The Acoustic Guitar Method

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Starring: David Hamburger
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Type: DVD
Directed By: Happy Traum
Studio: Homespun Tapes
Release Date: 2005-07-08
Running Time: 230 minutes
Number of Items: 2
Homespun and String Letter Press, the publishers of Acoustic Guitar Magazine, have joined forces to create a DVD version of String Letter's best-selling guitar instruction book. This clearly organized, carefully graded set of lessons by popular guitarist and author David Hamburger teaches beginners to play guitar using the techniques and songs of American roots music.

DVD 1 covers all the basic chords and flatpicking techniques; DVD 2 gives you a solid start on fingerpicking along with more advanced flatpicking styles.

David gives total beginners a great start as he teaches you how to tune up, use the capo, play bass runs, vary your strumming patterns and form all the most important chords and chord progressions. DVD 2 continues on an intermediate level, giving those with some previous guitar experience a solid start with fingerpicking and an introduction to more advanced flatpicking styles, including scales and single note playing.

Throughout the lessons you’ll learn to play more than two-dozen classic songs drawn from blues, folk, country and bluegrass traditions, including Careless Love, Columbus Stockade, Darling Corey, In the Pines, Scarborough Fair, Man of Constant Sorrow, Stagolee, Hot Corn Cold Corn, East Virginia, House of the Rising Sun, Banks of the Ohio, The Crawdad Song, The Girl I Left Behind Me, Gambler’s Blues and many others.

Bonus: A four-song play-along session with guitarists Happy Traum and David Hamburger gives you a chance to practice your newly learned flatpicking instrumentals.

Worthwhile purchase
You definitely pick up tips from a DVD you probably won't get from a book. I'm still enjoying learning from this dvd, still on dvd 1 as I need to practise each lesson now quite a bit before moving on

Good Stuff
I previously tried another DVD to learn guitar and made much more progress with this one. Go for it!

dvd content review
quick delivery...I am looking forward to the going through the lessons inside. Content looks as though it will cover the basics and some. I purchased this product for a review and enhancement of what I already know...thanks

start from ground zero
Im just learning to play, self taught, and this 2 disc set is perfect. Its more than what I expected. All basic info from holding pik to strumming to switching chords and some runs with explanation of where notes are within chords. Hamburger has a great method and personality that really makes it fun.

Does what it says
It's easy to follow, interesting, not too slow and he has a very dry sense of humor, which I find entertaining