Stefan Grossman: Country Blues Guitar: Guitar: Instrumental Tutor

A three volume DVD collection taught by Stefan Grossman.In this three lesson DVD series Stefan Grossman explores the world of country blues guitar. It is a fascinating and challenging study that covers blues folk and ragtimearrangements in the keys of A C D E and G. Each tune is discussed and taught phrase by phrase and played split screen so that you can clearly see what each hand is doing.You will learn about the playing styles and techniquesof legendary blues guitarists as Rev. Gary Davis Frank Stokes Blind Blake Blind Boy Fuller Mance Lipscomb Lightnin' Hopkins Mississippi John Hurt Willie Brown Robert Johnson Sam McGee Lonnie Johnson and ElizabethCotten.A detailed 56 page PDF is included with this collection.

Country Blues Guitar styles span a wide horizon. In these three lessons the ideas and techniques of Rev. Gary Davis, Charley Jordan, Tommy Johnson and Mississippi John Hurt are presented. The arrangements vary from alternating bass to a Delta strum to a monotonic bass. In notation and tablature with three compact discs featuring 3 full hours of note-by-note, phrase-by-phrase instruction. LESSON ONE: Rev. Davis's Cocaine Blues and You Got The Pocket Book, I Got The Key both played in the key of C and in what Rev. Davis called 'old fashion' pickin'. The popular blues Crow Jane played in the key of E. LESSON TWO: Charley Jordan's Keep It Clean and Hunkie Tunkie Blues both played in the key of E and presenting Jordan's unusual blues approach. Tommy Johnson's Canned Heat played in dropped D tuning. LESSON THREE: We begin with Come Back Baby, a slow blues in A using a monotonic bass. We follow this with Mississippi John Hurt's Monday Morning Blues also played in the key of A but using an alternating bass. / Guitare (Fingerpick) / 24 pages / niveau : Intermédiaire / Partition/3-Cd Set - Format: 11 X 8,5

Arrangements In Vestapol Tuning-'The Open D Tuning (D A D F# A D) also referred to as the Vestapol tuning is a powerful and evocative tuning that was widely used by guitarists in the 1920s to play country blues ballads rags and folk tunes. In this lesson I focus on arranging five of my favorite blues melodies in Vestapol plus an original instrumental.The religious tune When I Lay My Burden Down was in the repertoire of both Black and White traditional guitarists. I have arranged it in an Elizabeth Cotten/Mississippi John Hurt style. The beautiful blues Goin' To Germany was recorded by the Cannon's Jug Stompers in the 1920s. I have always wanted to find the right setting for this melodic countryblues and the Vestapol tuning gave me the feel and textures that I was looking for. Sam McGee played guitar behind Uncle Dave Macon when he recorded I've Got The Morning Blues in Vestapol. This is a fun tune to play and leads nicely in to Hesitation Blues a song recorded by many artists. My arrangement tries to combine a sliding jug sound with some funky blues licks. Peg Leg Howell's Skin Game Blues is a rare example of an early blues song with three distinct sections. Peg Leg played this with a bottleneck but for our arrangement we will rely on our fingers to make the notes sing out.We finish the lesson with Innocence Abroard. An original instrumental that ties together the right and left hand techniques we have studied.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. Bonus audio tracks of the original 1920s recordings are included. These are the records I first heard that influenced me to rearrange the melodies to the Vestapol tuning.' Stefan Grossman

Par GROSSMAN STEFAN. Over 50 fingerpicking guitar solos in notation and tablature in country blues, Delta blues, ragtime blues, Texas blues and bottleneck styles. An extremely comprehensive blues solo collection. 2 CD's included. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Blues - Solos / Tablatures / Guitare Tablatures

Revised and Expanded Edition-Re-recorded and expanded version of one of the first Guitar Workshop lessons.This double DVD featuring almost four hours of music and instruction is a MUST for anyone interested in bottleneck blues Guitar. It is acomplete survey of country blues bottleneck styles and techniques featuring rare footage of Son House Fred McDowell Mance Lipscomb Jesse Fuller Furry Lewis and Bukka White. The first DVD focuses on playing in Open Gtuning (Spanish). The second DVD presents the Open D tuning (Vestapol). Left hand playing techniques are discussed as well as choice of bottleneck/slide and guitar to use. Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and played slowly ona split-screen. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. Each DVD also features bonus audio tracks of the original 1920s and 1930s recordings of the original artists playing the songs. This lessonis for the intermediate student. Tunes taught include: OPEN G TUNING:My Black Mama Banty Rooster Dry Spell Blues High Sheriff Blues County Farm Blues Someday Baby Blues Roll andTumble Blues Kokomo Blues OPEN D TUNING: Wake Up Mama John Henry You Got To Move Tell Me Baby Spoonful Good Morning Little Schoolgirl God Moves On The Water Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning Roll andTumble Blues Guitar Rag.