Johnson C. - How To Fingerpick Songs On Guitar

Learn how to fingerpick songs on the Guitar. This comprehensive method by popular tutor Chad Johnson will teach you essential patterns techniques and arranging concepts. Designed to teach fingering concepts 'from the ground up'  How To Fingerpick Songs On Guitar is designed to lead you into a whole new world of Guitar enjoyment. Along the way you will explore how to arrange your favourite songs for solo Guitar using a variety of methods. Every technique topic playing example and song in the book is demonstrated for you on video. The video is accessed online for download or streaming using the unique code inside each book.

From swing to jazz to bottleneck blues to folk Grammy winning acoustic guitarist Pat Donohue plays it all with a flourish of artistry and melodic inspiration. Chet Atkins called Pat one of the greatest fingerpickers in the world today; Leo Kottke called his playing ?haunting.? Pat is certainly one of the most listened to fingerpickers in the world. As the guitarist for the Guys All-Star Shoe Band of Minnesota Public Radio?s A Prairie Home Companion Pat gets to show off his savvy licks and distinctive original songs to millions of listeners each week. Pat?s musical tastes are eclectic. Though he considers himself foremost a folk guitarist Pat?s influences are rooted inbluesmen Blind Blake Robert Johnson Charlie Parker Duke Ellington Muddy Waters and Miles Davis. He manages to blend jazz and blues with folk and the mix is seamless. Over the years he has captivated audiences with his unique original compositions dazzling instrumentals and humorous song parodies.

The original blues guitar hero who according to musical folklore sold his soul at a desolate crossroads in return for musical virtuosity Robert Johnson unwittingly inspired a guitar revolution. In the hands of Eric Clapton John Mayall Peter Green and others the songs of the legendary bluesman became the very basis of British blues sound and the roots of modern rock as we know it.In this unique DVD Scott Ainslie presents a lesson devoted to Johnson's work teaching you seven of his greatest songs. Ainslie delivers a concise and accessible demonstration of the techniques Johnson used to create his remarkable guitar parts including tunings slide techniques and thedistinctive characteristic fingerpicking of the country blues. Get to grips with the achingly melancholy Drunken Hearted Man the upbeat shuffle of Walkin' Blues as well as the original arrangement of the now much-loved standard Sweet Home Chicago.The lesson is also accompanied with a selection of jam-along songs a section covering specific techniques and a host of tips for effective practice.

American Fingerstyle Guitar Favorites-Learn to play twelve classic fingerstyle songs with one of the masters of the style Pat Donohue. With note-for-note transcriptions in both staff notation and Guitar tablature (tab) learn to play these great American folk songs exactly as they were intended.Drawing influences from blues legends like Robert Johnson and folk heroes like Bob Dylan Donohue takes the best of both worlds to produce an idiosyncratic blend of warm acoustic fingerpicking and traditional American travelling songs. With the Hal Leonard Solo Guitar Library you can learn every note and nuance from the cream of Pat Donohue?s backcatalogue with selections from his 2008 album Freewayman going way back to his 1989 album Big Blind Bluesy. Each song from American Fingerstyle Guitar Favorites has been expertly transcribed into both staff notation and tablature making this book perfect for any fan of acoustic-folk music or somebody who wants to learn the essentials of fingerpicking. Whatever your background there is nobody better to learn from than Pat Donohue who has been called ?one of the greatest finger pickers in the world today? by none other than Chet Atkins. As if this wasn?t enough to convince you this edition of the book also comes with free audio access to Donohue himself playing the songs. All you have to do is enter the code provided on the Hal Leonard website to download digital versions of songs like Big Blind Bluesy and Maple Leaf Rag. To see the full list of songs included in this songbook please see below.With an unparalleled level of precise transcription the Hal Leonard Solo Guitar Library offers the best possible way for you to perfectly learn a dozen fingerstyle classics that come from the very hands of one of the greatest.

The Guitar Playing of Lonnie Johnson, Bo Carter, Rev. Gary Davis, Buddy Moss, Josh White and Tommy McC. This collection presents six legendary blues guitarists from the 1920s to early 1940s. Each has his own unique approach, style and techniques for playing. Some like Rev. Gary Davis favored regular tuning while Josh White was equally at home playing in Open D tuning as well as standard tuning. Lonnie Johnson is unique in his playing techniques as well as use of a D G D G B E tuning. Buddy Moss's recordings influenced generations of Piedmont guitarists, especially Blind Boy Fuller. Bo Carter had one of the most unusual tonal approaches for playing blues, ragtime and novelty songs. And lastly there is Tommy McClennan. His recordings sound 'rough and tumble' but once you explore the intricacies of his playing you will discover a powerful blues guitarist. REV. GARY DAVIS: Cincinnati Flow - Piece without Words - Children of Zion - Twelve Gates to The City BO CARTER: Let's Get Drunk Again - Nobody's Business - Honey - What You Want Your Daddy to Do BUDDY MOSS: Oh Lordy Mama - Sleepless Night - Someday Baby (I'll Have Mine)JOSH WHITE Crying Blues - Bad Depression Blues - High Brown Cheater - My Soul Is Gonna Live With God - Pure Religion Hallilu LONNIE JOHNSON: Away Down In the Alley Blues - Stomping 'Em Along Slow - Blue Ghost Blues There Is No Justice - Helena Blues - Sittin' On A Log - Corn Bread Blues TOMMY McCLENNAN: Blues as I Can Be - I'm Goin', Don't You Know - Love With a Feeling - New Highway No.51 - Drop Down Mama HOW TO USE THIS BOOK: 1) Listen over and over to the original recordings available via the download link for this collection. 2) Get a program that can control digital audio files. Use this with the transcriptions and the recordings. 3) Be patient!! Practice, practice and practice some more!! / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Date parution : 2019-05-27/ Recueil / Guitare Flatpicking et Fingerpicking

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.