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Easy Guitar Maintenance and Repair Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641049 Stagepass.com Inc. This video will save you money! Knowing how to adjust the action, stop fret buzzing, correct the intonation, adjust the nut or saddle etc. will avoid costly trips to the shop and keep your acoustic or electric guitar (or bass) playing perfectly. Easy-to-follow instructions-no special tools or prior experience necessry. 90-MINUTE VIDEO * LEVEL ALL.

Guitar Accompaniment Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641053 Stagepass.com Inc. A good accompanist adds depth, sparkle and excitement to a song, punctuating it with improvised lines and well-placed chords, then stepping forward to take a solo. Artie Traum has accompanied dozens of top performers, and here he shows guitarists how it's done. Diane Zeigler's original songs represent several styles: ballads, blues and country and provide perfect material for lead back-up on accoustic guitar. 80-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · BEGINNER/EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Rock and Roll Rhythm Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641056 Stagepass.com Inc. Covered in this lesson are the styles of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, James Nolen and others, including damping techniques, alternate chord shapes, two-guitar drills and much more. 90-MINUTE VIDEO * INCLUDES CHORDS * LEVEL 2/3.

Rock and Roll Rhythm Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641057 Stagepass.com Inc. The styles of Steve Cropper and the Memphis Sound, Al Green, Albert King and others. Includes drills and exercises, plus tips on holding the pick, getting the best tone, keeping time and other invaluable information. 75-MINUTE VIDEO * INCLUDES CHORDS * LEVEL 3.

The Blues Bag Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641034 Stagepass.com Inc. Study of 12-bar and 16-bar blues forms through classic songs such as: C.C. Rider * Step It Up And Go * Move To Kansas City * New Stranger Blues * and others. Includes instruction in bass runs, turnarounds, boogie-woogie bass lines, damping, improvising and more. 60-MINUTE VIDEO * INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB * LEVEL 2/3.

The Blues Bag Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641035 Stagepass.com Inc. Chord progressions, positions up and down the neck, soloing and the styles of great players are taught, including songs such as Bad Luck Blues * Diddy Wah Diddy * Wandering * In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down * and others. 60-MIN. VIDEO * INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB * LEVEL 2/3.

12-String Guitar Techniques Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641036 Stagepass.com Inc. The powerful sounds and songs of Leadbelly, Pete Seeger, Blind Willie McTell and others resound through the 12-string guitar. This video lesson teaches the walking basses, dynamic rhythms, full chords and fingerpicking innovations that can be used on this wonderful insturment. 90-MINUTE VIDEO * LEVEL 2/3.

Learning To Fingerpick Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641020 Stagepass.com Inc. An elementary knowledge of guitar chords is all you'll need to get started picking out syncopated melodies while maintaining a steady bass accompaniment in the styles of Merle Travis, Mississippi John Hurt and others. 60-MIN. VIDEO * INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB * LEVEL 1/2.

Learning To Fingerpick Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641021 Stagepass.com Inc. A challenging and exciting step into blues and country fingerpicking with more complex instrumentals and new left- and right-hand techniques. 60 MINUTE VIDEO * INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB * LEAVEL 3.

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Learning to Play Blues Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641005 Stagepass.com Inc. The right- and left-hand techniques of traditional fingerstyle blues. Chord progressions, turnarounds, walking basses, picking techniques, blues riffs and several complete songs and instrumentals are taught, along with the elements of blues improvisation.

Learning to Play Blues Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641006 Stagepass.com Inc. Blues in the key of A, as played by the great blues masters. More advanced chord positions, bass runs, turnarounds, licks and solos. Songs: Betty And Dupree * Key To The Highway * Blood Red River * and others. 90-MIN. VIDEO * LEVEL 2/3

Blues by the Book Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641007 Stagepass.com Inc. Roy Book Binder shares his firsthand knowledge of the blues and ragtime stylings of the great Piedmont-style players and his own fingerstyle brand of 'hillbilly country blues.' He teaches several classic blues tunes and their variations, along with chord shapes, picking patterns, endings, runs, slides and some of his favorite licks. 75-MINUTE VIDEO * LEVEL 2/3.

You Can Play Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641001 Stagepass.com Inc. The proper way to play chords on the guitar, and how they fit together in creating music. Includes songs, exercises, playing ideas and advice. 90 MINUTE VIDEO * LEVEL 1.

You Can Play Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641002 Stagepass.com Inc. Strumming and picking techniques, and how they can be used in songs. Includes rhythmic variations, left- and right-hand damping, alternating bass notes, hammering-on, classical-style arpeggios and the basics of traditional fingerpicking. 60 MINUTE VIDEO * LEVEL 1.

You Can Play Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641003 Stagepass.com Inc. This exploration of the fingerboard provides a solid understanding of the relationships of notes, frets and strings. Guitarists of all levels will benefit from this lesson. 60 MINUTE VIDEO * LEVEL 1.

The Fingerpicking Blues of John Jackson Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641280 Stagepass.com Inc. With special guest, Roy Book Binder. A traditional blues master brings the Piedmont style to life! In a lively conversation with Roy Book Binder, John Jackson details the finer points of technique, provides fascinating historical reminiscences and teaches his own two-finger picking style. Songs include Little Brown Jug * Candy Man * West Coast Blues * Louis Collins * Police Dog Blues * Boat's Up The River * Bear Cat Mana * Little Woman So Sweet * Red River Blues * Key To The Highway * John Henry. 60-MINUTE VIDEO * INCLUDES LYRICS, MUSIC + TAB * LEVEL 3.

A Guide to Dobro® Repertoire and Technique Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641316 Stagepass.com Inc. This intermediate-level lesson in resonator guitar will have you picking better than you ever dreamed you could! Covers picks, use of the bar, hammer-ons, pull-offs, right-hand rolls, chord positions, and more. Teaches the old-time classic 'Little Rosewood Casket'; the traditional blues 'Trouble In MInd'; a bluegrass boogie 'Foggy Mountain Rock'; and 'Nine Pound Hammer' and 'Dixie Hoedown.' 75 min. video, includes booklet, level 2-3.

