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Irish Rhythm Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641738 Stagepass.com Inc. One of the hottest guitarists on the Irish scene today breaks apart his accompaniment style for the learning player. He demonstrates his complex strumming patterns and shows how to add interest and depth to a basic three-chord tune by using substitutions to change the underlying harmonic structure. More than a dozen great reels, jigs and hornpipes are analyzed rhythmically, including: Crowley's · The Mountain Road · Craig's Pipes · The Gooseberry Bush · Gallagher's Frolics · Mist Covered Mountain · Langstrom's Pony · Humours of Whiskey · Banks of Loch Gamhna · Return to Camden Town · Fermoy Lasses · The Girl That Broke My Heart · Chief O'Neill's Hornpipe · Tim Henry's Favorite · The Pullet. 85-MIN. DVD · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 3

Jack DeJohnette Teaches Musical Expression on the Drum Set Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641739 Stagepass.com Inc. 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! Early intermediate to intermediate level. 100 minutes.

Celtic Instrumentals for Fingerstyle Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641740 Stagepass.com Inc. In this amazing lesson, Al Petteway shows you how to use alternate tunings, droning bass notes, slides, bends, hammers, pulls and other guitar tricks to create the haunting beauty of Celtic music. 70 MIN. · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 3

Celtic Instrumentals for Fingerstyle Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641741 Stagepass.com Inc. In this second lesson, Al 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. 70 MIN. · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 3

Learn to Play Pedal Steel Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641743 Stagepass.com Inc. Nashville session player Bruce Bouton teaches proper use of the bar, foot pedals, knee levers and volume pedals, plus right-hand picking techniques and the scales, chords and harmony lines that give the instrument its distinctive sound. Includes classic licks, intros and endings, and how they can be used in top country hits. 90-MIN DVD · NOVICE LEVEL

Learn to Play Western Swing Steel Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641744 Stagepass.com Inc. Grammy Award-winner Cindy Cashdollar teaches everything you need to know to get started on your 6- or 8-string lap steel! 60 MIN. · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 1

Learn to Play Western Swing Steel Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641745 Stagepass.com Inc. Cindy Cashdollar, steel guitarist for Asleep at the Wheel, teaches the basics of lap and non-pedal steel guitar, covering harmonics, speed and accuracy of note-for-note playing. 60 MIN. · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 2

Rockabilly Guitar - Lesson One Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641747 Stagepass.com Inc. Jim teaches the country fingerpicking that Scotty Moore used on Elvis Presley's early hits; shows how Duane Eddy got his twangy sound; and highlights how Paul Burlison's single-string lead work influenced Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and others. 90-MIN. DVD · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.

Rockabilly Guitar - Lesson Two Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641748 Stagepass.com Inc. On this lesson, Jim analyzes and demonstrates the great trademark licks and rhythm patterns of Chuck Berry and the innovative solos of Eddie Cochran. 85-MIN. DVD · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.

A Fingerstyle Christmas Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641750 Stagepass.com Inc. Get ready for the holidays with these classic instrumentals! Each song has been chosen for its playability as well as its timeless beauty. Once mastered, these guitar pieces will become favorites season after season for years to come: 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 · Jingle Bells. 85 MIN. · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL ALL

The Acoustic Guitar of Jorma Kaukonen Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641751 Stagepass.com Inc. Jorma teaches his solid fingerpicking blues style through some of his favorite traditional and original tunes: West Coast Blues · Hesitation Blues · Crystal City · Embryonic Journey. Includes tips on picking style, slide technique, open tunings and a demo with Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna partner Jack Casady. 100 MIN. · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 3

The Acoustic Guitar of Jorma Kaukonen Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641752 Stagepass.com Inc. 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

The Acoustic Guitar of Jorma Kaukonen Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641753 Stagepass.com Inc. On this repertoire-building lesson, Jorma delves into seven of the traditional and original guitar pieces that have become his trademark, taking them apart lick-by-lick for intermediate players. 80 MIN. · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 4

Learn to Play Irish Fiddle, Lesson One Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641755 Stagepass.com Inc. This course in traditional Irish fiddling covers rhythmic devices and other variations, including grace notes, ornaments, rolls, double-stops. Songs include: Saddle the Pony, The Connaughtman's Rambles, The King of the Fairies, Bill Sullivan's Polka, Johnny Leary's Slide, Micho Russell's Slide, and more. 90-MIN. DVD · INCLUDES MUSIC · BEGINNER LEVEL

