"I have been doing dozens of guitar workshops over the past year and by far the most requested subject has been my use of DADGAD tuning. I thought a video on this subject would satisfy the needs of learning players at all levels."
-- Artie Traum

All DVDs may be ordered online from Roaring Stream Online Store.

Easy Chords And Progressions:
An Effortless Way To Make Your Songs Sound Great - DVD - $29.95 [NEW!]
Artie has designed the perfect lesson for anyone who’s looking for ways to make guitar accompaniments come alive. He focuses on the basic chord shapes you probably use all the time (D, G, E and C) and shows you how you can transform their sound by incorporating altered notes, open strings, bass lines, barre chords and a variety of other techniques that will help you create beautiful accompaniments.

So, if your songs are sounding a little ordinary, or you want to jump-start a new one you’re writing, this world-class player’s easy solutions will simply make them sound better. Artie’s lesson is fun, relaxed and filled with numerous guitar tips, musical ideas and easy songs, including Sloop John B, Corrina, Worried Man Blues, Barbed Wire, The Water is Wide and Diamond Joe.


Easy Steps To Blues Guitar Jamming - Vol 1 + 2 - DVD - $29.95 ea.
Our new DVD on jamming is a great introduction to improvising and playing with a friend.
My brother Happy and I designed these lessons so that even a beginner will be able to play along. However they're filled with a huge amount of material for players at all levels. There's plenty of detailed instruction, good songs and inside advice. You'll find techniques on how to trade riffs, use chord inversions, move around the fingerboard and improvise creative solos. You can also jam along with us. We provide rhythmic backup for each song. You'll learn six blues standards in the keys of E and A, along with plenty of hot ideas. There's no simple way to learn to jam, but this DVD will get you going. And where else will you see Happy and me playing together on video!

Essential Riffs For Acoustic Guitar - DVD - $29.95
Here's a lesson that's packed with dozens of important licks, each one a time-tested musical phrase that will help you become a strong lead guitarist. Artie starts so simply that even beginners can learn to play these riffs over a variety of chord changes and blues progressions. As the phrases get more advanced, you'll see how to use slides, bends and other techniques, and increase your speed and dexterity with the use of hammer-ons and pull-offs. A discussion and demonstration of minor key jazz-blues phrases will round out your repertoire of riffs and will allow you to create hot solos or jam with your friends using the terrific techniques Artie teaches. [one 55-minute DVD, including music and tab]

Essential DADGAD For Beginners DVD 1 - DVD - $29.95
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. [one 55-minute DVD, including music and tab]



Essential DADGAD For Beginners DVDs 2 & 3 - DVD - $49.95
More and more guitarists are discovering the powerful harmonies and rich chord formations that become magically available in DADGAD, and this video is your logical next step in understanding and mastering this popular guitar tuning. [two DVDs including music and tab]

All tapes may be ordered online from Roaring Stream Online Store.

Video 1 - Level 2 - 60 minute video $29.95
Here is an easy introduction to DADGAD for those who are new to alternate tunings and want 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.

DADGAD will transform the way you play your guitar. It will help you improvise beautiful fingerstyle pieces with its unique tonality, and inspire you to go on to more advanced studies in alternate tunings.


Video 2 - Level 2 - Arrangements for Mountain Ballads and Blues - 60 minute video $29.95
In this video lesson, Artie Traum demonstrates DADGAD applications in traditional mountain ballads, fingerstyle blues and contemporary songs. Includes music + tab.

Artie starts out at a basic level, showing you simple ways to create mountain-style arrangements by the use of strong bass notes and enhanced by simple hammer-ons, slides, a banjo-like strum and harmony notes. From there Artie goes into “advanced beginner” territory, providing tips on fingerstyle technique as well as some exciting blues licks and progressions. To close the lesson, he shows how you can discover new musical ideas on your own through experimentation with chord shapes, harmonies and progressions. Songs: East Virginia Blues, KC Moan, Serpa, Niagara.


Video 3 - Level 3 - New Ideas for Creative Playing - 60 minute video $29.95
On this video award-winning guitarist Artie Traum takes you on a tour of how this tuning has enhanced his powerful original songs and instrumentals. Includes music + tab.

Artie begins by teaching chord positions and progressions up and down the neck, and how to play melodies against interesting bass lines. He then shows you some creative ways to get bluesy and funky with your playing involving “deeper” jazz positions, progressions and variations designed to expand your knowledge of the fingerboard as it applies to this tuning. Songs: Blue Hotel, Fourteen Turtles, Yankee Swamp.