A Guide to Dobro® Repertoire and Technique Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641317 Stagepass.com Inc. Move into more advanced territory! Stacy discusses rolls, drones, scalar patterns, hammer-ons and pull-offs, now with anemphasis on using bar slants to create more complex chords. Analyzes four tunes: Cherokee Shuffle, Bill Cheatem, Kentucky Wlatz, Last Rose Of Autumn. 75 min. video, includes booklet, level 2-3.

Learn to Play Clawhammer Banjo - Video One: The Basics Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641310 Stagepass.com Inc. Grab your five-string banjo and get ready to frail! Bob covers all the basics of traditional clawhammer style: hammer-ons, pull-offs, chords, scales, tunings, right-hand essentials, slides, double-thumbing the fifth string, and more. Teaches the songs: Shortenin' Bread, Cripple Creek, Liberty, Soldier's Joy. 60 min. video, includes booklet, level 1.

Learn to Play Clawhammer Banjo - Video Two: Intermediate Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641311 Stagepass.com Inc. In this comprehensive lesson, Bob Carlin explores the intricacies of old-time clwhammer banjo style for players ready to move beyond the basics. Topics include: drop-thumb, double C-tuning, hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, variations, endings, and more. Includes advice on choosing a banjo, plus the songs: Arkansas Traveler, cluck Old Hen , The Eighth of January, Sally Goodin. Each tune is broken down step-by-step. 50 min. video, includes booklet, level 2.

Five-String Banjo for Beginners Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641338 Stagepass.com Inc. Pick and sing along with Happy Traum with these clear, easy, hands-on lessons. Happy teaches a wide variety of country and folk tunes in traditional banjo style. Learn right-hand picking patterns, hammer-ons, slides and pull-offs, and more. Songs: My Home's Across the Smoky Mountains · Handsome Molly · Cumberland Gap · Jesse James · Black-Eyed Susie · Banks of the Ohio. 90-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC TAB · LEVEL 1

The 12-String Guitar of Roger McGuinn Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641333 Stagepass.com Inc. Playing his signature Rickenbacker electric 12-string, Roger McGuinn teaches the licks and solos that defined The Byrds' distinctive sound. Master several of the songs and licks that Roger made famous and gather invaluable information about tuning, setting up, and playing 12-string guitar. Songs: Mr. Tambourine Man, Turn, Turn, Turn, Eight Miles High, Mr. Spaceman. He also demonstrates acoustic 12-string techniques while teaching Leadbelly's 'On Easter Morn He Rose.'

The Fingerpicking Blues of Etta Baker Taught by Etta Baker Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641334 Stagepass.com Inc. 'The Fingerpicking Blues of Etta Baker' offers an intimate lesson with one of the legendary greats of fingerpicking.

The Guitar of Josh White Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641428 Stagepass.com Inc.

Bluegrass Fiddle Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641419 Stagepass.com Inc. Classically trained bluegrass virtuoso Richard Greene covers a fascinating array of musical ideas, exercises and instrumental examples on this one-of-a-kind fiddle lesson. He covers bowing patterns, tone production, rhythm chopping, double and triple stops, playing the blues, hemiolas (accents), and improvising variations of fiddle tunes. Songs: Katie Hill · Stoney Lonesome · Black Snake in My Room · Little Rabbit · Northern White Clouds · Beaumont Rag · and more! 80-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC · LEVEL 4

The Joy of Uke - Volume 1 Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641420 Stagepass.com Inc. With special guests Travis Harrelson, Poncie Ponce and Ian Whitcomb Here's a video 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 My Regards to Broadway.

Blues by the Book Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641408 Stagepass.com Inc. Blues by The Book Fingerpicking Blues taught by Roy Book Binder. Mr. Book Binder's exploration of blues techniques concentrates on chords and positions niided to play in the essential key of A. (vol. 2)

Celtic Instrumentals for Fingerstyle Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641409 Stagepass.com Inc. In this amazing video, Al Petteway shows you how to use alternate tunings, droning bass notes, slides, bends, hammers, pulls and other guitar tricks to imitate the haunting beauty of Celtic music.

Celtic Instrumentals for Fingerstyle Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641410 Stagepass.com Inc. In this amazing video Al Petteway shows you how to use a variety of alternate tunings: Standard, Dropped D, Open G and Low C - to create beautiful arrangements of traditional Irish and Scottish tunes.

Livingston Taylor's Excellent Guitar Lesson Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641413 Stagepass.com Inc. Taylor shows you how to take the simplest songs and add a little 'Taylor Magic' with descending bass lines and rich harmonizations. Four original tunes are performed. His infectious attitude and delivery make this one fun video. A future hallmark of the Homespun line.

Learn to Play Waltzes Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641414 Stagepass.com Inc. Learn To Play Waltzes Flatpicking Style taught by Steve Kaufman is a 70 minute Homespun video. He teaches his arrangements to some of the most beautiful instrumentals in the guitar repertory. Steve teaches five pieces in great detail, showing how to play them flatpick style.

Lead Guitar Breaks for Bluegrass Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641416 Stagepass.com Inc. With guest vocalist John Herald What do you play when you are called upon to take a break during a bluegrass song? Here's the answer. Steve Kaufman breaks down lead solos to six classics, demonstrating the licks, chord inversions, embellishments, flatpick techniques and other important pointers that will show learning players how to take it! Songs: Blue Ridge Mountain Blues · Wabash Cannonball · Peach Picking Time in Georgia · East Virginia Blues · Somebody Loves You · Darling · Till the End of the World Goes Round.

The Banjo According to John Hartford (Banjo) Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641440 Stagepass.com Inc. John Hartford is the extraordinary fiddle and banjo man who dances, plays and sings to delighted audiences at festivals and concerts around the nation. A thoughtful and knowledgeable musician, John imparts a treasure-trove of ideas and techniques. He includes a variety of rolls and licks, and important tips about getting good tone, phrasing, accenting, using picks, playing backup and lots more. Songs include: Cumberland Gap · Cripple Creek · Old Time River Man · Gentle on My Mind · Sally Goodin · Annual Waltz · Your Tax Dollars at Work · Lorena · and Foggy Mountain Landscape.

