Acoustic Guitar
acoustic guitar instruction book Acoustic Guitar Primer Book by Bert Casey is the only book designed to take the raw beginner through the basics of bluegrass and country guitar, including both rhythm and lead playing. Clearly illustrated with many photographs, this is the easiest to understand book on the market today. Contains a complete chord chart and all music is written in both standard music notation and tablature. Includes lyrics and melody lines. The audio CD includes Tom Dooley, Going Down That Road Feeling Bad, Worried Man Blues, Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms, Dark Hollow, Amazing Grace, Pallet On Your Floor, Way Downtown, Sitting On Top Of The World, Wabash Cannonball, Crying Holy, Salt River, Billy In The Low Ground, Little Maggie, Nine Pound Hammer, Wildwood Flower, John Hardy, Sally Goodin, Cripple Creek, & Will The Circle Be Unbroken. $14.95

"Absolutely the best instructional product for the guitar that I have ever seen" - Flatpicking Guitar Magazine - December 1998 Read the complete review

Guitar instruction videos, books with CDs, lessons, tabs, DVDs on acoustic guitar, bluegrass guitar, flatpicking guitar by Bert Casey on the Watch & Learn Series.

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acoustic guitar instruction video Introduction To Acoustic Guitar Video by Bert Casey is a 60 minute video that covers the material in the Acoustic Guitar Primer Book. It is aimed at the beginning acoustic guitar student and contains all the information needed to get started on the guitar. It covers all the basics (proper hand positions, tuning, scales, and rhythm using chords & strumming, bass notes, and bass note runs). It utilizes many closeups to show proper hand position and technique. Our unique split screens show both hands in detail and utilizes onscreen tablature for all of the music, with a bouncing ball type pointer showing each note as it is being played. There are 14 familiar songs you can play and sing along with (Tom Dooley, Going Down That Road Feeling Bad, Worried Man Blues, Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms, Dark Hollow, Amazing Grace, Pallet On Your Floor, Way Downtown, Sitting On Top Of The World, Wabash Cannonball, & Crying Holy). Priced at $9.95, this course has proved to be immensely popular.
Special Offer - $2.00 discount if you buy the book & video together.
Guitar instruction videos, books with CDs, lessons, tabs, DVDs on acoustic guitar, bluegrass guitar, flatpicking guitar by Bert Casey on the Watch & Learn Series.

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Intro to Acoustic Guitar DVD by Bert Casey is the first guitar instruction DVD on the market. The Intro to Acoustic Guitar Video has been digitally remastered for the DVD format. It provides instant access to all songs and exercises, superior clarity and sound quality, and repeat play to increase the practice efficiency and retention. It contains all of the material in the video and a complete menu system to instantly locate all of the material. $9.95

Special Offer - $2.00 discount if you buy the book & DVD together.

Watch a demo of the Acoustic DVD


Acoustic Guitar Part 2

Acoustic Guitar Book 2 with CD by Bert Casey is the followup course to Acoustic Guitar Primer.The long awaited followup and the companion book to Acoustic Guitar Part 2 Video, this comprehensive book for intermediate players teaches a variety of rock & country strums, arpeggios, bar chords, and how to play along with other guitarists. By using 17 popular songs, the student plays and sings along with a full band on extended versions of songs such as Brown Eyed Girl, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Good Hearted Woman, Man of Constant Sorrow, Blues Eyes, Mr. Bojangles, House of the Rising Sun, Midnight Special, and others. $14.95

Acoustic Guitar Video Part 2 by Bert Casey is the followup to Introduction to Acoustic Guitar Video and the companion video to Acoustic Guitar Book 2. This 60 minute video for intermediate players teaches a variety of rock & country strums, arpeggios, bar chords, and how to play along with other guitarists. By using 12 popular songs, the student plays and sings along with a full band on extended versions of songs such as Brown Eyed Girl, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Good Hearted Woman, Man of Constant Sorrow, Blues Eyes, Mr. Bojangles, House of the Rising Sun, Midnight Special, and others. $14.95

Special Offer - $2.00 discount if you buy the book & video together.


