Technique

A feast for the fingers served up by the master of guitar histrionics! The inimitable Greg Koch discusses and demonstrates his twisted but tasty take on the guitar in gory detail. The menu includes full-band demos of select Koch tunes, and lessons on the techniques therein: Zoinks - The B-Bender • Spank It - Chicken Pickin' Fricassee • Torn Asunder - Behind-the-Nut String Rustling • Death of a Bassman - Hybrid Picking Wrongdoing • Tonus Diabolicus - Fun with Delays and The Devil's Interval • Chief's Blues - Blues Playing and Giving. Total running time: 1 hour 12 minutes. Greg Koch's virtuosity, sense of humor, and articulate nature have led to a successful career as a bandleader, studio musician, author, clinician, and recording artist with Steve Vai's Favored Nations label. A multiple award-winning string manipulator, he divides his time between international clinic tours, writing, recording and performing in Greg Koch and the Tone Controls (featured on this DVD). Imagine Chet Hendrix meeting the Kings (Albert, Freddie, BB) at the first annual 'Zeppelin/Holdsworth Coffee Guzzler's Hoedown.' - Guitar Player magazine

John Blackwell, world-class groove master and drummer with Prince, offers his approach to developing the astounding technique he has become know for, including key exercises that he used as a student and still uses today. John covers building a solo, single hand rolls, single pedal technique and much more. He also shows, in detail, his amazing stick twirling technique, and explains how he was influenced and inspired by heroes like Lionel Hampton, Sonny Payne and Gene Krupa. Also included on Technique, Grooving and Showmanship is incredible footage of John's performance at the Modern Drummer Festival 2002 with his band Matrix, featuring Tom Coster, Baron Browne and Bruce Bartlett. A great segment on grooving features John in the studio with Baron Browne on bass, playing and discussing styles that include funk, jazz, blues and funk ballads. Special DVD Features: a camera-switching option • an optional commentary by John • historic clips of some of John's biggest stick-twirling influences, with a narration by John • interviews with John and with his father, John Blackwell, Sr., backstage at the Modern Drummer Festival 2002 • a photo gallery • and more! Running Time: 4 hours.

Bass Player magazine calls Flea a trend setter and thrash-funk icon ... whose thumb has been infectiously influential on many young bassists. This innovative funk purveyor of the Red Hot Chili Peppers presents an introspective and live performance improvisation with Peppers drummer Chad Smith in this DVD hosted by River Phoenix. Flea discusses the theories, philosophies, styles, sounds and techniques he uses when performing in the style he's famous for: slapping, plucking, thumping and popping, bringing together rock, funk, punk, jazz and Latin like never before. 55 minutes.

This DVD is written for the person who can already play the diatonic harmonica but wishes to master the techniques, positions, and scales required to play the diatonic harmonica proficiently. Includes transcription booklet. Approximately 60 minutes.

Jorma continues his examination of blues-based fingerpicking, taking apart favorites from his repertoire and teaching runs, chords, picking and other techniques. Songs include: I Know You Rider • his original Water Song • and the perennial favorite San Francisco Bay Blues. 90 MIN. • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • LEVEL 3

Lista utworów:
The Meeting Of The Waters
Boatsman
Country Waltz
Flying Cloud Cotillion
Green Willis
Little Billy Wilson
Magpie
Old Joe Clark

Szkoła gry na pięciostrunowym banjo w formie filmu na płycie DVD, prowadzona przez Kena Perlmana. Szkoła omawia od podstaw technikę gry na banjo, zarówno technikę gry rytmiczno-harmonicznej (Clawhammer Styl Banjo), jak i gry melodycznej (Melodic Clahammer Banjo).

This DVD by sax master Steve Wilkerson features great concert segments, plus hands-on instruction on: control; developing a powerful sound; jazz vibrato; mouth piece selection; playing fast; Stan Getz's style; phrasing; breathing techniques and more. Comes with a booklet featuring transcriptions to four of Steve's fantastic originals! 60 min.

