DVD Banjo / Mandoline / Dobro / Ukulele / Laute

A Complete Guide to the Basics Here is the ultimate teaching method designed to offer quality instruction, terrific songs, and on-screen ukulele notation so viewere can play all of the musical examples. Simply follow along with the music on screen as you watch and listen to the teacher! Covers: melodies, chords and songs; picking and strumming; playing tips and techniques; standard notation; and more! 1 hr., 15 min. Play Today! Die ultimative selbstlernende Serie! Wir haben das Jammern schon eine Million Mal gehört: "Ich wünschte, ich...

Homespun Level 4 Bela Fleck covers bluegrass, single-string style, harmonics, blues improvisations, Celtic sounds and lots more in fascinating arrangements of: Texas Bar-B-Que - Natural Bridge Suite - Brilliancy - John Henry - The Wind That Shakes The Barley. Includes tab. 60 minutes. Inhalt: Brilliancy John Henry Natural Bridge Suite Texas Bar-B-Que The Wind That Shakes The Barley

You may never have touched a banjo before, but Pete (Dr. Banjo) Wernick will have you picking right from the opening minutes of this DVD. By the time you finish, you'll be accompanying songs, playing solos, and will have learned basic chords, slides, hammer-ons and pull-offs, right-hand rolls in the three-finger bluegrass style and lots more. More than a dozen easy bluegrass songs are taught, including: Buffalo Gals * Mama Don't 'Low * Columbus Stockade * Shady Grove * Roll in my Sweet Baby's Arms * and lots more. 100-MIN. DVD *...

Fun with the Ukulele is an excellent beginner's dvd featuring Joe Carr teaching simple chords, strums, and songs. An ideal beginner's course for ukulele in C tuning. Inhalt: Oh! Susanna The Old Grey Mare Good Night Ladies Our Boys Will Shine Tonight The Blue Tail Fly In The Evening By The Moonlight Long, Long Ago The Marines Hymn Little Annie Rooney Red River Valley There Is A Tavern In The Town Darling Nellie Gray Home On The Range I've Been Working On The Railroad On Top Of Old Smoky My Bonnie Oh, My Darling Clementine Skip To My Lou...

A Complete Lesson For Beginners Here's the perfect way to get a solid start playing the mandolin! A beginner will learn chords, notes, scales, rhythm strums and accompaniment for songs such as: Amazing Grace - Will the Circle Be Unbroken? - Blue Ridge Cabin Home - and more. He or she will even be playing lead lines on fiddle tunes: Cotton-Eyed Joe - Old Joe Clark - Liberty - and Soldier's Joy! Includes music and tab PDF on disc. 1 hour, 40 minutes.

Marcy teaches the parts of the instrument, how to hold it and tune it up, and nine popular songs! This excellent introduction to music covers finger coordination, ear training and basic theory. Attractive on-screen graphics illustrate fingering for the five basic chords taught here. 55-MIN. - INCLUDES BOOK + PROGRESS CHART - LEVEL 1 (ages 5-10) Vol. 2 (641668) and a two-DVD set (641670) are also available.

This DVD is designed to teach the basics of bluegrass banjo playing to the beginning student who has no previous music experience. It includes a broad discussion of Scruggs-style banjo playing with a brief introduction to melodic-style playing. Bluegrass standards such as Cripple Creek, Lonesome Road Blues, Little Maggie, Bury Me Beneath the Willow, and many others are taught in the lessons. Inhalt: A Felicidade Amparo Antigua Bate-Boca Chora Coração Estrada Branca Gabriela Garoto (Choro) Luiza Por Toda a Minha Vida Surfboard Valsa do...

In this DVD, Alan Munde describes the basic rolls and picking pattern that make up bluegrass banjo music. Play-along exercises allow the student to develop a strong roll which leads to accuracy, speed, and right-hand control! Running Time: 30 minutes. A PDF file for the free instructional booklet that accompanies this DVD is available for download at www.melbay.com/DVDBooklets. Inhalt: A Felicidade Amparo Antigua Bate-Boca Chora Coração Estrada Branca Gabriela Garoto (Choro) Luiza Por Toda a Minha Vida Surfboard Valsa do Porto das Caixas

Contemporary Lute Virtuoso In this DVD performance, Ronn McFarlane plays a number of his own lute compositions a well as music of the 16th and 17th centuries. From the Middle Ages through the Age of Enlightenment, lutenists wrote and performed their own music along with the popular music of their time. By the end of the 18th century, this tradition was broken as the lute gradually fell out of favor. Reviving the centuries-old tradition of lutenist-composers, Ronn's work points the way to the lute's future. While treasuring the lute...

