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The late Artie Traum
was an award-winning guitarist who had been featured on over 30 albums,
including "South of Lafayette," (a "hip fusion of folk and jazz
esthetics," writes Sing Out! Magazine) and his 2007 release "Thief of
Time."
"Letters From Joubee" (1994) spent six weeks at #1 on the smooth
jazz radio charts, while "Meetings With Remarkable Friends," with The
Band, Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, Tony Levin,
Laurence Juber,
John Sebastian
and
other top musicians was awarded Best Acoustic Instrumental Album of 1999
(NAV Award) and voted Best CD of 2000 by Hudson Valley Magazine. In 2001
Artie released "The Last Romantic," which was placed "on this year's list
of best releases" by Jazz Times.
Performing
since the 1960's, Artie Traum had worked with his brother
Happy Traum,
songwriter Pat Alger and The Woodstock Mountains Revue. Artie's songs have
been recorded by The Band, David Grisman and
Tony Rice,
among others. He
has produced CDs for Tony Levin, Laurence Juber,
Livingston Taylor,
Diane
Ziegler and many other top artists.
Artie performed at dozens of
festivals, including the Catalina Jazz Trax Festival, Philadelphia Folk
Festival and the Newport Folk Festival, and composed music for film and TV
shows. For twelve years Artie Traum was a popular clinician for Taylor
Guitars, performing guitar workshops around the world. "Artie Traum has
the natural, soulful touch that other guitarists only dream about," says
Donald Fagen of Steely Dan.
Artie Traum - Guitar Chord Magic - Vol I - DVD
This unique and powerful rhythm guitar
method is guaranteed to bring your playing to a whole new level! Song accompaniments will
swing like never before as you learn new inversions and progressions that will add interest and
excitement to your music. These easy-to-learn ideas will help you make a quantum leap in your knowledge of
chords and your approach to the entire guitar fingerboard. On this DVD, Artie Traum
builds jazz chords, showing you how to move them around the fingerboard and substitute them for the more ordinary
major and minor chords you may be using now. Within minutes you'll be playing the turnarounds and
progressions you've always wanted to learn but couldn't quite figure out. You'll also learn to apply these
techniques to several great blues and original pop songs. If you're looking for new ways to expand you harmonic
sense and chording styles, then this DVD is for you!
(60 min) Printable Tab Booklet............................................Price - $29.95 Also Available For Instant Download - Click Here Now!
Artie Traum - Guitar Chord Magic - Vol II - DVD
Here is a superb DVD guitar lesson that will
help you add rich chords and harmonic ideas to your songs and compositions, and allow you
to break new ground in your playing! Artie Traum continues his exploration of the guitar's harmonic
possibilities with easy but effective chord shapes, progressions, moving basses and harmony lines. This video
shows you the techniques you can use to compose beautiful fingerstyle instrumentals and song
accompaniments. The "Chord Magic" method emphases expansion, or becoming "unstuck" as you
grow as a guitarist. You'll learn some of the techniques Artie used in composing the tunes for his critically
acclaimed album Cayenne, as well as the accompaniment to a wonderful Pat Alger song "Born Among The Lion".
If you are a folk, country or pop player, you'll find the songs and techniques taught on this DVD invaluable for
adding, new and exciting textures, harmonies and musical ideas to your playing.
(60 min) Printable Tab Booklet............................................Price - $29.95 Also Available For Instant Download - Click Here Now!
Artie Traum - Easy Guitar Chords & Progressions - DVD
By moving just one finger to a different fret, a familiar
chord takes on a whole new quality! Move a chord shape to a different position on the neck and
you have a rich, advanced-sounding progression! This lesson is fun, easy and filled with guitar tips,
musical ideas and great songs including: "Sloop John B, Corrina, Worried Man Blues, Barbed Wire,
The Water Is Wide, Diamond Joe" and others!.
(85 min) Printable Tab Booklet............................................Price - $29.95 Also Available For Instant Download - Click Here Now!
