A carefully graded course, from simple 12-bar strumming to advanced finger picking, for blues & ragtime styles. Clear text in standard notation & TAB is supported with demonstration photographs. This book contains note-for-note transcriptions and complete arrangements of the best blues & ragtime pieces, old & new. Includes: A BASIC BLUES ALICE’S RESTAURANT A SIMPLE [...]
This book will take you from basic concepts in blues guitar through performance level blues solos and techniques. Chapters include: Notation and Tablature, Time Values, Strumming, Blues Techniques, The Blues Progression, Open String Power Chords, Barre Chords, Blues Turnarounds, Blues Fill-Ins, The Blues Scale/Improvising, Double Stops and Fingerpicking Blues Solos. This text is supplemented by [...]
This is a great book for learning fingerstyle blues guitar. Johnny Norris not only plays the 16 blues compositions but also slowly talks you through each of the songs on this excellent CD. The order of songs is laid out progressively. The arrangements are written in standard notation as well as TAB. Song List: BAD [...]
Guitar Transcriptions and Detailed Lessons for 29 Songs. Explore the style of the most legendary bluesman of all time with this Guitar School edition written by noted blues expert Dave Rubin. It includes an introduction/biography, a discography, a tuning chart, and detailed analysis of 29 classic blues tunes: Come On in My Kitchen • Cross Road [...]