Bluegrass Style taught by Bill Keith, Pete Wernick, Tony Trischka, Eddie Adcock, Don Wayne Reno, Sonny Osborne and Ralph Stanley This terrific compilation features instruction by some of Homespun's most celebrated banjo pickers. The lesson segments progress from very basic to advanced, and will give players a full range of bluegrass banjo techniques. Tunes include: Soldier's Joy * John Hardy * Little Rock Getaway * El Randa * Turkey Knob * and Little Maggie. ALL LEVELS * INCLUDES TAB * 90 MIN.

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from Clawhammer To Bluegrass Clawgrass is a powerful banjo style that combines the percussive sounds of old-time clawhammer with the driving, complex rolls of bluegrass picking. Mark Johnson developed this exciting technique, and it's transforming the way many players are approaching their instrument. Seven traditional and original instrumentals are taught. INCLUDES TAB - LEVEL 3 - 105 MIN. Inhalt: Angeline The Baker Cherokee Shuffle Cold Frosty Morning Heartbroken John Wilkes Booth Mosby's Rangers Old Joe Clark

Well-paced instruction for self-learners with correlating DVDs for listening and playing along.

This two-DVD set covers the fine art of clawhammer banjo. David Holt is considered one of the finest players and teachers of old-time clawhammer banjo. Start with the fundamentals including right & left hand technique in Lesson 1. Lesson 2 covers advanced techniques including thumb rolls. Lesson One: 60-MIN DVD - INCLUDES TAB - EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL. Lesson Two: 55-MIN DVD - INCLUDES TAB - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL Inhalt: Cotton Eyed Joe Cripple Creek Ducks On The Pond I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground Jawbone June Apple/Train On The...

This two-DVD set covers the fine art of clawhammer banjo. David Holt is considered one of the finest players and teachers of old-time clawhammer banjo. Start with the fundamentals including right & left hand technique in Lesson 1. Lesson 2 covers advanced techniques including thumb rolls. Lesson One: 60-MIN DVD - INCLUDES TAB - EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL. Lesson Two: 55-MIN DVD - INCLUDES TAB - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL Inhalt: Arkansas Traveler Billy In The Lowground Cumberland Gap Forked Deer Little Sadie Rabbit In The Pea Patch Ragtime Annie...

A Basic Guide To Playing Ukulele Here's a DVD for anyone who loves the uke! It's instructional, entertaining and educational all at once. Jim Beloff teaches the basics, showing the strums and bringing the starting player quickly from the simplest songs to old-time pop standards. Guest strummers perform and demonstrate their techniques, and, as an added bonus, Jim takes you into his home for a fascinating look at his rare uke collection. Songs include: He's Got the Whole World in His Hands - When the Saints Go Marching In - Daisy - Give...

One of the world's top Dobro players shares some of the secrets of his great playing, demonstrating hand positions, right-hand rolls, bar pull-offs and hammer-ons, forward and reverse bar slants, string pulls and lots more. Includes note-for-note breakdowns of tunes such as: Fireball Mail * Cincinnati Rag * Banks of the Ohio. Intermediate Level. Bonus! Includes new introduction and interview recorded in 2004. 90 minutes. Inhalt: Banks Of The Ohio Fireball Mail

DVD Tony Trischka teaches eleven classic pieces, prime examples of banjo playing at its best. You'll learn them, note-for-note, just as they were played by some of the greatest players in the history of the instrument. By learning these tunes you'll not only expand your repertoire, but in the process will also become more flexible in your ability to mix up various rolls, play in several keys without a capo, and move more freely around the neck. Songs include: John Henry * Sitting on Top of the World * Gold Rush * Bye Bye Blues * Dixie...

These two lessons will give learning players all the tools they'll need to master the resonator guitar. Rob Ickes, Dobro Player of the Year from 1996-1999, covers everything from fine-tuning the strings to picking style, bar position, bluegrass back-up technique, and how to achieve good tone, timing and volume control. He provides several exercises as well as insights into his own warm-up regimens. 2-DVD SET * INCLUDES TAB * LEVEL 2/3

In his easy and enjoyable introduction to old-time mandolin playing, Mike Seeger starts off with the basics, such as how to hold the pick and the proper way to fret the notes. He then covers more advanced techniques, including melody playing with tremolo picking, sliding and double-stops. Before long, the student will be strumming and singing twelve old-time favorites, including: Red River Valley - All the Good Times Are Past and Gone - Boil Them Cabbage Down - Keep On the Sunny Side - Hawkins Rag - Cowboy Waltz - Blackeyed Susie -...

This four-hour, two-DVD set is the companion to Perlman's bestselling book, which is the definitive guide to playing clawhammer banjo, the one purely American style on probably the one truly American instrument. Perlman leads you step by step to a thorough understanding of the style & instrument, basic hand positions, simple chords, and fundamental clawhammer techniques like the brush, bumm-titty strum, pull-offs, slides, and on to more advanced topics on DVD 2.

