Kenny Sultan is one of the most highly respectd blues guitarists, and blues guitar educators, in the country. Kenny's great solo blues arrangements serve as a virtual encyclopedia of vital blues licks and patterns. On this DVD, Kenny performs and teaches six of his most popular compositions. In the special lesson sections, he walks you through the key aspects and techniques required for each arrangement, and you can select from multiple camera angles: watch the performance or see a close-up of his right or left hand.

An award-winning guitarist and composer, Al Petteway has a unique solo guitar style that mixes his varied influences, from folk and Celtic music to R and B and Blues. On this DVD, Al performs and teaches a half dozen of his compositions that incorporate his Celtic, blues, and R and B influences. In the special lesson sections, Al walks you through the key aspects and techniques required for each arrangement, and you can select from multiple camera angles: watch the full performance or see a close-up of his right or left hand.

Here is a lesson that’s packed with dozens of time-tested musical phrases that will help you become a strong lead guitarist. Even beginners will be able to start playing hot licks over blues changes. As the phrases get more advanced, you’ll start to use slides, bends, hammer-ons, pull-offs and other techniques to increase your speed and dexterity. Each riff is played slowly and then at the speed to give you a feel for how it sounds in context. Jeff Pevar (currently playing guitar with David Crosby) joins Artie to demonstrate how two players jamming together would use these lead lines in blues progressions. Once you’ve got the basics down, you’ll learn to put several riffs together to create a complete blues solo. A demonstration of minor key jazz-blues phrases will round out your repertoire of licks and will allow you to create hot solos or jam on blues changes with your friends. This lesson will be of value both to beginners who want to get a jump on lead guitar as well as intermediate players who want to increase their knowledge of the fingerboard. Artie Traum has been a performer, recording artist, producer, composer and session player for more than thirty years. His CD Letters From Joubee was #1 on the smooth jazz radio charts for six weeks. Artie has toured and recorded with his brother, Happy Traum, and has played guitar with The Band, Livingston Taylor, Tony Levin, Michael Franks, John Sebastian, Sam Bush, David Grisman and many other top recording artists. His recent recordings are on Narada and Roaring Stream Records. In addition to his busy concert and recording schedule, Artie is a popular clinician for Taylor Guitars. Includes music and tab

Finding Your Bluegrass One of America's most renowned bluegrass musicians imparts wisdom and advice based on decades of experience playing in bands from Bill Monroe an d the Blue Grass Boys to Old And In The Way. With Peter Rowan's help, you'll improve your lead singing and establish an authentic bluegrass guitar sound. Peter's invaluable tips on breathing, phrasing, vocal improvisation, and his exercises to increase your power and range, will help you excel as a lead singer. His guitar accompaniment techniques show you how to back up your singing wiht a strong sense of time, add bluegrass style bass runs, embellish with blues licks and pick simple but effective solos. Illustrating his lesson with concert style performances of well known songs from the bluegrass repertoire and first-hand accounts of his days on tour with Bill Monroe, Peter teaches each arrangement phrase by phrase. He takes apart Bill Monroe's Blue Moon of Kentucky; the bluesy Walls of Time; the traditional gospel song Wayfaring Stranger and the powerful waltztime classic In The Pines. This is a lesson filled with lots of great instruction, singing and playing, and is a must-have for every bluegrass lover's library.

Advanced Bottleneck Technique And RepertoireOn this two-DVD set, Bob Brozman provides a complete tool box with which to dramatically enhance your blues arrangements. You'll expand your repertoire and master a breathtaking variety of licks and techniques. Bob provides both historical and a technical analysis of the styles, innovations and techniques originally created by Robert Johnson, Son House, Charlie Patton, Bukka White, Tampa Red, Skip James and other Delta slide masters, and he offers a multitude of suggestions for creating your own variations. You'll learn to play in a variety of tunings, add descending bass lines, string snapping, rolling triplets, bar technique and numerous turnarounds to your blues arrangements. Bob adds his own unique touches -percussive guitar body slapping techniques, hammer-ons, pull-offs, palm harmonics, the 'scrunch' stroke and other variations to give you a real musical workout. Bob highlights the subtleties of the rhythm, phrasing and bottleneck technique of each tune, adding, as always, his own unique contemporary touches to the music. Songs include Come On In My Kitchen, Delta Memories, Rollin' And Tumblin', Old Dog Blues, Jitterbug Swing, Cypress Grove, Denver Blues, Green River Blues, Pony Blues.