The Banjo According to John Hartford Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641441 Stagepass.com Inc. John Hartford is the extraordinary fiddle and banjo man who dances, plays and sings to delighted audiences at festivals and concerts around the nation. A thoughtful and knowledgeable musician, John imparts a treasure-trove of ideas and techniques. He includes a variety of rolls and licks, and important tips about getting good tone, phrasing, accenting, using picks, playing backup and lots more. Songs include: Cumberland Gap · Cripple Creek · Old Time River Man · Gentle on My Mind · Sally Goodin · Annual Waltz · Your Tax Dollars at Work · Lorena · and Foggy Mountain Landscape.

Blues/Roots Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641432 Stagepass.com Inc. Steve James, a favorite performer on the contemporary acoustic blues circuit, details five pieces in different blues styles for the learning guitar student. He covers Texas and Delta-style fingerpicking, a New Orleans jazz-blues tune, and bottleneck pieces in open G and Open D tunings. Includes invaluable insights into the use of chord inversions, finding blue notes, use of dominant 7th, diminished chords and scales, and much more. Songs: Sugar Babe · Wet Laundry Blues · Buddy Bolden's Blues · Stack Lee's Blues · Hot Time on the Old Town Tonight. 80-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES TAB · LEVEL 3

Learn to Play Cajun Accordion - Video Two: Intermediate & Advanced Techniques Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641434 Stagepass.com Inc. The accordionist in the popular Cajun band Balfa Toujours takes his exploration of the instrument beyond the basics. Dirk Powell covers topics such as ornamentation, syncopation, phrasing, anticipating the bellows changes, creating rhythmic effects and many other techniques to get a real hot Cajun sound. The songs covered on this lesson include: The Wafus Two-Step · Lafayette Playboy Waltz · Hick's Wagon Wheel Special · Dimanche aprs-midi (Sunday Afternoon). 70-MIN. VIDEO · LEVEL 3

Swingin' Jazz Violin Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641435 Stagepass.com Inc. Violin players (and musicians on any instrument) will gain enormous benefit from this dynamic, interactive course, developed for the intermediate player. With relaxed good humor, Matt Glaser immediately gets the student playing along with him, trading four-bar phrases in a call-and-response session. By the end of the lesson they'll be playing violin solos by Claude Fiddler Williams and Stephane Grappelli, know how to incorporate riff-based, swinging phrases into an improvised solo, and make use of the vast capabilities of the violin in swing/jazz playing. 80-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC · LEVEL 3

The Slide Guitar of Kelly Joe Phelps Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641437 Stagepass.com Inc. Kelly Joe Phelps is the sensational young singer/guitarist whose soulful blues and gospel songs have recently brought him international acclaim. His powerful Dobro®-like lap slide technique is free, bluesy and original, and he outlines his approach to the instrument in a clear and comprehensive lesson. The songs When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder · Black Crow Keeps Flying · and Irene Goodnight are taught in detail, with the emphasis on developing a strong improvisational style. 80-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES TAB · LEVEL 3

Learn to Play Old-Time Fiddle - Video Two: Intermediate Level Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641448 Stagepass.com Inc. On his second video, one of the foremost old-time fiddlers in the United States continues his exploration of traditional downbow fiddling. Brad Leftwich's in-depth, step-by-step teaching of Citico · Breaking Up Christmas · Johnny Don't Get Drunk · Rocky Road to Dublin · Little Maggie · Boll Weevil · Wagner · Chicken Reel · and Blackberry Blossom will help learning players produce a truly authentic sound, continue a vital tradition and have fun in the process! 70-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC · LEVEL 3

The Banjo of Eddie Adcock Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641449 Stagepass.com Inc. Eddie Adcock forged new pathways into traditional three-finger picking by developing a style that combines traditional Scruggs-style bluegrass with country, folk, jazz, blues, gospel and rockabilly sounds. On this fascinating lesson, Eddie takes some of his most requested instrumentals and analyzes the chord shapes and licks in a way that will open up new techniques and a myriad of ideas for learning pickers. Eddie teaches, in note-for-note detail, some of the banjo tunes that have been most requested over the years: Eddie's Bounce · Turkey Knob · Pallet on the Floor · Heartaches · and Bluebell. 75-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES TAB · LEVEL 4

Odetta Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641443 Stagepass.com Inc. One of the most beloved figures of American folk music shares the wisdom, history and singing technique that she has acquired during a lifetime of experience. Aspiring singers will be fascinated by Odetta's thoughts on vocal style and technique, how she warms up for a concert, her process in choosing her repertoire and how she approaches a song's lyrics. Includes demonstration/performances of: On Top of Old Smoky · Motherless Child · Lay My Burden Down · True Believer · Water Is Wide/Gift of Heaven Medley · Sittin' Here in Limbo · Hit or Miss · and Cool Water. 80-MIN. VIDEO · ALL LEVELS

Adrian Legg - How to Cheat at Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641444 Stagepass.com Inc. Adrian Legg teaches some of the tricks of the trade that have made him one of the most sought-after fingerstyle guitarists on the scene today. Includes nine original instrumentals, each utilizing devices that Adrian has pioneered to achieve his thrilling sound: altered tunings, harmonized scales, banjo tuners, half capos, string bends, pedal steel licks and other means by which he cheats at guitar. Silent Night · Born Again Idle · Auld Lang Syne · Hymn for Jaco · Norah Handley's Waltz · After the Gig · Pieta · Brooklyn Blossom · Pace Doc. 70-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES TAB · LEVEL 4

The Blues Guitar of Keb' Mo' Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641446 Stagepass.com Inc. Keb' Mo', the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter whose work is currently being heard on the radio, television and in the movies, has aimed his video at the beginning/intermediate blues player. After an in-depth lesson in the basics of fingerpicking technique and the traditional country blues of Robert Johnson and other great players, he goes on to teach some of his trademark contemporary blues-based tunes, including: Perpetual Blues Machine · Angelina · and Henry. A must for all fans of blues guitar! 75-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES TAB · LEVEL 3

Learning to Flatpick Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641320 Stagepass.com Inc. This first video in Steve Kaufman's set of three tapes introduces players to the exciting flatpick style. When combined with the other two videos in this series, this course of study gives players all the tools they need to play and improvise hot bluegrass solos. This tape covers all the basics and gets learning players started the right way! 65 min. video, includes booklet, level 2.