Acoustic Guitar DVD Part 2 by Bert Casey is the followup to Introduction to Acoustic Guitar DVD and the companion video to Acoustic Guitar Book 2. This DVD is for intermediate players and teaches a variety of rock & country strums, arpeggios, bar chords, and how to play along with other guitarists. By using 12 popular songs, the student plays and sings along with a full band on extended versions of songs such as Brown Eyed Girl, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Good Hearted Woman, Man of Constant Sorrow, Blues Eyes, Mr. Bojangles, House of the Rising Sun, Midnight Special, and others. It contains all the material in the video plus Special Features. $14.95

Special Offer - $2.00 discount if you buy the book & DVD together.


Flatpicking Guitar Songs Book by Bert Casey is the clearest, most complete book on the market showing the secrets of playing bluegrass lead guitar and is the followup course to the Acoustic Guitar Primer Book. Includes exciting, accurate arrangements to popular songs and is written in both tablature and standard music notation. There are several breaks for each song, and each break is played both slow and fast on the CD. Songs include Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Wildwood Flower, Home Sweet Home, Cripple Creek, Red Haired Boy, Nine Pound Hammer, Sally Goodin, Old Joe Clark, Black Mountain Rag, Salt River, Billy In The Lowground, & John Hardy. $14.95

Check out the Free Guitar Lessons for Flatpicking Songs & Let's Jam! CD Country & Bluegrass.

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Tony Rice Guitar Book contains exact transcriptions of all the solos on the first three albums of the leading acoustic guitar player now living. Each solo is written in both tablature and standard music notation, showing the precision and syncopation that has had a tremendous impact on both bluegrass and new acoustic music that started with the Dawg era. Solos are taken from Tony Rice Guitar- Rebel SLP 1582, Tony Rice- Rounder 0085, and Manzanita - Rounder 0092. No Tape available. Songs include Freeborn Man, Faded Love, Salt Creek, Doing My Time, Windy & Warm, John Hardy, Nine Pound Hammer, Lonesome Rubin, Rattlesnake, Plastic Banana, Don't Give Your Heart To A Rambler, Farewell Blues, Way Downtown, Stoney Creek, Hills of Roane County, 8th of January, Big Mon, Temperance Reel, Old Train, Manzanita, Little Sadie, Blackberry Blossum, Nine Pound Hammer, Hold Whatcha Got, Blue Railroad Train, Ginseng Sullivan, Stoney Point, Home From The Forest. $15.95

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Electric Guitar
Electric Guitar Primer Book by Bert Casey is a unique and very effective beginning guitar book combining popular songs with step by step, easy to follow instructions and works equally well for electric or acoustic guitar. Based on over 25 years of both private and classroom instruction, it includes everything the beginning guitar student needs to start playing right away (strumming chords, rock & roll riffs, easy to understand diagrams & pictures, complete chord chart, scale section, and barre chord section). The accompanying audio CD is in stereo with the guitar on one channel and a full band with vocals on the other. The songs included on the CD are Johnny B. Goode, Louie, Louie, Wild Thing, Miss You, Black Magic Woman, Don't Be Cruel, Knocking On Heaven's Door, Lucky Man, Great Balls Of Fire, Old Time Rock & Roll, Kansas City, That'll Be The Day, Summer of 69, All Along The Watchtower, Beat It, Wanderer, Rave On, Cocaine, Sunshine Of Your Love, Gimme Shelter, Stages, Already Gone, & Start Me Up. $15.95

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Introduction To Electric Guitar Video by Bert Casey is a 60 minute video that covers the beginning material in the Electric Guitar Primer Book. Intended for the beginning electric player, this video covers riffs, power chords, chords & strumming, and scales. It utilizes many closeups to show proper hand position and technique. Our unique split screens show both hands in detail and utilizes onscreen tablature for all of the music, with a bouncing ball type pointer showing each note as it is being played. The student plays along with a full band on all of the 12 song examples. This video starts the student on the road to becoming a rock & roll player. $9.95
Special Offer - $2.00 discount if you buy the book & video together.

