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#5149 "Advanced Bassix" - Practice & Performance Techniques with Steve Bailey: $39.95
#2330 4,6,8 String Bass Techniques with Tim Bogert: $39.95
#2108 Accordion Styles and Techniques: Taught by Joey Miskulin. A top Nashville session player teaches and demonstrates important accordion techniques ("breathing," phrasing, bellows shakes, vibrato etc.) plus rhythm, fills and leads for a variety of songs and instrumentals. Anyone interested in Cajun, Tex-Mex, Polka, cowboy or other styles will find this a wonderful and challenging way to delve into the instrument and discover its many possibilities. $49.95
#2128 Banjo Picking Styles: Taught by Bela Fleck. Learn a variety of techniques as played by the hottest young player on the scene today. Bela shows the stylistic innovations that will add sparkle interest and new repertoire to your playing. He covers bluegrass single- string style, harmonics, blues improvisations, Celtic sounds and lots more. $49.95
#2124 Beginning Bluegrass Banjo: Taught by Pete Wernick. This is the perfect primer for those who want to play Scruggs-style bluegrass banjo but have never picked a note! Pete (Dr. Banjo) Wernick will have you playing right from the opening minutes of this video. Learn basic rolls. Left hand fingerings chords and nine all-time favorite bluegrass songs. $49.95
#2130 Bluegrass Banjo Tunes and Techniques: Taught by Tony Trischka. Learn how the bluegrass masters get their distinctive sound and style - and learn to play terrific tunes in the process! Tony covers rolls, chokes, slides, timing, speed problems, syncopation, improvisation, intros, endings, chord inversions, back-up techniques and lots more. $49.95
#2119 Bluegrass Fiddle Classics -Favorites Repertoire Tunes: Taught by Kenny Kosek. Kenny teaches eleven great tunes, breaking each down to show, in detail, the basic melody and several hot variations. His latest lesson is chock-full of fantastic fiddle features, as well as great tips on bowing, fingering, licks and tricks of the trade. $39.95
#2116 Bluegrass Mandolin: Taught by Sam Bush. Starting with the basics, Sam Bush details the dominant mandolin styles from Bill Monroe to Newgrass. You'll see, up close Sam's amazing right-hand picking and left-hand fingering aa he demonstrates powerful techniques while teaching ten classic tunes. $49.95
Branching Out On Bluegrass Banjo -A Complete Two-Tape Series: Taught by Pete Wernick. Video One teaches you dozens of left-hand chord groups, versatile right-hand rolls, classic up-the-neck licks and variations, rhythm patterns and chord vamping for back-up, movable chord positions and other techniques. Video Two puts it all in practice: the "big tree of licks " chord progressions, ascending and descending runs, back-ups, modulations from one key to another improvising ideas, favorite Scruggs and Peno-style runs and licks, breaks in C, D and F, picking out melodies, creating bluegrass solos and lots more!; #2126 Video One: A Treasury Of Techniques $49.95; #2127 Video Two: Putting It All Into Practice $49.95
#2139 Celtic Tunes For Hammer Dulcimer: Taught by Walt Michael. Concentrating on the great Celtic music tradition, Walt Michael draws on tunes from Ireland, Scotland, Northern England and the Shetland Islands, slowing them down and taking them apart for the learning player. This tape will dramatically expand his/her hammer dulcimer technique and repertoire. $39.95
#2120 Contes Fiddling Championship Style: Taught by Mark O'Connor. One of the great fiddle players of our time takes apart three of his award-winning tunes, teaching them in note-for-note detail. Novices and champion fiddlers alike will want to study the fine points of Mark O'Connor's style and technique. Includes Mark performing with a band as if in a Texas-style fiddle contest. $49.95
#2123 Five-String Banjo For Beginners: Taught by Happy Traum. Beginning five-string banjoists will pick and sing along with Happy Traum within minutes with these clear, easy, hands-on lessons. Starting with the basics - the parts of the banjo, how to hold and tune it - Happy quickly moves on to teach a wide variety of country and folktunes in traditional banjo style. Learn right-hand picking patterns, hammer-ons, slides and pull-oHs, and more. $34.95
#2138 Hammer Dulcimer Tunes And Techniques: Taught by Walt Michael. One of America's finest and most innovative hammer dulcimer players teaches a wide variety of wonderful tunes, breaking them down and describing The techniques necessary to play them smoothly and proficiently. Includes reels, breakdowns, Southern old-time music, medleys and even contemporary favorites from Walt's repertoire of original pieces. $39.95
#2122 How To Play the 5-String Banjo: Taught by Pete Seeger. America's most beloved banjo picker has led millions of people in joyful singing for over fifty years, and his unique banjo sound has influenced tens of thousands of players. In this warm and compelling video, Pete Seeger teaches his techniques - up-picking frailing, whamming, double-thumbing, hammering-on and pulling-off two-finger and three-finger picking - plus more than a dozen songs. As a special treat, Pete leads an audience sing-a-long. $39.95
#2140 How to Play Flutes of The Andes: Taught by Sukay. Learn to play the haunting and powerful music of the Andes mountains. The members of Sukay demonstrate songs and techniques while they teach two of the most popular wind instruments, the zampona (or panpipes) and the recorder-like kena. $29.95
