Product Details

• Actors: Marty Friedman
• Directors: Marty Friedman
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Import, NTSC, Surround Sound
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Pro-mere / Nightjar
• DVD Release Date: June 19, 2006
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000K7UBZW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #67,013 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The ONLY instructional guitar vid that works for me, March 6, 2010

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Michael S. Young "Michael S Young" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Marty Friedman - 99 Secret Lead Guitar Phrases (DVD)

I must have shelled out for a hundred of these darned instructional DVDs. As a professional player with 15 years experience, I am constantly finding myself in one rut or another. I wanted an instructional approach that didn't eat a ton of my time, that gave me new and interesting ideas right away, and that was above all PRACTICAL.

Marty delivers. The content speaks for itself, but even the way the DVD is designed makes its use incredibly easy. There are 99 tracks, each dedicated to a "phrase." He doesn't talk your ear off about it; he just illustrates, slows it down, and repeats a few times, close-up on left hand, then close-up on right hand. Then on to the next. 0% B.S.; you just get in there and do it. I have owned this DVD for 48 hours, and it has already made a massive impact-- and I've only learned 10 phrases!

This DVD will shock you out of the routines of "scale" playing by SHOWING, instead of TELLING you how to break the "rules" a bit and make some interesting sounds.

Thanks, Marty! I really hope other guitar players will adopt this approach to instructional videos.

MSY

4.0 out of 5 stars Break through to the other side..., February 16, 2011

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Frank - See all my reviews

This review is from: Marty Friedman - 99 Secret Lead Guitar Phrases (DVD)

A great tool to improve your phrasing. If you improvise but always sound the same no matter what scale or mode you use this DVD will help.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just what I needed, March 10, 2011

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faid2black - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Marty Friedman - 99 Secret Lead Guitar Phrases (DVD)

I've only gone through the first couple licks on the dvd and it's already opened up my options on the fretboard. For a while, i've been stuck improvising only within scales, and basically Marty gets you out of that tendency with new notes and new ways to play them. Something I've really needed badly.

Other than the intro, this dvd is all business. One lick after another, first played fast, then slow, with separate close-ups of both hands. Again, I've only gone through the first handful of chapters and Marty has already influenced my lead playing. Very excited about this dvd.