Elderly Instruments Latest - Videos - General Guitar Instruction http://elderly.com/list/newitems?catlist=911 en-us copyright 2009 Elderly Instruments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:39:47 -0500 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:39:47 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 720 webmaster@elderly.com 3+ hours of intense music theory for the guitar: generating chords from scales, harmonizing scales, arpeggios and chord inversions, stacked chord voicings, voice leading, more. From Guitar World magazine. Written music included as a .pdf file. ($13.45) ]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/videos/items/20-DVD33914.htm http://elderly.com/videos/items/20-DVD33914.htm The bread-and-butter of acoustic playing is covered in 50 lessons demonstrating fingerpicking patterns, open-string voicings, changes with bass lines, alternate tunings, Brit-pop strums, left-hand mutes, double-stops, funk patterns, alternating bass, movable chord-shapes, Travis-picking, harmonics, and much more. Teaches the techniques that define the acoustic masters. A Guitar Lab product - employing a hands-on approach in which students "play" their way through the curriculum, using tools like tab files, practice rhythm tracks, more. 1 hour, 43 min. ($20.50) ]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/videos/items/495-DVD8094.htm http://elderly.com/videos/items/495-DVD8094.htm Powered by TrueFire, this Guitar Lab instructional series employs a hands-on approach, letting you play through the curriculum, rather than struggle through tedious theory and exercises. Picture-in-picture, practice rhythm tracks, note/tab, text guides and interactive Power Tab - see & hear the note/tab played out at any tempo, without changing pitch. Beginners. 100 min. ($20.50) ]]> Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/videos/items/495-DVD8091.htm http://elderly.com/videos/items/495-DVD8091.htm Contains 300-DVD375 & 300-DVD376. Aimed at novice players, these lessons demystify the guitar fretboard and provide clear, practical ways to expand your understanding and overall musical experience. DVD 1 covers chromatic and diatonic scales, chord building, key signatures and other essential basics. Happy maps out the fingerboard so you can quickly find notes in any key and start turning them into simple melodies. DVD 2 continues with moveable three- and four-string chord shapes that can be played anywhere, in any key, up and down the fretboard, minor keys, progressions, transposing, using harmonized scales, more. All levels. Includes note/tab as PDF files on the discs. 80 & 115 min. ($35.95) ]]> Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/videos/items/300-DVD376SET.htm http://elderly.com/videos/items/300-DVD376SET.htm In Volume One, John goes over the major scale and its structure and intervalS; then into triads, showing how the diatonic triads are derived from scale structure, following up triads with seventh chords, the diatonic seventh chords and the various seventh chord types. A variety of exercises are on the PDF included on your DVD. John then shows you how to voice triads and seventh chords out of the E, A, C, D and F positions. Volume Two starts out by covering sixth chords and how to voice them, then tonic function and seventh chord function. The remainder is working on songs, seeing how to play the same song in a variety of keys and positions and how to use the way the guitar is tuned to transpose from one key to another, in the easiest possible fashion. Intermediate. 205 min. ($35.95) ]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/videos/items/02-DVD994SET.htm http://elderly.com/videos/items/02-DVD994SET.htm This groundbreaking series of interactive DVDs are much more than just ordinary lessons. Quizzes after each lesson test your skill and comprehension and provide feedback and supplemental material, just like a real one-on-one lesson with a pro. Covers: guitar anatomy and tuning, open chords and barre chords, chord progressions, pentatonic scales and soloing. 42 min. ($17.99) ]]> Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/videos/items/01-DVD890.htm http://elderly.com/videos/items/01-DVD890.htm Do you know how the strings, frets, notes, scales and chords all work together to make music? Happy Traum demystifies the guitar fretboard and brings it into focus for learning players. Starting with chromatic and diatonic (major) scales, Happy maps out the fingerboard so you can quickly find notes in any key and start turning them into simple melodies. You'll learn what intervals are, how bass runs and chords are built and how they are used in songs. Gives you a whole new perspective and reveals the vast possibilities that are hidden under the strings. All levels. Includes note/tab as PDF file. 80 min. ($22.45) ]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/videos/items/300-DVD375.htm http://elderly.com/videos/items/300-DVD375.htm Happy continues his hands-on exploration of basic music theory, providing knowledge every guitarist needs to become a more skillful player. You'll learn moveable three- and four-string chord shapes that can be played anywhere, in any key, up and down the fretboard and basic chord progressions. By understanding the degrees of the scale and where the notes of each chord are found, you can build arrangements and improv for any song. Plus, you'll learn scales and chords in major and minor keys, transposing from one key to another, using harmonized scales, building chord progressions, more. All levels. Includes note/tab as PDF file. 115 min. ($22.45) ]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/videos/items/300-DVD376.htm http://elderly.com/videos/items/300-DVD376.htm Teaches a system that organizes the fretboard in a way that enables you to quickly visualize any scale, chord or arpeggio pattern, and know each note's name & function. Whether you are practicing, improvising, composing or performing, this approach allows you to make note choices on the fly. By decreasing your response time in any musical situation, you'll achieve a greater creative freedom. Beginner or advanced, if you sometimes get lost while playing the guitar, this is for you! Multiple levels. ($17.95) ]]> Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/videos/items/02-DVD281.htm http://elderly.com/videos/items/02-DVD281.htm Companion to the book of the same title. 133 min. ($17.95) ]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/videos/items/20-DVD32141.htm http://elderly.com/videos/items/20-DVD32141.htm Companion to the book of the same title. ($12.95) ]]> Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/videos/items/20-DVD30608.htm http://elderly.com/videos/items/20-DVD30608.htm Companion to the book of the same title. ($12.95) ]]> Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:00:00 -0400 http://elderly.com/videos/items/20-DVD31994.htm http://elderly.com/videos/items/20-DVD31994.htm Learn the CAGED system, a unique and highly effective system for fretboard navigation, chord selection and improvisation. You'll start off learning the five moveable chord forms and a system for quickly identifying roots and other strong tones, then learn how to see and overlay intervals, arpeggios, pentatonics and other scale forms - all of them also moveable to any key. Next, you'll learn inversions of the chords to add texture to the harmony. The fun begins as you put your big bag of moveable chords, arpeggios and scale forms to work to comp, solo and improvise over any changes, in any key, in any fretboard position. A great "rut-buster" for advanced and intermediate players. DVD features picture-in-picture showing both hands. Learning Tools (available via download) include: text lesson guide, chord charts, practice rhythm tracks, and bonus material. 98 min. ($22.50) ]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:00:00 -0500 http://elderly.com/videos/items/01-DVD10032.htm http://elderly.com/videos/items/01-DVD10032.htm