#2117 Jesse McReynolds Bluegrass Mandolin Techniques: A bluegrass legend breaks down the "crosspicking" technique that has influenced countless mandolin (and guitar) players during the past thirty years. Your playing will reach a whole new level as you learn chord formations, exercises, variations, endings and a variety of rolls for Jim & Jesse classics. $49.95
#2103 John Sebastian Teaches Blues Harmonica: Taught by John Sebastian. One of the most popular performers and recording artists of our time will have harmonica players blowing blues harp in only a few minutes! the former leader of The Lovin' Spoonful teaches all the basics and lays a solid foundation for advanced study in his friendly, jam-along lesson. by the end of this east-to-follow video, John sits out a few and students take over the harp solos! $49.95
#2141 Learn to Play Autoharp: Taught by John Sebastian. A wonderful one-hour video lesson that provides a step-by-step learning guide to the autoharp - on of our most beautiful (and easiest) traditional instruments Includes the use of fingerpicking techniques and how to pick out melodies and play instrumentals in the styles of the great traditional players. $39.95
#2110 Learning Bluegrass Dobro: Taught by Cindy Cashdollar. This hands-on Dobro course will have even a complete beginner playing bluegrass and country tunes in no time. Cindy covers essential right-hand techniques such as rolls, rhythm playing, crosspicking, tone control and damping, as well as valuable left-hand skills, including bar technique, chord building, hammer-ons and pull-offs, minor keys and more. Four all-time favorite country tunes are taught in detail.$49.95
#2118 Learning Bluegrass Fiddle: Taught by Kenny Kosek. See how to hold the instrument, proper use of the bow and other techniques that will make starting, or continuing, your fiddle playing easy and fun. You'll learn riffs, double-stops and exciting solos to numerous hot fiddle tunes. $39.95
#2135 Learning Mountain Dulcimer: Taught by David Schnaufer. Even a novice can make lovely sounds and play simple tunes almost immediately! Dulcimer virtuoso David Schnaufer includes scales, fingerings and strumming techniques for some of country music's all-time favorite songs. Add chords and harmony notes to the basic tune, and learn how to make use of hammer-ons, pull-offs and guitar-style picking. $39.95
#2109 Learning Pedal Steel Guitar: Taught by Bruce Bouton. Top Nashville session player Bruce Bouton teaches pedal steel the right way to get a student playing from scratch! Includes proper use of the bar, foot pedals, knee levers and volume pedals, plus right-hand picking techniques and the scales, chords and harmony lines that give the instrument its distinctive sound. Also included are classic licks intros and endings, exercises, chord inversions string-lowering licks, unison licks and accompaniments to several great songs. $49.95
#2132 Learning Plectrum Banjo: Taught by Buddy Wachter. Taught by a true 4-string banjo virtuoso, this video will benefit beginners and experienced players alike! Filled with innumerable tips and priceless advice for the learning player, it includes the essentials of pick and rhythm technique, proper fretting position, chord theory and structure, movable chords and left-hand exercises for strength and coordination. $49.95
#2131 Learning Tenor Banjo: Taught by Buddy Wachter. The tenor banjo has a shorter neck and a higher, sharper sound than the plectrum, good for being heard in a band situation. Four-string players tend to be fiercely devoted to one type of banjo or the other, so we have produced a separate video for each instrument. This lesson is essentially the same as "Learning Plectrum Banjo," and includes theory, basic chord formations, picking and strumming exercises, plus other invaluable knowledge necessary for playing virtually any tune on the banjo. $49.95
Maestro Music Instrument Series: The 'Maestro' series from Backstage Pass is the first instructional video library for beginning band and orchestra students. These videos can be used along with classroom studies and private lessons, in the classroom or at home.; #4405 Cello $29.95; #4406 Flute $29.95; #4407 Snare Drums $29.95; #4408 Trombone $29.95; #4409 Tuba $29.95; #4410 Viola $29.95; #4411 Violin $29.95; #4412 Saxophone $29.95; #4413 Trumpet $29.95; #4414 Clarinet $29.95
#2144 Making and Playing Homemade Instruments: Taught by Marcy Marxer and Cathy Fink. Kids and parents of all ages will be delighted with this fun-filled musical experience. They'll learn to make - and really play - an oatmeal box banjo, a mouth bow, a washtub bass, maracas and shakers and other instruments using the simplest tools and inexpensive household materials. $19.95
#2104 New Directions For Harmonica - Expanding Your Technique: Taught by Howard Levy. Howard Levy, virtuoso harmonica player for The Flecktones, teaches how to play chromatically on a diatonic instrument! Advanced harpists will learn how to accurately use bends, overblows and overdraws, to play a complete chromatic scale, and be able to play blues, classical, jazz, pop or Latin tunes on their basic ten-hole harmonica. $49.95
#2879 Pavarotti Master Class At Juilliard: The master tenor, with his usual vigor coaches a master class of students in the technique of brilliant singing. $29.95
#2125 Play Bluegrass Banjo By Ear: Taught by Bill Keith. Bill conveys an under-standing of basic music theory for banjo that will open up vast possibilities for all players. Includes details of right-hand rolls, harmonized scales, pentatonic runs and licks, and more. $39.95
