Designed for the beginning slide player but is also useful to the intermediate player for developing bottleneck technique. Covers standard and alternate tunings, reading slide tablature, basic left-and right-hand technique and classic riffs. 60 min.
02-95441DVD
.. list $14.95 ours
$13.45
DVD - ARLEN ROTH - SLIDE GUITAR
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A classic Hot Licks title available once again! Arlen was guitar consultant and coach for the film "Crossroads," overseeing all of the scenes involving slide guitar. Here you'll learn: proper slide technique, "box" patterns, blues, country and rock styles in open E and G tunings, as well as standard tuning slide, crucial right and left hand damping, slide tilting, hammer-ons, pull-offs, harmonics, vibrato, and the styles of Duane Allman, Elmore James, Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters. Music and tablature are shown on screen, and right and left hand techniques are shown up-close. Includes note/tab booklet. 51 min.
01-DVD572
.. list $24.95 ours
$22.45
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DVD - BEGINNING DELTA BLUES
by Fruteland Jackson
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Teaches beginners basic chords and strums for playing the Delta blues. Covers Delta slide guitar technique, including authentic blues tunings and their basic chord forms. Close-ups, on-screen graphics, simple navigation make learning easy. Diagrams and examples in note/tab appear on-screen. Taught by a blues master. 60 min.
20-21917DVD
.. list $19.95 ours
$17.95
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DVD - BEGINNING ELECTRIC SLIDE GUITAR
taught by Kirby Kelley
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Texas guitar powerhouse Kelly's easy-to-understand, friendly approach makes this video a pleasure to use. Learn everything you need to get started playing slide! All the most important tunings are introduced, with step-by-step explanations of basic techniques, such as muting, vibrato and much more. Close-ups, music and TAB right on your screen. Tons of classic licks to put into your playing right now. With note/tab booklet. 54 min.
20-21915DVD
.. list $19.95 ours
$17.95
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DVD - BEYOND BASICS: ACOUSTIC SLIDE GUITAR
by Keith Wyatt
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Covers: choosing the right slide, open tunings, use of capo, fingerboard patterns, vibrato, special intonations and muting techniques. He demonstrates how to mix slide with standard guitar techniques for fills and self accompaniment. Bonus DVD features include: tuning segment, additional tips on basic finger picking and Travis picking, PDF download - Playin' The Blues, more. 75 min.
05-DVD908117
.. list $14.95 ours
$13.45
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DVD - BEYOND BASICS: ELECTRIC SLIDE GUITAR
by Keith Wyatt
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Takes the player through all the slide techniques, including: vibrato, right and left hand muting, intonation, useful fingerboard positions and open tunings. Also demonstrates various glass and metal slides. Ends with a play-along "call and response" section. Bonus DVD features include: tuning segment, getting to know your amplifier, lesson on common blues chords, PDF download - open E tuning, more. 60 min.
05-DVD908118
.. list $14.95 ours
$13.45
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DVD - BOTTLENECK BLUES AND BEYOND
taught by Mike Dowling
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This lesson in bottleneck/slide guitar details the technique that put Dowling in demand as a Nashville session player. Playing mostly in open D tuning, he teaches: "Mean Ol' Frisco," "Stranger Here," "Boogie Woogie Dance," "Swamp Dog Blues" and "Jan's Song," breaking each tune down in detail. Mike explores often-overlooked tricks of the trade that will make even the simplest lines sound great. You'll learn to incorporate fretted chord forms with your slide work, crisp right hand picking patterns, turnarounds, syncopations, damping techniques, and refinements for vibrato. Includes tab booklet. 110 min.
300-DVD172
.. list $29.95 ours
$26.95
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DVD - BOTTLENECK BLUES AND BEYOND: TWO DVD SET
taught by Mike Dowling
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Contains 300-DVD172 & 300-DVD355. Mike details the technique that put him in demand as a Nashville session player. Vol. 1: Playing mostly in open D tuning, he teaches: "Mean Ol' Frisco," "Stranger Here," "Boogie Woogie Dance," "Swamp Dog Blues" and "Jan's Song," breaking each tune down in detail. Vol. 2: Brings a number of new slide techniques, musical ideas and great songs to bottleneck blues enthusiasts. Mike calls it a "grab bag toolbox of open tuning tricks and licks." "Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor," "Drop Down Mama," "The Cuckoo," "Railroad Bill" and "Street Corner Rag." Intermediate. Includes tab booklets. 110 & 100 min.
