Product Details

• Actors: Chris Proctor
• Directors: Happy Traum
• 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: Homespun Video
• DVD Release Date: May 6, 2003
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B00009M7NP
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #232,499 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

This lesson by one of the pioneers of the contemporary fingerstyle guitar movement provides new insights into the sounds, techniques and innovations that are possible on the 12-string guitar. It is jam-packed with important tips on tuning, stringing and setting up the instrument, plus revolutionary ways of picking the 12-string. Several complete instrumentals are taught, including: Sailor's Hornpipe, Fisher's Hornpipe, Halfway, Bells of the Harbor, War Games, Over the Pass. 80-MIN. DVD or VIDEO, INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB, LEVEL 3

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Got Alternate Tuning?, June 3, 2008

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Scott H. Rule (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Techniques for Contemporary 12-String Guitar DVD (DVD)

I specifically chose this DVD because I know that Chris Proctor is one of the few people who looks at the 12-string as a unique instrument. By this I mean that he goes beyond the approach of playing "songs that sound good on a 12-string" to look at techniques that you can only use on a 12-string guitar.

My disappointment is that the DVD focuses only on material with alternate tunings. As a player who has started later in life, I just don't have the time or energy to focus on anything but standard tuning. Unfortunately this leaves little concrete material to make use of.

For players who are comfortable with alternate tunings and own a 12-string, this is your DVD!