Contemporary Fingerstyle Workshop Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641345 Stagepass.com Inc. Chris Proctor is known as a talented fingerstyle guitarist and a top clinician whose popular guitar workshops have helped thousands of aspiring guitarists throughout the country. In this special video, you can now see Chris' unique ability to communicate ideas for new sounds and instrumental effects. Includes beautiful arrangements to some of Chris' most sought-after instrumentals.

Learn to Play Western Swing Steel Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641358 Stagepass.com Inc. This 60 Min. Video is done by Grammy award winner Cindy Cashdollar, who is the steel guitar player for the country band 'Asleep at The Wheel'. Cindy teaches the basics of Lap and Non-Pedal steel guitar. Vol 2 also studies harmonics, speed and accuracy of note for note playing.

Adventures in Fingerstyle Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641360 Stagepass.com Inc. This challenging 70 min. session will propel your playing to new heights and open your ears to a myriad of possibilities for solo guitar. Juber has played guitar for Paul McCartney's Wings, as well as for TV and Film Soundtracks.

Adventures in Fingerstyle Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641361 Stagepass.com Inc. Lawrence Jubers Second Video features a full array of techniques to create superb voicings and unique guitar arrangements. You learn 2-hand tapping, thumb slaps, harmonics and more percussive techniques.

Clawhammer Banjo - Video One Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641366 Stagepass.com Inc. This 2 video set covers the fine art of CLAWHAMMER banjo. David Holt is considered one of the finest players and teachers of old-time clawhamm er banjo. Start with the fundamentals including right & left hand technique. Vol 2 covers advanced techniques including thumb rolls.... EXCELLENT!

Clawhammer Banjo - Video Two Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641367 Stagepass.com Inc. This 2 video set covers the fine art of CLAWHAMMER banjo. David Holt is considered one of the finest players and teachers of old-time clawhamm er banjo. Start with the fundamentals including right & left hand technique. Vol 2 covers advanced techniques including thumb rolls.... EXCELLENT!

Learn to Play Django-Style Gypsy Jazz Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641382 Stagepass.com Inc. The driving style pioneered by Django Reinhardt and other Gypsy players became one of the dominant sounds in jazz during the thirties and forties. Starting with basic four-to-the-bar comping and damping, Paul takes you through a variety of accompaniment ideas.

Learn to Play Django-Style Gypsy Jazz Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641383 Stagepass.com Inc. This fascinating look at the art of improvisation in the Gypsy jazz tradition shows you how to really swing! Before long, you'll be playing exciting solos in the style typified by Django Reinhardt, Birelli Lagrenne and other hot players of this dynamic genre.

Jack DeJohnette & Don Alias - Talking Drummers Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641385 Stagepass.com Inc. Experience an extraordinary behind-the-scenes view of world-class musicians Jack DeJohnette and Don Alias recording a duet album. They discuss natural drumming, spontaneous improvisation, and the spiritual meaning of the drums. Invaluable insights for drummers and other instrumentalists. Introduced by Pat Metheny with guests Dave Holland and Michael Brecker. 55-MIN. VIDEO · performance

Learn to Play Klezmer Music Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641387 Stagepass.com Inc. Learn the background, techniques and stylistic nuances needed to play this joyous, infectious music. In recent years, klezmer music has become increasingly popular among Jewish musicians, as well as with world music enthusiasts throughout the U.S. and abroad. Rich in history, lore and musical information, this video is a must for anyoneregardless of instrumentinterested in playing klezmer music correctly. Songs: Purim Niggun · Moshe Emes · Meron Niggun · and Old Sher. 80-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC · LEVEL ALL

Learn to Sing the Blues Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641388 Stagepass.com Inc. Here's a vocal workshop that will help bring you blues sons to life! Gaye Adegbalola has identified 17 key points to help a singer put their song across. As she puts it: 'My mission is to give you some ideas to help relay a story...lay your soul bare...say aloud what others feel deep inside'.

Learn to Play Gospel Piano - Video Two Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641390 Stagepass.com Inc. Learn to Play Gospel Piano, by Ethel Caffie-Austin is a wonderful introduction to the rich sounds of gospel piano taught by one of the masters. Ms. Caffie-Austin breaks down her playing technique to the individual notes an d then slowly builds it all back up again into a full, warm gospel sound.

30 Fiddle Tunes For Mandolin Taught By Butch Baldassari Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641392 Stagepass.com Inc. These 30 classic fiddle tunes will add depth to any player's repertoire and technical proficiency. Butch plays each piece both slowly and up-to-speed, and provides rhythm tracks (with mandolin and guitar) that allow for instant practice sessions, anytime. Songs: St. Anne's Reel · Fisher's Hornpipe · Whiskey Before Breakfast · Little Rabbit · Cherokee Shuffle · Fire on the Mountain · more. Includes music and tablature.

Steve Wariner - Up Close Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641371 Stagepass.com Inc. An in-depth video lesson for electric and acoustic players. Grammy award winner Steve Wariner shares the insights needed to master some of his hit repetoire. One of Nashville's most popular pickers!

