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MARS Extraterriestial
On August 27th Mars will come within 34,649,589 miles of Earth and will be the brightest object in the night sky besides the moon. Mars will rise at nightfall and reach its highest point in the sky at 12:30 am. No one alive will ever see this again!
Take an extra 15% Off any Book or DVD!
Use Promo Code: MARS
Offer Good August 27th thru 30th!
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TFU 4.6 Video CD-ROM: Rhythmic Grooves 2
Groove is all about rhythm, knowing where you are rhythmically at all times is critical whether you're playing rhythm or lead. These lessons cover a variety of rhythmic grooves utilizing the one ring/three dead building block to improve your awareness...
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Muriel Anderson’s ALL STAR GUITAR NIGHT
All Star Guitar Night is coming to Madison, Wisconsin on September 16th, 2006. The line-up features Tim Reynolds (Dave Matthews collaborator) on solo acoustic, tapping guitar legend Stanley Jordan, jazz master Jack Grassel, the electric artistry of Greg Koch, and of course Muriel herself. The concert starts at 8 PM at the Barrymore Theatre. Info: 608-241-2345. Tickets are available online now.
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Tip Jar: Stephen Bennett's 'Reflections'
Sixteen original tunes written in the last year, played by the Maestro on his three guitars.
Stephen has said he believes this CD has some of his best work yet. For those of you who've had the privilege to know his music, you know what that means...
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TrueFire + Guitar Player Magazine = GPTV
Tune in hundreds of video performances, lessons, interviews and gear demos on Guitar Player TV - brought to you by TrueFire and Guitar Player magazine.
Rusty Cooley, Larry Carlton, Zakk Wylde, OZ Noy and John McLaughlin are all featured this month along with dozens of new gear demos from NAMM, tons of free TrueFire lessons and plenty of other ear-bending and eye-opening video segments.
Dig GPTV? You might also be interested in checking out Bass Player TV, Keyboard TV, Jazz Improv TV and our very own TrueFire TV. Make sure you have the latest version of Flash and a broadband connection for best experience.
All of these stations get updated frequently so please remember to sign-up for "Show Alerts" from each of the stations that you'd like to stay tuned to. TrueFire TV has several more stations in the works and we'll keep you posted of their launch dates.
Practice smart, play hard ...
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Featured Guitar Lessons of the Month
Minor Moods - Creative Noodling 
by Mark Stefani
Do you ever find yourself just "fooling around" when deep inside you think that you should be seriously practicing? I'm always amused by how players define practicing, because some of the most creative moments stem from simply noodling with regard to licks, chords, tunes, bass lines, and so on.
Some of the least creative moments are when you just go through the motions playing something you already know....
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Nick Drake's Freeriding Fingerstyle 
by Steve Elliott
I first learned that Gilbert Isbin had transcribed and indeed recorded a bunch of classic Nick Drake tunes a few years ago.
Gilbert Isbin has been a regular contributor to the Acoustic Guitar Workshop ever since...
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Etude #1 In C By Fernando Sor , Part 1
by Jamie Andreas
Andres Segovia was the most important, and in many ways the greatest classical guitarist of the 20th Century. He provided much guidance for the developing guitarist who wished to achieve the level of mastery he had achieved himself.
This study is taken from the music of the great Spanish guitarist Fernando Sor, and is the first of a collection of 20 pieces Segovia believed should be studied and mastered by guitar students....
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Metal Guru: Rusty Cooley The Pentatonic Workout
 by Jude Gold
Metal is a lot different today than it was in the ’80s. Back then, things were brutal. If you didn’t know how to solo, you weren’t even looked upon as a guitar player. It was the whole “if you only play rhythm, you’re only half a man” mentality.
Musically speaking, metal guitar has devolved over the years. It has gone backwards from featuring over-the-top, killer playing all the way back to a three-chord format that’s arguably not that different from where rock and roll started...
>> See Rusty demonstrate the workout on GPTV ...
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NEW VIDEO COURSE! Vamps, Jams & Improvisation by Frank Vignola
 Vamps, Jams and Improvisation illustrates dozens of approaches for developing solid melodic and rhythmic ideas for soloing or comping over one and two-chord vamps. You'll first learn how to think melodically and then how to best express those ideas, in a vamp or jam setting, with the other band members.
Vamps, Jams and Improvisation fills your toolbox with creative devices like melodic patterns, call and response, stutter picking, guide tones, horizontal lines, tone targeting, muffled arpeggios, chromatics, expressions, passing tones and other techniques for generating ideas on the fly. You’ll also learn how to develop ideas around unusual scales like the Super Locrian, Bartok minor and harmonic minor scales. Rhythm and comping are also covered with equal emphasis; clave rhythms, inversions, rhythmic alteration, quartal harmony, bubble parts, chord punches and how to clearly communicate and then lock up with the band is demonstrated in detail.
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