Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: February 2, 1985
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 1584961066
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #557,392 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

D Partin, Royal Oak, MI

"I have seen other guitar instruction videos, and I think yours is far superior as a learning vehicle. All I need to do is practice!"

Product Description

The Right Way is the Easy Way!

There is something very special about this video. It approaches Bluegrass Flatpicking Guitar the same way a golf pro at a country club teaches golf. In other words, it teaches the technique that is most efficient for speed, accuracy, & good tone! The right way is the easy way, & when you learn all the details of "right hand technique," you can play fast, accurate, & loud, with relaxed confidence! It’s normal human nature to think that the hand fretting the notes is the most important hand in guitar playing, but the truth is: The Hand that holds the pick is the one that causes most of the problems & setbacks! Very few people realize this fact. So just sit back and see how quickly and easily Dan can show you all the tricks & secrets necessary to get to a professional level, while you’re having fun every step of the way!

There are certain important aspects of learning an instrument which must be seen "Live" to be understood. Our specialized pick technique study, will give you the skills necessary to become a good player quickly.

Includes: "Your Golf Swing" (the details of right & left hand technique), hammer-ons, pull-offs, finger exercises, rhythm & strumming techniques, bass runs, proper methods for changing strings, using the cassette recorder, tuning, Note-for-Note solos for 5 Bluegrass Flatpicking songs, & much more.

Solos Taught:
Red Haired Boy, You Are My Sunshine
Goldrush, Big Mon, Ragtime Annie

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Intro to Bluegrass Guitar Pickin', October 16, 2002

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SilverFlash (Covington, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bluegrass Guitar - The Right Way is the Easy Way [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I highly recommend this video. The presentation is high quality and includes the use of on-screen tab and titles (which made it easy to find the sections I was searching for when fast-forwarding.) Dan offers specific advice on which type of pick to use and how to hold it, how to strike the strings, how to anchor your picking hand, how to move your wrist, and much more regarding the small details of flatpicking that you can't get from a book or CD. Dan also gives brief, but highly detailed, demonstrations of how to tune your guitar, how to put strings on, and how to use a cassette tape player to learn songs. Dan gives measure-by-measure lessons on how to play the songs with specific instructions on how and when to down-stroke or up-stroke while moving from string to string. Based on my experience with this video I'll be purchasing more instructional material by Dan Huckabee.