Delta Blues: Guitar: Instrumental Album

In this unique lesson Bob Brozman and Woody Mann describe and teach in detail duet arrangements in the styles of the great Delta blues guitarists: Charley Patton Robert Johnson Willie Brown Tommy Johnson and Son House. Techniques and ideas for creating a cohesive guitar part that compliments rather than competes or conflicts are discussed. Each part is taught separately and presented in tablature and music notation. Woody and Bob alsopresent effective techniques for improving improvisation skills while jamming with other musicians. The tunes presented in this lesson can be used as repertoire pieces for either solo or duet situations. All in all avery unique lesson giving you twice the amount of ideas and challenges from two of today’s blues guitar masters. Titles include: Banty Rooster Moon Goin’ Down Bye Bye Blues Robert Johnson’s Blues and Big Road Blues.

DVD One-One of the world's most revered and talented exponents of the Delta Blues style presents a two-part in-depth guide to the earthy hard-driving sound of the Mississippi.Rory Block dissects and teaches a breathtaking set of key Delta Blues performances including the rhythmic pounding of Charlie Patton the fingerpicking style of Tommy Johnson and the slide/open-tuning sounds of the great Robert Johnson. As you learn each song you will develop a host of important techniques such as treble melodies open tunings bass runs sliding octaves string-bending and some show-stopping thundering rhythm patterns.

In the third lesson Delta blues guitar techniques are taught with songs and ideas by Son House Willie Brown Charlie Patton Tommy Johnson and Skip James featuring a wide variety of fingerpicking blues styles and techniquesplayed in the keys of A and E. As in each previous lessons the final aim is to give you a freedom to improvise playing a blues in these keys.Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and played slowly on a split-screen. As abonus feature audio tracks are included featuring rare recordings of the songs and styles presented on the DVD.A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD which includes lyrics to the songs as wellas tab/music transcriptions of the guitar playing.

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.

Oak Anthology of Blues Guitar-An entirely revised edition of the classic instruction guide for guitar players. Explore traditional playing styles through transcriptions and analysis of 26 tunes by master players. Includes LP discography and new easy-to-readguitar tablature.Songs: Big Road Blues • Bird Nest Bound • Bukka's Jitterbug Swing • Bye Bye Blues • Devil Got My Woman • Dry Spell Blues • Fixin' to Die • Future Blues • Gravel RoadBlues • Green River Blue • Hard Time Killin' Floor • High Water Everywhere • Kindhearted Woman Blues • Lord I'm Going Down South • M & O Blues • Mississippi Blues • Motherless Chile Blues• My Black Mama • Ragged and Dirty • Saturday Blues • Sic 'Em Dogs on Blues • Special Rider • Stoney Pony Blues • Terraplane Blues • '34 Blue • Whiskey Head Man.

This extremely comprehensive blues solo collection features 260 pages and over 50 fingerpicking Guitar solos in notation and tablature in country blues Delta blues ragtime blues Texas blues and bottleneck styles.Online audio tracks are included to download.