Several months of valuable lessons are programmed into this one easy-to-navigate DVD. You'll start out learning chords and strumming patterns so you can sing and play along. The songs are demonstrated slowly, phrase by phrase with split screen close-ups so you can see exactly how to play them. Then you'll learn how to add the melody to your chord strums to create lead solo arrangements for a variety of familiar songs. By the time you're finished, you'll learn hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, tablature, rhythm patterns, arpeggiated rhythm, endings, and more. Bass and rhythm guitar accompaniment is provided for songs at normal speed and at a slower speed so you can play along. A handy case size booklet is included with exact transcriptions of songs and playing techniques in tablature.

Acoustic guitar master Phil Keaggy shares his secrets in this comprehensive and entertaining personal guitar lesson. Covering techniques including alternate tunings, fingerpicking, flatpicking, sweep-picking, tapping, harmonics, and open-string chord voicings, Keaggy demonstrates a number of licks from 12 songs off of his three instrumental albums "Beyond Nature," "The Wind and the Wheat" and "The Master and the Musician."

Arlen Roth is considered "guitarist of guitarist´s" by music experts around the world. In his 35 year career has not only played with Simon & Garfunkel, but has also taught guitarists playing at international performances. Roth is the creator of Hot Licks videos and is currently Professor of Gibson Guitar. With it you will learn all the fundamental techniques so you can play your first songs. They are easy to follow lessons, and you see them as often as you like.

Dave Kilminster teaches basic guitar technique and principles, note by note. Dave prefers to teach with inspiring music rather than pointless exercises or inane tunes. He provides valuable insights into tuning, moveable chord shapes, and strumming patterns.

Designed with the beginner in mind, House of Blues Presents Learn to Play Acoustic Guitar features professional guitarist Kevin McCreery offering a series of lessons on various aspects of playing the instrument. In addition to such basics as how to hold the guitar, the video offers advice on playing chords, strumming, scales, and finger-picking.

Hal Leonard designed this course for students who are just learning to play electric or acoustic guitar. Subjects covered include: the parts of the guitar, tuning, chords, strumming, picking, improvisation, tablature, and standard notation. Close-ups, music notation, diagrams reinforce Hal's lessons.

Presented for the first time on DVD are the acoustic guitar stylings and songs of the legendary musician, Phil Keaggy, live in concert. Spanning 30+ years of his recording career, Phil performs some of his timeless classic and guitar instrumentals. Recorded in Philadelphia in the fall of 2001, shortly after the tragic events of September 11th, this concert was both an uplifting and moving experience delivered through Phil's unique multi-layered approach to performing on acoustic guitar.