The Alfred Play Series Electric Bass Basics DVD brings you high-quality video of expert bass instructors. Bassists just starting out will get help traversing the initial hurdles to learning the electric bass guitar. The format allows you to watch the techniques you are learning as many times as you’d like, and encourages focus on the importance of play in the learning process.The Alfred Play series has nailed down the needs of today’s musician with lessons you can use anytime and anyplace—it’s more convenient than private lessons, yet just as extensive.

Your ultimate guide to the secrets and techniques of the Slap Bass style. Bass ace Ed Friedland gives you a step-by-step guide to this complex high-energy playing style. Starting with the basic right-hand skills, Freidman progresses to cover such disciplines as:

• Slapping, popping, left-hand integration, dead notes and more dangerous techniques
• A dedicated groove for each technique
• Grooving with a drum machine
• Funk history
• Slow demos, tips on sound and how to create your own grooves

Learn the trademark bass lines behind rock’s most influential songwriting duo. An in-depth analysis of eight songs. Hosted by in-demand L.A. session man and U.K. native Bob Efford, this DVD takes players note-by-note through McCartney’s masterfully composed bass lines in these eight Beatles classics: All My Loving ? Come Together ? Day Tripper ? Eight Days a Week ? Hey Bulldog ? I Want You (She’s So Heavy) ? Nowhere Man ? and Paperback Writer.

Recording artist, stunt guitarist and TrueFire’s Professor of the deep and unwieldy, Chris Buono presents another hand-picked collection of 50 Funk Guitar Licks You MUST Know. Buono’s handpicked range of phrases, concepts and techniques delivers a wide variety of classic, contemporary and underground funk styles to help guide your development of the tools, techniques and vocabulary required to majorly power up your funk chops.

50 Funk Guitar Licks You MUST Know pays much deserved homage to the guitar artists that laid down the very foundations of funk. You will learn how to play funk guitar in the style of James Brown alumni Jimmy Nolen/Phelps Collins/Alphonso Kellum, Funkadelic guitarists Michael Hampton/Gary Shider/Eddie Hazel, Freddie Stone (Sly & the Family Stone), Al McKay (Earth, Wind & Fire), Sugar Foot Bonner (Ohio Players), Leo Nocentelli (The Meters), Ernie Isley (The Isley Brothers) and Nile Rodgers (Chic).

Dating as far back as the 40′s, Rhythm & Blues has been used to describe a wide variety of musical styles combining jazz, blues, soul, funk and rock. This handpicked collection of 50 R&B Licks You MUST Know pays homage to the soulful, bluesy, rock sounds of the 60s and 70s upon which much of our contemporary and requisite guitar vocabulary is derived from.
Robbie Calvo dissects the style and equips you with double-stops, sliding sixths, bends, pull-offs, chromatic runs and passing tones, Q&A motifs, Mixolydian lines, combining scales and arpeggios, chromatic double stops, vibrato, semi-tone bends, triplet rhythms, pedal tone ideas, combining major and minor pentatonics, glissandos, “sweet” notes and many more techniques that are characteristic to this tasty R&B style.

An up-tempo musical hybrid of country, rock and blues with rhythmic influences borrowed from bebop and swing, Rockabilly has been attracting audiences for decades and will likely do so for many millennia to come. Guitarists likewise love the genre and never seem to tire of adding Rockabilly moves to their bag.

Ready to shred on a trunkful of tasty, prime Rockabilly riffs, licks and tricks? Top educator, recording artist and supreme Rockabilly guru Jason Loughlin presents 50 Rockabilly Licks You MUST Know!

Even the hard-core electric blues player would have to admit that there’s only one thing sweeter and more satisfying than kicking back and listening to a great acoustic blues player do their solo thing – and that’s picking up the acoustic yourself and banging out your own killer solo bluesy groove.

Joe Dalton’s 50 Acoustic Blues Licks You Must Know is so much more than a killer hand-picked collection of acoustic blues licks – it’s a veritable construction kit for the solo acoustic blues guitar player.