The Blues Guitar of Keb' Mo' (Guitar) Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641538 Stagepass.com Inc. Now available on DVD! Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Kevin Moore (aka Keb' Mo') takes students on a powerful journey into the world of traditional and contemporary blues guitar. He begins by showing how turnarounds and harmonized scale passages can be the basis for developing fluid phrases in a Robert Johnson-style blues tune. Keb' then teaches two originals, both employing a rhythmic alternating bass style as well as some jazz-oriented chords that add spice and interest to the songs. Switching to his National steel guitar, he then discusses the basics of slide technique, rounding out this exciting blues lesson. Songs: Delta-Style Blues · Perpetual Blues Machine · Angelina · Henry. 75-MIN. DVD · LEVEL 3 · INCLUDES TAB

An Introduction to Open Tunings and Slide Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641539 Stagepass.com Inc. Roy Book Binder has given us another terrific look at his unique brand of fingerpicked blues guitar. On this DVD/video, he covers the basics of open tunings and the use of the bottleneck, teaching essential techniques in a way that will be easy even for newcomers to this style. Roy introduces beginning players to the slide through an exploration of open D (Vestapol) and open G (Spanish) tuning, demonstrating songs, licks, techniques, and the sounds of bottleneck blues. Songs: Never Drive a Stranger from Your Door · Cigarette Blues · Electricity · Palm Trees Shaking in the Night · She Did You a Favor · Baby Don't You Do It No More · Tired of Being Mistreated. 80-MIN. DVD OR VIDEO · LEVEL 2 · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB

An Introduction to Open Tunings and Slide Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641540 Stagepass.com Inc. Roy Book Binder has given us another terrific look at his unique brand of fingerpicked blues guitar. On this DVD/video, he covers the basics of open tunings and the use of the bottleneck, teaching essential techniques in a way that will be easy even for newcomers to this style. Roy introduces beginning players to the slide through an exploration of open D (Vestapol) and open G (Spanish) tuning, demonstrating songs, licks, techniques, and the sounds of bottleneck blues. Songs: Never Drive a Stranger from Your Door · Cigarette Blues · Electricity · Palm Trees Shaking in the Night · She Did You a Favor · Baby Don't You Do It No More · Tired of Being Mistreated. 80-MIN. DVD OR VIDEO · LEVEL 2 · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB

Learn to Play Blues Mandolin Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641531 Stagepass.com Inc. In recent years, the mandolin has gained popularity both as a blues instrument and as the backbone of old-time string bands. Steve James shows novice players how to alter a basic G scale to create a blues scale, and then demonstrates picking and tremolo technique before teaching a number of great blues and jug band tunes. This instructional video is a must for those who want to use the mandolin for rhythmic accompaniment or as a hard-driving lead instrument for the blues. Songs include: Divin' Duck Blues · The Lonesome Train That Carried My Gal Away · Juanita Stomp · Saturday Night in Jail · and Shotgun Blues. 60-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 2.

The Fingerpicking Guitar of Kelly Joe Phelps Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641529 Stagepass.com Inc. In his second video for Homespun, Kelly Joe Phelps explores the fingerpicking technique that has helped make him one of the most powerful and compelling performers on today's acoustic music scene. He demonstrates the various guitar licks, picking patterns, alternate tunings, improvisations, chord forms and scale patterns that he uses to create his amazing music. Kelly Joe includes detailed arrangements to original and traditional songs from his recent hot-selling CDs, including: Tommy · Sally Ruby · I Am the Light of This World · Catman Bootman · River Rat Jimmy · and Beggar's Oil. LEVEL 3 · 100-MIN.

Fingerstyle Arrangements for Hymns, Spirituals and Sacred Songs Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641502 Stagepass.com Inc. Songs: My Lord What a Morning · Amazing Grace · Let Us Break Bread Together · Angel Band. 80-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 2

Fingerstyle Arrangements for Hymns, Spirituals and Sacred Songs Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641503 Stagepass.com Inc. Songs: Paul and Silas (All Night Long) · 12 Gates to the City · I Shall Be Released · Just a Closer Walk with Thee · Bright Morning Stars. 70-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 3

Learn to Play the Songs of John Denver Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641511 Stagepass.com Inc. John Denver was one of the most beloved figures in the history of American popular music. Pete Huttlinger was John's lead guitarist from 1994 until his tragic death in 1997, accompanying him on world tours, Grammy-winning recordings and TV specials. On this instructional video and DVD, Pete breaks down eight John Denver hits, teaching the easy but effective chord progressions, picking patterns and bass runs that made his arrangements so compelling. Songs include: My Sweet Lady · I'm Sorry · Annie's Song · Late Winter Early Spring (instrumental) · Fly Away · Boy from the Country · Darcy Farrow · and Rocky Mountain High. 90-MIN. DVD OR VHS · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 2

Southern Old-Time Fiddle Tour Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641499 Stagepass.com Inc. Bruce Molsky, one of today's most popular performers of Southern old time music, takes students on an instructional tour of traditional fiddling, region by region! He teaches six fiddle tunes, each from a different geographical area of the U.S. For inspiration, Bruce draws on historic recordings by pioneering artists such as Tommy Jarrell, Fiddlin' John Carson, Eck Robertson, Uncle Bunch Stevens, and Carter Brothers and Son. 75-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC · LEVEL 3

The Songs and Guitar of Ramblin' Jack Elliott Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641516 Stagepass.com Inc. In this exciting video, Jack Elliott and Arlo Guthrie take you on a journey through folk music history, playing the blues, ballads and cowboy songs that define Jack's unique guitar style and repertoire. Jack's guitar technique is clearly demonstrated as he plays through some of his best-known songs, giving you an up-close view of his distinctive fingerpicking and flatpicking arrangements. Songs include: Railroad Bill · Freight Train · Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out · Candy Man · Take Me Back and Try Me One More Time · Cup of Coffee · The Cuckoo · Hard Travelin' · San Francisco Bay Blues · Poor Howard · Blind Lemon · Black Snake Moan · If I Were a Carpenter · Talking Sailor. 80-MIN VIDEO · INCLUDES TAB · LEVEL 3

Essential Techniques for Acoustic Bass - Video One Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641518 Stagepass.com Inc. Veteran bassist Todd Phillips breaks down acoustic technique and musicianship froom the ground up. He gives detailed instruction in the mechanics of playing, basss setup, how to develop strength and stamina, and how to become fully familiar wiith the fingerboard. Unique on-screen diagrams and close-up camera work make scalles, chords and bass lines easily apparent. Excellent for total beginners, and foor more experienced players who want to build their existing skills. 80-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC · BEGINNER LEVEL

