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Ernie Hawkins
is an internationally known blues and ragtime fingerpicking guitarist
whose main influence is
Rev.
Gary Davis, with whom he studied in the late '60s. He has also played
guitar with blues greats
Son House,
Mance
Lipscomb, Fred McDowell,
Jim Brewer and many others!Ernie's CDs include “Ragtime Signatures,” “Blues Advice,” “Bluesified” and “Mean Little Poodle,” which was named Editor's Choice by Acoustic Guitar Magazine. He has appeared on A Prairie Home Companion, Mountain Stage, Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour and at blues venues worldwide. Ernie has taught at most of the major guitar camps and has made several instructional DVDs.
Ernie Hawkins - The Music Of Louis Armstrong - DVD
Ernie Hawkins - The CAGED Guitar System Made Easy - Vol 1 - DVD
Rev. Gary Davis's style is made to order to play Louis Armstong tunes on
guitar! As Ernie learned most of what he knows and does on the guitar from Rev.
Gary Davis, this is how he sees it and how he has approached arranging the tunes
on this DVD lesson. Once you find the right key on the guitar these early jazz
masterpieces seem to fall right into place. Putting Cornet Chop Suey into the key
of C, for instance, enables you to play the patented ‘Gary Davis Slow Drag G
form C run' throughout as the statement of the initial melody. The arrangements are for the intermediate to
advanced players. They are multi-section compositions with lots of fingerpicking
challenges. But all your hard work will be very worthwhile as these tunes are
some of the greatest in the early jazz repertoire. Ernie teaches phrase by
phrase and then uses the split-screen so you can carefully study what each hand
is doing. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD.
Tunes include: "Potato Head Blues, Basin Street Blues, Cornet
Chop Suey, Weather Bird, What A Wonderful World."
(163 min) Printable PDF
File...........................................................Price - $29.95
Ernie
Hawkins Plays "What A Wonderful World"
Ernie Hawkins - Guitar Artistry: Blues & Ragtime
Guitar - DVD
In this DVD Ernie talks about his musical influences and performs a wide range of blues, ragtime and gospel tunes.
Titles include: "What You
Gonna Do, Railroad Blues, Chump Man Blues, Rev. Davis Medley, Police Dog Blues,
Slow Drag, Fast Fox
Trot, Twelve Sticks, Florida Blues, Penitentary Blues, Potato Head Blues,
Hawkins Rag, If You Haven't
Any Hay Get On Down That Road, Call Up China, Lightnin's Hideaway, Elm Street
Blues, Masanga, Riding
On a Moonbeam, Blue Belle".
(97
min)..............................................................................................Price
- $24.95
Ernie
Hawkins Plays "What You Gonna Do"
Five Chord Shapes For Mastering The Fingerboard. If you
think of the guitar fingerboard as unknown and remote territory, full
of mystery and confusion - then we
have the road map and compass you need! The
C-A-G-E-D System provides you with a complete under-standing of the entire neck
of the guitar so you can find your way around without ever getting lost again! Guitarist Ernie Hawkins calls it "The Magic Key" and on this DVD he lays out a
clear and easy method for
finding any chord, note or lick - in any key- anywhere
on the fingerboard! He shows you how five basic
chord shapes, moved up and down,
can reveal all the scales, intervals and voicings you'll need to play any
kind
of music. Ernie patiently and thoroughly provides drills, exercises, practice
tips and the basic theory
necessary to help you understand the principles behind
this important system. His amazing lesson teaches the fundaments of how the
guitar works in a clear, step-by-step way that will open your eyes, give you security and confidence, and forever change your guitar playing life!
(85 min)
Tab and chord charts included.......................................Price - $29.95
Ernie Hawkins - The CAGED Guitar System Made Easy - Vol 2 - DVD
Playing Chords And Licks In Every Key And Position. Ernie continues his detailed exploration of the C-A-G-E-D guitar
system, using his lifelong experience in country
blues fingerpicking as the
springboard for this lesson. You'll start by learning to play the standard
12-bar blues
chord progression in every position and in every key, the heart of
the C-A-G-E-D concept. As in his previous
DVD, Ernie patiently and thoroughly
provides drills, exercises, practice tips and the basic theory necessary to
help
you understand the principles behind this important system. You'll see how licks
can be transposed from
one key to another, how to link chords with harmonized
passing tones, how major and minor arpeggios help
you find notes everywhere on
the neck, and how all the notes, intervals and chords work together to form a
complete musical picture. Whether you're playing blues, folk, jazz or rock,
this "Magic Key" to the fingerboard
will give you the security and confidence to
branch out into any musical genre that interests you!
(85 min) Tab and chords
charts included.....................................Price - $29.95
Ernie Hawkins - The CAGED Guitar System Made Easy - Vol 3 - DVD
Exploring Blues And Ragtime Progressions. In this third
lesson, Ernie helps you explore blues melodies as they move up into the highest
reaches of the fingerboard.
He shows you the chord shapes, notes, and licks in every position and passes
along valuable ideas that will
bring the guitar into clear focus for every style you play. Building on the
12-bar progressions you already
know, Ernie adds passing formations to link one chord to another in a variety of
keys and creates a beautiful
blues guitar solo reminiscent of other classic 12-bar compositions.
A popular ragtime progression (often called "The Circle Of Fifths") is also
explained and taught in detail.
Ernie then works through the famous Blind Blake song "West
Coast Blues" creating a great fingerpicking arrangement which will bring you to another level in your understanding of chord structures!
(60 min) Tab and chord charts
included.......................................Price
- $29.95
Ernie Hawkins - All 3 DVDs
(CAGED Guitar Vol 1 - ) on sale now $69.95!
Ernie Hawkins - Teaches Fingerpicking
Arrangements Piedmont Style - DVD
Guitar ace Ernie Hawkins has made superb arrangements of 4
classic pop songs that are perfect for the alternate-thumb fingerpicking method
known as Piedmont Style. Ernie teaches each of these songs note-for-note, measure-by-measure and shows the chord shapes, bass and melody lines, licks
and rhythms that bring each one to life!
By picking these with the traditional
steady bass and syncopated melody technique, you'll develop a style that
will be
great for solo performances or jamming with other players. Ernie builds on the
techniques he developed
on his successful C-A-G-E-D System DVD lessons, and
these exciting arrangements will add immeasurably to
your skill and repertoire!
Tunes include: "When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob Bobbin' Along" -Harry
Woods, "The Charleston" -James Johnson, "Rockin' Chair" -Hoagy Carmichael, and
"The Glory of Love" -William Hill.
(75 min) Booklet included..............................................................Price -
$29.95
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!Wikipedia article on Ernie Hawkins
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