Learn to Play Irish Fiddle, Lesson Two Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641756 Stagepass.com Inc. More complex rolls, triplets, grace notes, bowing techniques, rhythmic timing and phrasing. Songs include: The Cottage Grove, Bonnie Kate, Jenny's Chickens, The Man from Bundoran, The Miller of Droghan, Connie O' Connell's, Dan Collins' Father's Jig, Off to the Races, and three Breton gavottes. 105-MIN. DVD · INCLUDES MUSIC · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Branching out on Bluegrass Banjo 1 Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641757 Stagepass.com Inc. Hundreds of building blocks to create licks, back-ups and solos. Learn dozens of left-hand chord groups, versatile right-hand rolls, classic up-the-neck licks and other techniques. 110-MIN DVD · INCLUDES TAB · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Branching Out on Bluegrass Banjo 2 Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641758 Stagepass.com Inc. The big tree of licks, chord progressions, ascending and descending runs, back-ups, modulations from one key to another, improvising ideas, favorite Scruggs and Reno-style runs and licks and lots more! 90-MIN DVD · INCLUDES TAB · INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Learn to Play Blues Mandolin Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641759 Stagepass.com Inc. Steve James teaches the scales, chords, lead riffs, rhythm comping, turnarounds and other essential techniques for playing traditional blues and old-time string band music. A must for those who want to use the mandolin for rhythmic accompaniment or as a blues instrument. Songs include: Divin' Duck Blues · The Lonesome Train That Carried My Gal Away · more. 60-MIN. DVD · INCLUDES CHORDS, DIAGRAMS, MUSIC + TAB · BEGINNER LEVEL

Learn to Play Blues Piano, Lesson One Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641760 Stagepass.com Inc. David Cohen systematically leads novice players through all the steps needed to play solid blues piano, showing the scales, chord theory, turnarounds, endings and licks that will quickly make anyone into a formidable player. No music reading or previous piano experience is necessary. 90-MIN. DVD · NOVICE LEVEL

Learn to Play Blues Piano, Lesson Two Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641761 Stagepass.com Inc. This lesson goes beyond the beginner's level and firmly into intermediate territory. David Cohen gives new players all the tools they'll need to make up their own solos, completely by ear. Includes variations on slow blues, the New Orleans Rumba, straight-time boogie-woogie and more! 70-MIN DVD · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Learn to Play the Songs of John Denver Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641762 Stagepass.com Inc. Pete Huttlinger has selected the seven John Denver guitar arrangements most requested by the many fans of his previous Homespun DVDs. He teaches the intros, chord progressions, bass lines, strumming and fingerpicking patterns and other accompaniment techniques that make these songs such popular standouts. Songs include: Calypso · Spirit · The Eagle and the Hawk · Matthew · Dreamland Express · Poems, Prayers and Promises · Today. 85-MIN. DVD · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Essential Exercises for Fingerstyle Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641763 Stagepass.com Inc. An accomplished fingerstyle guitarist needs to have full control of his or her picking hand and a complete knowledge of the fingerboard. Peter Huttlinger provides the advice, practice routines and exercises that will enable learning guitarists to play with good tone, strict timing and confidence. 60-MIN. DVD · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB.

Banjo Arrangements of The Kingston Trio Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641775 Stagepass.com Inc. A fun and easy lesson for those who love the signature sound of the Kingston Trio and want to sing and play their songs on their banjo. Veteran Kingston Trio member George Grove teaches classic folk hits Tom Dooley; M.T.A.; A Worried Man; Three Jolly Coachmen; Hard, Ain't It Hard; Corey, Corey and more. 90-MIN. DVD · BEGINNER LEVEL · INCLUDES TAB

