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Bo Carter was a great guitar player. He played with absolute facility in a variety of tunings and keys and his harmonic sense was unique in the Country Blues world.Bo's recording career in the pre-World War II period washugely substantial and significant for a Country bluesmen. His repertoire centered on (but was not comprised exclusively of) 'party' songs such as Let Me Roll Your Lemon or Pussy Cat Blues. Despite the'saucy' nature of some of his lyrics Bo Carter's playing and performance revealed him as one of the great masters of Country Blues and a player of unusual versatility subtlety and imagination. As with other players of hisgeneration the origins of Bo's music are shrouded in mystery and myth. Bo's right hand approach was unique picking with all fingers and moving fluidly between alternation thumping and runs with his thumb.John Millerpresents a detailed and practical examination of a fascinating and highly individual talent. A 48-page tablature booklet is included.

The East Coast, from Florida up to Virginia, gave birth to a vibrant fingerstyle blues tradition, documented on recordings from the mid-1920s up into the 1970s and 1980s. In East Coast Fingerstyle Blues Guitar, author John Miller has selected some of the most interesting and exciting recorded performances from that period to present to you, with transcriptions of the performances in TAB and standard notation, lyrics to the songs provided, playing tips that will help you get the songs up and running as soon as possible, and links to the original recorded performances, so that your own playing can be informed by the playing of the masters.A particular focus of the book is the repertoire of three of the strongest practitioners of East Coast Blues?Buddy Moss, Blind Willie McTell and Blind Boy Fuller. You?ll also find two songs each by Luke Jordan and William Moore, a Blind Blake tune and a host of songs from artists who qualify for the designation talent deserving of wider recognition: Peg Leg Howell, Carl Martin, Floyd Council, Virgil Childers, Sonny Jones, Gabriel Brown, Ralph Willis, Willie Trice and Henry Johnson, many of whose songs are being made available for the first time.If you?re looking for fingerstyle guitar pieces with a great range of feeling, musical variety and depth of expression, you need look no further than East Coast Fingertyle Blues Guitar. It will give you the information and background you need for a total immersion in this exciting music. Includes access to online audio.

Mississippi John Hurt's appeal was universal he was very much a musician of his time and place playing within a tradition but mapping out his own territory with subtleties of touch phrasing and use of the guitar that were all his own. In this DVD contemporary guitar legend John Miller presents instruction in John Hurt's repertoire with songs chosen to showcase his playing in different keys. The accompanying booklet includes TAB/standard notation transcriptions and lyrics of the songs.

Mississippi John Hurt's appeal was universal he was very much a musician of his time and place playing within a tradition but mapping out his own territory with subtleties of touch phrasing and use of the guitar that were all his own. In this DVD contemporary guitar legend John Miller presents instruction in John Hurt's repertoire with songs chosen to showcase his playing in different keys. The accompanying booklet includes TAB/standard notation transcriptions and lyrics of the songs. Click Here to view and download the booklet.

To Chord Theory and Chord Voicing For The Guitarist-In this 2-DVD set master guitarist and instructor John Miller walks you through the fundamentals of chord theory providing you with the conceptual tools needed to understand chord structure and then shows you how to apply thatknowledge to the neck of guitar making practical sense of the information so that you will be equipped to voice chords up and down the neck in any key.In Volume One of the set John goes over the major scale and itsstructure and then moves on to intervals familiarizing you with the different interval types and the language used to define and describe them. He moves then into triads and shows how the diatonic triads are derived from scalestructure following up triads with seventh chords the diatonic seventh chords and the various seventh chord types. As you move through these topics you will find a variety of exercises on the PDF that is included on your DVD exercises that will test and build your knowledge of these topics. Having laid the initial theoretical groundwork John then shows you how to voice triads and seventh chords out of the E A C D and F positions.In VolumeTwo John starts out by defining sixth chords and showing how to voice them then discusses tonic function and seventh chord function. The remainder of Volume Two is devoted to working on songs seeing how to play the same song ina variety of keys and positions and how to use the way the guitar is tuned to transpose from one key to another in the easiest possible fashion. After working through this 2-DVD set you will have a sound fundamental understandingof triad sixth and seventh chord structures in a variety of positions and won't be deterred from learning songs in flat keys or playing up the neck without a capo. If you are really interested in understanding chords and readyto work on developing your understanding Introduction to Chord Theory and Chord Voicing for the Guitarist will get you well on your way towards that goal.On the PDF accompanying the DVD you'll have the opportunity to