Thousands of popular songs can be played with 8 simple chords or less. In fact, learn just the A chord, D chord and E chord and you’ll be able to play hundreds upon hundreds of blues, folk and rock songs. World renowned guitar educator Ravi has taught thousands of people to play their favorite songs on guitar with this breakthrough 21-day course. The ‘trick’ behind this course is really no trick at all.

Top educator, performing artist and Nashville twang ace Joe Dalton draws from years of experience in the studio and on stage to present these 50 hot-country guitar licks you MUST know! Dalton’s handpicked range of phrases, concepts and techniques takes you through a variety of country styles to help guide your development of the tools, techniques and vocabulary you’ll need to take your country guitar playing to the next level.

Joe shares his favorite go-to moves and licks, including pedal steel lines that incorporate bends against stationary notes with hybrid right-hand picking techniques.

Top educator and TrueFire’s resident Monster of the Shred, Jeff Beasley presents 50 Shred Guitar Licks You MUST Know covering a selection of shred licks inspired by Paul Gilbert, Zakk Wylde, Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen and many other kings of style. Beasley’s handpicked range of phrases, concepts and techniques were chosen because of their versatility and application in a multitude of different contexts as motifs for original improvisations.

Beasley covers the full range of minor, major and dominant licks along with scale and arpeggio motifs, right and left-Jeff Beasleyhand techniques, double-stops, melodic development, picking techniques, diminished runs, sweeping Mixolydian and Dorian phrases, sequences, pentatonic variations, legato, hammers, taps and all of the other essential tricks of the shred trade.

Top educator and blues player extraordinaire, Jeff McErlain responds to standing ovations for his first 50 Blues licks course with another 50 killer licks you will certainly want to add to your blues-rock bag.

50 Blues Rock Guitar Lick You Must Know disc art50 Blues-Rock Guitar Licks You MUST Know covers licks, riffs and rhythmic patterns in the style ofJimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Rev. Billy Gibbons, David Gilmour, Keith Richards, Eric Johnson, Joe Bonamassa, David Grissom, Robin Trower, Jeff Beck, Michael Schenker, Jake E Lee, Van Halen, and many of the other kings of the blues-rock six-string.

McErlain’s new handpicked collection of moves will further guide your development of the tools, techniques and vocabulary you’ll need to unleash soulful lines and take your blues guitar playing to the next level.

Most guitar players spend more time learning “lead” guitar than they do working on their rhythm chops. Whether you’re a pro, a weekend warrior or just jam with your buds, you’ll play far more rhythm guitar than lead, and have a much better chance of getting and keeping the gig if you can play great rhythm guitar. Top educator and blues-rock maestro Jeff Scheetz presents 50 Blues Rock Rhythms You MUST know!

50 Blues-Rock Rhythm Licks You MUST Know covers licks, riffs and rhythmic patterns in the style of Joe Bonamassa, Jimi Hendrix, SRV, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Allman Brothers, Billy Gibbons, David Gilmour, Keith Richards, Eric Johnson, David Grissom, Robin Trower, Jeff Beck, Johnny Winter, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Van Halen and many of the other kings of the blues-rock six-string.

Texas blues dates back as far as the early 1900′s but this collection of 50 licks focuses on the Texas blues scene that exploded on to the mainstream in the late 60′s and early 70′s. Heavily influenced by southern rock, blues-rock, slide and a dash of jazz, this modern style of Texas blues features the heavy use of memorable electric guitar riffs, blazing solos, exciting rhythm patterns and tasty turnarounds, all of which are showcased in this handpicked collection of 50 Texas Blues Licks You MUST Know.

Artists like Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, his brother Jimmy Vaughan and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Johnny Winter, Freddie King, Billy Gibbons and ZZ Top, T-Bone Walker and Eric Johnson are all synonymous with the style along with many other notable guitarists.