The Guitar of Peppino D'Agostino Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641776 Stagepass.com Inc. On this DVD, Peppino D'Agostino teaches many of his most-requested compositions, and shares his inventive playing ideas - left-hand melody-tapping, percussive use of right hand, various harmonics, etc. 80-MIN DVD · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Learn to Play Western Swing Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641777 Stagepass.com Inc. The founder, singer and guitarist for the western swing band Asleep at the Wheel details the rhythm parts and lead solos that characterize this infectious style. 80-MIN DVD · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Livingston Taylor's Excellent Guitar Lesson Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641778 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. 80-MIN DVD · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Clawhammer Banjo 1 Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641779 Stagepass.com Inc. This two-DVD set covers the fine art of clawhammer banjo. David Holt is considered one of the finest players and teachers of old-time clawhammer banjo. Start with the fundamentals including right & left hand technique in Lesson 1. Lesson 2 covers advanced techniques including thumb rolls. Lesson One: 60-MIN DVD · INCLUDES TAB · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL. Lesson Two: 55-MIN DVD · INCLUDES TAB · INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Clawhammer Banjo 2 Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641780 Stagepass.com Inc. This two-DVD set covers the fine art of clawhammer banjo. David Holt is considered one of the finest players and teachers of old-time clawhammer banjo. Start with the fundamentals including right & left hand technique in Lesson 1. Lesson 2 covers advanced techniques including thumb rolls. Lesson One: 60-MIN DVD · INCLUDES TAB · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL. Lesson Two: 55-MIN DVD · INCLUDES TAB · INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Basic Licks and Classic Solos for Electric Blues Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641782 Stagepass.com Inc. 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

Butch Baldassari's Bluegrass Mandolin Workshop Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641783 Stagepass.com Inc. This comprehensive, user-friendly mandolin method takes a beginner from bare-bone basics to solidly intermediate material in a single two-hour lesson. Includes 20 great repertoire tunes. 120-MIN DVD · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · BEGINNER LEVEL

Flatpicking Banjo Tunes Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641784 Stagepass.com Inc. Master instructor and flatpicking great Steve Kaufman breaks down fifteen of the most-played banjo-driven songs, showing step-by-step how to build a powerful flatpick solo. 100-MIN DVD · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

You Can Play Electric Bass Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641785 Stagepass.com Inc. 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

Beginning Bluegrass Bass Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641787 Stagepass.com Inc. Mark Schatz teaches basic patterns and scales, fingerings, passing notes, chord progressions, arpeggios, chromatic scales and other important subjects, applying them to several classic bluegrass songs. 75 minutes.

Intermediate Bluegrass Bass Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641788 Stagepass.com Inc. 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

Five-String Banjo for Beginners Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641789 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. 90-MIN. DVD · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · NOVICE LEVEL

Old-Time Banjo Styles Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641790 Stagepass.com Inc. Taught by Mike Seeger with special guests Doc Watson, Kirk Sutphin, Greg Hooven, Etta Baker, and Joe and Odell Thompson. Mike Seeger's expertise in two- and three-finger picking, clawhammer, and other old-time styles comes across clearly in this instructional session. Special workshop performances by some of the country's top traditional players give banjo students rare insight into the subtle beauty of this uniquely American music. Produced by Smithsonian/Folkways and Homespun Video. 90-MINUTE DVD · INCLUDES TAB · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Ukulele Tunes and Techniques Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641791 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. Early intermediate level. 55 minutes.

Guitar Styles of The Carter Family Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641792 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. · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · BEGINNER LEVEL

Learning Rock 'n' Roll Piano Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641795 Stagepass.com Inc. Here are the great '50s and '60s rock 'n' roll piano styles made popular by Jerry Lee Lewis and Fats Domino! Bob Hoban makes it easy to learn how to do slides, rolls, melodic figures, rhythm patterns, shuffles, right-hand licks, slurs, solos, runs, single-note leads, pushed notes and power beginnings. 95-MIN. DVD · INCLUDES MUSIC · BEGINNER LEVEL

Happy Traum's Guitar Building Blocks Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641796 Stagepass.com Inc. Barre chords are vital if you want to move beyond the third fret, play solid rhythm in all keys and get a wide variety of sounds through chord inversions. This lesson teaches basic chord theory, transposing from one key to another and how to play chord progressions and songs that require barre chords. 60-MIN · INCLUDES CHORDS + DIAGRAMS · BEGINNER LEVEL

Happy Traum's Guitar Building Blocks Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641797 Stagepass.com Inc. Bass runs offer movement, harmony and a smooth transition while changing chords. Learning them helps guitarists understand how to play scales in several keys and develops good timing and single-note accuracy. Happy teaches a variety of bass walks, from the most basic to complex chromatic runs. 60-MIN · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · BEGINNER LEVEL