The BasicsOne of the most compelling sounds in American music is made by glass or metal sliding on the strings of an acoustic guitar. Bob Brozman's remarkably detailed DVD lesson gives you all the tools you'll need to get started playing the powerful songs and thrilling instrumental solos of the legendary bottleneck blues players. Beginnig players will learn all the fundamentals involved in playing bottleneck style: correct use of the slide, open tunings, rhythm backup, vibrato, harmonics, picing techniques and much more. Before long, you'll move ahead to blues licks, runs, turnarounds and solos that will enable you to recreate the dynamic sounds of Charliea Patton, Robert Johnson, Skip James, Muddy Waters, Elmore James and other Mississippi Delta blues greats. By the end of this first lesson you'll have learned to play teh driving rhythms and wild slide sounds of Walking Blues, Can't be satisfied, Cross Road Blues and other powerful blues standards.

This program comes with a tablature lesson book to help you follow along with confidence and ease. You will learn: All the scales you need to play blues Blues Scales Minor Pentatonic Major Pentatonic Blues Lead Techniques Bends Vibrato Hammer-ons Pull-offs Blues Turn Arounds Rhythms with bass and drum backing tracks Classic Blues Blues Shuffle Jazz Blues Fast Blues, and More Entire Blues Riffs and Leads

In a lively and fascinating conversation with guitarist Artie Traum, Richie demonstrates his powerful approach to his instrument, detailing his open tunings, unusual fretting style and amazing rhythmic strumming techniques. He breaks down some of his most requested songs and provides innumerable ideas for developing your own guitar sounds and arrangements.

This DVD reveals Robben's advanced concepts for improvisation and comping. Performing his well-known renditions of Revelation and Ain't Got Nothing but the Blues, Robben demonstrates how he plays over chord changes. Robben also discusses phrases and playing "outside" using the pentatonic, diminished and melodic minor scales.

This DVD featuring exclusiv on screen gingering patterns along with great demonstrations will have you quickly learning Robben' favourite blues scales and phrases. Robben also reveals his unique fingerings for string bending and vibrato as well as his variety of right-hand techniques, from string poppin' with thumb and fingers, to picking, and more.

Kelly Joe Phelps explores the fingerpicking technique that has helped make him one of the most powerful and compelling performers on today's acoustic music scene. He has chosen his most popular pieces to display fingerpicking arrangements.

The sensational Kelly Joe Phelps guides you through his country blues and gospel guitar playing style in this fascinating DVD. Phelps plays the instrument Dobro style, with a unique bar and alternate-thumb fingerpicking technique, which allows for unusually free improvisation. In this video he demonstrates aspects of his musical craft - covering bar technique, string muting, use of the capo, fingerpicking style and how to find scale and chord patterns in open D tuning. His exploration of improvised solos using these ideas will help you create expressive melody lines and evocative harmonies, turning your songs into vehicles through which you can express your ideas and emotions.

Mississippi John Hurt's appeal was universal, he was very much a musician of his time and place, playing within a tradition, but mapping out his own territory with subtleties of touch, phrasing and use of the guitar that were all his own. In this DVD, contemporary guitar legend John Miller presents instruction in John Hurt's repertoire, with songs chosen to showcase his playing in different keys. The accompanying booklet includes TAB/standard notation transcriptions and lyrics of the songs.

By Bonnie Raitt. For voice, piano and guitar chords. Personality. Blues Rock and Adult Contemporary. Difficulty: medium. Songbook. Vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics, chord names and guitar chord diagrams. 129 pages. Published by Cherry Lane Music

Stevie Ray Vaughan. (A Step-By-Step Breakdown Of His Playing Technique). By Stevie Ray Vaughan. For guitar. Hal Leonard Guitar Signature Licks. Blues Rock, Blues and Instructional. Instructional book (song excerpts only) and examples CD. Guitar tablature, standard notation, chord names, guitar chord diagrams, instructional text, performance notes and introductory text. 80 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.699316). ISBN 079350824X. With guitar tablature, standard notation, chord names, guitar chord diagrams, instructional text, performance notes and introductory text. Blues Rock, Blues and Instructional. 9x12 inches. This book takes you on an indepth exploration of this guitar genius by examining various aspects of Vaughan's playing. Marshall explains his influences, tuning, equipment, picking technique and other aspects of Vaughan's sound. In addition,he transcribes, in notes and tab, parts of 13 of Vaughan's most famous songs, and explains how they were played and what makes them so unique. The 59-minute accompanying cassette of CD includes samples of the parts of the songs being examined. A must for any serious Vaughan fan or aspiring guitarist! About Hal Leonard Signature Licks The Signature Licks book/audio packs are especially formatted to give instruction on how to play a particular artist style by using the actual transcribed, "right from the record" licks! Designed for use by anyone from beginner right up to the experienced player who is looking to expand their insight. The books contain full performance notes and an overview of each artist or group's style with transcriptions in notes and tab. The audio accompaniment features playing tips and techniques, as well as playing examples at a slower tempo.