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Intro to Electric Guitar DVD by Bert Casey is the first guitar instruction DVD on the market. The Intro to Electric Guitar Video has been digitally remastered for the DVD format. It provides instant access to all songs and exercises, superior clarity and sound quality, and repeat play to increase the practice efficiency and retention. It contains all of the material in the video and a complete menu system to instantly locate all of the material. $9.95
Special Offer - $2.00 discount if you buy the book & DVD together.

Watch a demo of the Electric DVD


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Rock Guitar
Rock Guitar Book by Peter Vogl is the way to learn Rock rhythm and soloing from one of the best teachers and players in the Southeast. This is the companion book to Introduction to Rock Guitar Video and is the followup course to the Electric Guitar Primer. Utilizing many pictures and diagrams, it shows exact hand positions to learn how to play more advanced rock & roll rhythm, minor pentatonic scales up and down the neck, and how to use the scales to create "classic" rock solos. It covers all the material in the video, plus it has additional information (playing in other keys up and down the neck, more bending techniques, an expanded hot licks section, and an appendix covering a variety of information). The companion audio CD contains all of the music in the book played at two speeds (slow for practice and up tempo for performing) and all solos are played along with a full band (drums, bass, keyboard, and rhythm guitar). This book contains all you need to learn how to get that legendary rock & roll guitar sound. $14.95

Check out the Let's Jam CD to practice these licks & solos.

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Introduction to Rock Guitar Video by Peter Vogl is a 60 minute video for the advanced beginner to intermediate player and is a followup course to Introduction to Electric Guitar Video. Utilizing all the latest in video technology, it teaches more advanced rock & roll rhythm, scales (Minor Pentatonic ) up and down the neck, how to use the scales to create licks, then join these licks together to create 7 solos. It also contains an additional "hot licks" section. It utilizes many closeups to show proper hand position and technique and our unique split screen technology shows both hands in detail with onscreen tablature for all of the music and a bouncing ball type pointer showing each note as it is being played. This video gives all the ingredients necessary to become a rock & roll player. $14.95
Special Offer - $2.00 discount if you buy the book & video together.

Watch a demo of the Acoustic Video.


Intro to Rock Guitar DVD by Peter Vogl is the companion DVD to Rock Guitar Book with CD and the followup DVD to Intro to Electric Guitar DVD. The Intro to Rock Guitar Video has been digitally remastered for the DVD format. It provides instant access to all songs and exercises, superior clarity and sound quality, and repeat play to increase the practice efficiency and retention. It contains all of the material in the video and a complete menu system to instantly locate all of the material, plus a special features section. $14.95

Special Offer - $2.00 discount if you buy the book & DVD together.


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Blues Guitar
Blues guitar instruction videos, books with CDs, lessons, tabs as taught by Peter Vogl in the Watch & Learn Series. Blues Guitar Book by Peter Vogl is the way to learn Blues rhythm and soloing from one of the best teachers and players in the Southeast. This companion book to Introduction to Blues Guitar Video shows exact hand positions to learn how to properly play rhythm to the 12 Bar Blues and learn scales (Em pentatonic and Blues Scales). It covers all the material in the video (learning how to solo up and down the neck of the guitar), plus it has additional information (playing in other keys up and down the neck, blues turnarounds, an expanded hot licks section, and an appendix covering a variety of information). The companion audio CD contains all of the music in the book played at two speeds (slow for practice and up tempo for performing) and all solos are played along with a full band (drums, bass, keyboard, and rhythm guitar). This book contains all you need to become a blues player. $14.95 Sample of Blues Tab.

Check out the Let's Jam CD to practice these licks & solos.

