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Choosing the Best Guitar Lesson DVD

Most guitar DVDs will teach you the basics, but the basics can vary among guitar playing styles. If your goal is to Play Rock and popular songs, a Classical Guitar DVD won’t help you too much. Classical guitars have a wider neck and larger spaces between the strings. The picking technique is much different, not to mention the music itself may not appeal to you at all. Even if the teacher is fabulous, it’s not worth your money if it’s not what you want to do. If you want to learn the Acoustic Guitar to accompany your church group or just have sing-alongs in your home, you don’t need a DVD that will teach you the most popular riffs on an Electric Guitar. You need to look carefully at the descriptions to find the best guitar lesson DVD to suit your style.

Another thing to consider is your ability level. If you already have some basic knowledge and Can Play a few things, you don’t need a guitar DVD that teaches the same basic notes over and over like you were a total beginner. If you are a total beginner, though, you don’t want to watch guitar videos that are geared to a more experienced player. You will be lost and probably frustrated trying to learn quickly and catch up. Also consider the teacher’s personality. The best guitar lesson DVDs features an instructor who enjoys teaching and who understands the process of learning the guitar.

Next important thing is changing the octave while playing the chords or even while the playing the lead guitar. Fingering is important in these aspects too and minor mistakes can produce major embarrassment for the guitarist. Hence, for the finger placement to be perfect one should clearly see where one has to place his or her fingers while changing the octave and how to attain the deftness for doing so.

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Wonderful Tonight (beginner acoustic chords used – G D C E Minor)

Eric Clapton’s Wonderful Tonight is a great beginner song because it uses mainly a few notes and has a really Easy Guitar rift thrown in for a manageable challenge. Beginners will find this a great song to start practising on because of the right amount of challenge in playing it. The song also requires some simple string bending techniques and will allow newbies to have a bit of fun.

Smoke on the Water (beginner acoustic G pentatonic scale)

This is one of the songs that new guitarists who use electric guitars will jump on board with because of its well-known guitar rift. On top of that, Smoke on the Water is a guitar classic that even the more seasoned guitarists will still play with their own style. The popular guitar rift is done with a G pentatonic scale.

Johnny B. Goode (beginner acoustic chords needed – A D E)

All you “Back to the Future” fans will know this very well with Michael J. Fox performing this with the Starlighters in the movie. The awesome part about this song is that with very simple techniques, this song can sound really impressive if you are performing for some family or friends. The “12 bar blues” chord progression is relatively easy to learn because it is just centered on A D and E chords.

Beginner acoustic guitar playing is not the easiest thing to learn but can be immensely rewarding. No doubt it will take some time before You Can achieve some level of competence to play more songs but all you need is a strong foundation in the basics. The internet is a new way aspiring guitarists can find cheaper self-taught guitar courses that have proven to be highly effective.

Lick Library Releases Van Hallen Guitar Lesson DVD

Lick Library set to give an interesting new stuffs for guitar lovers, which are some new DVD’s for Van Halen lovers to study with, the Van Halen Guitar Lesson DVD’s that is. The company has just announced via their official news letter about some of the product they will be releasing to the market, full story on this can be read via the press-release below.

Lick Library release Van Halen Guitar Tuition DVDs

Lick Library’s continually expanding archive of guitar DVD tutorials now includes Learn To Play Van Halen, Van Halen The Solos, Quick Licks Fast Rock in the style of Van Halen and Guitar Techniques Van Halen. Acclaimed author and guitar tutor Jamie Humphries presents the Learn to Play and Quick Licks in the style of Van Halen, and the legendary Lick Library co-founder and guitar tutor Stuart Bull presents Van Halen the Solos and Guitar Techniques.

Van Halen, the ultimate Heavy Metal Hard Rock band that has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide, is fronted by the innovative, energetic guitarist Eddie Van Halen. Eddie Van Halen’s distinctive approach to the guitar, combined with his rhythmic sensibility and melodic approach, has influenced an entire generation of guitarists.

Learn to Play Van Halen (RRP £24.99) – to get the low down on five classic Van Halen tracks, this guitar workshop has Jamie Humphries take you step by step through Hot For Teacher, Panama, Unchained, Eruption and Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love. These tracks, spanning the early to mid point of the bands career, allow you to explore plenty of Eddie’s famous licks, riffs and tricks including two handed tapping, dives, pinched harmonics, legato and use of the whammy bar. This guitar double Dvd Lesson shows you how you can develop the fleet-fingered brilliance of Eddie, the man who inspired a generation of two handed fret-tappers!

Quick Licks Fast Rock in the style of Van Halen (RRP £19.99) –this Dvd Guitar lesson with Jamie, gives an in depth look at 25 licks in the style of Eddie Van Halen which can help you get that ultimate Eddie Van Halen “trick bag”. The DVD also includes a Rock Guitar jam track for you to Play Along to with your newly learnt guitar skills.

On top of all that Jamie talks you through the equipment the Eddie uses, giving you sound advice on how to get that true Eddie Van Halen feel in your playing.

Van Halen The Solos (RRP £23.99) – with a DVD guitar lesson and a CD of guitar jam tracks to practice with, Stuart Bull show you how to play the solos from the timeless Jump, Panama, Beat It, Somebody Get Me A Doctor and Hot For Teacher. Stuart demonstrates the solos at three different tempos fast medium and slow, ensuring, with shots of both hands that you can clearly see what to play, whilst also hearing what it should sound like. Stuart shares with you techniques such as unison bends, raking, muting as well as the famous Eddie Van Halen super shapes.

Guitar Techniques Van Halen (RRP £19.99) – this two hour DVD teaches you some of the guitar techniques that influenced a million rock guitarists. Delve into basic tapping techniques with licks, runs bends & scales. Study harmonics – open & pinched, with tapping and riffs. Stuart discusses and demonstrates tremolo picking (different ways of getting same effect, arpeggio ideas, within scales), use of tremolo arm licks to get tasty effects (sounds like a horse) and much, much more.

www.licklibrary.com is the original and best online musicians’ community, where you can register and get discounts on the above DVD sets as well as download tutorials. Each month new lessons are added, and Lick Library broadband TV channel features on demand lessons, live performances and interviews. Remember you can showcase your ever growing talent at Lickspace – the musicians meeting point. Upload and share your own audio and video, or create online photo galleries and blogs.

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