Artie Traum - Essential DADGAD For Beginners - Vol 1 - DVD
Here is an easy introduction to
DADGAD for those who are new to alternate tunings and want to explore its'
unique sounds on the guitar. It brings beautiful progressions,
unique chords, ringing open strings and rich tones to your playing. In his
"guided tour" guitarist Artie Traum shows you how to retune your guitar quickly
and easily, form the important chords in the key of D (some using only one
finger), improvise instrumentals, write songs and get funky with country blues
ideas. Using the folk classic "The Water is Wide" as an example, Artie reveals
how a song can be harmonized using basic chord positions in this tuning, Playing
in DADGAD tuning will transform the way you create music on your guitar. Its
unique tonality will help you improvise beautiful fingerstyle pieces and its
sounds will inspire you to go on to more advanced studies in alternate tunings.
(55 min) Printable Tab Booklet............................................Price - $29.95 Also Available For Instant Download - Click Here Now!
Artie Traum - Essential DADGAD For Beginners - Vol 2 - DVD
More and more guitarists are discovering the powerful
harmonies and rich chord formations that become magically available in this poplar guitar
tuning. Artie Traum helps bring the guitar to life by showing DADGAD applications in traditional mountain
ballads, fingerstyle blues, and his own contemporary songs including: "KC Moan, East Virginia Blues, Niagara, Serpa".
(60 min) Printable Tab Booklet............................................Price - $29.95 Also Available For Instant Download - Click Here Now!
Artie Traum - Essential DADGAD For Beginners - Vol 3 - DVD
This lesson is perfect for early-intermediate players
who have already explored the basics of DADGAD and want to move to the next level. Artie Traum's
guitar compositions "Blue Hotel, Fourteen Turtles" and the bluesy "Yankee Swamp"
illustrate how he uses chord positions and progressions up and down the neck as
well as how to play melodies against powerful bass lines!
(60 min) Printable Tab Booklet............................................Price - $29.95 Also Available For Instant Download - Click Here Now!
Artie Traum Plays "Cuckoo Bird"
Artie Traum - Essential Riffs For Guitar - DVD
Packed with dozens of time-tested musical phrases,
this lesson will help even a beginner become a strong lead guitarist. Each riff is played
slowly, and then up to speed to give a feel for how it should sound in context. Jeff Pevar
(guitarist for David Crosby) joins Artie to demonstrate how to use these lead
lines while jamming on blues progressions. A demonstration of minor key
jazz-blues phrases rounds out this repertoire of licks and will allow players to
create hot solos!
(60 min) Printable Tab Booklet............................................Price - $29.95 Also Available For Instant Download - Click Here Now!
Artie Traum - Essential Blues For Acoustic Guitar - Book and CD
This book/CD pack is designed
to help you quickly become a better blues guitar player! Award-winning guitarist,
songwriter, author, and Taylor Guitars clinician Artie Traum explores essential
blues techniques in fret-by-fret detail for both fingerpicking and flatpicking
styles. You'll learn to play classic blues songs such as "Country Boy Blues,"
"Come Back Baby," and "Trouble in Mind," along with turnarounds,
bass lines, funky licks, and much, more more! The CD includes demonstrations of all of
the lessons in the book!
Notation and tab...................................................................Price - $19.95
Artie Traum Plays "Quiet Volcano"
Jazz Guitar Chords & Arpeggio Patterns - Stacy McKee
- This unique book includes 300 jazz guitar chord
formations and matching single note arpeggio patterns in a quick reference
format that no one has ever done before! Cross indexing makes this manual
extremely easy to use and regardless of what style of music you play, we know
you will find this to be a valuable, "must have" addition to your library.
Stacy McKee was the featured guitarist with "Les Brown and The Band Of Renown"
and for a limited time only, we will include an exclusive copy of his book
FREE with your first order!
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The late
Artie Traum
was an award-winning guitarist who had been featured on over 30 albums,
including "South of Lafayette," (a "hip fusion of folk and jazz
esthetics," writes Sing Out! Magazine) and his 2007 release "Thief of
Time."