Product Details

• Actors: Mat Gurman
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Hal Leonard Corp
• DVD Release Date: October 1, 2003
• Run Time: 46 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000AQS6T
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #249,458 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

This DVD features top-rated session player Mat Gurminator Gurman teaching one of the most important music lessons you will ever take, regardless of the style you play. Mat demonstrates the art of phrasing - the key to all improvised music. He teaches how to get the music out of your head and into your playing, so your solos make sense. He tells how to get a great blues rock tone and demonstrates soloing in the styles of Carlos Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, Billy Gibbons, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton and Robben Ford. He also shows how to apply the blues scale to almost any style of music when you solo. Packed with licks and practice ideas, this DVD will help you develop your ear and continue to improve your soloing for months and years to come. Includes a lesson booklet showing examples in notation and tablature. 46 minutes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected, May 23, 2010

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Nick (Vancouver, BC, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blues Rock Guitar Soloing DVD (DVD)

I have only watched this through once, but doubt I will watch it much more. Matt is certainly a good guitarist with a variety of skills, but I am not sure who this is aimed at. As perhaps an intermediate level, I am interested in soaking up as much detail as I can, but this left me high and dry.

There are certainly demonstrations of a lot of styles, but the tab and the slowed down demo is usually restricted to a bar or two. The close up of his pick hand is screen lower right - just where the camera has placed the fret hand. Sometimes one blocks the other. I have not seen this mistake on other DVDs.

On the positive side, the sections on phrasing are quite good (singing to rhythm and then putting it into notes), but not overly original.

All in all a disappointing and short DVD with tabs that are of limited value. At least it is not an expensive DVD. There is much better out there (I am working from TrueFire lessons at the moment).

5.0 out of 5 stars Blues Rock Guitar Soloing DVD (DVD) ~ Mat Gurman, April 6, 2009

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Steven R. Maxey - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blues Rock Guitar Soloing DVD (DVD)

Blues Rock Guitar Soloing DVD by Mat Gurman is a good companion to his Blues Licks book and CD. If you have completed Mat's Blues Lick book, there are a few extra theory items that will complete your training. The examples of each guitar hero's style and explainations were helpful to me.