STEFAN GROSSMAN Fingerpicking Blues Guitar Arrangements In Vestapol Tuning DVD

Description: FINGERPICKING BLUES GUITAR Arrangements in Vestapol Tuning taught by Stefan Grossman MEDIA: DVD RATING: - TOTAL TIME: 105:00 REGION: 0 (ALL REGIONS) FORMAT: NTSC LANGUAGE: English LABEL: Stefan Grossman’s Guitar Workshop CAT NO: GW1011 BARCODE: 796279113236 MANUFACTURED: USA ITEM DESCRIPTION: Original 2013 US-issue ALL REGIONS DVD of American fingerstyle blues guitarist Stafan Grossman’s lessons in Open D tuning, aka Vestapol Tuning. “The Open D Tuning (D A D F# A D), also referred to as the Vestapol tuning, is a powerful and evocative tuning that was widely used by guitarists in the 1920s to play country blues, ballads, rags and folk tunes. In this lesson I focus on arranging five of my favorite blues melodies in Vestapol plus an original instrumental. The religious tune “When I Lay My Burden Down” was in the repertoire of both Black and White traditional guitarists. I have arranged it in an Elizabeth Cotten/Mississippi John Hurt style. The beautiful blues Goin’ To Germany was recorded by the Cannon’s Jug Stompers in the 1920s. I have always wanted to find the right setting for this melodic country blues and the Vestapol tuning gave me the feel and textures that I was looking for. Sam McGee played guitar behind Uncle Dave Macon when he recorded, “I've Got The Morning Blues” in Vestapol. This is a fun tune to play and leads nicely in to “Hesitation Blues”, a song recorded by many artists. My arrangement tries to combine a sliding jug sound with some funky blues licks. Peg Leg Howell’s “Skin Game Blues” is a rare example of an early blues song with three distinct sections. Peg Leg played this with a bottleneck but for our arrangement we will rely on our fingers to make the notes sing out. We finish the lesson with “Innocence Abroard”. An original instrumental that ties together the right and left hand techniques we have studied. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and played slowly on a split screen. Bonus audio tracks of the original 1920s recordings are included. These are the records I first heard that influenced me to rearrange the melodies to the Vestapol tuning.” This DVD is coded Region 0 playable worldwide. It will play in all Australian DVD players and all other optical disc drives that support the DVD format. All pictures are of the actual item. CONDITION: DVD, insert and case are all in NEAR MINT/EXCELLENT condition, no blemishes. This is an original and genuine factory-pressed DVD with its full original documentation in an intact standard DVD case. It is not a copy and not a bootleg. Item will be packed securely and with care to protect and maintain condition. SHIPPING WITHIN AUSTRALIA: AU$3.00 SHIPPING WORLDWIDE (AIR MAIL): AU$30.00 Pay me securely through PayPal. When grading DVDs we use the following distinctions: MINT: either sealed or with no sign of use, absolutely flawless NEAR MINT: looks as new, opened but unmarked EXCELLENT: maybe one or two faint scuffs, used but well-cared for, plays perfectly VERY GOOD: a few light marks and faint scuffs, still plays perfectly GOOD: scuffing and minor marks, still plays all the way through without skipping POOR: totally munted, we don’t sell anything in this condition

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