Fender Presents: Getting Started on Acoustic Guitar -- A Guide for Beginners

Fender Presents: Getting Started on Acoustic Guitar -- A Guide for Beginners
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Manufacturer: Hal Leonard
Starring: Keith Wyatt
Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780634037238
Format: Color
ISBN: 0634037234
Label: Hal Leonard
Manufacturer: Hal Leonard
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2002-02-26
Running Time: 218
Studio: Hal Leonard
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
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Editorial Reviews:
By far the most comprehensive DVD ever offered for the beginner guitarist---well over 3 hours long! Over 50 Interactive Lessons!

Step-by-step lessons incorporating clear, easy-to-follow 3-D graphics and unique play-along tracks teach the viewer the essential chords, scales, and techniques used by acoustic guitar players in every popular style, including rock, blues and country. This DVD is separated into two major sections:

1)The First Step: tuning up · string names · essential chords and scales used by all players · music reference section (notes, rhythms, chords and scales) · practice tips · fretting-hand technique · picking-hand technique · backing tracks for play-along · animated 3-D fretboard graphics.

2)Play Acoustic!: rhythm technique (bare finger/thumb, bass/chord, fingerstyle, etc.) · soloing technique (chord embellishment, open-string chords, using a capo) · electrified acoustic · rock, blues and country styles · rhythm and solo technique in each style · backing tracks in each style for play-along · tips on caring for your instrument from the Fender Custom Shop.

Special DVD Features include: Bonus footage, including a Fender Factory Tour! Also: Web links, including a web site specifically designed for beginning guitarists · Multi-language feature so you can hear the DVD in English, Spanish, German, French, or Japanese.
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Summary: good overall but I have a problem
Comment: This is a good starting point for an adult beginner which I am, tried to learn as a teenager but had little or no staying power then. The only problem with the DVD is I find it difficult to navigate through the thing which is frustrating and confusing. Have only gone through the Power chords, ADE triads and G and C triads and some of the practice tracks. The instructor is very good at explaining how to do things though he does go sort of fast but then maybe I am slow...
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Summary: Beware !! A fender con
Comment: ok, on the whole the DVD is pretty good except for some sly marketing.

The DVD Fender presents : Getting started on Acoustic guitar is exactly the same as the Fender presents: Getting started on electric guitar. In fact the lessons on the Acoustic DVD are don on an electric guitar.

The DVD starts with, the lessons on this DVD will be taught on an electric guitar - then hey presto, the DVDs are the same from here on in.

Aside the DVD I gave the product 4 stars because the content is good. OK it lacks some theory but it gets you playing and learning. Lets be honest, that's what most people want to do, and that's why its called getting started on....

Learning some chords and scales should spark additional interest, and maybe then you can learn more on theory etc.
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Summary: Great DVD
Comment: This is a great DVD if you are just getting started or know a little about playing the guitar. Keith Wyatt makes this fun and easy to understand. I got my first guitar twenty-eight years ago, but I only learned a few chords and eventually put it down to play the drums. Now I'm back to the guitar trying to learn how to really play, and this DVD has helped quite a bit.

I've read some complaints in these reviews that he is playing an electric guitar instead of an acoustic. It states right at the beginning that what he's teaching applies to the acoustic guitar as well. Also there is a whole section devoted to the acoustic guitar. Not much to complain about if you ask me.
Customer Rating: Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5
Summary: Good Tutorial
Comment: I have never picked up a guitar before getting this DVD. After 2 weeks, I can find some of the major chords and keep up with the first lessons. So far, I have been pleased, but with some sore finger tips.
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Summary: The best dvd for beginners and for review
Comment: I originally bought this for my girlfriend who couldn't strum a single note, but always wanted to learn. She is coming along great after only a few times watching the first lesson and can already strum the first 3 chords--E,D,A. The teacher really takes his time and walks the student through the biggining classes at a nice slow pace. I have also sat down and popped it in a few times and there is some great accoustic stuff that i never bothered to learn--like some acoustic soloing lines and different bass lines while playing chords. I have watched several guitar dvd's over the years and this is by far the best one that i've ever seen.

One thing I'd like to clear up from a previous person's review; it is true that he doesn't use an acoustic guitar for the first lessons, but it is because he is teaching things that apply to electric or acoustic. When you get the basics down he moves onto techniques specifically for acoustics and does show them on an acoustic guitar.
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