Rippin Lead Guitar with Paul Lidel

Rippin Lead Guitar with Paul Lidel
by Dan Huckabee

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DVD Review: Well done, Paul.
Summary: 5 Stars

Each solo piece is increasingly difficult and along the way, almost without even noticing it, the student picks up all the required "tricks of the trade" and even enough music theory to be a much better guitarist with sufficient practice. The production quality is excellent, frequently using split screens to show both hands in action, and contains enough repetition of each piece at different tempos to give the viewer a thorough introduction not just to how the solo selection is supposed to "sound" when played by the pros, but how it is supposed to be "played". And that's an important feature of Paul Lidel's style.

What often differentiates a good instructor from a bad one is the instructor's willingness to slow down as much as necessary until the student has mastered the skill being taught and is ready to speed up. Paul does this quite effectively, going one step at a time without ever bogging down. Every minute of this DVD is a learing experience and never boring, even if you've learned some of these techniques before.

If I had to give some constructive critical feedback I guess the only thing I would suggest to Paul is that the next edition include a couple more solo pieces. The selections included here are excellent, foundational pieces upon which anyone with an imagination can build later on, but the gradual increase in difficulty level isn't always seamless. The final two solos are quite a bit harder than the rest requiring the student to make a rather large leap in skill level, perhaps without adequate preparation. I would have enjoyed one or two more moderately difficult pieces in between to fill this gap and make the transition from "easy" to "hard" just a little more smooth.

That's my only suggestion, and it's a very minor one. With several weeks practice I finally did manage to master those final two solos, except for the tapping part in the last piece. But I'll get that part down too eventually. Even my kids have been impressed that their dad could make sounds like that with his guitar. And if I can do it, it's a pretty sure bet most others out there can do it as well. So, my minor critique in no way distracts from the fact that this is a top-notch A+ guitar instruction DVD, and I would recommend it to anyone wanting to get an edge up on becoming a better soloist.