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Beginning Rock Guitar the fun approach!

Paul Lidel (Actor), Dan Huckabee (Director) Rated:
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Format: DVD
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
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November 5, 2002 		—
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Format Multiple Formats, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
Contributor Paul Lidel, Dan Huckabee
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 12 minutes

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Why not just start right in with the fun stuff? Because its too hard for a beginner? Not at all! Actually many of rocks most exciting, famous, and popular "guitar-parts" are easy enough for the complete (first-day) beginner! Paul Lidel knows whats fun and he knows what you need to learn to get you started off on the right foot. Hey, if it ain fun.....why do it? How to read TAB, tuning - how to use a tuner, and tune without a tuner, how to hold the pick, how to hold the guitar, left and right hand position, what the knobs & switches on an electric guitar do, Amp settings for clean and dirty sound & much more!
1. Iron Man Black Sabbath
2. Bad to the Bone George Thorogood
3. Enter Sandman Metallica
4. You Really Got Me Van Halen
5. Purple Haze Hendrix
6. Smoke on the Water Deep Purple
7. Day Tripper Beatles
8. Walk This Way Aerosmith
9. Plush Stone Temple Pilots
10. Crazy Train Ozzy Ozbourne
11. Kashmir Led Zeppelin
12. Bulls on Parade Rage Against The Machine
13. Them Bones Alice In Chains
14. Back in Black AC/DC
15. Satisfaction Rolling Stones
16. Wild Thing Jimi Hendrix
17. Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd
18. Heart Shaped Box Nirvana
19. Cocaine Clapton

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"Beginning Rock Guitar" is excellent, riffs are easy to learn, I was able to learn each one in 5 minutes." -- Blake Cartwright Austin, Tx

Product details

  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.93 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 08978196
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Dan Huckabee
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 12 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ November 5, 2002
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Paul Lidel
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Musicians Workshop
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000069YX0
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 12 ratings

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, look at me, I'm playing guitar!
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2004
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I think all the reviews speak for themselves, so I'm just adding more praise on top of the other people's praise for this DVD.
I've never even held an electric guitar before but life's too short to not do what you always wanted to do and in my case it's play rock guitar so I decided to go for it. I bought a used standard black Fender Strat and then this DVD. I was amazed at how quickly I was playing actual, identifiable songs from some of my favorite rock groups. It was instant gratification.
I also liked how Paul Lidel was so clear and simple in his instructions. He has a very calm and patient demeanor about him. He also is obviously an awesome guitar player, if I could even get half as good as him I'd die happy. I wish he were my guitar teacher for private lessons!
If you've never played electric rock guitar before and can't afford private lessons, this is the best tool for you. Not only is it more encouraging to play actual cool songs instead of practice chords (not that that's not important) it's more fun too!
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Dean Sherrill
4.0 out of 5 stars Very good beginning instruction!
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2013
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I have always wanted to play the guitar. I have had zero musical training. I bought 4 different DVD's, and watched many online instructional videos. This DVD has been the most helpful. Given my lack of a musical background, I go back and repeat the lessons over and over, but I am starting to get the hang of it. Basic things like finger placement, notes, chords, and tuning your guitar. You are not going to pick up an electric guitar and this DVD and sound like a rock star in a few weeks...I can see now it will take months or years of dedication to sound really good...but this is a great start!
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D. Jones
3.0 out of 5 stars Not the worst but could be much better
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2010
This is a basic video that gets a bit better as it goes along.
Everything is shown or discussed for a minute or two at most.

To start off, Paul tells you to tune your guitar to his - while he has heavy distortion effects on!

He then he starts "teaching"...

- the blues riff used in "bad to the bone"
- "smoke on the water" riff, not bad
- how to hold a pick like him
- a LZ riff
- what the names of the strings are
- "satisfaction" riff
- what the knobs on HIS amp do and how to get the sound that "you" want - on his amp
Distortion is still maxed so the difference is minor.
- A bad version of an Aerosmith riff ("walk this way"?) using fingers 1 and 2 and some "palm muting"
- how to read tablature (tab)
- a 2-note "rage against the machine" riff
- a way to memorize the notes on the top (E) string that is useless since all western music names notes with our alphabet from A to G
- how to memorize the frets so you can read tab - Hint: the dot markers on pretty much any guitar's fret board are at 3, 5, 7, 9 and 12 // The "double dot" one is at the 12th fret
- A VH riff using 5 Power Chords and a 2-finger movable chord shape
- What the knobs and switches on HIS electric guitar do, what pickups are...
- "lightning crashes" riff & notes on the A-string
- EC's "cocaine" riff. This is probably my favorite thing he did.
- the "ironman" riff, not bad
- "Drop D" tuning
- "alice in chains" riff & a "nirvana" riff (meh)
- How to use an electronic tuner (...)
- "enter sandman" riff & the "day tripper" riff (not bad)
- How to tune your guitar (to itself) without a tuner
- How to stretch the strings to help keep the guitar in tune (of course you should do this when you put new strings on...)
- "crazy train" riff & a SRV riff
- "Wild thing" using A, D and E chords.
- Tips for practicing chords and how to read a chord diagram
- "Knocking on Heaven's Door" - G, D, Am, & C [He finally turns the distortion off for this song]
- "Sweet Home Alabama" riff with "Hammer-ons" & "pull-offs"
- Practice tips: practice slowly and in 5 or 10 minute intervals several times a day instead of hours at a time
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Pickup Lines
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent beginner's video
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2006
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This video is just what the doctor ordered to make beginning guitarists even more excited about learning guitar, even acoustic players. Not only does he cover the basics such as tuning and playing styles, amp effects, explaining the components of the guitar, but he also teaches you so much about chords, finding notes on the fretboard, and intersperses some cool riffs that we all recognize, note for note with ONSCREEN TAB, which so many other instructional videos sadly fail to provide. I myself and not a beginner, but I watched this with a youngster in the family whom I bought it for. Lidel's approach is perfect for any one who is just learning. He clearly recognizes the audience this was intended for without being disrespectful or condecsending. Fun and instructive at the same time - you can't beat that!
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Joe Crescenzi
5.0 out of 5 stars A great place to start
Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2002
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Since buying my first guitar a couple of months ago, I've bought about 20 DVD lessons. As the title suggests, this DVD truly is a FUN approach.
The lessons themself are nothing special, very serious and straightforward, but the results are nothing short of amazing. In the DVD you learn to play about 20 COOL guitar riffs.
The first time you crank out the intro to the Rolling Stone's "Satisfaction" in front of your friends and family, they will look around to see if you're actually playing it yourself. It's a great feeling, and a great confidence builder for beginners like me.
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Marsha Turnbull
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't give up yet!
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2004
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At 45, and not being musically inclined, but always having wanted to learn to play guitar, I bought my first guitar & amp. After trying to play with my music store's DVD for two weeks I was about to give up. Then, I saw Paul's Beginning Rock Guitar DVD and thought I'd give it one more chance. What a life saver! Paul must be one of the best guitar teachers out there. This DVD totally rekindeled my interest, has me playing again on a regular basis and has me making plans to buy a better guitar. Now I know I can do this. Thanks Paul, you're awesome! Rock on!
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Edwin Martinez
4.0 out of 5 stars I'm playing Metallica, Black Sabbath, etc Rifts in 1 day
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2001
Teach you some of the most important rock rift of all time show you to play the most rock popular power chord, how to tune your guitar, tricks and much more, you are a newbie and want to play tunes this is your video!
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