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Watch and Learn how to play the guitar and other music instruments. They have beginning instruction material for guitar, Banjo instruction videos, DVDs, banjo books with CDs, banjo tabs, and banjo lessons as taught by Geoff Hohwald on the Watch & Learn Video Primer Series. Cassette and Video Learning Sytems is also known as Watch and Learn and, as the name implies, all you have to do is watch and learn from the comfort of your home!

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Bluegrass Fakebook - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Bluegrass Fakebook - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
This handy book contains lyrics, chord progressions, and melody lines to 150 of the all-time favorite Bluegrass songs, including 50 gospel tunes as well as many 'new' bluegrass songs. Printed in large, easy-to-read type with one song per page, this book is excellent for use on stage or in jam sessions.
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Upright Bass Primer - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Upright Bass Primer - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Upright Bass Primer Book and Audio CD by Andy Howald is an instructional book that focuses on the beginning player and emphasizes proper playing technique. The book will guide the student through learning parts of the bass, proper playing position, tuning the bass, right and left hand technique, marking the positions, how to read tablature, playing notes, how to play with other instruments, and will also teach several songs. The book focuses on playing in a folk or bluegrass style and will teach the beginner how to play several bluegrass standards.
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Banjo Primer - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Banjo Primer - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Banjo Primer Book with CD by Geoff Hohwald is the first true beginners book revealing the secrets of good Scruggs style 5 string banjo technique. Clearly illustrated with over 40 photographs, it includes basic rolls, exciting & easy to play song arrangements, and up the neck breaks. The CD lets you hear all songs at 3 speeds - very slow, medium and full tempo. Video and DVD also available. Download now from PlayBetterBluegrass.com 1
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Banjo Song Book - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Banjo Song Book - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Banjo Songs Book with 2 CDs by Geoff Hohwald is the followup book to Banjo Primer. This book includes 96 exciting breaks to 30 popular bluegrass songs the way the pros play them. This easy to follow book of tablature with 2 CDs will help the beginner to intermediate quickly learn to play with power and accent and improve timing. It includes several breaks to each song with lots of up the neck licks. All songs are played slow and fast on the 2 CDs.
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Introduction to Upright Bass - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Introduction to Upright Bass - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Intro to Upright Bass DVD by Andy Howald is a 70 minute video lesson that covers the material in the Upright Bass Primer Book. It focuses on the beginning player and emphasizes proper technique. The video will discuss parts of the bass, proper playing position, tuning the bass, right and left hand technique, marking the positions, how to read tablature, playing notes, how to play with other instruments, and the lesson will also teach several songs. We'll focus on playing in a folk or bluegrass style and learn how to play several bluegrass standards. The video features split screens that allow for close up views of the left and right hand as well as the tablature to be on screen at the same time. Download now from PlayBetterBluegrass.com!
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Acoustic Guitar Primer - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Acoustic Guitar Primer - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
The only book designed to take the raw beginner through the basics of bluegrass and country guitar, including both rhythm and lead playing. Contains a complete chord chart and all music is written in both standard music notation and tablature. Includes lyrics and melody lines. Companion DVD or VHS tape also available.
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Acoustic Guitar Book 2 - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Acoustic Guitar Book 2 - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Acoustic Guitar Book 2 with CD by Bert Casey is the followup course to Acoustic Guitar Primer. This comprehensive book for intermediate players takes your rhythm playing to the next level. By using 17 popular songs, the student plays and sings along with a full band on extended versions of all songs. Video and DVD also available.
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Flatpicking Guitar Songbook - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Flatpicking Guitar Songbook - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Flatpicking Guitar Songs Book by Bert Casey shows the secrets of playing bluegrass lead guitar. Includes exciting, accurate arrangements to popular songs and is written in both tablature and standard music notation. There are 29 breaks for 12 songs, and each break is played both slow and fast on the CD.
