The Aston Guitar Company

Rock and Acoustic Guitar Tuition

Voted as the best electric guitar teaching DVD for the complete beginner in the world.

This professionally - produced DVD for the electric guitar helps you to get started playing lead and rhythm guitar lessons in a detailed, progressive and highly motivational way using many rock guitar techniques in 28 excellent songs and riffs.

It is so easy to follow and understand because everything is explained, with the help of tablature and graphic chord shapes 'on screen' and in the the fullest detail.
What makes this DVD totally unique is that both rock guitar parts - the lead rock guitar part and the rhythm rock guitar part are fully explained in most of the songs featured in this excellent rock guitar DVD.
“You will totally amaze yourself by the amount of progress you will make in only ONE DAY”
A wide range of rock guitar songs from the early '70' to the present day are included in the DVD and a variety of rock guitar lesson techniques are covered and explained in full detail
If you follow this rock guitar lesson DVD in a systematic way and practice frequently then you will be playing rock guitar in only a matter of weeks and will amaze your friends and family.

The Complete Rock Guitar Series I - DVD

Contents:

DVD
Booklet
Running Time: Almost 3 hours

Lesson 1
Introduction
Guitar basics
Major chords
"Wild Thing"
Em Pentatonic scale
James Bond theme
Smoke on the Water

Lesson 2
Tablature explained
More major chords
Knocking on Heaven's Door
There She Goes
Am Pentatonic scale
Iron Man
Run to You

Lesson 3
Minor chord exercise
House of the Rising Su
Everybody Hurts
Behind Blue Eyes
A major Pentatonic scale
My Girl
Pretty Women

Lesson 4
Power chords
Whole Lotta Love
Eye of the Tiger
Seven Nation Army
Since You've Been Gone
Smells Like Teen Spirit

Lesson 5
Twelve Bar Blues E
Boogie Shuffle
Boom Boom Boom
E Blues Scale
Improvisation
Blues Licks

Lesson 6
Purple Haze
All Right Now
Back in Black
Walk this Way
Parisienne Walkway

The Complete Rock Guitar Series 2 - DVD

Contents:

DVD
A 60 page tablature booklet

Running Time: Over 2 hours

Lesson 1
Introduction
Learning bar chords
'Summer of 69"
"All along the watchtower"
Lesson 2
"Fool for your Lovin"
"Money for Nothing"
"Crazy Train"
Lesson 3
"Poison"
"Sweet Child of Mine"
A 60 page tablature booklet accompanies this DVD series.
Lesson 4
"Layla"
"Voodoo Chile"
Lesson 5
"Sweet Home Alabama"
"Long Train Running"
"The Trooper"
"Wanted Dead or Alive"
Lesson 6
"Under the Bridge"
"Born to be Wild"
"One Vision"
"Basket Case"
"Caprice 24 - Pagannini"
"The Needle and the Damage Done"
"Stevies Blues"

Acoustic Guitar Tuition

Voted as the best guitar teaching DVD in the world.

These professionally produced interactive guitar lessons on DVD/video gives you the best opportunity of learning how to play the acoustic guitar quickly and easily in the comfort of your own home.

Six lessons all on one DVD.

The Complete Beginner Series I on DVD enables the absolute beginner to get started playing the guitar in only a few weeks.

You will learn how to tune the guitar, learn a number of basic chords, learn how to read tablature & various guitar techniques and will learn sixteen complete songs and exercises using these comprehensive and easy to follow guitar lessons.

Once you put on this exciting and really interesting and effective DVD you will not want to put your guitar down.

Until now learning how to play the guitar has meant a choice between struggling along on your own, with a printed tutor, expensive guitar lessons or attending evening classes.

“You will totally amaze yourself by the amount of progress you will make in only ONE DAY”

These totally new and unique guitar lessons which use the very latest DVD technology and special effects including split screen, computer graphics and "rolling music" techniques has proved to be easy to follow and understand, making your guitar lessons an enjoyable experience and above all keeps you totally absorbed throughout each lesson.

Throughout this series of guitar lessons, you will learn many new techniques and will be able to add new and interesting styles, harmonies and musical ideas to your guitar playing, providing you with hours of intriguing guitar study.

