Product Details

• Actors: Tom Kolb
• Directors: Hal Leonard
• Format: 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
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Hal Leonard Corporation
• DVD Release Date: February 20, 2002
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000056VQS
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #53,341 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

The world-famous °Hal Leonard Guitar Method° has taught millions of people to play. Now learning will be even easier, thanks to this great Digital Video Disc! Designed for anyone just learning to play electric or acoustic guitar, it covers: tuning, identifying the parts of the guitar, reading both standard notation and tablature, playing chords, strumming and picking, improvising basic rock solos and lots more. It features great camera angles, helpful on-screen music, guitar diagrams, hand-position close-ups, and the °navigational freedom that only a DVD can provide°, so you can go straight to the topics you want! You'll learn to play the songs: Let It Be · Wild Thing · Twist and Shout, as well as the famous intro riffs to: Smoke on the Water · Day Tripper · Sunshine of Your Love. The DVD corresponds with all the books and supplements in the °Hal Leonard Guitar Method°, and features exclusive DVD Bonus Lessons covering chord progressions, songs, licks and jam tracks!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This and the method books are a great way to start, June 21, 2002

By	Damon K. Tanner "eanx" (Tooele, Utah USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this in order to supplement the method books I am currently studying. Its much more informative than the "Dummies" dvd and you will learn more. My only complaint is when using it to do chapter searches(get to a specific point) it is very confusing. It also would be better with a supplemental book that contains the songs you learn. Still buy it you will be glad you did.I would also recommend Hal Leonards Method books as well. Enjoy!!!!

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a good choice!, June 15, 2006

By	A. Bailey (New York, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This course (DVD + Books) may not be the most fun, but it does cover all the bases better than any other SINGLE course out there. To tell you my honest opinion if having fun while learning the guitar is what you want to do, then I would say go with "Guitar Basics" by Bruce Buckingham and work your way up through the Musicians Institue series of courses. The main difference between these series is that Guitar Method starts with reading music and picking out "lame" melodies, where as Guitar Basics starts you out with playing chords and chord progressions. So the decision is really in the hands of where you want to start. Chords or notes?

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars No impressed, October 27, 2006

By	D. Tzolov "UB40" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this dvd because of the list of songs in Product Description. It says: "You'll learn to play the songs:...." but in most of the cases they are not the songs but small riffs. Also this dvd is difficult to navigate and you can not loop the exercises.
I learn some tricks from the dvd but the bottom line is that I was disappointed.