By Eric Clapton. For guitar. Hal Leonard Guitar Signature Licks. Blues Rock, Adult Contemporary and Instructional. Instructional book (song excerpts only) and examples CD. Standard guitar notation, guitar tablature, vocal melody, lyrics, chord names, guitar chord diagrams, guitar notation legend, introductory text, instructional text and performance notes. 72 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Mississippi John Hurt's appeal was universal, he was very much a musician of his time and place, playing within a tradition, but mapping out his own territory with subtleties of touch, phrasing and use of the guitar that were all his own. In this DVD, contemporary guitar legend John Miller presents instruction in John Hurt's repertoire, with songs chosen to showcase his playing in different keys. The accompanying booklet includes TAB/standard notation transcriptions and lyrics of the songs.

The Best Of Buddy Guy. (A Step-by-Step Breakdown of His Guitar Styles and Techniques). By Buddy Guy. For guitar. Chicago Blues, Blues and Instructional. Guitar tablature songbook, examples CD and instructional book. Guitar tablature, standard notation, chord names and instructional text. 48 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.695186). ISBN 079358180X. With guitar tablature, standard notation, chord names and instructional text. Chicago Blues, Blues and Instructional. 9x12 inches. Learn the trademark riffs and solos behind one of blues guitar's greatest players through the study of 15 of his songs, including: Five Long Years * I Smell a Rat * Mary Had a Little Lamb * Stick Around * and more.The Signature Licks book/audio packs are especially formatted to give guitarists instruction on how to play a particular artist style by using the actual transcribed, "right from the record" licks! Designed for use by anyone from beginner right up to the experienced player who is looking to expand their insight. The books contain full performance notes and an overview of each artist or group's style with transcriptions in notes and tab. The audio accompaniment features playing tips and techniques, as well as playing examples at a slower tempo. About Hal Leonard Signature Licks The Signature Licks book/audio packs are especially formatted to give instruction on how to play a particular artist style by using the actual transcribed, "right from the record" licks! Designed for use by anyone from beginner right up to the experienced player who is looking to expand their insight. The books contain full performance notes and an overview of each artist or group's style with transcriptions in notes and tab. The audio accompaniment features playing tips and techniques, as well as playing examples at a slower tempo.

By Stevie Ray Vaughan. For guitar. Hal Leonard Guitar Signature Licks. Blues Rock, Blues and Instructional. Instructional book (song excerpts only) and examples CD. Guitar tablature, standard notation, lyrics, chord names, instructional text, performance notes, introductory text and guitar notation legend. 78 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

By Eric Clapton. For guitar and voice. Hal Leonard Guitar Signature Licks. Blues Rock, Adult Contemporary and Instructional. Instructional book (song excerpts only) and examples CD. Standard guitar notation, guitar tablature, vocal melody, lyrics, chord names, guitar chord diagrams and guitar notation legend. 96 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

By Eric Clapton. For guitar. Hal Leonard Guitar Signature Licks. Blues Rock, Adult Contemporary and Instructional. Instructional book (song excerpts only) and examples CD. Standard guitar notation, guitar tablature, chord names, guitar notation legend, instructional text and introductory text. 88 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

By Jimi Hendrix. For guitar and voice. Hal Leonard Guitar Recorded Versions. Psychedelic Rock, Hard Rock and Classic Rock. Difficulty: medium. Guitar tablature songbook. Guitar tablature, standard notation, vocal melody, lyrics, chord names, guitar notation legend, introductory text and color photos. 142 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

By The Allman Brothers Band. For guitar and voice. Hal Leonard Guitar Recorded Versions. Blues Rock and Classic Rock. Difficulty: medium to medium-difficult. Guitar tablature songbook. Guitar tablature, standard notation, vocal melody, lyrics, chord names and guitar chord diagrams. 199 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

By The Allman Brothers Band. For guitar and voice. Hal Leonard Guitar Recorded Versions. Blues Rock and Classic Rock. Difficulty: medium to medium-difficult. Guitar tablature songbook. Guitar tablature, standard notation, vocal melody, lyrics, chord names, guitar chord diagrams, guitar notation legend, black & white photos and introductory text. 199 pages. Published by Hal Leonard