300-DVD355SET
.. list $49.95 ours
$44.95
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DVD - BOTTLENECK BLUES AND BEYOND: VOL 2
taught by Mike Dowling
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Mike teaches precision bottleneck techniques designed to broaden your repertoire, textures, and rhythms. He starts with "Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor" which uses a rhumba beat in open G. His funky "Drop Down Mama" is a fantastic lesson in syncopation and groove. From there it's D minor tuning for a haunting version of "The Cuckoo," then D tuning and his own "Street Corner Rag," a bottleneck tour-de-force. His "toolbox tips" on turnarounds, strumming, & arranging a tune like "Railroad Bill" rounds out this lesson. Intermediate. Includes tab booklet. 95 min.
300-DVD355
.. list $29.95 ours
$26.95
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DVD - BOTTLENECK BLUES GUITAR
taught by Stefan Grossman
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For the beginning to intermediate student. A survey of country blues bottleneck styles & techniques featuring rare footage of Son House, Fred McDowell, Mance Lipscomb, & Bukka White (so why is Blind Willie McTell pictured on the cover?) Covers open G & D tunings, playing techniques, and more. Booklet included, also included as a a PDF file. 82 min.
304-DVD902
.. list $29.95 ours
$26.95
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DVD - BOTTLENECK SLIDE GUITAR: ACOUSTIC & ELECTRIC GUITAR TECHNIQUES
taught by Fred Sokolow
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This easy-to-understand video shows you how to play the slide guitar like Muddy Waters, Duane Allman, and others - lessons on solos, turnarounds, open tunings, and sliding in any key. Note/tab booklet included, also included as a PDF file. Beginning/intermediate. 70 min.
304-DVD409
.. list $29.95 ours
$26.95
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DVD - ELECTRIC SLIDE GUITAR
featuring David Hamburger
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An introduction to the world of electric slide guitar in open G and open E tunings. David begins with the basics of getting a good sound, then takes you through slide scale patterns and riffs in open position and up the neck. He also demonstrates, step-by-step how to create riffs, solos, and backup parts in the styles of Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Duane Allman and Ry Cooder. Includes note/tab booklet. 60 min.
25-DVD320507
.. list $19.95 ours
$17.95
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DVD - GREAT BOTTLENECK BLUES LESSONS
taught by Keb' Mo', Mike Dowling, Hans Theessink, Roy Book Binder, Bob Brozman, Catfish Keith, John Hammond, Rory Block and Steve James
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Nine powerful lessons, compiled from the Homespun archives. Each segment is taught by a legendary master of blues/slide technique, chosen to give you a slightly different take on the use of the bottleneck to create memorable arrangements. "Sitting on Top of the World," "Rollin' and Tumblin'," "She Did You a Favor," "Henry," "Ramblin' on My Mind," "Drop Down Mama," "Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight," more. Note/tab booklet included as a PDF file on the disc. 115 min.
300-DVD367
.. list $24.95 ours
$22.45
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DVD - JOHNNY WINTER - LEGENDARY LICKS SLIDE GUITAR
featuring Johnny Winter with instruction by Al Eck
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A step-by-step breakdown of Johnny Winter's signature slide guitar style and techniques. Watch and listen as Johnny demonstrates his signature slide guitar style and techniques. Also includes Johnny playing National steel guitar. These guitar parts are then broken down and taught note-for-note by master blues teacher Al Eck. Johnny plays: in the style of Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited," in the style of Elmore James, plus Delta blues, slow blues, and walking blues. 121 min.
49-DVD501042
.. list $29.95 ours
$26.95
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DVD - LEARN SLIDE GUITAR WITH 6 GREAT MASTERS!
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A classic Hot Licks title available once again! Arlen Roth on open E tuning, slide fundamentals, right & left hand damping; Lee Roy Parnell demos open E box patterns and acoustic slide technique; Mick Taylor shows you standard tuning slide; Jay Geils teaches vibrato and Muddy Waters style; Greg Martin covers fingerpicking and Duane Allman style; and Warren Haynes teaches lead slide licks and open G tuning. DVD extras include a new introduction by Woody Mann, on screen note/tab, slow motion segments in standard pitch, artist biographies, discographies, more. Includes note/tab booklet. 51 min.
