Acoustic Guitars Instructional Videos and DVDs

Fender Presents Getting Started on Acoustic Guitar Video

DVD Only - $24.95
By far the most comprehensive DVD ever offered for the beginner guitarist – well over 3 hours long! Over 50 Interactive Lessons! Step-by-step lessons incorporating clear, easy-to-follow 3-D graphics and unique play-along tracks teach the viewer the essential chords, scales, and techniques used by acoustic guitar players in every popular style, including rock, blues and country.

This DVD is separated into two major sections: The First Step: tuning up • string names • essential chords and scales used by all players • music reference section (notes, rhythms, chords and scales) • practice tips • fretting-hand technique • picking-hand technique • backing tracks for play-along • animated 3-D fretboard graphics. Play Acoustic!: rhythm technique (bare finger/thumb, bass/chord, fingerstyle, etc.) • soloing technique (chord embellishment, open-string chords, using a capo) • electrified acoustic • rock, blues and country styles • rhythm and solo technique in each style • backing tracks in each style for play-along • tips on caring for your instrument from the Fender Custom Shop.

Special DVD Features include: • Bonus footage, including a Fender Factory Tour! • Looping function • Web links, including a web site specifically designed for beginning guitarists • Multi-language feature so you can hear the DVD in English, Spanish, German, French, or Japanese • Universally encoded for playability worldwide.

225 minutes.
DVD - All Region.

Acoustic Finger Picking Guitar Video

VHS - $9.95

DVD - $9.95
Musician, teacher, producer and songwriter Jamie Findlay presents 30 minutes of in-depth instruction on acoustic finger picking. He demonstrates exercises to build technique in a variety of finger picking styles, like folk, pop, country, blues, and jazz. Includes info on comping, soloing, chord melodies, walking bass lines, and much more. Features Jamie performing with a vocalist and bass player.

33 mins.
VHS - NTSC Format Only (Canada & USA)
DVD - All Region.

Beginning Acoustic Guitar Video

DVD Only - $14.95
Beginning Acoustic Guitar features Michael Thompson, one of rock's most talented session players and a Berklee College of Music graduate. Michael has performed with many popular musicians including Michael Jackson, Michael Bolton, Great White, Dokken, Reba McEntire, Peter Cetera, Ringo Starr & The All Starr Band, Cher, Celine Dion, Hall & Oates, Earth, Wind & Fire, Bette Midler and also has his own album out under the Geffen label. In this video he presents 30 minutes of solid acoustic guitar basics that are used by every popular musician today. Michael introduces the guitar by starting with the instrument and its parts, followed by tuning. He shows you fundamental chords, chord progressions and arpeggiated chords. Michael also demonstrates minor pentatonic scales, strumming patterns, finger picking and much more. This video covers all the basic fundamentals every guitarist needs to get started. Michael Thompson proves that education goes a long way when it comes to selling the top gigs and he also believes in sharing the knowledge of what it takes to get the top gigs.

37 mins.
DVD - All Region.

The Fingerpicking Blues of Mississippi John Hurt Video

DVD Only - $29.95
Two veteran musicians team up to pay tribute to Mississippi John Hurt by teaching 11 of his best-known songs, bringing fresh insights into the picking styles of this treasured artist.  Includes: Spike Driver's Blues; Got the Blues (Can't Be Satisfied); Coffee Blues; Richland Woman Blues; My Creole Belle; Monday Morning Blues; I'm Satisfied; Stack O'Lee; Candy Man; Avalon Blues; and Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor.

Includes Music + Tab. Level 3.  90 mins.
DVD - All Region.

Best of Lennon & McCartney for Acoustic Guitar Video

DVD Only - $19.95
On this DVD, Acoustic Guitar magazine music editor Andrew DuBrock explores the softer, yet no less brilliant, side of the legendary lads from Liverpool. He teaches the acoustic styles and techniques used to create the Beatles classics: Across the Universe • And I Love Her • Blackbird • Dear Prudence • Julia • Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) • Rocky Raccoon • and Yesterday.

DVD - All Region.

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