Beginning Blues Guitar: Guitar Solo: Instrumental Tutor

Rhythm and Solos-Get your blues grooves movin' with this great DVD! Al Ek teaches six different rhythm parts each with its own solo and shows how each solo can work over different rhythm grooves and keys.Designed for the beginning blues guitarist everything on this DVD is played up to speed then broken down note by note.Includes jam tracks for each style covered: Shuffle Rock Mojo Groove Slow Blues Boogaloo Groove and Backwards Shuffle.

In his friendly, humorous style, Greg Horne makes learning acoustic guitar fun and easy. This revised edition features examples in TAB and standard music notation and a new DVD hosted by guitar virtuoso Jared Meeker. You'll learn how to hold the instrument, play with a pick, count time, read music, and play simple chords. After mastering the basics, you'll be introduced to fingerpicking, barre chords, improvisation, music theory, and a variety of styles including blues, rock, country, and folk. Beginning Acoustic Guitar is a must-have for anyone serious about starting to learn acoustic guitar. Second Edition Features: * Updated examples in the styles of acoustic guitar masters * New companion DVD demonstrating the examples in the book * Improved instruction on acoustic guitar techniques and theory, covering flatpicking, fingerstyle, and strumming / Guitare

Guitarist educator and historian Stefan Grossman was a student of acoustic blues and gospel singer/guitarist Rev. Gary Davis. Beginning when he was 15 Stefan studied with Davis on weekends spending eight to ten hours at his house in Harlem absorbing all he could. While studying with Rev. Davis he met and studied with other country blues guitarists: Mississippi John Hurt Son House Skip James Mance Lipscomb and Fred McDowell.In the early 1960s Stefan formed the Even Dozen Jug Band (which also included such future luminaries as John Sebastian Steve Katz Maria Muldaur and David Grisman). In 1966 he worked with the alternate rock band the Fugs beforemoving to Great Britain in 1967. In 1969 he co-founded Kicking Mule Records with Ed Denson a label that showcased acoustic fingerstyle guitar. Many of these albums that Stefan produced during this period are finally being re-released on CD on his own label.From 1967 to 1987 Stefan Grossman lived in Great Britain and Italy and toured worldwide. He performed and recorded with John Renbourn for 15 years and they produced four albums together.Stefan's solo discography goes all the way back to 1966 when he recorded How to Play Blues Guitar with Rory Block (now released as Country Blues Guitar SGGW103). Since that time he has recorded over 30 solo albums and has written numerous books highlighting the playing of legendary bluesmen from the 1920s and 1930s.Nowadays Stefan divides his time between the USA and England. He continues to do concerts and workshops worldwide and remains one of the world's foremost authorities on acoustic blues guitar. The Guitar Artistry of Stefan Grossman brings together performances from 1965 to today. He performs solo with the Even Dozen Jog Band with John Renbourn as well as Duck Baker. In between the music Stefan weaves together the story behind his playing.An 87 page PDF booklet is included on the DVD. This details

The Total Blues Guitarist is an exciting journey through the diverse world of blues guitar playing. Start with simple blues progressions and end up playing licks in the styles of greats like Stevie Ray Vaughan Muddy Waters B. B. King and Bonnie Raitt. This wide-ranging study of blues guitar is for all players from beginning to advanced. The beginning-to-intermediate student will find all the tools needed to become a great player while the more advanced player will find lots of useful tips and a fresh perspective on blues guitar. This book is filled with scales chords licks and tunes in many different blues styles including funk-blues jazz-blues and modal blues. Whether youare just beginning or have already begun your blues guitar journey this is the one place to get everything you need to make you a great blues guitarist. A CD is included with backing tracks to jam over.

This course is a fun easy way for a beginning to intermediate guitarist to learn how to play the blues. You'll learn blues chord progressions as well as a variety of blues strumming and picking patterns.This course alsopresents basic blues scales lead Guitar techniques and combination rhythm and lead playing. The basics of slide Guitar and open tuning are also covered.No music reading is required for this course but the student shouldunderstand basic chords and strumming as taught in Mel Bay's Anyone Can Play Guitar Volume 1 video. This method was created and is taught by Vern Juran who has an extensive background in teaching and performingblues music.

Written for the beginning guitarist who loves the blues this text will guide any student through the basis of playing guitar by using blues melodies and blues chord progressions. Students will learn open chords common strummingpatterns power chords blues scales and how to read standard notation and tab. An effective method for writing original blues lyrics is also provided. This text has lessons on correct posture caring for the guitar properright and left-hand technique and tuning the guitar to its self a pitch pipe or a piano. The accompanying CD and DVD provides students a professional recording of tunes and exercises that should be used as a practice tool. •

These essential fretboard patterns are road maps that all great blues guitarists know and use. This book teaches how to play lead and rhythm anywhere on the fretboard in any key; play a variety of lead guitar styles using movable blues boxes chord-based licks blues scales and double-note licks; play boogie woogie licks and turnarounds; and much more! Each chapter presents a pattern and shows how to use it and provides helpful playing tips. Great for beginning intermediate and advanced players.

The complete acoustic blues method by Lou Manzi with full tuition in all aspects of blues playing and compete with a CD of audio examples.Here's your chance to master the sometimes funky sometimes haunting sounds of the acoustic blues guitar with a comprehensive tutorial method. Every aspect of the blues is introduced in and easy-to-understand manner and the CD of demonstrations will ensure that you capture the details and nuances of this characteristic style.Lessons include:12-bar progressionsRhythm and theoryShuffles and Boogie Woogie patternsBlues soloingLeft- and right-hand techniquesTurnaroundsMoveablepatternsFingerstyle blues