01-DVD707
.. list $19.95 ours
$17.95
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DVD - LEARN TO PLAY BOTTLENECK BLUES GUITAR: THREE DVD SET
taught by Bob Brozman
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Complete set. Presents a complete picture of bottleneck blues guitar, from the basics of slide technique to the advanced repertoire of the masters. Bob provides a wealth of ideas that learning blues players can use to build powerful arrangements of bottleneck blues favorites. Three DVDs with note/tab booklets. 3 hours and 55 minutes total!
300-DVD27SET
.. list $69.95 ours
$62.95
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DVD - LEARN TO PLAY BOTTLENECK BLUES GUITAR: VOL. 1 - THE BASICS
taught by Bob Brozman
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Learn to play acoustic slide guitar in the delta blues styles of Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton, and Bukka White. Covers open tunings, exercises, licks and runs, rhythm techniques, vibrato, harmonics, and more. Intermediate level. Includes tab booklet. 90 min.
300-DVD26
.. list $29.95 ours
$26.95
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DVD - LEARN TO PLAY BOTTLENECK BLUES GUITAR: VOL. 2 - ADVANCED TECHNIQUE
taught by Bob Brozman
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Now available separately! A complete toolbox to dramatically increase your repertoire and enhance your blues arrangements and improvisations. Bob provides both a historical and a technical analysis of the styles and innovations originally created by Robert Johnson, Son House, Charlie Patton and other Delta slide masters. Songs: "Come on in My Kitchen," "Delta Memories" and "Rollin' and Tumblin'." Intermediate. Includes tab booklet. 70 min.
300-DVD344
.. list $29.95 ours
$26.95
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DVD - LEARN TO PLAY BOTTLENECK BLUES GUITAR: VOL. 3 - REPERTOIRE
taught by Bob Brozman
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Now available separately! Brozman digs deeper into the bottleneck blues repertoire with this exploration of major and minor keys in open and standard tunings. He covers traditional styles of Bukka White, Tampa Red, Charlie Patton and other Delta masters. Songs: "Old Dog Blues," "Jitterbug Swing," "Denver Blues," "Cypress Grove," "Telegram Blues," "Pony Blues," more. Includes tab booklet. 75 min.
300-DVD345
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$26.95
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DVD - RESOPHONIC GUITAR FROM SCRATCH: QUICK LESSONS
by Jim Heffernan
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2-DVD set. Step by step instruction thru the basics of resophonic guitar. Topics include: picks, bars, warm-up, exercises, songs, tuning, posture, practicing techniques, how to fit in with a band and internet resources. Jim will guide you through the correct way to accomplish hammer-ons, pull-offs, rakes, slides, rolls, and vibrato. Teaches professional level arrangements of "I'll Be All Smiles Tonight," "Cripple Creek" and "The Nine Pound Hammer," rather than overly simplified beginner arrangements. Also included are many standard resophonic guitar licks, and how to weave these together into an improvised song. Beginners. 120 min.
02-DVD21990
.. list $39.99 ours
$35.95
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DVD - RICK VITO - COMPLETE GUIDE TO SLIDE GUITAR
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Rick Vito is best known for his four years as a member of Fleetwood Mac and his iconic work on Bob Seger's classic "Like A Rock." In this session, Rick gives his personal insights on achieving powerful results in your slide playing. He covers: setting up your guitar to achieve great tone, simple phrasing that produces dramatic results, changing your sound using different slides and amps, expanding your playing using standard tuning, transferring blues foundations to rock & roll and beyond, G/A tuning, plus D/E tuning essentials, more. Includes clips of Rick's live playing. 66 min.
25-DVD320535
.. list $19.95 ours
$17.95
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DVD - SLIDE GUITAR FOR ROCK AND BLUES
taught by Roy Rogers
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Roy Rogers (not Trigger's buddy but the other one) and special guests The Delta Rhythm Kings, show you how to get into open tunings, hold the slide, vibrato and proper intonation, and how to pick using plectrum and fingers. Advanced techniques include licks and variations, improvisations, harmonics, playing rhythm along with lead riffs, endings and turnarounds, dynamics, more. Roy and the band perform all the tunes taught including "The Sky is Crying," "Black Cat Bone," 3 more. Intermediate. Includes note/tab booklet. 90 min.
300-DVD157
.. list $29.95 ours
$26.95
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DVD - UNDERSTANDING SLIDE GUITAR
with Doug Cox
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Good solid instruction for the beginner. Taught in open E tuning. Focuses on how to approach slide guitar from a jammers point of view. 40 min.
457-DVD101
.. list $29.95 ours
$26.95
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