The
coarse, primitive quality of fingerpicking blues
is captured in these 101 licks, harkening back to
the roots of blues- the work songs, field hollers,
and spirituals of the rural South. The author includes
fingering indications for both hands. All licks
appear in standard notation and tab. 46 pp. book/CD
set 101
Mississippi delta blues fingerpicking licks click
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Mel
Bay Publications, Inc. is proud to present this
new series of lessons as part of Stefan Grossman's
Guitar Workshop Audio Series. This book offers
a comprehensive collection of fingerpicking guitar
lessons. In support of the book's contents, the
three companion CDs contain three full hours of
note-by-note, phrase-by-phrase instruction. Focused
lessons include: finger-strengthening exercises,
the hammer-on and pull-off, single-string runs,
and counterpoint lines, blues vibrato, syncopated
bass, walking bass, chromatic runs and hot licks,
and end tags. Written in standard notation and tablature
with a complete explanation of the tab system. 32
pages. book / 3 CD set
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Fingerpicking
country blues guitar click here for sales price
Mel
Bay Publications, Inc. is proud to present this
new series of lessons as part of Stefan Grossman's
Guitar Workshop Audio Series. This book offers
an extensive compilation of fingerpicking guitar
lessons. supported by three companion CDs featuring
three full hours of note-by-note, phrase-by-phrase
instruction. Lessons address: finger strengthening
exercises, the hammer-on and pull-off, single-string
runs, and counterpoint lines; blues vibrato, the
syncopated bass, and rhythmic licks, plus walking
bass lines, chromatic runs, hot licks, and end tags.
Written in standard notation and tablature with
a complete explanation of the tab system. 32 pages.
book/3 CD set
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Fingerpicking
guitar exercises and hot licks click here for sales
price
features:
Open tunings, working in open G tuning, droning bass
patterns with lead on top, fills combined with chord
work, slow fingerpicked blues pieces, chording in
piano style, Delta-style blues, horn section-style
parts and more. (60 min.) LEVEL 2-3, #VGM166
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Lonnie
Mack Video click here for sales price
Keith
Wyatt gets you started right playing 'down home' blues
on your acoustic. Learn all the classic moves in the
three popular keys, including open-string chords with
melodic embellishments, turnarounds and both slow
and quick-change versions of the 12-bar blues progression.
You'll also learn strum patterns, bass line s and
the blues shuffle. Keith includes the use of a capo
as well as a wealth of insight into this traditional
and influential style. (64 min.)
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Acoustic
Blues Guitar video click here for sales price
The
history of the blues comes alive as GIT's head instructor
Keith Wyatt shows how to play classic chord and single-note
phrases on the acoustic. This video picks up where
Introducing Acoustic Blues Guitar leaves off as Keith
goes deep into the style with advanced chord and melody
combinations, bass lines, the blues scale, turnarounds,
bends, hammer-ons, pull-offs and and special fingerpicking
ideas. (63 min.)
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Beyond
Basics Solo Acoustic blues Guitar click here for sales
price
14
exact transcriptions, in standard notation and tablature,
of the music of four of the most important early blues
guitarists: Rev. Gary Davis, Mississippi John Hurt,
Blind Boy Fuller, Lonnie Johnson. The book comes complete
with a CD of the original recordings by each of these
great artists.
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Masters
of Country blues Guitar Series The Anthology of Country
blues Guitar click here for latest sales price
taught
by Woody Mann Learn essential exercises and tips as
they are presented in this compilation of tunes by
the legendary Robert Johnson. As part of Stefan Grossman's
Guitar Workshop Audio Series not only does this book
contain valuable lessons, but as an added bonus, the
three companion CDs contain three full hours of instruction
that make the style and technique of Robert Johnson
accessible to anyone. Master instructor Woody Mann
teaches you step-by-step to play these selections:
Kokomo Blues; Blue Day Blues; Devil Got My Woman;
My Black Mama; Roll and Tumble Blues; Screamin' and
Hollerin' the Blues; Life Saver Blues; and Georgia
Bound. Written in standard notation and tablature.
32 pages. Book/3-CD set (98510BCD)
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The
Early Roots of Robert Johnson click here for sales
price
transcribed
by Bill Piburn, Mark Pritcher and Jonathan Burchfield
The only book available by Thom Bresh, son of the
legendary Merle Travis. Join him as he takes "Kentucky
Thumbstyle" into the next century. In notation
and tablature. 64 pp. BOOK/COMPACT DISC SET
(96247BCD)
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Thom
Bresh/Next Generation click here for sales price
by Fred
Sokolow A must for any contemporary blues guitarist.
Contains 12 great "down-home" blues solos,
each inspired by an original blues guitar giant like
Blind Lemon Jefferson on Robert Johnson. Each solo
contains comments about the styles and trademark licks
of the blues legends. In notation and tablature. The
companion CD includes all the songs from the book.
