Dans ce livre, six des Blues Holy Rev. Davis' sont présentés--Gospels au goût du blues. Les trois CD accompagnantes des leçons enseignent ces arrangements phrase par phrase, ainsi que de présenter les enregistrements originaux. Ces leçons sont pour l'intermédiaire à avancé fingerstyle guitariste. Toute la musique est en notation et tablature. UNE leçon : Le révérend Davis a joué beaucoup de chansons de gospel avec un sentiment de blues. Ces dernières sont appelées ' Blues saints '. Mort Don't Have non Mercy est un excellent exemple d'une Sainte Blues dans la clé de l'Em. Laissez-nous Get ensemble suit et est jouée en clé de g. Il s'agit d'un arrangement difficile illustrant un contrôle du révérend Davis sur sa main droite. LECON deux : Religieuses arrangements de Rev.Gary Davis dans la clé de C: que j'appartiens à la bande et Tryin'à Get Home. Leçon 3: Pour ragtime jouant le révérend Davis aborderais sa guitare comme s'il s'agissait d'un piano. Pour Gospels la guitare joue le rôle d'un plein Baptiste église ! Dans cette leçon, nous étudions deux Evangile... / Guitare (Fingerpick) / 24 pages / niveau : Intermédiaire / Partition/3-Cd Set - Format: 11 X 8,5

Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop-Mississippi John Hurt is certainly renowned for his blues songs whether tales of murder like Stack O'Lee and Frankie or the tongue-in-cheek Candy Man Blues yet it is his gospel songs that may more accurately reflect the heart of the man himself; gentle yet powerful simple yet substantial.In this lesson Tom Feldmann takes you step by step through Mississippi John Hurt's most celebrated and inspiring gospel songs in the keys of G C D and E. Whether beginner or intermediate you will learn to pick in the distinctive 'Hurt' style and build a large repertoire of classic gospel country blues.A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file onthe DVD. In addition the original old recordings of all the tunes are included. Titles include: Do Lord Remember Me Here I Am Oh Lord Send Me Blind Man Sit In The Way And Cried Since I’ve Laid My Burden Down Weeping and Wailing Blessed Be The Name Praying On The Old Camp Ground Nearer My God To Thee Beulah Land and Oh Mary Don’t You Weep

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

Music from the church always featured in the repertoires of Country Blues Guitarists. In this lesson we explore several styles of fingerpicking gospel tunes. We start with playing in the key of C and two well known songs played in the style of Mississippi John Hurt and Elizabeth Cotten. We then tackle I'll Fly Away which introduces a new right hand technique that combines fingerstyle with strumming. This technique will add a different texture to your playing. We then begin to explore playing in open tunings and Just a Closer Walk with Thee played in an Open G Tuning. We then go to an Open D tuning to learn Death Come Creeping and Will the Circle BeUnbroken.Two bonus sections are included. The first demonstrates how to change your Guitar strings so that they will not slip. The second is an audio section that features recordings showing variations and other approaches to the tunes taught.A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and played slowly on a split-screen.Titles include: I Am A Pilgrim What a Friend We Have In Jesus I'll Fly Away Just A Closer Walk With Thee Death Come Creeping and Will The Circle Be Unbroken.

Rev. Gary Davis was a musical giant. His ideas spanned a wide range of techniques and styles. His repertoire featured blues, rags, show instrumentals and gospel songs. He played with his thumb and index finger to pick out complex melodies, rhythmic licks and lightning fast single-string runs. In this book, seven of Rev. Davis's blues are presented. These arrangements have been performed and recorded by a host of great artists including Bob Dylan, Taj Mahal, Hot Tuna, David Bromberg, John Renbourn, Bert Jansch and many others. These lessons are for the intermediate to advanced fingerstyle guitarist. The accompanying three CD lessons teach these arrangements phrase by phrase as well as presenting the original recordings. LESSON ONE: Our first lesson highlights two of Rev. Davis's most popular blues arrangements. Hesitation Blues is played in the key of C. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down is played in the key of G. LESSON TWO: The key of C was a favorite for Rev. Davis. In this lesson we explore the party tune Sally Where'd You Get Your Liquor From (made popular by Hot Tuna). Rev. Davis used to joke that he could play Candyman so many different ways that he would be able to play it nonstop for at least 8 hours without repeating himself! We look at two versions of this very popular folk blues with the regular Candyman followed by the Two-Step Candyman. LESSON THREE: 'Raggin' the blues' was a great part of Rev. Davis's repertoire. His Walkin' Dog Blues is a tour de force in a blues in C. All fourteen verses are transcribed here, and we study how this arrangement develops. Buck Rag is a fascinating rag played in the key of C. Single-string runs, counterpoint lines, rhythmic variations and syncopated bass patterns are featured. / Guitare (Fingerpick) / 40 pages / niveau : Intermédiaire / Partition/3-Cd Set - Format: 11,75 X 8,75

