A painless, comprehensive guide for the beginner.

Over 3 hours long with 50 interactive lessons. Covers tuning, essential chords and scales, music reference, practice tips, rhythm techniques, play-along tracks with a band, 3-D fretboard graphics, instrument care, and more. Includes 5 languages: English, French, Spanish, Japanese, and German. Hosted by Keith Wyatt of the Musicians Institute.

Fender Getting Started On Acoustic Guitar DVD Features:

• Over 3 hours long
• 50 interactive music lessons
• Covers:
• Tuning
• Essential chords and scales
• Music reference
• Practice tips
• Rhythm techniques
• Play-along tracks with a band
• 3-D fretboard graphics
• Instrument care tips from Fender's Custom Shop
• Includes 5 languages: English, French, Spanish, Japanese, and German

A wonderful beginner's introduction from the masters of the instrument.

Fender Getting Started On Acoustic Guitar DVD

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Great for Biginners

Posted by AJ1990 from CC, FL on Jul 29, 2006

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: anything acoustic

This DVD has helped me learn all the essential chords for acoustic play. With how it catogorizes all the chords and the 3D guitar that comes on it makes it real simple to learn the chords. And if he's moving to fast than just rewind and watch a part you dont get again. The practive tracks do get boring but it gets you into making smooth transitions from chord to chord, if your just starting on acoustic guitar this DVD is perfect, especially if you dont have enough money for lessons.

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For a true beginner this is very dificult

Posted by GuitarGeek72092 from Indianola, IA on Jul 2, 2006

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Student

Reviewer's Play Style: Christian, Country, Rock

To start out with this DVD I would only recommend it if you're also taking lessons. For a beginner the lessons are hard to follow, when the guy goes through them so fast. I did not like the play along feature because it was confusing. You could either play along with a simulated fret board or a music sheet with TAB, but they both moved along too quickly and you could not pause it to go over it without starting over. It does go over teaching the chords well which is a plus.

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Start With This

Posted by parttimer from Omaha on Sep 29, 2005

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: all kinds

I started taking lessons from a teacher who is pretty good and costs alot. I started watching the video and taking lessons from the video and I'm learning alot more and faster through the video than from my teacher. I wish I would have just taken lessons from the video, and mastered that, before spending money on basics with a teacher. The video is great, you go at your own pace and the video teacher explains things very well. With my teacher I doubt we will cover all this information in a years time.

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Not Bad.

Posted by Beginner from Beale AFB, CA on Dec 21, 2004

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Beginner

Reviewer's Play Style: Everything

This DVD is OK, but the problem I have with it is that it does not have actual songs for you to learn. On the "Practice Tracks" it just has a background beat that you play your chords to which makes it get quite boring. I think next time I would go with the eMedia Method 1 it has like 70 songs or something.

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Moves too fast

Posted by Anonymous Musician from Carmel, IN on Oct 21, 2004

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: N/A

Reviewer's Play Style: N/A

I tried to start playing acoustic guitar with this video. I ended up having to buy a method book because this moves way too fast and doesn't teach you any music - just chords and scales.

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