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Tony Rice Guitar - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Tony Rice Guitar - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Tony Rice Guitar Book contains exact transcriptions of all the solos on the first three albums of the leading acoustic guitar player now living. Each solo is written in both tablature and standard music notation, showing the precision and syncopation that has had a tremendous impact on both bluegrass and new acoustic music that started with the Dawg era. Solos are taken from Tony Rice Guitar- Rebel SLP 1582, Tony Rice- Rounder 0085, and Manzanita - Rounder 0092. No Tape or CD available.
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Mandolin Primer - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Mandolin Primer - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Mandolin Primer Book with CD by Bert Casey is designed for the beginning mandolin student who desires an easy to follow, step by step instruction method for getting started on the mandolin. It starts with proper left & right hand technique and playing scales, then progresses to playing 14 popular bluegrass songs using techniques such as hammer-ons, slides, pull-offs, and double stops. It also includes a complete chord chart and a section on how to play rhythm on the mandolin (the famous mandolin "chop"). DVD and VHS Video also available.
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Roland White's Approach to Mandolin - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Roland White's Approach to Mandolin - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Roland White's Approach to Bluegrass Mandolin with 2 CDs is the next step beyond our Mandolin Primer Book. Roland White's book will help you become a more skilled mandolinist. The book starts with the basics and features 30 powerful and tasteful arrangements of Bluegrass standards. This book will transform you from a beginner to a pro. The book also includes 2 audio cds with slow and medium tempo versions of all the songs.
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Roland White's Mandolin Christmas - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Roland White's Mandolin Christmas - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Book with play-along CD for all skill levels. 10 classics in notation & tab. Songbook section with full lyrics, mandolin & guitar chord diagrams. Easy two-finger open chords, closed position chords, additional simple versions in tab for beginners, plus several "step up" versions with simple double stops added.
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Banjo Jam Tracks - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Banjo Jam Tracks - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
The Banjo Primer Jam CDs play rhythm to all of the songs in the Banjo Primer at 5 different speeds. This companion product to the Banjo Primer is the perfect way to increase your playing speed, improve your timing and make that critical leap between practice and actually jamming with friends.
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Country and Bluegrass Jam Tracks - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Country and Bluegrass Jam Tracks - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
This high quality audio CD contains 23 dynamic jam tracks of country and bluegrass music. The extended jams (3 to 4 minutes each) are in a wide variety of keys and grooves, allowing you to play any style of music. In addition, several tunes are played at 2 different speeds. Also includes a helpful 16 page instruction booklet with rhythm charts and soloing tips for each song.
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Mandolin Primer Jam CD's - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Mandolin Primer Jam CD's - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
The Mandolin Primer Jam CDs by Bert Casey and Geoff Hohwald are a 2 CD (audio only) set that play rhythm to all of the songs in the Mandolin Primer at 5 different speeds. This companion product to the Mandolin Primer is the perfect way to increase your playing speed, improve your timing and make that critical leap between practice and actually jamming with friends.
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Fiddle Primer - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Fiddle Primer - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Fiddle Primer Book by Jim Tolles (companion to the video) is the first book clearly showing the beginner how to play the fiddle. Includes many illustrations showing how to hold the bow and fiddle properly and many exercises to develop good bowing technique and learning how to play in tune. Great beginnner fiddle lessons.
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Banjo Primer DVD - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Banjo Primer DVD - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Banjo Primer Book with CD by Geoff Hohwald is the first true beginners book revealing the secrets of good Scruggs style 5 string banjo technique. Clearly illustrated with over 40 photographs, it includes basic rolls, exciting & easy to play song arrangements, and up the neck breaks. The CD lets you hear all songs at 3 speeds - very slow, medium and full tempo. Video and DVD also available.
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Harmonica Primer DVD - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Harmonica Primer DVD - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Introduction to Harmonica DVD by Tom Wolf is a harmonica lesson designed for the beginner. Utilizing all of the latest in video technology, it starts the beginner off with proper technique (hand positions, mouth positions, blowing & drawing).
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Harmonica Primer w/CD - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
Harmonica Primer w/CD - Bluegrass Books & DVD's
This is the companion book to the video. It covers all the material in the video, plus it has 17 additional songs not included in the video. It utilizes many photos and illustrations to fully explain all the techniques and exercises.
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