Homespun

Guitarists: There’s life after TAB!  Break your dependence on the printed page and become a freer and more creative blues and fingerpicking guitarist. This lesson will help you truly put the "play" into your  playing!

Toby Walker is a clear and compelling communicator with years of teaching experience. His lesson is perfect if you want to express yourself and start rearranging and improvising traditional blues songs spontaneously. 

Toby builds your fretboard knowledge in a comprehensive, step-by-step approach that’s informative - and fun, too. You’ll learn to freely move around the neck and put your own stamp on songs such as Crow Jane, Step It Up and Go, Love in Vain and Death Don’t Have No Mercy.

You’ll learn to play in five different keys (C, A, G, E and Dm) using “dead thumb” and alternate bass picking styles along with powerful licks, scales and “scale boxes,” alternate chord shapes and various “tricks” such as the “B. B. King Box,” G6 tuning, and other ways to experiment with your songs.

CUSTOMER COMMENTS

"I am a teacher and fingerstyle guitar player . On a whim, I purchased your dvd on Homespun...I love it! It is perfect! It's relaxed, logical, easy to follow and just wonderful playing. In a few minutes, I was just rambling away connecting all the dots..Thank you so much." - B.H. Haiku HI

"Got my DVD from Homespun yesterday and previewed the entire contents prior to getting down to work. This is great stuff! I don't know how this material could be taught any more clearly or thoroughly than this in a recorded format. My favorite blues instruction material by far." - AGF Forum

"Blues Fingerpicking Freedom" came in yesterday's mail. I popped it into the DVD player last night and was blown away. I never even took my guitar out of it's case. I watched the entire DVD. This program will make anybody a better player. I really liked the section on special tuning in "G". You should be really proud of this program. Any plans to expand on it with a "volume two?" - Robert Wilcox

"I wanted to let you know i bought a copy of Fingerpicking Freedom and even as a 60 yr old having played over 45 years and having a music degree I can't believe how much i am learning from it!" - Rick Randlett

"I bought Toby's Blues Fingerpicking Freedom and, after one hour of watching, it unlocked a mystery that I had been unable to unravel for the past 3 years. All of a sudden, I understood how the interconnection of chords and notes all related up the neck! I had struggled and struggled to get this through my (admittedly thick) skull, and in less than 60 minutes, I was released from prison. I don't know if it was just a matter of his teaching style lining up with my learning style or what, but a thousand thanks to Toby for this. I will be forever grateful. The sky now seems to be the limit." - John on Acoustic Guitar Forum

"I bought Toby's Blues Fingerpicking Freedom and, after one hour of watching, it unlocked a mystery that I had been unable to unravel for the past 3 years. All of a sudden, I understood how the interconnection of chords and notes all related up the neck! I had struggled and struggled to get this through my (admittedly thick) skull, and in less than 60 minutes, I was released from prison. I don't know if it was just a matter of his teaching style lining up with my learning style or what, but a thousand thanks to Toby for this. I will be forever grateful. The sky now seems to be the limit." - from Acoustic Guitar Forum