Playing Through the Blues -- Guitar Edition (C)

In this double DVD lesson Ernie Hawkins teaches in detail nine of Rev. Gary Davis???s best known blues arrangements. These songs have become well known through the playing of Bob Dylan (Baby Let Me Lay It On You) Jackson Browne(Cocaine Blues) Hot Tuna (Hesitation Blues) John Renbourn Stefan Grossman Ramblin??? Jack Elliot Hot Tuna and a host of other musicians (Candyman). Rev. Davis approached playing the blues in several different styles.Each had unique characteristics and ranged from what he called old fashion picking to complex playing that explored and extended the blues tradition on the fingerboard. Each arrangement is broken down phrase byphrase and then played slowly on a split screen. You can easily follow the playing with the tab/music booklet. As a bonus we have included various audio performances of Rev. Davis playing each song.

The Art of Acoustic Blues Guitar - The Basics. Whether your favourite blues guitarist is Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Blind Blake, John Lee Hooker, Big Bill Broonzy, or Mississippi John Hurt, studying the basic techniques presented in this program is the first step toward being able to capture the essence of their traditional styles. In this book, Woody Mann shows you practical ways to develop fundamental technique and offers you insights into the musical logic of blues guitar. Woody walks you through each song, explaining the chord positions and picking techniques. He teaches blues in the keys of D, G, C, E, and A, presenting a wide selection of classic blues songs and instrumentals from the masters of blues guitar. Included in this program are the basics of the Delta blues of Robert Johnson, the ragtime style of Blind Blake (the man with the piano-playing guitar), and the music of Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Minnie, Willie Walker, and Willie Moore. Each song illustrates how solo players approach the guitar like a piano, playing melodies and bass lines simultaneously. Developing this independent two-line picking technique enables you to get the feel, syncopation, and subtleties of the music. The songs in themselves are studies in acoustic blues technique and present the authentic elements of the acoustic blues sound and style including blues technique and ways to play off of the chords and improvise within a song. This program is recommended for beginning acoustic blues guitarists as well as electric guitarists and acoustic fingerstyle guitarists of all levels who would like to go beyond pattern picking and develop a more dynamic and syncopated sound. Woody Mann had his first schooling as a teenager in the living room of Rev. Gary Davis, the now legendary gospel and ragtime guitarist. Mann soon went on to perform and record with blues masters Son House and Bukka White as well as contemporary innovators including John Fahey. He has recorded extensively, performed throughout the world, and is widely recognized as one of the world's leading teachers and transcribers of acoustic blues music, having taught countless guitarists through his popular books and videos.

Teach yourself how to play blues Guitar with these easy lessons for beginners. Progressive Beginner Blues Guitar covers the essentials of both blues rhythm Guitar and blues lead Guitarplaying.Progressive Beginner Blues Guitar includes 110 blues Guitar exercises chord progressions riffs licks and solos used by today???s best blues and roots Guitarists. In full color throughout withphotos diagrams and easy-to-read music with chords and tab this book comes with 1 CD containing Guitar audio demonstrating all examples.No prior knowledge of how to read music or playing the Guitar is required to teach yourselfto learn to play Guitar from this book which is suitable for all ages and all types of Guitars including electric Guitar and acoustic Guitar.

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.

1 - Starting From Scratch-Celebrated instructor Happy Traum guides you through the first steps in learning fingerstyle blues guitar. In this DVD intended for novice players you'll discover the basic blues forms along with a series of easy steps to develop your playing technique around a variety of characteristic tunes. Disciplines include:Syncopated progressions12-bar and 8-bar formsBass runsDozens of turnarounds intros and endings. Happy's lessons are packed with numerous tips and suggestions as well as invaluable information about music theory and musicianship. As you conquer each step your playing will become stronger and more confident and you'll be well onyour way to becoming an accomplished blues guitarist. Music and tablature are included.

