Format : DVD
In this lesson Ernie Hawkins teaches three Rev. Davis arrangements that will challenge your fingers. Rev. Gary Davis's tour de force in concert was his Soldiers March. This is a multipart instrumental played in the Key of F and Cand is a showcase in demonstrating the genius of Rev. Davis's playing and arranging skills. Few country blues guitarists played in the Key of F but Rev. Davis explored this key with religious as well as old pop standards. DarktownStrutters Ball is a fascinating arrangement that captures the atmosphere of the 1920s. Rev. Davis use to tell his students that playing with a bottleneck was cheating . Yet his Whistlin' Blues uses this technique combined with anOpen D6 tuning to create an unusual boogie piano sound. Ernie Hawkins teaches each tune phrase by phrase and carefully shows you the right hand picking as well as the left hand fingerings that were unique to Rev. Davis'sapproach. You will be able to easily follow the instruction with the tab/music booklet. Also featured are split screen segments where each section is played slowly and you can study the movements of each hand. As a bonus we haveincluded various audio performances of Rev. Davis playing each song. Titles include: Soldiers March (United States March) Darktown Strutters Ball and Whistlin' Blues.
SKU: MB.30780M
ISBN 9781513462714. 8.75 x 11.75 inches. Transcribed by Stefan Grossman.
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!!
SKU: MB.30781M
ISBN 9781513462721. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.
The more you play the guitar the better you??ll become and the more fun and enjoyment you??ll have. When I asked Rev. Gary Davis when and how I should practice on my guitar his answer was clear. He told me to play first thing in the morning and then last thing at night. He said I should keep my guitar out of its case so that I could play it whenever I wanted. The message was to play and enjoy yourself.
This collection of blues, jug band tunes, rags and novelty songs should present you with hours, weeks, months and even years of enjoyment and challenges. The arrangements vary from easy to difficult. Includes access to online audio.
The tunes presented include: Going To Germany, Walk Right In, My Money Never Runs Out, Cocaine Habit Blues, KC Moan, Stealin??, Stealin??, You May Leave, Mississippi River Waltz, He??s In The Jailhouse Now, Show Me The Way To Go Home, Guitar Stomp, Mississippi Blues, Blues For The Mann, Shine On Harvest Moon, Creole Belles - March and Two Step, The Teddy Bears?? Picnic, Nola, Dallas Rag, At A Georgia Camp Meeting, St. Louis Tickle, Mabel??s Dream, Powder Rag and Silver Swan
