World music lessons - learn to play Flamenco, Gypsy, klezmer music, Irish guitar, reggae guitar, Hawaiian slack key guitar, Caribbean guitar, Gypsy guitar or improve your skills.
Born in Puerto Rico, Willy Torres has had a thriving musical career since childhood, singing backup for Menudo in his early teens, and going on to tour the world in premier Latin orchestras. Torres is now a mainstay of the New York salsa scene, recording and touring with international artists.
DVD - All Region.
Learn the secrets to playing congas in modern Latin music! One of the most respected Latin percussionists on the scene today, Roberto Quintero discusses and demonstrates his masterful approach on this DVD. Includes: full-band demos featuring the hottest players in Latin music • strokes and playing techniques for two and three congas • 3-2 and 2-3 clave in 4/4, 6/8 and polyrhythmic studies • tumbao patterns and rumba styles • cutting edge techniques • and more! In both English and Spanish.
VHS - NTSC Format Only (Canada & USA)DVD - All Region.
Aaron Gilmartin's intro to flamenco will get anyone started playing this passionate and exciting music. Along with flamenco history and terminology, Aaron teaches four of the most important forms: Tangos and Alegrias (on DVD 1) and Bulerias and Soleares (on DVD 2) – along with the strumming and picking techniques that make flamenco so exciting to players and listeners alike.
3-1/2 Hrs • Includes Music + Tab.DVD - All Region.
The driving style pioneered by Django Reinhardt and other Gypsy players became one of the dominant sounds in jazz during the thirties and forties. Starting with basic four-to-the-bar comping and damping, Paul Mehling takes you through a variety of accompaniment ideas.
This fascinating look at the art of improvisation is the Gypsy jazz tradition shows you how to really swing! Before long, you'll be playing exciting solos in the style typified by Django Reinhardt, Birelli Lagrenne and other hot players of the dynamic genre.
Keola Beamer, a master of this distinctive and increasingly popular traditional style, teaches a variety of tunings, beautiful instrumentals and essential techniques. Songs: Kuu Lei Awapuhi Melemele • Kalena Kai • A Grandmother's Wish • Manu Kai • Sanoe • Makika • He Punahele. Slack key can be played on any acoustic or electric guitar - all players will add new sounds and flavors to their repertoire. 80 mins. • Includes music and tab • Level 3.
Artist: Bob Brozman. Add a touch of the islands to your guitar playing! Calypso's wild pulses, danceable rhythms, and playful lyrics will spice up all your arrangements. Syncopation is the key to this folk-based world music, and this video teaches: fingerpicking and strumming patterns, a variety of keys and tempos, moving bass lines, chords & voicing, percussive strokes, and seven calypso songs. 80 mins., includes booklet, level 3.
The complete 2 video set. See descriptions directly above.
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