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.

Authentic Country Blues Guitar Techniques and Repertoire 2-DVD Set-Playing and singing country blues guitar is no easy task. It's just you and the box summoning up the requisite Guitar parts singing the melody and maintaining a solid groove. No drummer. No bass player - just you and your Guitar.Independence repertoire technique timing and endurance comprise the essential skill set for authentic fingerstyle country blues Guitar.Playing and singing the material in this 2-DVD set hones these skills like nobody's business. Paul Rishell diligently guides you through 16 handpicked tunes to cover a wide variety of the feels rhythms and techniques that are characteristic to country blues Guitar.You'll learn allof the parts rhythms and requisite techniques for songs such as Down the Dirt Road Blues by Charley Patton Shake 'Em on Down by Tommy McClennan Low Down Rounder by Peg Leg Howell Sweet Jivin' Mama by Blind Blake One Dime Blues by Blind Lemon Jefferson and many more. Get a solid grip on this Delta Piedmont and Texas blues Guitar repertoire and you'll be able to handle anything (including your own compositions) with authenticity stellar technique and maximum groove. Head out to the porch now with Dirt Road Blues.

The best in blues and blues-based licks riffs and techniques with a dose of historical perspective to put it all into place are presented in this book. It includes standard notation and tab plus online access to 86 demonstration audio tracks.Lessons include: scales and target notes chord subsitution open-string turnarounds blues vamps boogie-woogie alternatives bottleneck blues cool blues 8-bar blues Memphis soul British blues-rock Delta blues and more; plus artist-specific lessons on B.B. King John Lee Hooker T-Bone Walker and Freddie King.