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Introduction to Blues Guitar Video by Peter Vogl is a 60 minute video for the advanced beginner to intermediate player and is a followup course to Introduction to Acoustic Guitar or Introduction to Electric Guitar . Utilizing all the latest in video technology, it teaches rhythm to the 12 Bar Blues, scales (Em Pentatonic & Blues Scale) up and down the neck, how to use the scales to create licks, then join these licks together to create 8 solos. It also contains an additional "hot licks" section. It utilizes many closeups to show proper hand position and technique and our unique split screen technology shows both hands in detail with onscreen tablature for all of the music and a bouncing ball type pointer showing each note as it is being played. This video gives all the ingredients necessary to become a blues player. $14.95
Special Offer - $2.00 discount if you buy the book & video together.

Intro to Blues Guitar DVD by Peter Vogl is the companion DVD to Blues Guitar Book with CD and the followup DVD to Intro to Electric Guitar DVD. The Intro to Blues Guitar Video has been digitally remastered for the DVD format. It provides instant access to all songs and exercises, superior clarity and sound quality, and repeat play to increase the practice efficiency and retention. It contains all of the material in the video and a complete menu system to instantly locate all of the material, plus a special features section. $9.95

Special Offer - $2.00 discount if you buy the book & DVD together.


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Let's Jam! CDs


Guitar tablature book, jam along CD. Products for a guitar lesson program. Let's Jam! CD Blues & Rock by Peter Vogl. This high quality audio CD contains 16 dynamic jam tracks, including tunes from the Introduction to Rock Guitar and Introduction to Blues Guitar books and videos. Recorded "live" by top studio musicians from the Southeast, you get the impression of being surrounded by the band. The extended jams (3 to 4 minutes each) are in a wide variety of keys and grooves, allowing you to play any style. Also includes a helpful 16 page instruction booklet with rhythm charts and soloing tips for each song. Use this exciting and fun tool to improve soloing and improvisation skills for guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, saxophone, and vocals. $9.95

Check out the Free Guitar Lessons to go with this CD.

Guitar tablature book, jam along CD. Products for a guitar lesson program.

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Let's Jam! CD Country & Bluegrass by Peter Vogl. Following in the highly successful tradition of the first Let’s Jam! CD, this high quality audio CD contains 23 dynamic jam tracks of country and bluegrass music, including tunes from the Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, & Fiddle Courses. Recorded "live" by top studio musicians from the Southeast, you get the impression of being surrounded by the band. The extended jams (3 to 4 minutes each) are in a wide variety of keys and grooves, allowing you to play any style of music. In addition, several tunes are played at 2 different speeds. Also includes a helpful 16 page instruction booklet with rhythm charts and soloing tips for each song. Use this exciting and fun tool to improve soloing and improvisation skills for guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, keyboards, harmonica, pedal steel, and vocals. Bluegrass tunes include Nine Pound Hammer, Old Joe Clark, Sitting On Top of the World, Salt River, Lonesome Road Blues, Little Maggie, & John Hardy. $9.95

Check out the Free Guitar Lessons to go with this CD.


Let's Jam! CD Jazz & Blues by Peter Vogl. Following in the highly successful tradition of the first two Let’s Jam! CDs, this high quality audio CD contains 21 dynamic jam tracks of jazz & blues music. Recorded "live" by top studio musicians from the Southeast, you get the impression of being surrounded by the band. The extended jams (3 to 4 minutes each) are in a wide variety of keys and grooves, allowing you to play any style of music. Also includes a helpful 16 page instruction booklet with rhythm charts and soloing tips for each song. Use this exciting and fun tool to improve soloing and improvisation skills for guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, saxophone, and vocals. $9.95

Check out the Free Guitar Lessons to go with this CD.


Let's Jam! CD Hard Rock by Peter Vogl. Following in the highly successful tradition of the first three Let’s Jam! CDs, this high quality audio CD contains 15 dynamic jam tracks of hard rock music from the 70's, 80's, & 90's. Recorded "live" by top studio musicians from the Southeast, you get the impression of being surrounded by the band. The extended jams (3 to 4 minutes each) are in a wide variety of keys and grooves, allowing you to play any style of music. Also includes a helpful 16 page instruction booklet with rhythm charts and soloing tips for each song. Use this exciting and fun tool to improve soloing and improvisation skills for guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, saxophone, and vocals. $9.95

Check out the Free Guitar Lessons to go with this CD.