Robert Wilkins (1896-1987) est né à Hernando, une petite ville du Nord du Mississippi, qui a néanmoins réussi à contribuer des musiciens comme Frank Stokes, Jim Jackson, Garfield Akers et Joe Callicott à l'histoire du Blues. Wilkins a vécu sa vie d'adulte à Memphis et enregistrées 13 côtés entre 1928 et 1930, mais aussi un 4 côtés supplémentaires en 1935. Wilkins avait un véritable flair pour la composition et souvent invente de nouvelles formes de ses chansons. Beaucoup de ses chansons sont devenus des représentations de point de repère dans l'histoire de la Country Blues. Les enregistrements de Wilkins nous montrent un musicien avec un talent compositionnels prononcé et un cadeau pour faire varier la structure de blues de façons intéressantes. Ses paroles sont tout aussi original et profondément poétique, son puissant subtilement et jouant de la guitare et soulful chant se combine pour un son qui est inoubliable. Autorité de blues John Miller présente un guide détaillé pour le style de Wilkins, avec un hôte de chansons dans la transcription détaillée et un livret de 48 pages tablature / Guitare

In Spanish and Vestapol Tunings-The use of open tunings on the guitar to accompany singing is one of the hallmark sounds of the Country Blues. Unquestionably the two open tunings that have been used most commonly in the Country Blues have been Spanish tuning often called Open G tuning and Vestapol tuning quite often called Open D tuning. For this 2-DVD lesson we've chosen the names Spanish and Vestapol to designate these tunings because in practice Spanish tuning was not always tuned exactly to an open G chord and Vestapol tuning was not always tuned to an open D chord.Each one of these tunings represents its own sort of sound universe but what is really interesting to hear is the different approaches that different players took to the same tunings and the different sounds that resulted. In each of these tunings you'll encounter players whose approach was so melody-driven that it ends up sounding almost like slide guitar played without a slide and at the opposite end of the spectrum high concept chordally sophisticated arrangements. We've purposely chosen the songs that are taught on the lesson to encompass as much of that sound spectrum as possible.On Disc 1 the Spanish tuning lesson we start by presenting an overview to the tuning how it is set up and where the foundational chord positions needed to play Country Blues in that tuning are located. Then we launch into the repertoire: Elizabeth Cotten's serene rendition of the hymn When I Get Home Mississippi John Hurt's danceable Boys You're Welcome Teddy Darby's hypnotic Built Right On The Ground Clifford Gibson's uptown Bad Luck Dice Mance Lipscomb's ancient-sounding Willie Poor Boy and Kenny Baker's haunting Legend of the Whistling Brakeman.On Disc 2 the Vestapol tuning lesson we begin with the an overview that provides the sound of the tuning the approach that is best suited to it and the

The state of Texas has had a major presence in the Blues from the earliest days of the recording era right on up to the present day. So many tremendous Blues musicians have hailed from Texas i.e. Blind Lemon Jefferson Lightnin???Hopkins T-Bone Walker Freddy King. This DVD focuses on the Country Blues guitarists who first defined the Texas Blues sound and who put Texas on the map as a prime location in Blues Country.In this DVD lesson you'll havean opportunity to learn from the music of the greatest of the early Country Blues singer/guitarists Blind Lemon Jefferson Texas sharecropper and songster Mance Lipscomb the almost forgotten Otis Harris ace lyricist Funny PapaSmith the spectacular and under recorded Willie Reed and the Post-War master Lil' Son Jackson. This is powerful and challenging guitar music and the technique building that will result from learning to play these songs willtake your blues playing to a new level.A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. This includes all the lyrics to the songs as well as transcriptions of the guitar playing. The original old recordingsof all the tunes is also included.Titles include: Willie Reed/Dreaming Blues; Mance Lipscomb/Tell Me Where You Stay Last Night and Rocks and Gravel Makes a Solid Road; Otis Harris/You'll Like MyLoving; Funny Papa Smith/Fool's Blues; Blind Lemon Jefferson/That Crawlin' Baby Blues; Lil' Son Jackson/Groundhog Blues