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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780634037238
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0634037234
Label: Hal Leonard
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Hal Leonard
MPN: 320294
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 26, 2002
Running Time: 218 minutes
Studio: Hal Leonard
Theatrical Release Date: 2002

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Editorial Review:

Description:
By far the most comprehensive DVD ever offered for the beginner guitarist---well over 3 hours long! Over 50 Interactive Lessons!

Step-by-step lessons incorporating clear, easy-to-follow 3-D graphics and unique play-along tracks teach the viewer the essential chords, scales, and techniques used by acoustic guitar players in every popular style, including rock, blues and country. This DVD is separated into two major sections:

1)The First Step: tuning up · string names · essential chords and scales used by all players · music reference section (notes, rhythms, chords and scales) · practice tips · fretting-hand technique · picking-hand technique · backing tracks for play-along · animated 3-D fretboard graphics.

2)Play Acoustic!: rhythm technique (bare finger/thumb, bass/chord, fingerstyle, etc.) · soloing technique (chord embellishment, open-string chords, using a capo) · electrified acoustic · rock, blues and country styles · rhythm and solo technique in each style · backing tracks in each style for play-along · tips on caring for your instrument from the Fender Custom Shop.

Special DVD Features include: Bonus footage, including a Fender Factory Tour! Also: Web links, including a web site specifically designed for beginning guitarists · Multi-language feature so you can hear the DVD in English, Spanish, German, French, or Japanese.




Rating: - good overall but I have a problem
This is a good starting point for an adult beginner which I am, tried to learn as a teenager but had little or no staying power then. The only problem with the DVD is I find it difficult to navigate through the thing which is frustrating and confusing. Have only gone through the Power chords, ADE triads and G and C triads and some of the practice tracks. The instructor is very good at explaining how to do things though he does go sort of fast but then maybe I am slow...

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Rating: - Beware !! A fender con
ok, on the whole the DVD is pretty good except for some sly marketing.

The DVD Fender presents : Getting started on Acoustic guitar is exactly the same as the Fender presents: Getting started on electric guitar. In fact the lessons on the Acoustic DVD are don on an electric guitar.

The DVD starts with, the lessons on this DVD will be taught on an electric guitar - then hey presto, the DVDs are the same from here on in.

Aside the DVD I gave the product 4 stars ... Read More

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Rating: - Great DVD
This is a great DVD if you are just getting started or know a little about playing the guitar. Keith Wyatt makes this fun and easy to understand. I got my first guitar twenty-eight years ago, but I only learned a few chords and eventually put it down to play the drums. Now I'm back to the guitar trying to learn how to really play, and this DVD has helped quite a bit.

I've read some complaints in these reviews that he is playing an electric guitar instead of an acoustic. It states right ... Read More

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Rating: - Good Tutorial
I have never picked up a guitar before getting this DVD. After 2 weeks, I can find some of the major chords and keep up with the first lessons. So far, I have been pleased, but with some sore finger tips.

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Rating: - The best dvd for beginners and for review
I originally bought this for my girlfriend who couldn't strum a single note, but always wanted to learn. She is coming along great after only a few times watching the first lesson and can already strum the first 3 chords--E,D,A. The teacher really takes his time and walks the student through the biggining classes at a nice slow pace. I have also sat down and popped it in a few times and there is some great accoustic stuff that i never bothered to learn--like some acoustic soloing lines and different ... Read More

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