Alfred Music Extends <em>Guitar World</em> Magazine DVD Series

Alfred Music is excited to announce the expansion of the Guitar World magazine DVD series, which was introduced last month. The Guitar World guitar DVD series has expanded to include an additional 9 different guitar DVDs; forthcoming new titles to be released on a quarterly basis. Guitar World also offers multiple DVDs for many of the most popular styles of playing. Learn styles such as Blues and Rock from their own esteemed associate editor, Andy Aledort, and other staff members, with the following DVDs: How to Play Blues & Blues Rock Guitar, How to Play Acoustic Rock Guitar, Beginning Rock Guitar, Beginning Hard Rock & Metal!, How to Play Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Guitar, Play Lead Guitar!, Play Rock Guitar!, and Learn Shred Guitar. The jam-packed How to Play Blues & Blues Rock DVD shows how to play licks from blues rock greats like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and many others. Learn how to perform rhythm and lead in the style of blues masters and get a complete course in slide guitar, including how to play in the style of the great Elmore James. Containing more than 90 minutes' worth of lessons, How to Play Blues & Blues Rock DVD is ideal for beginning, intermediate and advanced players. How to Play Acoustic Rock Guitar DVD teaches the acoustic rock secrets of Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, the Beatles, John Mayer and many more. Learn basic strumming patterns, fingerpicking, alternate tunings, basic and intermediate soloing, and arpeggiated patterns. How to Play Acoustic Rock Guitar DVD will teach the skill needed to play like an acoustic god in no time with more than 120 minutes of lessons. Beginning Rock Guitar demonstrates everything needed to get started playing now, including how to tune a guitar, strum, play scales, and even hold and use a pick. Learn how to read tabs and understand chords and chord frames with this ultimate beginner's guide, and rock like your favorite artist after completing more than 75 minutes of lessons. The Beginning Hard Rock & Metal DVD is a complete course for players who are just getting started in the world of heavy music. Learn about gear, tone, and techniquesfrom buying the right guitar, amp, and effects to riffing like Pantera, power chording like Metallica and shredding like Disturbed. Beginning Hard Rock & Metal DVD will take you from "wannabe" to "metal god" with more than 120 minutes of lessons. Containing more than 90 minutes of lessons and hundreds of examples, How to Play Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Guitar will reveal how to play like a metal god using power chords, killer riffs, power soloing and tricks for beginning, intermediate, and advanced players. The rhythm and lead tutorial covers everything from the classic Seventies rock of Led Zeppelin to metal heroes of today like Killswitch Engage and Slayer. No matter your skill level, you can learn how to play lead guitar like a pro in just three hours with Play Lead Guitar. This ultimate guide covers lead guitar topics like minor pentatonic and bending for beginners, connecting scales and improvising melodies for intermediate players, and hybrid scales, tricks and harmonics for advanced guitarists. Learn how to do your own solos like a pro, and rip like Metallica, shred like Van Halen, wail like Stevie Ray! Play Rock Guitar provides everything you need to play in all styles of rock, including classic rock, metal, blues, thrash, alt-rock, punk and more. This comprehensive DVD guide is for players of all skill levels and includes everything from tuning to playing rock scales and techniques for soloing. Learn to rock like AC/DC, solo like Slash, shred like Slayer and play guitar like many other of your favorite guitarists with more than two hours of lessons. Speed king Michael Angelo Batio demonstrates secret techniques to help you kick-start your solos, tackle super scales, play faster, and become a speed king in Learn Shred Guitar! Take your guitar playing and soloing to the next level with more than 90 minutes of lessons and hundreds of exercises. How to Play Blues & Blues Rock Guitar, How to Play Acoustic Rock Guitar, Beginning Rock Guitar, Beginning Hard Rock & Metal!, How to Play Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Guitar, Play Lead Guitar!, Play Rock Guitar!, and Learn Shred Guitar are now available for $14.95 each. Every year, the holidays come around quicker than expected, so this upcoming season, be able to play your favorite holiday classics by learning them now. Play Holiday Songs on the Guitar is the ultimate holiday guitar DVD guide that will evoke the holiday spirit and teach valuable skills along the way with more than 80 minutes of lessons. Plus, as a special bonus, learn a Christmas medley for the electric guitar featuring "Little Drummer Boy," "Silent Night" and "Auld Lang Syne." Titles: Auld Lang Syne * Deck the Halls * The First Noel * Hark! The Herald Angels Sing * Jingle Bell Rock * Jingle Bells * Oh Come All Ye Faithful * Silent Night. Play Holiday Songs on the Guitar is now available for $14.95.