Featured AGW video: Rick Payne's "Alice's Ragtime Rose" - available on Fingerstyle Fusion - CDROM video instruction package, which features blow by blow, section by section video breakdowns of 8 great fingerpicking pieces.

Demonstration Low Resolution Videos, using Flash
The Flash files below are quite small, ranging from 130K to 250K, but of course on the actual CD's they are much bigger and clearer and of course the audio is nice and crisp. These files are to designed to give you a general idea of how we do things. For instance, we always use a Picture In Picture (PIP) technique, whereby you see both the picking and fretting hand simultaneously. You will need a Flash Player to view these files. If you haven't got Flash you can download a free player here. To play the videos click the centre triangular button on the player.

60 Day Fingerstyle Blues Camp
This Fingerstyle Blues study program is straightforward and very effective. And there's nothing sweeter to the ear or more satisfying to play than fingerstyle blues guitar.

Note: the first demo video is "Fishing Blues" from the Fingerstyle module and the second is "Hooker Blues" from the Slide module.

The course is presented in an interactive PDF manual with 185 video lessons (Windows Media and Quicktime), 200 audio elements (MP3), text, tab, charts and Power Tab, which allows you to "see" and "hear" tab played out at any tempo in perfect pitch.

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Fingerstyle Fusion
Fingerstyle guitar has recently exploded into a renaissance unto itself; fingerstyle techniques are now evident in all styles of music, fingerstyle artists are growing in popularity, fingerstyle festivals and concerts are widely attended, and more players than ever before are buying acoustic guitars and working on their fingerstyle chops.Fingerstyle Fusion is your first step to getting a quick grip on contemporary fingerstyle. Available in the US from our partners, Truefire. More details...

Ragtime Picker
On this 2 CD digital video course AGW's Rick Payne presents 4 classic Ragtime guitar tunes: "The Glory Of Love" (Big Bill Broonzy); "The Deptford Cakewalk" (Rick Payne); "Cincinnati Flow Rag" (Rev Gary Davis); "St Louis Blues" (WC Handy). Each tune is broken down in minute detail on video (Quicktime and Windows Media), including close-ups on the picking and fretting hands.Available from AGW in the UK. More details...

Bluenotes
Rick Payne's 2-CD Video BLUENOTES course presents a fresh approach for applying blues scales, pentatonics and even the mysterious diminished connection to power up your blues solos. Most players have a grip on these scales and can play in the "box" for days, but still lack the essential skill of understanding how, when and why to put those "blue notes" to work.

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