The DVDs are unique because they allow you to discover and enjoy many acoustic guitar styles including classical, traditional, folk, blues, ragtime, bluegrass and jazz, etc. and in a very short time, with regular guitar lessons, and a systematic approach to guitar tuition you will soon become an accomplished guitarist.

The Complete Acoustic Guitar Series 1 - DVD

Contents:

DVD
Booklet

Running Time: Almost 3 hours

Lesson 1
Tuning the guitar
Learning common 'Major' chords
Learning a simple accompaniment style for two popular songs

Lesson 2
Learning common 'Minor' chords
Music notation called tablature
Learning 'Malaguena'- Spanish traditional song

Lesson 3
Arpeggio song - accompaniment style
'House of the Rising Sun'
'Scarborough Fair'
'Morning has Broken'

Lesson 4
Learning common 'Seventh' chords
Popular chord progressions
Andantino by Carcassi (Classical - Grade I)

Lesson 5
Andantino - Part2
ii) New guitar styles and techniques including bass runs,
hammering on, intro's/endings and strumming the guitar playing two popular songs

Lesson 6
i) Twelve bar blues exercises including turnarounds, fills, solo improvisation.

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There are four DVD's available in the 'Complete Fingerstyle Guitarist' series all available from us.

The Complete Acoustic Guitar Series 2 - DVD

Contents:

DVD
Booklet

Running Time: Almost 3 hours.

Lesson 1
Learning how, to read music notation for guitar with simple songs and exercises.

Lesson 2
Learning how to play Classical style.
Study - Carulli
Greensleeves
Romanza
Harmonics Exercise

Lesson 3
Learning how to play song accompaniments
Sailing
Whiter Shade of Pale
Here, There and Everywhere
Annie's Song

Lesson 4
Learning how to play Fingerstyle Blues Style
Harmony shuffle blues
Walking bass blues
Jazz - rhythm blues
Blues in A

Lesson 5
Learning how to play American Bluegrass and Ragtime styles.
Goodnight Ladies
Buffalo Gals
Nine Pound Hammer
Silver Sand Rag
Lesson 6
Learning how to play popular songs fingerstyle.
Streets of London
Albatross
Here Comes the Sun
Anji

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There are four DVD's available in the 'Complete Fingerstyle Guitarist' series all available from us.

The Complete Acoustic Guitar Series 3 - DVD

Contents:

Running Time: Almost 3 hours

Lesson 1
Modern chord symbols explained
Transposing from one key to another
Duke of Fife - Scottish traditional song

Lesson 2
Learning how to play Classical Style
Study in C major - ANON
Study in A major - CARCASSI
Lagrima - TARREGA

Lesson 3
Learning how to play song accompaniments
I'll have to say I love you in a song
Norwegian Wood
Banks of the Ohio
Fingerpicking tips in G major

Lesson 4
Learning how to play fingerstyle Blues
Exercises in fingerstyle Blues guitar in A major
Betty in Dupree
Mississippi Blues

Lesson 5
Learning how to play fingerstyle Jazz chord progressions
Twelve bar Blues using Jazz chords in E
Twelve bar Blues using Jazz chords in A
One note Samba
Jazz chord progression (A maj 7)
Jazz chord progression (G maj 7)
Take Five

Lesson 6
Learning how to play Ragtime style
Nobody loves you when your down and out
Coney Island Cakewalk
Ragpickin'

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There are four DVD's available in the 'Complete Fingerstyle Guitarist' series all available from us.

The Complete Acoustic Guitar Series 4 - DVD

Contents:

Running Time: Almost 3 hours.

Lesson 1
"Classical Gas". Popular Fingerstyle.

Lesson 2
"Cavatina" (theme from the Deerhunter). Classical Fingerstyle.

Lesson 3
"Romance D'Amour" (complete). Classical Fingerstyle.

Lesson 4
Open 'D' tuning exercises.
"Amazing Grace" Scottish Traditional.
"Blues" in Open D.
"Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring". Classical
"Prelude" in D. Classical
"Nettle Wine". English Traditional

Lesson 5
Open 'G' tuning exercises.
i) "Blues" in Open G.
ii) "Easy Winner". Ragtime Fingerstyle.
iii) "Harry Lime Theme". Ragtime Fingerstyle.

Lesson 6
"Georgia On My Mind". Jazz/Blues Fingerstyle.
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There are four DVD's available in the 'Complete Fingerstyle Guitarist' series all available from us.