Ken Perlman is one of the most celebrated clawhammer banjo stylists performing today. In this new DVD, he teaches how to play this exciting style, with ample close-ups and clear explanations of techniques such as: hand positions, chords, tunings, brush-thumb, single-string strokes, hammer-ons, pull-offs and slides. Songs include: Boatsman * Cripple Creek * Pretty Polly. Includes a transcription booklet. 60 min. Inhalt: Boatsman Cripple Creek Pretty Polly

Picking up where Beginning Clawhammer Banjo leaves off, this DVD begins with a review of brush thumbing and the single-string stroke, then moves into specialized techniques such as: drop- and double-thumbing, single-string brush thumb, chords in double C tuning, and more. Inhalt: Boatsman Country Waltz Flying Cloud Cotillion Green Willis Little Billy Wilson Magpie Old Joe Clark The Meeting Of The Waters

Here's a lesson that will thrill and inspire mandolinists at all levels. Chris Thile, mandolin virtuoso for the hit band Nickel Creek, shares his own successful formula for developing right- and left-hand dexterity, improving speed and accuracy, and playing with heightened musicality. He provides numerous exercises that will make all the difference as aspiring players learn: Ode to a Butterfly * Hop the Fence * Red Haired Boy * Swallowtail Jig. As a bonus, you'll hear astonishing performances of Chris' original tunes When Mandolins...

Learn From Nine Master Players Taught by Butch Baldassari, Sam Bush, Mike Marshall, Tim O'Brien, Norman Blake, Steve James, Jesse McReynolds, Ronnie McCoury and Chris Thile The nine powerful lessons on this DVD represent mandolin instruction at its very best. Each segment, taught by a master of the instrument, has been chosen to give learning players new techniques, tunes and musical insights. The styles taught include bluegrass, old-time, Celtic, blues and contemporary. Music and tab file included on DVD. Beginner to early intermediate...

A Complete Guide to the Basics Learn at your own pace and open the door to the world of banjo music! Play Today! is the ultimate self-teaching method, and this DVD is designed to offer quality instruction, terrific songs, and on-screen banjo tablature so you can play all the music examples. Simply follow along with the music on the screen as you watch and listen to the teacher. This complete guide to the basics covers: songs, chords, and melodies * pinching, rolling, and picking * playing tips and techniques * music notation * and much...

This great baritone uke chord DVD makes it possible to learn all the essential chords. Learning becomes much more interesting when you can see and hear each chord. Joe Carr teaches the chord shapes and positions that are used by all leading professionals. watching Joe's hand positions and listening to each note in the chord will improve your ear and enable you to learn at a faster pace. Every major, minor seventh, diminished and augmented chord is demonstrated and systematically taught. Keep this DVD close whenever you are working on...

Ukulele Master Lyle Ritz Shares A Lifetime Of Performance Techniques Ukulele jazz master Lyle Ritz shares many of his playing techniques in this educational and entertaining 75 minute DVD. In the instructional portion Lyle plays through seven different arrangements drawn from his Ukulele Masters: Lyle Lite songbook/CD, pointing out techniques and tricks that he has developed over a lifetime of performing. Songs taught include: Avalon * Beautiful Dreamer * Let Me Call You Sweetheart * My Melancholy Baby * and Ritz original B-Flat Blues...

Fiddle Tunes, Rags, Waltzes, Solos And Variations A modern-day mandolin master takes a learning player through a variety of tunes, keys and styles, from classic bluegrass to contemporary originals. Sam includes plenty of advice, exercises, warm-ups and other vital information about lead soloing and improvising. Tunes: Fisher's Hornpipe - Cloverleaf Rag - The Old North Woods - Midnight on the Stormy Deep - and Blue Mountain. LEVEL 3 - INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB .PDF - 1 HR., 40 MIN.

With this hands-on Dobro course, even a complete beginner will be playing bluegrass and country tunes in no time! Cindy Cashdollar, one of today's top players, covers essential right-hand techniques such as rolls, rhythm playing, crosspicking, tone control and damping, as well as bar technique, chord building, hammer-ons and pull-offs, minor keys and more. 90-MIN. DVD * INCLUDES CHORDS + TAB * LEVEL 1

for Bluegrass Banjo (DVD) Here's a lesson that's a must-have for bluegrass banjo players at all levels. This nuts-and-bolts practice session is designed to help players improve their timing, strengthen their hands and play with precision, power and rhythmic sophistication. It is filled with exercises, etudes and workouts covering many of the building blocks of bluegrass banjo. 50-MIN. DVD or VHS - LEVEL 2 - INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB

Blues, Rags And Jazzy Tunes