This comprehensive DVD introduces you to all the essential scales and techniques used to play rock lead guitar. On the DVD, Dave Celentano demonstrates and will have you playing the following: alternate picking, sweep picking, hammer ons, pull offs, slides, vibrato, tapping, string bending, legato, pinch harmonies, and many tips. At the end of the DVD you'll put it all together by learning a complete solo and then performing it over the rhythm track. 60 minutes.

This instructional DVD by noted instructor/author Brian Emmel leaves no stone unturned in explaining all there is to know about 4-string bass basics! Designed for the beginning to advanced player, Brian's step-by-step demonstrations form the foundation for understanding music theory and building bass technique. Topics covered range from common musical terminology, to playing in a garage band, to laying down tracks in a recording studio. Brian's easy explanations and helpful examples cut through any confusion for clear comprehension. A must for any player who's never really understood music theory! Booklet included. 60 minutes.

This DVD teaches left- and right-hand technique, scales, theory and a number of great bass lines in country, blues, rock and R&B styles. Roly teaches left-hand exercises, 12-bar blues, inversions, turnarounds and a wide range of helpful tips on performing, playing with a rhythm section, equipment and more. 100-MIN. DVD • INCLUDES CHORDS • NOVICE LEVEL

Learn how a master drummer creates a flow of improvisational ideas through balance and relaxation as he communicates his concepts on phrasing, tuning, timekeeping and melody. He provides important inside tips on his cymbal technique, stick and brush work, bass and hi-hat pedaling and other skills. Includes a spectacular display of seamlessly interwoven grooves - reggae, funk, rock and Latin! 100-MIN. DVD • EARLY INTERMEDIATE TO INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Learn Latin jazz grooves and percussion techniques! Let jazz great Victor Mendoza help you harness all the passion and liveliness of Latin Jazz. He'll show you how to apply your musical vocabulary and knowledge of rhythm, scales, chords, and triads to this rich musical style. Learn how to use percussion instruments to create sizzling Latin groove patterns including: Son Clave, Rumba Clave, Cascara, Tumbao. 91 minutes. Victor Mendoza is a vibraphonist, composer and professor at Berklee College of Music. Named by Latin Beat magazine as one of the Outstanding Latin Jazz Artists of the Year, he has performed and recorded with many great musicians including Paquito D'Rivera, Danilo Pérez, and Claudio Roditi.

Mark explores rhythmic and tonal variety and more advanced bass technique, including waltz time, walking, slap bass, syncopations, hammer-ons and pull-offs for bluegrass, rockabilly and novelty tunes. 60-MIN. DVD • EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Here's a DVD lesson for novice players who want to get started playing blues on the electric guitar. Jim Weider shows the easy way to get into playing authentic licks, riffs, rhythms and hot solos. Each tune covers a different aspect of electric blues playing and provides a great solo for practicing the techniques he's taught. 90-MIN. DVD • INCLUDES TAB • EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

This DVD will help take your playing to the next level. Dave Limina shares his proven method for improving the fundamental skills required to build your harmonic, melodic, and rhythmic vocabulary. The DVD offers easy-to-understand exercises and demonstrations that can be applied to all levels and styles. Includes: scale and blues techniques • ear training • rock and blues phrasing • two-hand grooves for funk, Texas shuffle, roots-rock, and Latin styles • jazz voicings and rhythms. Clear and detailed instruction is given both on-screen and in the accompanying 80-page booklet. 45 minutes.

With special guests The Delta Rhythm Kings One of today's hottest slide guitarists shows how to get the sounds that drive the best electric rock and blues bands: vibrato, dynamics, intonation, slide-hammer technique, damping strings and much more. Includes sizzling versions of: Look Over Yonders Wall • The Sky Is Crying • Walking Blues • Tip Walk • Black Cat Bone to illustrate turnarounds, endings and complete solos in several styles. 90-MIN. • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • LEVEL 2/3.

Learn the rhythms and techniques of Latin music with the Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band. Includes instruction for congas, bongos, timbales, bass, piano and other instruments in the following styles: Mambo, Chachachß, MerenguÚ and Afro-Cuban. 53 minutes.

