Mike Dowling

Nothing creates a sound quite like a bottleneck slide which is why it is used in everything from Delta blues to finger style folk tunes and even ragtime. All well-rounded guitarists need to know this style and Mike Dowling?s ?Bottleneck - Blues And Beyond? is the best way we know to catch the spirit. On his accessible easy-to-comprehend follow-up lesson Mike Dowling teaches precision bottleneck techniques designed to broaden your repertoire textures and rhythms. Mike starts by teaching his unique version of Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor which uses a rumba beat in Open G tuning. His funky irrepressible Drop Down Mama is an absolute classic a fantasticlesson in syncopation and groove. From there try D minor tuning for a haunting vocal and guitar version of The Cuckoo. After some tips on Open D tuning Dowling launches into a study of his own tune Street Corner Rag. This fantastic piece includes finger picking syncopation and slide enhancements for a true tour-de-force of bottleneck guitar work. Along the way Mike tosses in many tips on how to use the slide as well as his alternating thumb for maximum effect. His ?toolbox tips? on turnarounds strumming arranging a tune like ?Railroad Bill? and what Mike calls ?ornamentation? rounds out this powerful lesson.

Here's a real treat...two ace guitar players showing you the secrets to a great sounding jam! Mike Dowling and Pat Donohue unpick the mysteries and give you the strategies so that you can make better music with other people - regardless of the song or style. You will learn how to listen creatively and how to employ a set of simple patterns so that you can jam with confidence and musicianship whatever the situation.Unlock your own potential and soon you'll be improvising against some classic folk ragtime and blues tunes.

Comme Mike Dowling prouve, vous ne devez sauvegarde musiciens à jouer des airs de grand tournant à la guitare. Avec cette leçon fascinante, vous obtenez l'ensemble - rythmique compilation, des progressions de mobiliers chord, riffs mélodiques, intros, outros, improvisations et autres parures de guitare pour vous permettre de jouer les chansons et les instrus depuis le début de l'ère jazz sur solo de guitare. Mike est un joueur précis et instructeur qui se décompose chaque technique complète en détail. Son amour pour la musique swing est évidente dans chaque note, comme il vous montre comment jouer des accords de guitare richement construits à quatre chansons jazz irrésistibles : une corde/mélodie instrumentale pour Sweet Sue - nouveauté de big band de Louis Jordan tune cinq gars nommé Moe - le saut infectieux tune I Hope Gabriel aime ma musique - et le très populaire classique de pied-tapping, Sweet Brown de Géorgie. / Guitare / Dvd