Authentic Country Blues Guitar Techniques and Repertoire 2-DVD Set-Playing and singing country blues guitar is no easy task. It's just you and the box summoning up the requisite Guitar parts singing the melody and maintaining a solid groove. No drummer. No bass player - just you and your Guitar.Independence repertoire technique timing and endurance comprise the essential skill set for authentic fingerstyle country blues Guitar.Playing and singing the material in this 2-DVD set hones these skills like nobody's business. Paul Rishell diligently guides you through 16 handpicked tunes to cover a wide variety of the feels rhythms and techniques that are characteristic to country blues Guitar.You'll learn allof the parts rhythms and requisite techniques for songs such as Down the Dirt Road Blues by Charley Patton Shake 'Em on Down by Tommy McClennan Low Down Rounder by Peg Leg Howell Sweet Jivin' Mama by Blind Blake One Dime Blues by Blind Lemon Jefferson and many more. Get a solid grip on this Delta Piedmont and Texas blues Guitar repertoire and you'll be able to handle anything (including your own compositions) with authenticity stellar technique and maximum groove. Head out to the porch now with Dirt Road Blues.

Teach yourself how to play Guitar with Progressive Blues Guitar Solos which covers the important techniques required to learn to play the blues Guitar including minor scales pentatonic scales blues scales andmajor scales in various patterns and how to harmonize across the entire fretboard. Suitable for all ages and all types of Guitars including electric and acoustic. Includes 49 blues Guitar exercises in a variety ofstyles such as shuffles traditional slow blues and jazz style blues along with RandB and funk grooves written in the styles of blues legends like B.B. King Albert King Freddie King Albert Collins Buddy Guy Otis Rush andStevie Ray Vaughan. In full colour throughout with photos diagrams and easy-to-read blues Guitar music and easy blues Guitar tabs with chords for accompaniment. Comes with downloadable online audio containingGuitar audio demonstrating all examples. Basic knowledge of how to read music and playing Guitar is required to teach yourself how to play Guitar from this book.

You need to start Playing the Blues Now!-In any music style there are essentials scales licks chords etc. Blues Guitar Chords teaches you the must-know chords that will get you shufflin' like a pro in no time. You won't get bogged down with tons of details. Rather you'll be armed with many chord shapes that have been used throughout the history of the blues.The included DVD demonstrates each chord and all the song examples are accompanied by a full band so you can hear these chords in the proper context. Covers: boogie patterns dominant seventh chords extended chords other chord types (min7 maj7 altered) alternate/partial chords full song examples and more! DVD running time: 37 min.

Beginning Fingerstyle Guitar. With Beginning Fingerstyle Guitar, author John Miller has written a book designed to provide newcomers to this style, whether first-time guitarists or guitarists who have previously only played with a pick, the techniques needed to develop a solid foundation for playing fingerstyle. The book uses songs for teaching, presenting multiple ways of playing a song, starting simply, and building gradually in terms of technical difficulty. And the exercises are designed to build skills in a wide range of fingerstyle skills: strumming, thumb-lead playing, pattern picking, and melody arrangements with the thumb playing alternating bass. What specific features does the book offer for the beginning fingerstyle guitarist' ? Over fifty exercises, for playing through the songs, all notated in both standard notation and tablature. ? Links to sound samples for all of the exercises, with each exercise played at a slow tempo, for starting out, and a target tempo, with all of the exercises counted in, so that you can play along with them. ? Chord diagrams are provided for each song with the fingerings indicated that you would need to play the exercises. ? Playing tips precede each exercise, offering guidance on how to play the exercises with the greatest ease and efficiency in both the picking and the fretting hands. ? A special section on playing Blues at the end of the book.Additional guidance is offered on understanding tablature, practicing, developing your tone, scale structure and transposition and use of a capo. So, in Beginning Fingerstyle Guitar, you will find a full service instruction manual?one that has been designed to enable you to progress comfortably at your own rate of learning, while steadily building skills and moving forward in terms of your own confidence and willingness to accept new challenges.