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In this information-packed DVD, virtuoso drummer Walfredo Reyes, Jr. shows you how to combine rock drumming techniques with a wide range of African, Caribbean and South American percussion sounds to create an integrated global drumming style. Through inspirational live performances and detailed, step-by-step analysis, Walfredo shows you how to: develop a split brain style combining right-hand rock beats with left-hand global percussion understand and play a variety of intricate global beats integrate drumset with percussion instruments. Walfredo's down-to-earth teaching style offers easy-to-understand explanations and methodical demonstrations of each rhythm, and the accompanying booklet includes notated versions for added clarity. 1 hour, 56 minutes.

Introducing a first-of-its-kind DVD audio experience! Compatible with all DVD players, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band takes the listener through ten of Gordon's big band charts with amazing performances and stunning 6-channel sound. Featuring some of the leading jazz musicians on today's scene, the Grammy-nominated Swingin For The Fences presents big band jazz in an exciting new audio environment, where the listener feels as if he were actually sitting among the musicians as they play. Includes: Sing Sang Sung, Count Bubba, Samba Del Gringo, Bach 2-Part Invention in D Minor, I Remember, Swingin' for the Fences, Mueva Los Huesos (Shake Your Bones), Second Chances, There's the Rub and A Few Good Men. Additional features included on the DVD: 14-minute behind the scenes video bios and photos optional commentary by Gordon Goodwin as the music plays transcribed solos.

A feast for the fingers served up by the master of guitar histrionics! The inimitable Greg Koch discusses and demonstrates his twisted but tasty take on the guitar in gory detail. The menu includes full-band demos of select Koch tunes, and lessons on the techniques therein: Zoinks - The B-Bender Spank It - Chicken Pickin' Fricassee Torn Asunder - Behind-the-Nut String Rustling Death of a Bassman - Hybrid Picking Wrongdoing Tonus Diabolicus - Fun with Delays and The Devil's Interval Chief's Blues - Blues Playing and Giving. Total running time: 1 hour 12 minutes. Greg Koch's virtuosity, sense of humor, and articulate nature have led to a successful career as a bandleader, studio musician, author, clinician, and recording artist with Steve Vai's Favored Nations label. A multiple award-winning string manipulator, he divides his time between international clinic tours, writing, recording and performing in Greg Koch and the Tone Controls (featured on this DVD). Imagine Chet Hendrix meeting the Kings (Albert, Freddie, BB) at the first annual 'Zeppelin/Holdsworth Coffee Guzzler's Hoedown.' - Guitar Player magazine

Hal Leonard is elated to be the first company to take the concept of a chord book to DVD format! This DVD follows up on the success of our bestselling book, Picture Chord Encyclopedia (#00695224). Beginning with helpful notes on how to use the disc, choose the best voicings and construct chords, this extensive resource for all playing styles and levels features five easy-to-play voicings of 44 chord qualities for each of the twelve musical keys, for a whopping total of 2,640 chords in all! For each chord, there is a clearly illustrated chord frame, an actual full-color photo of the chord being fingered on the fretboard, and a great-sounding audio example of the chord being played to facilitate learning. Guitar Chord Encyclopedia includes a booklet with info on basic fingering principles and chord theory, covering open chords, barre chords, partial chords, broken-set forms and more. Slick and easy-to-use navigation tools make this DVD a real treat for all guitarists!