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This DVD will introduce you to the world of playing electric slide guitar in the open G and open E tunings. David begins with the basics of getting a good slide sound, takes you through slide scale patterns and riffs in open position and up the neck, and demonstrates step-by-step how to create riffs, solos and backup parts in the styles of Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Duane Allman and Ry Cooder. The accompanying booklet comes complete with easy-to-follow notation and diagrams that correspond exactly to this DVD. This is truly a unique opportunity for you to receive a private guitar lesson from one of today's finest writers and guitar instructors. 60 minutes.

Learn to play eight of Clapton's best acoustic songs and solos note-for-note with this DVD: Change the World Circus Layla Malted Milk Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out Signe Tears in Heaven Walkin' Blues. Exclusive DVD features include: guitar techniques section, jam-along songs, and practice tips. 79 minutes.

Learn the riffs and solos of Eric Clapton's early years with The Yardbirds, John Mayall's Blues Breakers, Cream, Blind Faith, and Derek and the Dominos! Eight classic songs are taught note-for-note: All Your Love (I Miss Loving) Bell Bottom Blues Can't Find My Way Home Cross Road Blues (Crossroads) I Ain't Got You Layla Sunshine of Your Love White Room. Bonus features include: guitar techniques section jam-along songs practice tips. 63 minutes.

Riffs and solos from 8 classic Clapton songs, including: After Midnight Cocaine Forever Man Lay Down Sally Motherless Children Pretending Running on Faith Wonderful Tonight. DVD bonus features include a guitar techniques section, jam-along songs, and practice tips. 73 minutes.

Renowned jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli shares his take on the key elements of jazz guitar style. Filled with dazzling demos, insightful lessons and great anecdotes, this DVD is perfect for newcomers looking to get their feet wet, or for experienced jazzers. Filmed in hi-def with onscreen music for many of the examples. 1 hour, 28 minutes.

As a commendable follow-up to Yamaha's Sound Reinforcement Handbook, this new instructional DVD from Yamaha Professional Audio is an excellent resource for beginners and professionals who do live sound. Executive Produced by John Schauer of Yamaha Corporation of America in cooperation with Shure and produced by Keyfax NewMedia, the two-hour-plus DVD is an instructive break down of the use of audio amplification systems. The disc features six languages-English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Japanese-and contains no region encoding, so it can be played anywhere in the world without formatting issues. Narrated by audio industry expert Julian Colbeck.