Lap Slide Blues For The Solo Player

Here is a lesson that’s packed with dozens of time-tested musical phrases that will help you become a strong lead guitarist. Even beginners will be able to start playing hot licks over blues changes. As the phrases get more advanced you’ll start to use slides bends hammer-ons pull-offs and other techniques to increase your speed and dexterity. Each riff is played slowly and then at the speed to give you a feel for how it sounds in context. Jeff Pevar (currently playing guitar with David Crosby) joins Artie to demonstrate how two players jamming together would use these lead lines in blues progressions. Once you’ve got the basics down you’ll learn to put severalriffs together to create a complete blues solo. A demonstration of minor key jazz-blues phrases will round out your repertoire of licks and will allow you to create hot solos or jam on blues changes with your friends. This lesson will be of value both to beginners who want to get a jump on lead guitar as well as intermediate players who want to increase their knowledge of the fingerboard. Artie Traum has been a performer recording artist producer composer and session player for more than thirty years. His CD Letters From Joubee was #1 on the smooth jazz radio charts for six weeks. Artie has toured and recorded with his brother Happy Traum and has played guitar with The Band Livingston Taylor Tony Levin Michael Franks John Sebastian Sam Bush David Grisman and many other top recording artists. His recent recordings are on Narada and Roaring Stream Records. In addition to his busy concert and recording schedule Artie is a popular clinician for Taylor Guitars. Includes music and tab

Learning the Blues Has Never Been So Easy! Have you always wanted to play the blues? Authentic blues? Realize your dream of becoming a great blues guitarist with Alfred's Learn to Play Blues Guitar---the simple, straightforward, and effective way to learn the blues. Whether you are a beginning guitarist or an advanced player just getting into the style, start playing real blues music right away through easy-to-understand instructions and great-sounding examples. The first part of this book and video covers blues rhythm playing. Learn over 50 blues rhythm patterns, including medium shuffle, uptown blues, slow blues, blues-rock, mambo, and more. The second part covers blues lead guitar. Start with learning basic soloing techniques---such as slides, hammer-ons, pull-offs, bending, vibrato, and rakes---then dive right in by playing 18 great blues solos in the styles of legends like Eric Clapton, Albert Collins, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert King, and B. B. King. Features: * All examples include standard music notation and TAB * Every lesson and music example is clearly demonstrated on the video by noted educator Steve Trovato * MP3 accompaniment tracks to hone your skills as a blues lead guitarist / Guitare

Atlanta in the period 1920-1940 rivaled Memphis St. Louis Jackson and Chicago in the strength and vitality of its blues scene. It was home to a unique school of 12-string guitarists that included Blind Willie McTell BarbecueBob Charlie Lincoln Willie Baker and George Carter.Also on hand were the slick slide guitarist Fred McMullen the accompaniment king Curley Weaver and the spectacular up-and-comer Buddy Moss. The scene was rounded outby an earlier generation of players Peg Leg Howell foremost among them who kept alive musical traditions that were in the eclipse.Included on this DVD are transcriptions and teaching of recorded performances from theyouthful Buddy Moss a player who influenced generations of East Coast players that followed him George Carter a mysterious 12-string guitarist who recorded only four titles Curley Weaver a player's player widely acknowledgedto be among the finest accompanists in the blues Julius Daniels who came down from North Carolina to Atlanta to record early on and Peg Leg Howell a bootlegger-turned musician who busked in the streets of Atlanta both as asoloist and in a trio with the fiddler Eddie Anthony and guitarist Henry Williams.The songs presented in the lesson will expand both your right hand techniques and your knowledge of the neck with one song employing the almostnever encountered Open B flat tuning.A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD and contains all of the songs' lyrics as well as transcriptions of the Guitar parts. Also included are the originalsource recordings from which the transcriptions taught in the lesson were taken.Titles include Curley Weaver: Ticket Agent George Carter: Rising River Blues Buddy Moss: New Lovin’ Blues andOh Lordy Mama Julius Daniels: 99 Year Blues Peg Leg Howell: Turtle Dove Blues and Low-Down Rounder Blues

Keb' Mo' expertly accompanies his distinctively soulful songs with folk/blues fingerpicking swampy slide licks contemporary pop chords and a touch of jazz. The seven arrangements he teaches on this DVD are simple enough for early intermediate Guitarists but provide enough twists and turns to interest advanced musicians as well. With his easy-going humor and deep musical knowledge Keb' Mo' makes this lesson a joy to play along with. You'll learn unusual chord shapes a variety of tunings bottleneck/slide technique picking patterns and seven beautiful songs from his award-winning repertoire: Your Love Life Is Beautiful I'll Be You Water Every Morning Eileen Tell Everybody I Know and a bluesy slide arrangement of America The Beautiful Keb's songs are accessible to most learning players. The interesting part comes when he adds his 'surprise' harmonies - unexpected chords and ear-catching progressions. His stated intention is 'to inspire you by showing you things about the Guitar that will help you make choices in your music based on what you feel in your heart'.

Effortless Guitar Series-This DVD will introduce you to the world of octave playing in the style of Wes Montgomery George Benson Joe Pass and Pat Metheny. Learn how to dramatically musically and effortlessly expand your soloing using all of the touch taste tone time and above all tude as in ATTITUDE. Using octaves guitarists can kick-up the melodic possibilities of their soloing far beyond scales licks and chords – and give the player powerful new tools forimprovisation not just in jazz but blues pop and rock. Learn about octaves by learning easy to play contemporary jazz pieces in an effortless progression from the basics to some of the most advanced and expressive octave playingall in the course of one video! Sections include: Octave basics around the neck • using the thumb fingers and pick for maximum versatility • Chord solo concepts using octaves • blues licks scales and chromaticriffs in octaves • Play melodies expressively with octaves developing an awesome touch using right hand tonal techniques • developing a naturally expressive style using techniques such as expressive dynamic contouring• expressive devices such as slurs tremolo slides • additional harmony behond octaves • lots of solo ideas to develop and adapt into your own style.