Play the powerful basses, dynamic rhythms and rich, resonant chords that are only possible on the 12-string guitar! This lesson by veteran guitarist Happy Traum teaches songs, styles and techniques that will open up vast possibilities on this exciting instrument. The 12-string’s six sets of doubled strings provide a depth of sound, richness of tone and rhythmic possibilities that are unique in the guitar family. This user-friendly, easy-to-follow video is just what you need to get into the traditional styles of Lead Belly, Pete Seeger and other 12-string innovators. From the secrets of proper stringing and tuning to a whole range of fingerpicking ideas, your 12-string playing is guaranteed to jump to a whole new level. You’ll soon be playing classic blues, rags, folk songs and instrumentals: The boogie woogie-style walking bass lines of "Alabama Bound" and "Good Morning Blues," the haunting harmonies of "In The Pines, and rare Lead Belly arrangements of "House of the Rising Sun" and "Never Said a Mumblin’ Word." In addition, you’ll learn three compelling arrangements to folk songs in dropped-D tuning: "Times Are Getting Hard," "Delia’s Gone" and "Bright Morning Stars." Note: This lesson addresses specific styles for the 12-string guitar, but the songs and techniques will be of interest to 6-string players as well. Try adapting this material to whichever instrument you are currently playing.
H**M
Well done
Artie and Happy Traum have been teaching for many years and this DVD shows off Happy's skills. this is a keeper
E**T
Fun dvd
Happy does his usual excellent job of presenting music in an easy to understand format. He uses some interesting tunes and material to express the uniqueness of the 12 string. I had a lot of fun with this dvd. Highly recommend it to anyone new to the 12 string or someone wanting to expand his/her knowledge of this cool instrument.
E**S
the best there is
I bought myself a 12-string Taylor in Londonand I found this Dvd very useful with a lot of tips about tuning and playing
E**N
Fair
I felt I knew more than this guitar player. I am 58 and have been playing guitar since 10. I also majored in music in college. He did not show me anything I already knew.
C**X
Not what I was hoping for
I was not willing to tune my guitar down a whole step just to be able to play along with the video. There was no mention of the altered tuning until after the video had started and I knew that if I had done so I would be struggling to keep the instrument in tune. However keeping an instrument tuned was clearly not a lesson being taught by this video as his guitar was quite out of tune and getting worse with every song. I finally had to turn it off and take it back to the library.I had hoped that the video would be about techniques that are unique to the 12 string guitar but it turned out to be mostly playing songs on a 12 string guitar.
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