Happy Traum's Guitar Building Blocks Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641798 Stagepass.com Inc. The fingerpicking style is one of the most popular and engaging ways of playing the guitar. It's especially good for song accompaniment, and has long been favored by folk, blues and country pickers. This lesson demystifies the right-hand technique by breaking it down into patterns that can be learned quickly and easily. Once mastered, these patterns can spice up anyone's favorite songs. 60-MIN · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · BEGINNER LEVEL

Happy Traum's Guitar Building Blocks Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641799 Stagepass.com Inc. The beauty of the guitar is not necessarily based on advanced and highly technical playing skills. Happy takes very easy songs and shows how to transform them into beautiful showpieces using right-hand patterns, altered chords, harmonized scales and other basic but useful techniques. 60-MIN · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · BEGINNER LEVEL

The Acoustic Bass Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641901 Stagepass.com Inc. One of the great jazz bassists of our time shares the technical and improvisational ideas he has developed during the course of his brilliant 45-year career. He delves into three important aspects of playing - the physical, the mental and the intuitive - which together form the complete process of creating music on the bass. Intermediate level. Includes booklet. 75 minutes.

The Banjo of Ralph Stanley Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641906 Stagepass.com Inc. This intimate look at Ralph Stanley's pioneering banjo style begins with the first tunes he learned in the old-time clawhammer technique, and progresses through the three-finger bluegrass picking he helped make famous. Includes performances by Ralph and the Clinch Mountain Boys. Intermediate level. Includes tab. 90 minutes.

Old-Time Banjo, Clawhammer Style Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641914 Stagepass.com Inc. Frank Lee breaks down the traditional clawhammer style that has become his trademark. He teaches seven great tunes and the techniques that make his playing stand out in the field of old-time players. Beginner level. Includes tab. 55 minutes.

Swingin' Jazz Violin Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641880 Stagepass.com Inc. Matt Glaser developed this dynamic, interactive course specifically for early-intermediate fiddlers who want to start improvising in traditional swing and jazz styles. His lesson is filled with technical tips, theory and fascinating information on all aspects of swing/jazz music, as well as break-downs and analyses of important violin solos by Claude Fiddler Williams and Stephane Grappelli. Includes music. 80 minutes.

Play Bluegrass Banjo By Ear Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641881 Stagepass.com Inc. This lesson in basic music theory will help learning banjo players find melody and harmony notes and fully understand the fingerboard. Combining this knowledge with basic rolls, harmonized scales, pentatonic runs and licks, and more will allow anyone to develop powerful and creative bluegrass solos - by ear. 60 minutes.

Bryan Bowers' Autoharp Techniques Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641882 Stagepass.com Inc. Bryan Bowers astounds and entertains audiences everywhere with his powerful stage presence and autoharp virtuosity. On this instructive and entertaining DVD, he breaks down his techniques for players who want to get beyond simple strumming and into more interesting song arrangements and solo instrumental styles. 85 minutes.

Dynamic Country Blues Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641883 Stagepass.com Inc. 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. 85 minutes.

The Fingerpicking Blues of Etta Baker Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641884 Stagepass.com Inc. Learn traditional fingerpicking blues from a legendary player! Etta Baker plays, sings and breaks down ten traditional and original tunes, offering a true down-home lesson in Piedmont style blues. Includes music and tab. 60 minutes.

Learn to Sing Western Harmony Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641885 Stagepass.com Inc. Sing along with Riders in the Sky as they pass along a magnificent American vocal music tradition. In the lighthearted, humorous manner that has endeared them to millions of fans, the Riders show how to sing favorite cowboy, folk and country songs in beautiful three- and four-part harmony. Includes music and lyrics. 60 minutes.

The Power of Delta Blues Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641886 Stagepass.com Inc. Learn the traditional country blues guitar styles that influenced generations of players. Rory Block, one of the most knowledgeable and talented exponents of the classic blues style, teaches the earthy, hard-driving playing of the Mississippi Delta. For intermediate-level players. Inludes music and tab. 60 minutes. Also available: Lesson Two (HL00641887)

The Power of Delta Blues Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641887 Stagepass.com Inc. Lesson Two: Rory Block continues her exploration of the earthy, hard-driving blues of the Mississippi Delta as played by Booker White, Robert Johnson, John Hurt, Charlie Spann and other great traditional players. For intermediate-level players. Includes music and tab. 60 minutes. Also available: Lesson One (HL00641886)

Guitar Chord Magic Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641888 Stagepass.com Inc. Artie teaches how to build chords, turning them into 7th, 9th, 11th and 13th formations. He illustrates these techniques with new ways to play blues progressions and original songs. Includes chords. 60 minutes.

