The guitar DVD contains everything you need to start play the guitar - and says that it 'can get you up and running in just one day'. Now when I first read that statement, I was a bit 'errr....whatever....' so I decided to give it to my worse half. She's been nagging me to teach her to play anything musical for ages, so I though I'd finally try and shut her up.
Now don't tell her I said this (she doesn't use the internet so I should be safe!) but she's a bit rubbish when I've explained musical stuff, so I wasn't holding much hope. (Even less after she rang me to ask how to get the DVD player on the telly - even my Gran can do that!). I was quite stunned to return from work and find that she could play a few chords (albeit slowly-slowly changing between them!) and she had grasped the basis of tuning it, even knew what quite a few of the bits were called! It was only through lack of time that she hadn't learnt Mozarts 5th...."
Basically the guy on the DVD, Dave Dixon, explains things so that a kid can understand it, without patronising older players too. (Either he's really good or I'm really bad at explaining!). A real bonus is that you don't need to read music or bass guitar tablature to understand it, its all there in real live video for you to learn from. Grand bit of kit.
Vital Statistics
* Suitable for all ages
* Ideal for complete beginners
* No musical experience/knowledge required
* Approx running time: 45 mins
* How to tune the bass
* Plectrum & Fingerstyle Technique
* Finger Exercises & Scales
* Equipment needed
* Different parts of the bass