Rev. Gary Davis is the real thing. The authentic blind-seer. He is a genius with a brightly burning spirit enormous musical intelligence technical brilliance an encyclopedic memory driving passion deep faith araunchy and gracious sense of humor. A mystic. He is an icon of the style of Guitar he was born into known today as the Piedmont blues. Through players of the first half of the twentieth century like Alfred Shultz MoseRanger Merle Travis and Chet Atkins this is the signature American fingerpicking style that would so deeply inform the country folk blues and even rock and roll of our day.Rev. Davis (1896-1972) was bornblack in deep poverty in South Carolina blind from an early age. He overcame these longest of odds to become world famous a giant of American music. He brought together black and white styles country gospel folk themes blues jazz ragtime minstrel songs dance tunes and popular song. He developed his own brilliant fingerpicking style that was deep economical and adaptable enough to easily cover all these genres. Supporting all hiscreativity was an unshakable faith that pulled him through the obscurity the bitter hard times and crushing poverty he would endure until the folk music awakening of the fifties and sixties caught up to him.In this bookand accompanying audio Ernie Hawkins has transcribed 18 of Rev. Davis' best known gospel arrangements. The playing of Rev. Davis has influenced generations of Guitar players from Blind Boy Fuller to Dave VanRonk David Bromberg Ry Cooder Jorma Kaukonen Bob Weir Stefan Grossman and Woody Mann. His tunes have been recorded by a host of today's finest rock musicians: The Grateful Dead Hot Tuna Bob Dylan Jackson Browne and others.

To Gospel Fingerstyle Guitar-Gospel Music is such a familiar part of our cultural and musical landscape that it offers the fingerstyle guitarist a vast repertoire of melodic and lyrical compositions. In this lesson Duck Baker explores and explains how thismusic can be arranged for fingerstyle guitar. Duck teaches arrangements of six well-known Gospel songs which he plays in standard and dropped-D tunings. A practical informative and very useful lesson to expanding yourfingerstyle technique to incorporate playing Gospel music in the styles of Mississippi John Hurt or Elizabeth Cotton. Duck gives a historical background on each tune as well as phrase by phrase and step by step explanationsof the arrangements. The DVD comes with a 24 page tab/music PDF booklet and each tune is illustrated in a split screen section making it easy to see what the right and left hands are playing.

The body of sacred music takes many forms and except for the area of Gospel music has not been routinely explored by fingerstyle guitarists. Yet there are techniques available to the fingerstyle player that can be used tocreate evocative and beautiful arrangements of religious music. In this DVD lesson El McMeen demonstrates the use of various techniques including harp style arpeggios and alternating bass lines as well as the open string tuningof CGDGAD to make the power and beauty of this music accessible and exciting to the fingerstyle player. Includes a 24 page tab/music PDF booklet containing all the music and examples found within the lesson. Thoroughlypractical interesting and a wonderful learning tool El McMeen’s arrangements and playing bring a unique sensitivity to this music that encourages and inspires guitar students.

Rev Gary Davis a un répertoire très étendu allant du gospel au blues, du rags à la chanson folk. Dans ce double DVD, Ernie Hawkins présente les chansons les plus connues de Rev. Plus de 2h30 d'enregistrement, en anglais. / Guitare / Dvd

Ernie Hawkins provides an in-depth examination of the guitar style of one of the most distinctive Blues originals Blind Willie McTell.McTell made his name recording blues records from 1927 scoring a lasting 'hit' withthe now-standard Statesboro Blues. His swift and clean fingerpicking technique played on a Stella 12-string Guitar inspired countless greats including Bob Dylan and Keith Richards. McTell was also a master slide player able to melt hearts with both blues and gospel gems.In this DVD tutorial Ernie Hawkins teaches Blind Willie's greatest songs including Come Around To My House Mama and Broke Down Engine

Blues And Ragtime Guitar-For many years Ernie Hawkins has been playing concerts clubs festivals colleges and museums in the United States Canada Europe and Japan. He has played with blues greats such as Son House Mance Lipscomb Fred McDowell Jim Brewer and Rev. Gary Davis. In this DVD Ernie talks about his 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 Penitentiary 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 and Blue Belle.

In this celebratory feel-good DVD Buster B. Jones demonstrates the versatility of the guitar with a host of inspirational songs arranged in a range of styles.From a classical-style arrangement of God Rest Ye MerryGentlemen to a spirited Country-picking version of Jingle Bell Rock and the quiet serene ballad Do You Hear What I Hear you will be treated to a compendium of techniques that help capture the special essence ofeach song. These spiritual and gospel favourites are guaranteed to bring new elements to your own playing style introducing changes and and ideas that will be both challenging and useful whatever your style.

David Bromberg has toured around the world. He has performed and recorded with some of the biggest stars of the last decades. His guitar playing started with folk music and then migrated to the country blues. From here his musicalinterests traveled to city blues old-time music country music and bluegrass. He is a master of many styles and techniques.In this intimate DVD lesson David presents some of his most popular arrangements. They vary fromthe folk blues Delia to the popular gospel song Just A Closer Walk With Thee to Bob Dylan's It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes a Train To Cry to Jerry Jeff Walker's Mr. Bojangles (featuring David's famous guitar solo). Nine greatarrangements that will expand your repertoire as well as guitar playing skills. David teaches fingerpicking and flatpicking techniques. Vibrato single string runs cross-picking the alternating bass counterpoint lines andfinding the groove are all discussed. Each phrase is taught note by note and clearly illustrated on a split screen. A printed tab/music booklet is included as well as being on the DVD as a PDF file.