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Guitarist Jam System Products


The Guitarist's Tablature Book by Peter Vogl is simply the most useful tablature book available. Designed based on many years of teaching experience, this must-have book contains input from several master teachers throughout the Southeast.

Ample pages of large tablature & chord diagrams - easy to write on and easy to read. Also included are handy reference materials such as commonly played chords and scales, lesson logs, and manuscript paper. Full guitar neck diagrams give plenty of room for the teacher to write out longer scales or riffs. Pages are perforated for easy tear-out, and the book lays flat for writing. And there's even a useful "tip" on every tablature page.

The Guitarist's Tablature Book helps the teacher spend more time teaching and less time writing! It's a valuable and useful tool for all guitar players, whether they're teachers, students, or professionals. $5.95 Click for Sample Page.


The Guitarist’s Chord Book by Peter Vogl is a 144 page book that contains over 900 chords with photos to clearly illustrate each chord and each note of the chord is labeled. Our ChordFinder System, using icons and letters, makes finding chords easy. It also contains a special moveable chords section with the most widely used shapes for each class of chord.

Also contains Peter’s Picks - goodies from Peter’s bag of tricks to give you new sounds, shapes, and inspirations for song arrangements. The chord shapes have been reviewed by guitar teachers and players across the country. A must for guitar players of all levels. $9.95 Click for Sample Page


The Guitarist’s Scale Book by Peter Vogl is a complete scale encyclopedia for guitar with over 400 scales and modes. It contains scale diagrams with notation and tablature for each scale and tips on how and when to use each scale. Our ScaleFinder System, using icons and letters, makes scale finding easy.

It also contains outside jazz scales, exotic scales, Peter's own Cross-Stringing scales, and easy to understand explanation of scales and modes. This is the only scale book you'll ever need. $9.95 Click for Sample Page


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Electric Bass Guitar
Bass Guitar Primer Book by Bert Casey is the most complete and easy to understand beginning bass method available today. It includes many illustrations showing correct left & right hand technique. Styles include alternating bass notes, two beat, eighth notes, walking patterns, common rock & roll riffs, and complete discussion of theory as it applies to the bass. Comes with an audio CD that features a full band (bass, drums, guitar, keyboard, & vocals) playing Good Hearted Woman, Old Time Rock & Roll, That'll Be The Day, Wanderer, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Johnny B. Goode, Kansas City, Under My Thumb, Addicted To Love, Billy Jean, She Works Hard For The Money, La Bamba, & others. All music is written in both standard music notation and tablature. $14.95

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Introduction To Bass Guitar Video by Bert Casey is a 60 minute video that covers the material in the Bass Guitar Primer Book. It focuses on the beginning player and emphasizes proper technique. It covers a range of styles including alternating bass notes, two beat, eighth notes, shuffles, walking patterns, and common rock & roll riffs. It utilizes many closeups to show proper hand position and technique. Our unique split screens show both hands in detail and utilizes onscreen tablature for all of the music, with a bouncing ball type pointer showing each note as it is being played. By playing along with a full band to 13 different songs, the student learns the basics of bass playing. $9.95
Special Offer - $2.00 discount if you buy the book & video together.

Watch a demo of the Bass Video.


Introduction to Bass Guitar DVD by Bert Casey is the first bass instruction DVD on the market. The Intro to Bass Guitar Video has been digitally remastered for the DVD format. It provides instant access to all songs and exercises, superior clarity and sound quality, and repeat play to increase the practice efficiency and retention. It contains all of the material in the video and a complete menu system to instantly locate each piece of music. $9.95

Special Offer - $2.00 discount if you buy the book & DVD together.

Watch a demo of the Bass DVD.