several albums in the 1960s for Folkways, Prestige and other labels after being rediscovered as part of the great blues rebirth. As a guitarist, Furry Lewis was a two-finger picker with a huge vocabulary of sounds at his fingertips. He worked effortlessly with both broad strokes and intricate detail, possessing a fluidity that recalls the talents of the great Robert Johnson. Guitar authority John Miller presents a close-up analysis of the playing of this intriguing character who epitomised the showmanship and craft of the blues in a unique and highly personal way.

Ledward Kaapana is widely acknowledged to be one of the most exciting and accomplished players in ki ho'alu, or slack key guitar style. Playing in open-chord and other alternate tunings, Led's two-finger picking and alternating bass is reminiscent of the great blues and country guitarists, but with the licks and harmonies typical of Hawaiian traditional music. His playing is loose and improvisational, and his repertoire encompasses both quiet, beautiful melodies and rip-roaring show-stoppers with lightning-fast licks and fancy picking. The beauty of the slack key style is that it's made up of simple chords and melodies, but an accomplished player then builds up improvised variations using interchangable licks and turnarounds similar to those in blues guitar. Ledward provides all the elements for making arrangements in this style, showing how he acheives the special sounds (damping, bass runs, hammers, pull-offs, trills, and other ornaments) that make each tune come alive.

Here's an easy and fun way for beginners to play favourite bluegrass tunes. Happy teaches all the basic techniques and helps guitarists begin to build their own repertoire. He covers pick technique, elementary theory, song accompaniment, and how to play instrumental solos. 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 out melodies while strumming chords; adding bass runs, hammer-ons, pull-offs and other variations, and playing the famous bluegrass "G Run." Songs: "John Hardy," "Bury Me Beneath The Willow," "All The Good Times Are Past And Gone," "East Virginia," "Wildwood Flower," "Mama Don't 'Low," "Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms."

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 has designed the perfect lesson for anyone who s looking for ways to make guitar accompaniments come alive. He focuses on the basic chord shapes you probably use all the time (D, G, E and C) and shows you how you can transform their sound by incorporating altered notes, open strings, bass lines, barre chords and a variety of other techniques that will help you create beautiful accompaniments. So, if your songs are sounding a little ordinary, or you want to jump-start a new one you re writing, this world-class player s easy solutions will simply make them sound better. Artie s lesson is fun, relaxed and filled with numerous guitar tips, musical ideas and easy songs, including Sloop John B, Corrina, Worried Man Blues, Barbed Wire, The Water is Wide and Diamond Joe.

Content:
GUITAR PRO 5.2 RSE (Realistic Sound Engine) and 123 000 tabs
Guitar Power 1.5.0 PORTABLE
Guitar Speed Trainer PROFFESSIONAL v2.3.8.4

Based on IKs award-winning AmpliTube 2 software, AmpliTube Metal is the first guitar amp and fx modeling software entirely dedicated to heavy metal gear, with an arsenal of 48 highly acclaimed models of modern and vintage amps, cabinets, stompboxes and rack effects. AmpliTube Metal offers an ultra-realistic software recreation of 14 stomp boxes, 5 amp models, 13 cabinets, 6 mics, and 9 rack FX for a complete high-gain arsenal of sounds from the late 70s through today. With extremely rare and collectible models of metal stomp boxes, amp heads and cabinets, from the legendary, hard-to-find Japanese originals to classic British and American essentials, including models based on the ProCo RAT, Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi, Digitech Whammy, several vintage BOSS effects, Randall Warhead, Peavey 5150, Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier, and other great emulations based on metal gear.

Features:
* 5 separate modules: tuner, configurable Stomp pedal board, Amp head, Cabinet + Mic, and Rack Effects
* 14 rare Stomp effects with highly acclaimed distortion models
* 5 classic high-gain Amps
* 13 cabinet and 6 microphone models
* 9 post-amp FX Racks
* 2 fully configurable rigs with up to 32 simultaneous effects
* Stand-alone and VST/AU/RTAS plug-in for all popular DAWs
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Hendrix’s sound is a unique mix of high volume, feedback control and a exclusive, personal usage of guitar effects which was a breakthrough for its time. By then Hendrix was one of the first guitarists to experiment with the full expressive possibilities of electronic effects, which were a fundamental part of his sound. Electronic effects were a technological novelty in the 60’s with semiconductor electronics in its infancy and the very first commercially available germanium transistors introduced in the mid 50’s gradually replacing tubes in the next two decades.

Features:
* Includes models of extremely rare and collectible vintage stomp boxes, amp heads and cabinets such as Marshall® 1959 JTM100™ Super Lead, Fender® Bassman®, Fender® Dual-Showman®, Fender® Twin Reverb®, Roger Mayer™ Axis fuzz, Mosrite™ Fuzzrite®, Arbiter® Fuzz Face®, Roger Mayer™ Octavia, and more
* A legendary sound that has marked the evolution of modern rock guitar and has influenced some of the greatest guitarists of our time
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The most popular guitar amp and effects modeling software raises the standard to an unprecedented level of high-quality emulation and extreme flexibility, for crafting the ultimate guitar tone.

Based on IK’s award-winning AmpliTube 2 software, AmpliTube Metal is the first guitar amp and fx modeling software entirely dedicated to heavy metal gear, with an arsenal of 48 highly acclaimed models of modern and vintage amps, cabinets, stompboxes and rack effects.

Hendrix’s sound is a unique mix of high volume, feedback control and a exclusive, personal usage of guitar effects which was a breakthrough for its time. By then Hendrix was one of the first guitarists to experiment with the full expressive possibilities of electronic effects, which were a fundamental part of his sound. Electronic effects were a technological novelty in the 60’s with semiconductor electronics in its infancy and the very first commercially available germanium transistors introduced in the mid 50’s gradually replacing tubes in the next two decades.

A multitrack tablature editor for guitar, banjo and bass.

Guitar Pro is the ultimate workshop dedicated to the beginner as well as the advanced guitar player. It is aimed at helping the user progress, compose, or simply accompany himself with the guitar.

Guitar Pro has been designed for 4 to 7 strings instruments (guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, ...).

With Guitar Pro you'll be able to learn how to play, compose and improve your guitar skills.

Guitar & Drum Trainer is the MP3 audio player that is all about helping you to be the best musician that you can be. (Soldiers included.) And if you are serious about your music, and you think there is room to improve your playing, then Guitar & Drum Trainer is for you. And if you’re already blazing down the fretboard at lightspeed, then Guitar & Drum Trainer is your perfect transcription tool to help you get things down on paper.

Use Guitar & Drum Trainer to:
– Get more out of practice time on any instrument
– Learn music by ear
– Transcribe music easier
– Slow down music for dance practice
– Pitch shift for vocal practice

The Guitar Speed Trainer is a home study course software designed to help you develop superior speed and technique.
The first thing you need is correct information. If you want to make significant progress then you simply must know all the important facts about guitar speed.

That’s why the very first thing you will do with the Guitar Speed Trainer will be learning the fundamentals:
How speed picking really works.
The four picking strategies.
The three types of motion.
How to measure your speed.
Advantages and disadvantages of different approaches.
The “PP” secret for developing jaw-dropping speed.
The five worst training mistakes, and how to avoid them.
How to do the right exercise at the right time.
The “LRB” secret of super-coordination at high speed.
Then, effective training