Essential Techniques for Acoustic Bass - Video Two Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641519 Stagepass.com Inc. Veteran bassist Todd Phillips breaks down acoustic technique and musicianship froom the ground up. He gives detailed instruction in the mechanics of playing, basss setup, how to develop strength and stamina, and how to become fully familiar wiith the fingerboard. Unique on-screen diagrams and close-up camera work make scalles, chords and bass lines easily apparent. Excellent for total beginners, and foor more experienced players who want to build their existing skills. 70-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Essential DADGAD for Beginners Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641520 Stagepass.com Inc. More and more guitarists are discovering the powerful harmonies and rich chord formations that become available to them in DADGAD tuning. These two videos continue Artie Traum's popular video lesson Essential DADGAD for Beginners (00641472) by demonstrating its application in mountain ballads, blues and fingerstyle jazz. The award-winning guitarist and recording artist provides tips for composing on the guitar, and makes it easy even for beginners to understand and master this popular and versatile guitar tuning. Video Two songs: East Virginia Blues · KC Moan · Niagra. 60-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 2. Video Three songs: Blue Hotel · Fourteen Turtles · Yankee Swamp. 60-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 3 Also available: 00641522 Complete Three-Tape Series $79.95

Essential DADGAD for Beginners Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641521 Stagepass.com Inc. More and more guitarists are discovering the powerful harmonies and rich chord formations that become available to them in DADGAD tuning. These two videos continue Artie Traum's popular video lesson Essential DADGAD for Beginners (00641472) by demonstrating its application in mountain ballads, blues and fingerstyle jazz. The award-winning guitarist and recording artist provides tips for composing on the guitar, and makes it easy even for beginners to understand and master this popular and versatile guitar tuning. Video Two songs: East Virginia Blues · KC Moan · Niagra. 60-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 2. Video Three songs: Blue Hotel · Fourteen Turtles · Yankee Swamp. 60-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 3 Also available: 00641522 Complete Three-Tape Series $79.95

Southern Banjo Styles - Volume 2 Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641496 Stagepass.com Inc. Mike Seeger continues his in-depth video lesson and demonstration of predominant banjo styles of the 19th and early 20th century. Volume 2 focuses on two- and three-finger techniques, some of which are the foundation for contemporary three-finger style. Each video segment features a complete performance of a song or tune, commentary on its style and source, and detailed split-screen instruction for playing it. Songs: Flop Eared Mule · Lost Gander · The Sailor and the Soldier · American Spanish Fandango · Got No Silver Nor Gold Blues · We're Up Against It Now · That's What Old Bachelors Are Made Out Of · The Last of Callahan · Lady Gay. 90-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES TAB & DETAILED INFORMATIONAL NOTES · LEVEL 3 The material presented here is based on Mike Seeger's Grammy-nominated Smithsonian CD Southern Banjo Sounds. Volume Three will be released in late 2001.

Southern Banjo Styles, Volume 3 Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641497 Stagepass.com Inc. The banjo inspired a great variety of playing styles in the South during the 19th and 20th centuries. On this video, Mike Seeger presents an overview of mid-20th-century styles, helping you develop a full range of traditional techniques and repertoire. Each lesson features a complete performance of a song or tune (each one played on a different historical banjo), commentary on its style and source, and detailed instruction for playing it. Songs: Down South Blues · Last Night When My Willie Come Home · Wabash Blues · Bright Sunny South · Roll On John · Needlecase · Come My Little Pink · I'm Head over Heels in Love. 110-MIN. · LEVEL 3 · INCLUDES TAB + DETAILED INFORMATIONAL NOTES

The Ins and Outs of Rhythm Harp Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641488 Stagepass.com Inc. Harmonica Player of the Year Peter Madcat Ruth teaches driving rhythms, percussive sounds and other dynamic back-up techniques that will help any blues harp player get an authentic sound. Through a series of interactive exercises, he breaks down the complexities of breath control, teaching his own unique system of spoken syllables. These building blocks are the basis for the foot-stomping drive that characterizes so many of the great harpists, from Sonny Boy Williamson to Sonny Terry, and will be a boon to all blues players. 60-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES WRITTEN MATERIAL · LEVEL 2

Picking Up Speed Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641490 Stagepass.com Inc. Every bluegrass flatpicker wants to play faster while maintaining good tone and timing. Steve Kaufman has powerful advice and well-thought out exercises to help get a player's right and left hand mechanics working correctly. Using well-known fiddle tunes as drills, Steve works on coordination and how to practice for best results. Also included are a cross-picked version of Wildwood Flower and show-stopping chord runs and picking combinations on the classic Little Rock Getaway. 70-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 3

Blues on the Fiddle Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641491 Stagepass.com Inc. The amazing artistry of Darol Anger propels this powerful and enlightening exploration of blues fiddle. His deep knowledge of the violin, along with his relaxed good humor and encouraging manner, will help bring fiddlers to a whole new level. Using a call and response interactive teaching method, Darol trades licks with the students as they learn tunes and styles from the Mississippi Delta to blues-inflected bluegrass, bebop, jazz riff-blues and even rock and roll. 88-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC · LEVEL 3

Southern Banjo Styles - Volume 1 Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641479 Stagepass.com Inc. Mike Seeger's in-depth survey of southern banjo styles teaches nine pieces to help players develop a full range of repertoire and traditional techniques. Each section features a performance of an important historic song, information as to its style and source, a close-up view of each of the nine banjos used, and detailed instruction on how to play it. Songs: Soon in the Morning, Babe · Roustabout · Jim Crack Corn · Battle in the Horseshoe · Darling Cora · Devil's Dream · Little Birdie · Around the World · and Whoopin' Up Cattle. 86-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES TAB & DETAILED INFORMATIONAL NOTES · LEVEL 3 The material presented here is based on Mike Seeger's Grammy-nominated Smithsonian CD Southern Banjo Sounds.