Guitar Chord Magic Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641889 Stagepass.com Inc. Artie continues his exploration of the guitar's harmonic possibilities with easy but effective chord shapes, progressions, moving basses, harmony lines, instrumental compositions and song accompaniments. Includes chords. 60 minutes.

Drumming Made Easy Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641873 Stagepass.com Inc. This complete primer will have new drummers playing right away. Harvey Sorgen shows beginners how to hold the sticks and basic concepts of reading music and timing. He teaches four elementary grooves and exercises to help students strengthen and center themselves. Includes music. 100-minutes

The Ins and Outs of Rhythm Harp Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641853 Stagepass.com Inc. 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. 60-MIN. · INCLUDES MUSIC · BEGINNER LEVEL.

The Real Honky Tonk Piano Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641854 Stagepass.com Inc. The long-time keyboardist for Asleep at the Wheel expertly analyzes the licks and solos of the greats of the western swing and honky tonk era. He details the authentic techniques needed to play like a pro: intervals, chords, arpeggios, octaves, bass lines, trumpet-style piano and more. Includes complete breakdowns of songs such as: Stay a Little Longer · I Had a Little Mule · and more. 90-MIN · INCLUDES MUSIC · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Rockabilly Slap Bass Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641855 Stagepass.com Inc. This informative and entertaining DVD by a rockabilly master and co-founder of the Stray Cats teaches the spectacular multi-rhythmic slapping that will stop any show. Lee shows how to combine right hand techniques with blues bass lines and arpeggios, and gives valuable advice on getting the best possible sound. Includes demonstrations by his band Big Blue. 60-MIN. · BEGINNER LEVEL

Mastering the Electric Bass Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641856 Stagepass.com Inc. This lesson concentrates on creating bass lines for any musical style. He helps players strengthen their hands and build chops through scales and modes in every position on the fingerboard. Using a step-by-step analysis of chord tones and how they can articulate a chord progression, David introduces exotic scales, ear training exercises, and dynamic soloing. 75-MIN. · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Mastering the Electric Bass Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641857 Stagepass.com Inc. A study of scales, chords, and modes and their application up and down the fretboard, including all the possible combinations of chord tones with play-along bass line examples. Variations on the blues are considered, as are playing arpeggios, recognizing intervals, and creating solos in all modes. Includes music and tab. 60-minutes.

The Mandolin of Norman Blake Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641858 Stagepass.com Inc. Norman Blake teaches old-time and original instrumentals in Celtic and Southern mountain tradition, chosen for easy learning by intermediate-level mandolin players. He gives advice on tuning, phrasing, ornaments, double-stops, tremolos, drones and much more. 9 songs, including: John Brown's March, The Hollow Poplar, Father's Hall, Jack Danielson's Reel, Mandolin Fanfare. 90-MIN. · INCLUDES TAB · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Lead Guitar Breaks for Bluegrass Songs Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641859 Stagepass.com Inc. Steve Kaufman breaks down lead solos to six classic songs, demonstrating the licks, chord inversions, embellishments, flatpick techniques and other important pointers that will show learning players how to take it! 60-MIN. · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Learn to Play Waltzes Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641860 Stagepass.com Inc. For easy intermediate to advanced level players. Steve Kaufman teaches his arrangements to some of the most beautiful instrumentals in the guitar repertory, showing how to play them flatpick style: When I Grow Too Old to Dream · Star of the County Down · Ookpik Waltz · Memory Waltz · Skaters Waltz. 70-MIN. · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Accordion Styles and Techniques Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641861 Stagepass.com Inc. 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

