Music Of Paul Simon Arranged for Fingerstyle Guitar

Product Description Learn how to play and sing nine classic Paul Simon tunes from start to finish. You will learn how to fingerpick backup arrangements while singing. You will Learn how to play instrumental solos and how to begin and end each song. While studying Fred's arrangements of these Paul Simon hits you will also learn a lot about fingerpicking: backup patterns, soloing ideas and various chord positions. Each song is played at regular speed and then slowed down with a split-screen. That gives you a close-up look at the picking as well as chording hand. A detailed tab/music instructional booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. In this second DVD lesson devoted to the styles, techniques and music of Merle Travis, Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed, Buster B. Jones explores five instrumental arrangements that have become trademarks for these legends. Buster also illustrates how each of these guitarists approach their arranging and playing of a tune and how you can combine these to develop your own sound and style. A detailed tab/music instructional booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. DVD is region 0, playable worldwide. Review Each of these instructional tapes offers a good solid hour of insight into covering the tunes of their respective subjects. Both are taught by Fred Sokolow, an experienced, low-key instructor with a sense of humor. He chooses songs from varied periods of Simon s and Dylan s careers. For the Simon tape, the selections include "The Boxer," "Mother and Child Reunion," "Bridge Over Troubled Water," and "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin Groovy)." For Dylan, Sokolow breaks down tunes including "Blowin in the Wind," "My Back Pages," and "Too Much of Nothing." Each tape offers nine songs in all. Sokolow shows how to pick patterns while singing as well as how to create instrumental solos, and ideas for beginning and finishing each song. The patterns are clearly demonstrated on screen and there is accompanying written tab and notation. These tapes are useful for learning a lot about the structure of fingerpicking and how to study and perform a tune as well as learning the details of the individual pieces. --Dirty Linen!