Basic Licks and Classic Solos for Electric Blues Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641481 Stagepass.com Inc. Here's a video 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. The Honky Tonk Gurus (Jim's touring band) supply great back-up and help Jim demonstrate how a song should sound when played in performance. 90-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES TAB · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Innovative Arrangements for American Blues/Roots Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641482 Stagepass.com Inc. Legendary singer/guitarist Geoff Muldaur teaches six gospel and blues arrangements that are filled with ideas, techniques and wonderful songs. Geoff uses standard ingredients of fingerstyle playing combined with rich chord voicings that add a jazz sensibility to traditional music. With his rare musical intelligence, he sheds light on how, by making small changes, you can make turnarounds and blues licks sound fresh and new. Gospel songs: Just a Little While to Stay Here · Trouble Soon Be Over · I Believe I'll Go Back Home. Blues songs: Wild Ox Moan · Got to Find Blind Lemon · Tears Come Rolling Down. 85-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 3

Flatpicking Through the Holidays Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641484 Stagepass.com Inc. Steve Kaufman has chosen 11 well-known and much-loved songs, each one associated with an important season or holiday. As one of America's most experienced teachers, Steve adds the techniques and advice novice flatpickers will need to pick these as instrumentals. Songs include: Let Me Call You Sweetheart (Valentine's Day) · When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (St. Patrick's Day) · America the Beautiful (Memorial Day) · Battle Hymn of the Republic (Fourth of July) · We Gather Together (Thanksgiving) · Dayenu · Who Can Retell? (Hannukah) · Winter Wonderland · Jingle Bells · We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Christmas season) · Auld Lang Syne (New Year's Eve). 80-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 2

A Fingerstyle Christmas Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641453 Stagepass.com Inc. Get ready for the holidays with these fantastic instrumentals that anyone can play! Each classic song has been chosen for its playability as well as its timeless beauty. The songs range from a fingerpicking version of an old English carol to a bluesy African-American Christmas spiritual. Once mastered, these guitar pieces will become favorites season after season for years to come. Includes: It Came upon a Midnight Clear · God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen · What Child Is This? · Pretty Little Baby · Silent Night · 'Twas on a Night like This · and Jingle Bells. 85-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 3

Ukulele Tunes & Techniques Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641459 Stagepass.com Inc. This fascinating lesson contains a potpourri of strums, rolls, triplets and syncopated fingerpicking patterns for the ukulele, including Hawaiian, blues and jazz instrumentals. Bob Brozman teaches chord shapes and inversions plus full-blown arrangements to: Hi'ilawe · Tomi Tomi · Meleana'E · The Beach at Waikiki · My Own Iona · Sweet Georgia Brown · and I'll See You in My Dreams. The Hawaiian ukulele master Ledward Kaapana teaches his version of Blue Spanish Eyes and performs a spectacular solo of his show-stopper, L and D Slack Key. 55-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES TAB · LEVEL 3

The Acoustic Bass Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641460 Stagepass.com Inc. One of the great jazz bassists of our time explores important musical ideas for all serious players. His three essential elements - the Physical, the Mental and the Intuitive - form the complete process of creating music on the bass. Gary analyzes his improvisational approach, imparting numerous ideas for hearing intervals, intuiting tonal relationships, and how making a mental map of a piece provides an understanding of its harmonic construction. This mainstay of contemporary jazz shares invaluable technical and improvisational ideas he has gleaned during the course of his brilliant 40-year career. 75-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES WRITTEN MATERIAL · LEVEL 4

Essential Techniques for Mandolin Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641461 Stagepass.com Inc. Here's a lesson that will thrill and inspire all mandolinists. This brilliant young player has devised a special workshop for Homespun Tapes on right- and left-hand technique that will help mandolinists develop speed, accuracy and musicality. This is material that will benefit players at all levels. Songs include: When Mandolins Dream · Hop the Fence · Red Haired Boy · and Swallowtail Jig. 85-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES TAB · LEVEL 3

Essential Techniques for Dobro® Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641463 Stagepass.com Inc. Rob details a myriad of useful and important picking elements: the best hand positions for fast and clean playing, how to avoid excessive pick and string noise and other essential tips. Bar technique, the key to good slide playing, is fully covered. Whether in a bluegrass band or exploring country, blues, Hawaiian or other styles, this video will get a player on the right track. 74-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES TAB · LEVEL 2

Essential Techniques for Dobro® Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641464 Stagepass.com Inc. This second video covers scales and chords, and music theory as it relates to the Dobro. With Jim Hurst on guitar and vocals, Rob shows how to play back-up rhythm and fills behind a vocalist, find the right tones to best enhance a song, and create the most effective solos. An invaluable guide for all players, at all levels. 60-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES TAB · LEVEL 3

Fingerpicking, Flatpicking and Slide Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641467 Stagepass.com Inc. During the fifteen years that Merle Watson toured and recorded with his father, Doc Watson, the duo was one of the most popular and beloved musical teams in folk music history. On these two CDs, Merle teaches the traditional fingerpicking, flatpicking and slide guitar styles for which he was famous. Doc joins Merle in a dynamic demonstration of twin guitars as they take apart some of their most requested duets and explain, in detail, how each part is played. CD One - Country Guitar Fingerpicking Solos & Duets: Southbound · Candyman · Will the Circle Be Unbroken · Goin' Down the Road · Make Me a Pallet on the Floor · Nine-Pound Hammer · The Last Thing on My Mind · Worried Blues · Bonaparte's Retreat · Windy and Warm · Blue Railroad Train · Solid Gone · Deep River Blues. CD Two - Slide Guitar and Flatpicking Solos & Duets: Poor Boy Blues · Day Break Blues · Curly Headed Baby · Can't Be Satisfied · Wabash Cannonball · Minglewood Blues · Miss the Mississippi and You · Columbus Stockade · Honky Tonkin' · Will the Circle Be Unbroken · Old Joe Clark · Salt Creek · Florida Blues · Cotton-Eyed Joe · Red-Haired Boy. TWO CDs · INCLUDES TAB · LEVEL 3