44 pages. Book/CD Set (94138BCD)
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The
Best of blues guitar click here for sales price
The
most comprehensive single-volume blues publication
ever, with songs spanning the entire history of the
genre. Every major blues artist is well-represented,
including Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson, B.B. King,
Billie Holiday, Leadbelly, Alberta Hunter, Willie
Dixon, Muddy Waters, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton,
Jimmy Witherspoon, Bessie Smith, Sonny Boy Williamson,
and scores of others. Features very easy-to-read engravings
of 400 fantastic songs, including: All Your Love (I
Miss Loving) · Angel Eyes · Baby Please Don't Go ·
Basin Street Blues · Beale Street Blues · Bell Bottom
Blues · Black Coffee · Crossroads · Do You Know What
It Means to Miss New Orleans · Everyday (I Have the
Blues) · Fine and Mellow · Folsom Prison Blues · A
Good Man Is Hard to Find · Hellhound on My Trail ·
(I) Can't Afford to Do It · I Gotta Right to Sing
the Blues · Ice Cream Man · Lady Sings the Blues ·
Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?) · Lucille · Mean
Woman Blues · My First Wife Left Me · Nine Below Zero
· Oh! Darling · Road Runner · Royal Garden Blues ·
St. Louis Blues · Steamroller Blues · Stormy Weather
· Sweet Home Chicago · Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If
I Do · The Thrill Is Gone · Worried Man Blues · hundreds
more!
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Blues
fakebook 400 songs click here for sales price
In
this 107 minute video a wide panorama of blues guitar
styles and techniques are discussed and illustrated
including the music of Blind Blake, Lightnin' Hopkins,
Mississippi John Hurt, Charlie Patton, Son House,
Skip James, Tommy Johnson and Rev. Gary Davis. Featured
is rare footage of Mance Lipscomb, Lightnin' Hopkins,
Elizabeth Cotten, Son House and Rev. Gary Davis.
Titles
include: Come Back Baby, I'm Satisfied, Cocaine Blues,
Police Dog Blues, If You Don't Want Me, Turn Your
Money Green, Frankie, Future Blues, Special Rider,
Old Country Rock, Big Road Blues, Canned Heat, M&O
Blues, Pony Blues and Mississippi Blues. 107
minute video / Level 3 / 56 page tab/music booklet.
Mel Bay video
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How
to play blues guitar click here for sales price
Make
up your own solos while session musicians back you up. Study the included materials
and listen to the opening solos by the teacher for new musical ideas. Study the
back up ideas as played by the teacher to learn how to play as a backup musician.
Learn to read chord charts and play along with the band.
Mel
Bay Jammin
fingerstyle blues guitar click here for sales price
Acoustic
blues guitar video by Kenny SultanThis
video presents a combination of 3-key blues techniques for players who already
know basic chords and have some experience with the guitar. Features straight
blues in the key of A, ragtime blues in G, and slide guitar in open D tuning.
Includes musical examples. 75 minutes.
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Acoustic
blues guitar video by kenny sultan click here for
latest sales price
Introduction
to Acoustic Blues Book / CD 283Using
instructional text and actual songs, author Kenny Sultan covers blues in five
different keys and positions and shows how they can be adapted to any key. Along
with the basic blues rhythms and leads, fingerstyle blues is covered, using both
an alternating and monotone bass. Sultan also touches on the specific techniques
of various well-known players, open tuning, and bottleneck guitar. The accompanying
CD includes each example and every song, most of which are played both in slow
speed and at regular tempo.
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Introduction
to acoustic blues book / CD click here for sales price
ROBERT
JOHNSON iSong Interactive CD 451053iSong
is the only teaching tool that actually syncs to the original recordings of legendary
musicians and today's top stars! Each iSong pack includes arrangements ranging
from very simple to note-accurate transcriptions, a performance video, and a virtual
fretboard. No matter what your skill level, iSong is a great way to learn songs.
Each iSong CD-ROM features six innovative teaching tools in a state-of-the-art
interactive environment: Animated score and TAB; synced instructor video; iLevel
arrangements widely ranging in difficulty; virtual 'live' fretboard or keyboard;
tempo control; looping with exact cueing. The Johnson pack teaches six songs:
Come on in My Kitchen · Cross Road Blues (Crossroads) · Hell Hound
on My Trail · Kind Hearted Woman Blues · Last Fair Deal Gone Down
· Terraplane Blue
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Robert
Johnson iSong Interactive CD click here for sales
price
Blues guitar turnarounds
695602
Written by blues expert Dave Rubin
and Rusty Zinn, one of the finest young guitarists and singers on the contemporary
blues scene, this book/CD pack provides the beginning to advanced blues guitarist
with all of the essential turnarounds and so much more! The CD includes 76
demonstration tracks.
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Blues
guitar turnarounds click here for sales price
Blues guitar of Keb Mo DVD 641538
Now available on DVD! Grammy-winning
singer-songwriter Kevin Moore (aka Keb' Mo') takes students on a powerful
journey into the world of traditional and
contemporary blues guitar. He begins by showing how turnarounds and harmonized
scale passages can be the basis for developing fluid phrases in a Robert Johnson-style
blues tune. Keb' then teaches two originals, both employing a rhythmic alternating
bass style as well as some jazz-oriented chords that add spice and interest
to the songs. Switching to his National steel guitar, he then discusses the
basics of slide technique, rounding out this exciting blues lesson. Songs:
Delta-Style Blues · Perpetual Blues Machine · Angelina · Henry.
75-MIN. DVD · LEVEL 3 · INCLUDES TAB
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