Format : Sheet music
You need only minimal playing skills and three chords--G C and D7--to accompany all the great songs in this innovative book. If you are just getting started or if you are a 'casual' player on a chording instrument this is theperfect book for you. The book is absolutely bursting with a great variety of music: Old-time bluegrass gospel Christmas children's tunes Stephen Foster British and Celtic cowboy blues and more. Because melody and lyricsare provided with every song singers will also enjoy this wonderful collection of the world's favorite songs. Truly a book of outstanding arrangements made playable for folks who play for their own enjoyment. (Some of thesesongs like 'Dark Hollow' and 'Way Downtown ' are hard to find in print.) Guitar uke and five-string banjo diagrams are included for the three chords along with tips on strumming and transposing tips for singers. An invaluablereference book for teachers and pros too!
SKU: MB.98339M
ISBN 9780786690022. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.
This user-friendly book, with access to online audio, shows how to transform standard three-chord blues changes into harmonically sophisticated jazz-blues progressions.The book covers chord substitution, twelve-bar blues, minor blues, eight-bar blues, and sixteen-bar blues. Chord frames are supplied for guitarists. Blank treble and bass staves are included for writing songs, licks, and solos. An absolute goldmine for all musicians, students, blues songwriters, recording studios, ad agencies, and anyone who plays blues music. This truly amazing learning/reference work, designed for beginners and pros alike, also contains an appendix featuring a wealth of information about modern blues progressions and how to create them. Online audio download available.