The Blues Guitar of Hubert Sumlin Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641468 Stagepass.com Inc. For 25 years, Hubert Sumlin's unique guitar lines were an integral part of Howlin' Wolf's great sound, and his spare, sharp-edged solos enhanced dozens of classic recordings. On this fascinating video, he discusses his blues guitar style, technique and influences with Jimmy Vivino of the Conan O'Brien Band. Backed by a stellar rhythm session - Jimmy on second guitar, Levon Helm (The Band) on drums and Michael Merritt (Conan O'Brien Band) on bass - Hubert plays through some of his favorite Wolf tunes, including: Smokestack Lightning · Forty Four · Killing Floor · Going Down Slow · Hidden Charms · Little Red Rooster · and others. David Johansen (aka Buster Poindexter) sits in, providing powerful vocals to these timeless blues tunes. 60-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES TAB · LEVEL 3

Rhythm in Your Riffs Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641469 Stagepass.com Inc. Bob Brozman has made a fascinating lesson that will help acoustic players look at their guitar in a whole new way. Bob explores many aspects of rhythm guitar, and investigates the elements of meter, and what makes a good inch.groove. inch. He helps you develop coordination through a variety of drills and exercises so that accents, swing rhythm, polyrhythms, triplets and other meters become second nature. As Bob says, inch.We can all stand to have a better sense of rhythm, and I want to smooth the pathway to music between your brain and your muscles. inch. 70-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES TAB · LEVEL 3

Guitar Styles of The Carter Family Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641470 Stagepass.com Inc. The Carter Family has been a seminal force in the history of recorded country music. Maybelle Carter's dynamic thumb lead style in particular is essential knowledge for anyone interested in playing traditional American folk or country guitar. In this lesson, Mike Seeger teaches how to get the famous Carter Family guitar sound and incorporate it into some of their most significant songs. Even near-beginners will be able to learn these pieces, while more experienced guitarists will enjoy the nuances and subtleties of Maybelle's influential style. Mike is joined by Janette Carter, who offers reminiscences of the family, demonstrates her mother's guitar playing, and sings on most of the songs. Songs include: Wildwood Flower · Jimmie Brown the Newsboy · The Cannonball · Little Darling Pal of Mine · You Are My Flower · Pretty Polly · and I Never Will Marry. 85-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 2

Essential DADGAD for Beginners Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641472 Stagepass.com Inc. Here is an easy introduction to DADGAD for those who are new to alternate tunings and want to explore its unique sounds on the guitar. Artie Traum shows how to retune the guitar quickly and easily, form the important chords in the key of D (some using only one finger), improvise instrumentals, write songs, and get funky with country blues ideas. Using the folk classic The Water Is Wide as an example, Artie reveals how a song can be harmonized using basic chord positions in this tuning. 55-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 2

Essential Riffs for Acoustic Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641473 Stagepass.com Inc. Packed with dozens of time-tested musical phrases, this lesson will help even a beginner become a strong lead guitarist. Each riff is played slowly, and then at speed to give a feel for how it should sound in context. Jeff Pevar (currently playing with David Crosby) joins Artie to demonstrate how to use these lead lines while jamming on blues progressions. A demonstration of minor key jazz-blues phrases will round out this repertoire of licks and will allow a player to create hot solos. 55-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 2

Bluegrass Jamming Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641474 Stagepass.com Inc. with Nick Forster, Guitar; Michael Kang, Fiddle; Ben Kaufman, Bass; Sally Van Meter, Dobro; Eric Walser, Mandolin; Pete Wernick, Banjo; Joan Nondi Wernick, Vocals Pete Wernick has the perfect solution for novice bluegrass players who want to start jamming, or for any picker wanting to build experience and confidence. He has created a video jam session so that players of any level can play along with some experienced musicians and get ready for the real thing. Pete and his exciting all-star jam band teach the ins and outs of jam etiquette, the basics of music theory, and handy jamming hints such as signaling kick-offs and endings, watching the guitar player's left hand for the chord changes, making up harmony vocals, using the number system for calling out changes, and lots more. Whether they play guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, Dobro or bass, novice pickers will soon be playing along on 17 classic bluegrass songs and instrumentals. 110-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES LYRICS + CHORDS · LEVEL 2

The Country Blues Guitar of Catfish Keith Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641475 Stagepass.com Inc. Singer, songwriter and guitarist Catfish Keith has established himself as one of the most exciting country blues performers on the scene today. His innovative style of foot-stomping, deep Delta blues and American roots music has had audiences spellbound across the U.S. and abroad. In this outstanding lesson, Catfish teaches his trademark arrangements of seven traditional country blues songs, from Mississippi to the Caribbean. In each case, he first plays the tune, then slows it down to highlight how he achieves his dynamic effects. His intense fingerpicking style features heavy vibrato, snapping bass strings, powerful strums and riffs, deep bends, artificial or harp harmonics, bottleneck slide and plenty of funky attitude! One of the finest acoustic bluesmen in America ... This man is flat-out spectacular! - Big City Blues 85-MIN. VIDEO · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 4

Essential Techniques for Mandolin Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641545 Stagepass.com Inc. 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 Dream and Raining at Sunset. 85-MIN. DVD · LEVEL 3 · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB

Easy Steps to Guitar Fingerpicking Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641546 Stagepass.com Inc. For many aspiring players, the ability to maintain a rock-steady rhythmic pulse with their thumb while picking out off-the-beat melody notes with their fingers represents a holy grail of country, folk and blues playing. Drawing on four decades of teaching experience, Happy Traum has devised this nearly foolproof method to help them get off to a great start. The simple children's song Skip to My Lou helps teach the basic concepts before getting into fingerpicking standards such as: Spike Driver's Blues · Green, Green Rocky Road · Staggerlee · Nine Pound Hammer · Hobo's Lullaby. 100-MIN. DVD · LEVEL 2 · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB

Tony Trischka's Essential Practice Techniques for Bluegrass Banjo Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641547 Stagepass.com Inc. 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

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