I received all four DVDs for evaluation and was impressed by the personal, relaxed nature of the teachers yet with the same furious and edgy approach as the lesson books. Like having your own private teacher in the room with you, there is on-screen tablature plus full-sounding backing tracks. All four new DVDs are about an hour long and have everything you need to get started learning the instrument of your choice.

FastTrack Guitar Method DVD has former GuitarOne columnist Chris O'Byrne taking you by the hand to learn tuning, playing position, each string of the guitar, scales then riffs, licks, and strumming full chords and power chords. FastTrack Bass Method DVD features Eric Wills teaching bass grooves, scales, rock and blues styles, and syncopation. FastTrack Drum Method DVD enlists Kevin Dunphy to covers rock and blues beats, funk grooves, fill patterns, solo ideas, music notation, improvisation and more using over 75 songs and examples. Abbie Rabine-Aristizabal teaches chord progressions, scales, rock and blues riffs, standard notation and other must-know techniques in the FastTrack Keyboard Method DVD.

All four DVDs use more than 50 songs to teach rock, blues and folk styles both standard notation and guitar tablature. Each priced at $7.95--it's less than the cost of a summer movie at the local theatre and, unlike at the theatre, you can rewind and repeat any section whenever you want. Hal Leonard publications are available through Music Dispatch at www.musicdispatch.com or at: 800-637-2852.


Hal Leonard FastTrack Guitar Songbook 1

Hal Leonard FastTrack Guitar Songbook 2

Hal Leonard FastTrack Drums 1 Songbook

Hal Leonard FastTrack Drums 2 Songbook

Hal Leonard FastTrack Keyboards Songbook

Hal Leonard FastTrack Bass 1 Songbook

Hal Leonard FastTrack Bass 2 Songbook