Część pierwsza Szkoły gry na gitarze basowej Eda Friedlanda mieści w sobie m. in.:
- opis budowy gitary basowej
- tłumaczenie symboli muzycznych
- technikę gry
- ćwiczenia techniczne
- przykładowe riffy i utwory
Do publikacji dołączona jest płyta CD z wzorcowymi wykonaniami utworów, oraz płyta DVD z poszczególnymi lekcjami, prowadzonymi przez autora publikacji.

Riffs and solos from 8 classic Clapton songs, including: After Midnight • Cocaine • Forever Man • Lay Down Sally • Motherless Children • Pretending • Running on Faith • Wonderful Tonight. DVD bonus features include a guitar techniques section, jam-along songs, and practice tips. 73 minutes.

In this DVD, noted drum instructor and performer Rick Petrie teaches the absolute beginner to master the following techniques: drum set up • matched grip stick holding • single and double stroke rolls & other rudiments • fills • playing the backbeat • and more. Ensures a successful beginning in learning proper drum playing. 60 minutes.

This DVD documents Mike Portnoy's innovative drumming in the highly acclaimed fusion/progressive metal music of Dream Theater and Liquid Tension Experiment. Disc One features music from both CDs by Liquid Tension Experiment. Mike performs 8 songs/segments and breaks down parts from each, explaining how to develop a toolbox of fills and patterns to draw from. Featured throughout is exclusive footage of the making of the first LTE album, as well as rare live footage of the band. Disc Two focuses on the music of Dream Theater. Mike performs 11 songs/segments from the Falling into Infinity and Scenes from a Memory CDs and isolates the drum parts from each song. He discusses playing in odd-time signatures, developing double bass technique, soloing and much more. Includes exclusive live footage of Dream Theater from their 1998 World Tour. Special DVD Features: 2 bonus, live performances - one by Dream Theater and one by Liquid Tension Experiment! Over twenty minutes of new footage! Also a full-length commentary by Mike • a camera switching option • a photo gallery • and more! DVD Running Time: 190 minutes.

With his powerful command of a wide variety of genres, Joey Miskulin shows how to play everything from polkas to cajun, Tex-Mex to cowboy, country to rock. Using a variety of popular tunes, he teaches and demonstrates the important techniques that will help accordionists improve tone, speed, control and play on a whole new level. 75-MIN. • INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB • EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Lista utworów:
East Virginia Blues
Wabash Cannonball
'Til The End Of The World Goes Round
Peach Picking Time Down In Georgia
Darling
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
Somebody Loves You

Vassar Clements explores the classic licks and techniques that have made him one of the greatest fiddlers of all time. He teaches some of his best-known original and traditional fiddle breaks to tunes such as: Avalanche • Good Woman's Love • Lonesome Fiddle Blues • Orange Blossom Special • Down Yonder • and more. 90-MIN. • INCLUDES MUSIC • EARLY INTERMEDIATE TO INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Lista utworów:
Double-Stop Me If You Can
Long Gone
Shades Of Blue
Squeeze The Weasel

Kurs fortepianowy DVD prof. Seymour Fink z Instytutu Muzycznego Uniwersytetu w Nowym Jorku. Kurs ten ma na celu rozwijać umiejętności swobodnego wyrażania swoich pomysłów muzycznych w kontekście holistycznego podejścia do instrumentu opartego na solidnym zrozumieniu relacji między fizycznym ruchem grającego a jego psychicznym celem muzycznym. Symour Fink wyjaśnia pojęcia muzyczne, oraz demonstruje innowacyjne ćwiczenia rozwijające technikę gry. Czas trwania filmu: 86 minut.

Learn the trademark riffs and solos of the classic rock guitar greats! Eight songs are taught note-for-note by Doug Boduch. Includes: Aqualung (Jethro Tull) • Born to Be Wild (Steppenwolf) • Day Tripper (The Beatles) • Message in a Bottle (The Police) • Oye Como Va (Santana) • Refugee (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) • Takin' Care of Business (Bachman-Turner Overture) • Tush (ZZ Top). DVD Bonus features include: guitar techniques section • jam-along songs • practice tips. 82 minutes.