#4427 Read Music Today: Welcome to the world of written music. Learn how to read and understand notes, scales & chords. $24.95
#2133 Singing For "Tin Ears": Taught by Penny Nichols. This tape is an encouraging and enjoyable lesson that will turn "listeners" into singers. It wall help break down inhibitions teach pitch perception and basic music theory and get anyone started making wonderful vocal music. $29.95
#2129 The Banjo of Ralph Stanley - From Old Time To Bluegrass: Taught by Ralph Stanley. this intimate look at Ralph Stanley's pioneering banjo style begins with the first tunes he learned from his mother in the old-time clawhammer technique and progresses through the three-finger blue-grass picking he helped make famous. Included are both detailed instruction and full-band performances of some of the most beloved Stanley Brothers tunes. $49.95
#2121 The Fiddle According to Vassar: Taught by Vassar Clements. This great fiddle master starts his teaching session with more than a dozen licks that are unmistakably his own. Vassar demonstrates their uses in several tunes and students will learn his riffs, slides, chromatics double- and triple-stops, slurs, boogie-woogie patterns and more. $49.95
#2137 The Hammer Dulcimer: Taught by John McCutcheon. This easy-to-follow, comprehensive beginner's course on video makes it easy to see the way the hammers are held, where the notes are found and how to make exciting music almost immediately. John teaches several tunes and variations and shares tips on tuning, instrument set-up, finding harmonies and special techniques such as rolls and flams. $39.95
#2877 The Heifetz Master Classes Volume 1: Students such as Erick Friedman perform various violin sonatas, with Heifetz interrupting periodically to point out a better way to bring out the music's art. Anyone who studies and/or loves the violin will find these master classes with the century's greatest violinist essential viewing! $49.95
#2878 The Heifetz Master Classes Volume 2: Part two contains never-before-released footage showing Heifetz in a rare, humorous parody of an atrocious violin student giving an audition. A "must see" for all Heifetz fans! $49.95
#2146 The Instrumentalists Guide To Fitness, Health and Musicianship: Taught by Julie Lyonn Lieberman. With the help of professional musicians and a physical fitness trainer Julie Lyonn Lieberman presents relaxation, healing and centering exercises, breathing and stretching techniques, self-massage and warm-ups. Musicians will see and feel how tension negatively affects their playing and learn how to eliminate it. $39.95
The Mandolin of Bill Monroe - A Complete Two-Tape Series: Video One: For the first time the legendary "Father of Bluegrass" demonstrates the amazing mandolin technique and repertoire that have made him world-famous. He plays over 25 great tunes. Video Two is a hands-on teaching tool. Veteran bluegrass musician Sam Bush dissects sixteen pieces as played by Bill Monroe taking them apart in not-for-note detail. Split screens and close-ups as well as replays of Monroe's demonstrations, aid the learning process and make this series the learning method for bluegrass mandolin.; #2111 Video One: One On One With The Master $49.95; #2112 Video Two: A Detailed Analysis By Sam Bush $49.95
#2115 The Mandolin of Norman Blake: Norman and Nancy Blake teach old-time and original instrumentals in Celtic and southern mountain tradition, plus give advice on tuning, split strings, phrasing, ornaments, double-stops, temolos drones and much more. Split-screen close-ups focus on right- and left-hand picking and fingering. $49.95
#2134 The Vocalist's Guide to Fitness, Health and Musicianship: Taught by Julie Lyonn Lieberman. Everyone who sings - whether at home or on the stage - will benefit from this video. Julie Lyonn Lieberman covers breath support, control and vocal stamina, and discusses the causes of vocal dysfunction, injury, tension, hoarseness etc. Relaxation, healing and movement techniques are offered. $39.95
#2882 Trumpet Course: Beginner-Intermediate with Clark Terry: Clark Terry's video trumpet class is designed as both an introduction to the instrument and to music theory. Topics include the various mutes and other accessories, tonguing, slurring, embouchure, wind production and warm-up techniques for beginning students, plus trumpet scales and harmonics. $29.95
#2136 Vocal Style and Performance - Tips From a Pro: Taught by Maria Muldaur. A veteran pop/jazz blues singer reveals many of the important secrets that have helped her to become one of the top entertainers in the country. Maria teaches her personal vocal warm-up exercises, plus tips on phrasing, building a song for dramatic impact, channeling emotions proper breathing constructing a set, sound checks, how to defeat pre-show jitters, what to eat and drink before a show and many more "tricks of the trade." Includes concert performance with a top blues band. $39.95
You Can Play Bluegrass Mandolin -A Complete Two-Tape Series: Taught by Butch Baldassari. Video One teaches how to hold and tune the mandolin: basic chords and scales; simple melodies; how to work with open strings and execute double-stops plus much more. Video Two teaches chord positions up and down the neck; soloing slides hammer-ons open chord positions; open-string harmonies; how to increase playing speed; tremolo technique; double-stops and more.; #2113 Video One: $39.95; #2114 Video Two: $39.95

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