Pete Huttlinger Teaches The Songs Of Gordon Lightfoot-Guitar Arrangements For Eight Classics

Pete Huttlinger Teaches The Songs Of Gordon Lightfoot-Guitar Arrangements For Eight Classics
The great Canadian singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot has written some of the most beautiful and enduring songs of our time. His soulful voice and rich guitar accompaniments have made him a true legend in the folk and pop music pantheon. Master guitarist Pete Huttlinger has the rare ability to hear all the nuances in Gordon Lightfoot s guitar arrangements. As he has done for the music of John Denver and Jim Croce, he makes them easily accessible to learning players, teaching the chord progressions, rhythms, fingerpicking patterns and soulful musical touches that help make each song a unique and powerful statement. This lesson will be a joy to intermediate guitarists who want to add these stirring songs and beautiful guitar arrangements to their repertoire: Early Morning Rain, Carefree Highway, Rainy Day People, Circle of Steel, Steel Rail Blues, Bitter Green, If You Could Read My Mind, Cold on the Shoulder.
Customer Review: A Gift for Aspiring Guitarists
This is a gift for those guitarists who, like me, have played Gordon Lightfoot for years but never quite "got it right". Lightfoot always sounded so simple yet Pete shows it is a little more complex than that. Pete's style is very casual, easy going yet you can tell he has almost a reverence for the music. But as you might guess from his list of awards he is a very, very good instrumentalist. It's no wonder John Denver sounded so good with this guy backing him up! Pete displays absolutely no ego whatsoever which is impressive from a guitarist this talented. No fancy riffs to show you who's boss and that are so common on many instructional videos. He makes you feel like you could actually play these songs well with a little practice. As is typical of Homespun Productions, the technical aspects of this DVD are great. Multiple camera angles, close-ups, fades give this disc an unhurried feel. Sure you have to go back again and again but Happy Traum got the pace exactly right. It felt like he did this disc for me. Take the advice from others that this is not a beginner's disc. Some of the chord shapes (A-form barre for instance) are a little tricky for new players but certainly give advanced beginners and particularly intermediates something to work with. I really enjoyed learning some of the solos that I will incorporate into my playing. Seriously, if you enjoy folk music and Gordon Lightfoot as I do this is a great value. I will be buying Pete's other DVD's soon.
Customer Review: guitarfun
This is a very helpful lesson and Pete Huttlinger is a great teacher. If you are serious about practice and learning then this video is for you. Especially if you like Gordon Lightfoot.