Berklee Blues Guitar Songbook

With Blues Guitar Technique you can learn classic blues rhythm Guitar and soloing techniques in the style of the greats such as B.B. King T-Bone Walker Albert Collins Robert Lockwood Jr. Jimmie Vaughan andothers.Blues Guitar Technique is the more technique-oriented companion to Mike Williams' first book Berklee Blues Guitar Songbook. The accessible online recording includes live blues band that demonstratesall techniques (full band and play-along tracks).

Play great jazz while you learn from this revered guitar method! These solos and duets map directly to the lessons in William Leavitt's Modern Method for Guitar Volume 1 the basic guitar text at Berklee College of Music.Since the 1960s the Modern Method for Guitar series has been one of world's most popular guitar methods translated into Spanish French and Japanese and selling over half a million copies.Carefully overseen by LarryBaione chair of Berklee's Guitar Department (and a former student of William Leavitt) these arrangements are crafted to Leavitt's time-proven approach giving you the chance to apply what you learn to music by Miles Davis Duke Ellington Sonny Rollins Django Reinhardt and other jazz greats. The accompanying audio demonstrates all the tunes and offers play-along tracks for practicing the duets.Songs include: Afternoon in Paris BasinStreet Blues A Child Is Born Daphne Here's That Rainy Day In a Sentimental Mood My Little Suede Shoes St. Thomas Samba De Orfeu So What Swing 42 Valse Hot The Very Thought of You When I Fall in Love Willow Weep forMe.The audio examples are accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be downloaded or streamed according to personal preference. The files also include PLAYBACK+ a multi-functional audio player thatallows you to slow down audio without changing pitch set loop points change keys and pan left or right.