In this must-have DVD for every ensemble drummer and band director, world-renowned drummer Ed Shaughnessy and conductor-arranger Clem DeRosa take you through a survey of jazz, swing and Latin styles from the drummer's perspective. Through live performances, demonstrations, and insightful discussions based on decades of professional experience, they reveal: the Four T's (the essential role of time, taste, technique and timbre in successful musical performance) • the do's and don'ts of effective brushwork, fills and dynamics • swing, shuffle, Latin and ballad drumming techniques. Every style and concept is illustrated by a live big band performing Clem and Richard DeRosa's classic arrangements propelled by Shaughnessy's impeccable drumming, followed by concise analysis and drumset close-ups. Also available separately, Show Drumming - The Essential Guide to Playing Drumset for Live Shows and Musicals - 06620080/$16.95.

Learning to solo has never been easier or more affordable. The dynamic Soloing Series offers the essential elements every soloist needs. Each DVD runs approximately 40-50 minutes and comes complete with an accompanying booklet showing examples in notation and tablature. Each DVD is filled with rock-solid information from beginning to end. In this DVD, MI instructor Danny Gill unveils the mystery of the heavy riff. In this intense workout, you will discover a whole new world of chords and single note riffs with Drop D tuning. Danny will also take you through a variety of picking hand techniques, including muting, pitch harmonics, downstrokes, double picking, and alternate picking. There is even a section on tuning the entire guitar down two whole steps to a low C for something extra fat and chunky. Each section gives you plenty of time to jam along, so you will feel like you're a part of the band. There is even a top 10 list of Danny's favorite noises - some of which you will have to see to believe! This is some of the most usable and musical information you will ever learn! Packed with licks and practice ideas, this DVD will help develop your ear and continue to improve your soloing for months and years to come.

In this information-packed DVD, double bass drum specialist Jeff Bowders shows you tips and techniques for getting the most out of your double bass drum playing. Dozens of progressive, step-by-step exercises reveal the details behind: pedal technique and balance • mirrored double bass grooves • endurance and stamina exercises • fill and soloing technique and concepts. Featuring additional live performance segments, Jeff also shows how to put your double bass drum skills and ideas to work in a variety of grooves. 67 minutes. Includes instruction booklet. Also available separately - Double Bass Drumming Book/CD Pack - 00695723/$19.95.

This DVD can be used as a supplement to the Play Bass Today! Level 1 book, or alone as a great introduction to the bass guitar. Simply follow along with the songs in the booklet as you watch the teacher on the DVD. This complete guide to the basics covers: songs, riffs and scales; all musical styles; and playing tips and techniques, with all examples in standard notation and tablature. Learn at your own pace and open the door to the world of bass music!

This DVD can be used as a supplement to the Play Drums Today! Level 1 book, or alone as a great introduction to drumming. Simply follow along with the songs in the booklet as you watch the teacher on the DVD. This complete guide to the basics covers: beats, songs, and fills; all musical styles; playing tips and techniques; and music notation. Learn at your own pace and open the door to the world of drum music!

Guitar players are always trying to figure out the trademark tricks of their heroes. Now, on of the most influential acoustic guitarists of all time lets viewers in on his secrets. This workshop DVD shows guitar fans valuable inside tips on playing techniques, tunings and other guitar secrets. Songs include: Short Order • Lay This Body Down • Single Girl • St. James Infirmary • Shortnin' Bread •ŽThe Last Steam Engine. 57 minutes.

Learn the trademark styles and techniques of the most celebrated guitarist in the blues with this information-packed DVD. Providing over an hour-and-a-half of in-depth analysis, Andy Aledort takes you step-by-step through eight classic songs: Cryin' Won't Help You • Five Long Years • Just Like a Woman • Rock Me Baby • Sweet Little Angel • The Thrill Is Gone • You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now • and You Upset Me Baby. 1 hour, 36 minutes.

This DVD offers easy-to-understand exercises and demonstrations that can be applied to all levels and styles. These include: breathing/blowing exercises • tone/pitch exercises • technique exercises • melody/phrasing exercises • fingering exercises • ear training exercises. Clear and detailed instruction is given both onscreen and in the accompanying 48-page booklet. 60 minutes.