Techniques for Soloing and Improvising Flatpick Style Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641862 Stagepass.com Inc. This top Nashville guitarist breaks down his method for improvising across the entire guitar fingerboard, teaching how to create guitar solos through finding chord centers in every position. Pat includes new ideas for adding harmonies within chords, improvising blues and minor-key songs, and innumerable tips on playing technique. 90-MIN. · INCLUDES CHORDS + TAB · EARLY INTERMEDIATE TO INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Classic Rock, Country and Blues Drumming Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641863 Stagepass.com Inc. Levon Helm shares his unique ideas on drumming and his fascinating insights into rock 'n' roll history. Beginners and professionals alike will benefit from Levon's approach to the various feels that shape his distinctive sound. He works his way through: The Weight · King Harvest · Short Fat Fanny · Up on Cripple Creek · Life is a Carnival · and other great tunes, with rare performances by The Band. 105-MIN. · INCLUDES MUSIC · BEGINNER LEVEL

Harmonica Power! Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641864 Stagepass.com Inc. This internationally famous harmonica player's comprehensive course covers the essentials needed for all styles: breathing, tonguing, single-note and chordal playing, bending, vibrato, rhythmic patterns and more. Includes advanced techniques (chord blocking, octave and harmony playing) plus Norton's prescription for harmonica survival. A wealth of information! 90-MIN. · BEGINNER LEVEL

Harmonica Power! Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641865 Stagepass.com Inc. Norton Buffalo details note bending, using octaves, the intricacies of rhythm harmonica, combining breath and hands to create vibrato, and more. Switching on the power, Norton outlines various electric blues styles and discusses the proper use of mics and amps. 80-MIN. · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Learn to Play Irish Tinwhistle Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641866 Stagepass.com Inc. Once mastered, this simple, inexpensive instrument can be played by a soloist or as an important element in a multi-instrument Irish music session. Expert player and instructor L.E. McCullough teaches all the basic techniques, along with several tunes to get learning players off to a great start. No prior experience necessary. 60-MIN. · INCLUDES MUSIC · NOVICE LEVEL

Dr. John Teaches New Orleans Piano Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641839 Stagepass.com Inc. Imagine being able to see as well as hear the amazing piano styles of the great Dr. John - up close! This one-hour DVD is jammed full of powerful playing, slowed-down instruction, and the wonderful personality of one of the premier artists of our time. Mac (Dr. John) Rebennack discusses and demonstrates the playing styles of the great New Orleans piano stylists. 60-MIN. · INCLUDES MUSIC · EARLY INTERMEDIATE TO INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Dr. John Teaches New Orleans Piano Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641840 Stagepass.com Inc. Dr. John continues his discussion and demonstration of the styles of the musicians he heard and worked with as a youngster in New Orleans. Mac breaks down the tunes, turnarounds, left-hand patterns, and right-hand improvisations of legendary greats Huey Piano Smith, Tuts Washington, Herbert Santina, Allen Toussaint and others, including some originals by Mac Rebennack himself. 60-MIN. · INCLUDES MUSIC · EARLY INTERMEDIATE TO INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Learn to Play Autoharp Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641841 Stagepass.com Inc. A step-by-step learning guide to the autoharp - one of the most beautiful (and easiest) traditional instruments. Includes detailed instruction on holding it, proper use of the chord buttons, strumming and fingerpicking techniques and how to pick out melodies and play instrumentals in the styles of the great traditional players. 60-MIN · NOVICE LEVEL

Electric Country Blues Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641842 Stagepass.com Inc. Mississippi Delta meets Memphis country and goes electric! Jim Weider shows how the most influential electric blues and country guitarists got their powerful sounds. Includes the Delta, Louisiana and Cajun-inflected tones of James Burton, Roy Buchanan, Muddy Waters, Lonnie Mack, Keith Richards, Jerry Reed, and others, plus technique building exercises and ideas, and jam-alongs with the band. Includes music and tab, early intermediate level. 90 minutes.

Electric Country Blues Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641843 Stagepass.com Inc. This intensive DVD takes players to the next level in electric country blues. Jim Weider continues his in-depth analysis of the styles and techniques that changed the course of rock 'n' roll guitar - blues triads, country rhythms, muting, string snapping, chicken pickin' and the full range of bending, harmonics and other techniques that give this style its distinctive sound. 90-MIN. · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Learn to Play Cajun Accordion Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641844 Stagepass.com Inc. The one-row button accordion creates the defining sound that drives the waltzes and two-steps beloved by enthusiasts of Cajun music. Dirk Powell's step-by-step approach makes it easy to start playing immediately. He teaches how to hold the instrument, use the bellows, find the notes, and play double (octaves) - the essence of the Cajun style. Includes detailed instruction for playing some of the most popular Cajun dance tunes: La Valse de Quatre-vingt-dix-neuf Ans (The 99 Year Waltz), The High Point Two-Step, Johnny Can't Dance. 75-MIN. DVD · INCLUDES LYRICS · NOVICE LEVEL.