Get your hands around the riffs and solos from one of the greatest bands ever, with the help of Jamie Humphries. Pink Floyd have been responsible for some of the most cinematic and breath-taking rock music ever recorded, and in this tutorial double DVD, Humphries provides a close-up guide to the work of Dave Gilmour – one of the best Strat players of all time! Learn note-for-note Gilmour’s riffs and solos for songs including Money, Comfortably Numb and Wish You Were Here.

Use these 2 DVDs to learn the influential and inspiring guitar stylings of Dave Gilmour.

Learn five Pink Floyd tracks note for note with Jamie Humphries!

This excellent 2 DVD set will guide you through the bluesy rock licks of Dave Gilmour, one of the greatest Strat players of all time!

Tracks include: Time, Learning To Fly, Have A Cigar, On The Turning Away, and Mother.

Learn seven Tom Petty tracks, guitar lessons by Danny Gill
This superb DVD will teach you to play seven tracks from this award winning American singer-songwriter spanning his 30 year career. Includes guitar jam tracks.

Learn five James Taylor tracks note for note with Lee Hodgson
This superb DVD will teach you five fingerpicked acoustic classics from one of the most popular singer-songwriters of the 70s.

The dual speed-metal soloing and shotgun riffs of Dave Murray, Adrian Smith and later Janick Gers, has long been a trademark of the Maiden sound, and this DVD provides a note-for-note guide to five of their most characteristic and recognisable classics. Danny Gill shares the secrets and techniques so you can capture the sounds of these masters of metal for yourself. Includes the anthems Can I Play With Madness, Run To The Hills and Number Of The Beast.

Learn five Iron Maiden tracks note for note with Andy James. This superb DVD teaches you some of the best riffs and solos from one of the most successful and influential monsters of heavy metal!

Tracks include:
Two Minutes To Midnight
Moonchild
Fear Of The Dark
Aces High
Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

An hour and a half full of lessons, including techniques as Sweep Picking, Legato Playing, Brain exercises, Muting, Coordinationand Accuracy, Vibrato (Tremolo and fingers), Dynamics, Melody Construction.

- 15 Licks (Fusion, Rebel, The Wet Season, Anthem, Shoreline, Moyra, Move That Groove, Waiting, Abstract Impact, Patron Saint, The Skill Factor, Soil (Sun Caged), Sedation (Sun Caged) and The Shrink).
- 5 complete songs played live, filmed with three camera’s so you can see very clearly how they are played (New Race, Moyra, La Bella Mira, Fusion and The Skill Factor).

On this excellent DVD, Dave explains and demonstrates essential dynamic techniques- a must for any rock guitarist!
Broken down into easy-to-follow sections, the lessons are clear and helpful, and include plenty of licks and musical exercises to improve your rock guitar playing.

What do YOU want to PLAY today? The PLAY series has nailed down what today’s musician really wants: lessons you can use anytime, anywhere. They’re flat-out more convenient than private lessons, and just as valuable. The high-quality video of expert instructors will help players of all skill levels, from beginners and “weekend warriors” to advanced students and pros. Whether you’re into rock, jazz, blues, folk, country, or a little bit of everything, the PLAY series has all the resources you need at the click of a button.

Guitar educator Dave Celentano will take you through this comprehensive “hands-on” course and show you all the basic essentials for playing rhythm guitar. The DVD includes: anatomy of the guitar, holding the guitar, choosing picks, strings, tuning, finger exercises, open position chords, barre chords, power chords, strumming, keeping the beat, rhythms, palm muting, how to read tablature and chord diagrams, and many tips. Throughout the DVD are examples designed to assimilate the chords and strums, and get you playing rhythm guitar immediately

In this DVD, Dave Celentano concludes his “three level” rock lead guitar course by introducing the student to a variety of complete solos to learn and play over the band rhythm tracks. Topics include: ’80s style soloing, modal soloing in rock, acoustic blues soloing, triads, arpeggios, legato string bending, vibrato, tapping, and more. Dave demonstrates all the solos, then breaks each down into small sections for learning and discusses important concepts, theory, and scales