Learn to Play Cajun Accordion Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641845 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 include The Wafus Two-Step, Lafayette Playboy Waltz, Hick's Wagon Wheel Special, Dimanche Apres-midi (Sunday Afternoon). 60-MIN. · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Learn to Play Irish Button Accordion Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641846 Stagepass.com Inc. John Williams is a virtuoso on both concertina and two-row button accordion. This DVD teaches basics like holding the accordion, first scales, bass notes, chords, arpeggios, scales in triplets, waltz rhythm and more, plus five traditional Irish tunes: Oro (Se Do Bheatha Bhaile), Saddle The Pony, Napoleon Crossing The Rhine, Sporting Nellie, and Sally Gardens. Includes music. 70 minutes.

12-String Guitar Techniques Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641850 Stagepass.com Inc. The powerful sounds and songs of Leadbelly, Pete Seeger, Blind Willie McTell and others resound through the 12-string guitar. This lesson teaches the walking basses, dynamic rhythms, full chords and fingerpicking innovations that can be used on this wonderful instrument. It includes classic blues, rags, folk songs and instrumentals. 90-MIN · BEGINNER TO EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Learn to Play Django-Style Gypsy Jazz Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641705 Stagepass.com Inc. The driving style pioneered by Django Reinhardt and other Gypsy players became one of the dominant sounds in jazz during the 1930s and '40s. Starting with basic four-to-the-bar comping and damping, Paul takes you through a variety of accompaniment ideas. 60-MIN. · INCLUDES CHORDS · LEVEL 3

Learn to Play Django-Style Gypsy Jazz Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641706 Stagepass.com Inc. This fascinating look at the art of improv in the Gypsy jazz tradition shows you how to really swing! You'll soon be playing exciting solos in the style typified by Django Reinhardt, Birelli Lagrenne and other hot players of this dynamic genre. 60-MIN. · INCLUDES MUSIC TAB · LEVEL 3

How to Play the 5-String Banjo Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641713 Stagepass.com Inc. America's most beloved banjo picker teaches his playing techniques and more than a dozen songs. Features a special guest appearance by Doc Watson. Produced by Smithsonian/Folkways and Homespun Video. 60-MIN. · INCLUDES TAB · LEVEL 2

The Art of Guitar Crosspicking Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641769 Stagepass.com Inc. This bluegrass flatpicking style, with its rolling, complex sound, has become an integral part of every hot bluegrass guitarist's arsenal. In this DVD, Steve Kaufman teaches seven songs using this technique: Back Up and Push · Blue Ridge Mountain Blues · Wildwood Flower · Bill Cheatham · Golden Eagle Hornpipe · Sweet Bunch of Daisies · and Grandfather's Clock. 60-MIN. DVD · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Easy Gospel Guitar Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641770 Stagepass.com Inc. Beginners and intermediate players learn seven gospel favorites in bluegrass/country-style. Steve covers basic chords, bass walks, hammer-ons, pull-offs, runs and more techniques to add style to any song. Songs include: Amazing Grace · Old-Time Religion · Will the Circle Be Unbroken · What a Friend We Have in Jesus. 90-MIN. DVD · INCLUDES TAB · BEGINNER LEVEL.

The Songs and Guitar of Ramblin' Jack Elliott Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641771 Stagepass.com Inc. 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 plays through fourteen of his best-known songs for an up-close view of his distinctive fingerpicking and flatpicking arrangements: Railroad Bill · Freight Train · Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out · Candy Man · Take Me Back · The Cuckoo · Hard Travelin' · Poor Howard · Blind Lemon · Black Snake Moan · and more. 80-MIN. DVD · INCLUDES TAB · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.

An Intimate Lesson with Tony Rice Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641772 Stagepass.com Inc. Tony Rice slows down his fabulous picking style as he demonstrates his hard-driving flatpicking solos, accompaniments, intros and licks. 60-MIN DVD · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Bluegrass Fiddle Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641773 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. 85-MIN. DVD · INCLUDES MUSIC · INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

You Can Play Jazz Piano Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641802 Stagepass.com Inc. Learn chord progressions, scales and modes, proper fingering and improvising on both blues and standard tunes. Clear and concise, with no music to read 90-MIN. · BEGINNER LEVEL.

You Can Play Jazz Piano Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641803 Stagepass.com Inc. Warren covers essentials such as basic chords, voicings, progressions, substitutions, intervals, bass lines and melodic accompaniment. Lessons include study of progressions found throughout pop and jazz music. 90-MIN. · INCLUDES MUSIC · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

You Can Play Jazz Piano Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641804 Stagepass.com Inc. Hot topics include scales for soloing and improvisation, preparing a song for performance and playing with other musicians. 90-MIN. · INCLUDES MUSIC · INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Dan Crary's Flatpick Guitar Workshop Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641805 Stagepass.com Inc. An In-Depth Exploration of Dynamic Flatpicking. Dan Crary imparts a wealth of technical knowledge, encouragement, inspiration and powerful ideas that will benefit all guitar students. Includes instruction on numerous runs, syncopated licks, crosspicking and more. Dan redefines performing, arranging, improvising, soloing, and practicing, and teaches these songs: Lime Rock · Arkansas Traveler · John Henry · Foggy Mountain Special · Sally Goodin. 85-MIN. · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · LEVEL 3.

Slide Guitar for Rock and Blues Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641806 Stagepass.com Inc. 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.

Figuring Out the Fingerboard Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641807 Stagepass.com Inc. This melodic approach to guitar soloing and improvisation teaches players how to fully understand the fingerboard, particularly for playing flatpick style fiddle tunes and bluegrass instrumentals. 90-MIN. · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Sacred Steel Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641808 Stagepass.com Inc. Here's a sensational approach to pedal steel guitar as played in the African-American House of God tradition, combining soulful, bluesy licks with well-known gospel songs. 90-MIN. · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · BEGINNER LEVEL

Sacred Steel Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641809 Stagepass.com Inc. The sacred steel tradition is embodied in Darick Campbell's vocal-like, evocative sounds on the non-pedal lap steel. His techniques are explored in songs such as: Amazing Grace · Walk with Me · I'll Fly Away · and more. 70-MIN. · BEGINNER LEVEL

Rory Block Teaches the Guitar of Robert Johnson Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641810 Stagepass.com Inc. Robert Johnson's unearthly singing and intricate Mississippi Delta style slide guitar have inspired innumerable players in the decades since his untimely death in 1938. On this jam-packed DVD lesson, the award-winning contemporary blues singer and guitarist Rory Block completely demystifies the licks, runs, strums, bass lines, turnarounds and other important guitar elements that combine to make up the unique Robert Johnson sound. 113-MIN. · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

String Groove Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641811 Stagepass.com Inc. Learn how you can create infectious, driving rhythms and syncopations in a wide variety of musical styles. The percussive bowing techniques taught produce exciting grooves that can be used to accompany genres from bluegrass to Celtic, swing to ska, Latin to rock and funk. 2 HOURS · INCLUDES MUSIC · EARLY INTERMEDIATE LEVEL.

A Guide to Two-Guitar Jamming Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641812 Stagepass.com Inc. In a lively, jam-packed display of ideas and musicianship, Mike Dowling and Pat Donohue teach the necessary strategies that enable guitarists to make good music together, regardless of the song or style, or even if they've never played a particular tune before. The two pros demonstrate a wide variety of essential skills, taking the mystery out of how to jam on classic folk, ragtime and blues tunes. 105-MIN. · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB · INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

The Guitar of David Wilcox Price: 29.95 Retail Price: 0.00 641813 Stagepass.com Inc. Popular singer/songwriter David Wilcox is renowned for inventive fingerstyle accompaniments to his original songs. Using a variety of unusual tunings, David shows how he provides rich harmonics and counterpoints to accompany his incisive lyrics. Teaches nine of his popular songs: Eye of the Hurricane, Rusty Old American Dream, New World, Language of the Heart, Distant Water, Spin, and more. Great insights - a must for all guitarists! Intermediate level. Includes booklet. 80 minutes.

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