Blues Guitar for Adults

Blues Guitar for Adults
The Grown-Up Approach to Playing Blues Guitar

By Wayne Riker Guitar Book & CD Item: 00-40178
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This fun and friendly step-by-step introduction to blues guitar is written with the adult learner in mind. It is both a great self-teaching book and a great method for use with an instructor. Blues Guitar for Adults covers scales and techniques for blues lead guitar, important blues forms---such as the 12-bar and 8-bar blues progressions---and even provides licks in the style of the most important blues guitar masters. Easy-to-read examples are written in standard music notation and TAB, and there's a special section at the end showing all the scales and arpeggios you need to play the blues. Large diagrams and detailed photographs help simplify the learning process. A CD demonstrating all the examples in the book is included, making learning easier and more fun. This is the perfect "how to" book for the grown-up who wants to play the blues!

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Contents

Title
About the Author
Introduction
Reading Music: A Quick Review
Reading Tablature (TAB): A Quick Review
Common Chords
CHAPTER ONE: THE TWELVE-BAR BLUES FORMAT
CHAPTER TWO: THE EIGHT-BAR BLUES FORMAT
CHAPTER THREE: BLUES TECHNIQUES
Hammer-Ons
Pull-Offs
The Finger Slide
The Trill
Bending
Bend & Vibrato
Pre-Bends---The Crying Bend Sound
Release Bends
CHAPTER FOUR: BASIC IMPROVISATION
The Blues Scale
Thinking Outside the Box
Pentatonic Scales
Chapter Five: Minor Blues
Natural Minor Scales
Chapter Six: Arpeggios
Dominant 7 Arpeggios
Minor 7 Arpeggios
CHAPTER SEVEN: IMPROVISING OVER I7-IV7-V7 IN E
Twelve-Bar Blues Solo in E
Licks in the Style of Freddie King
CHAPTER EIGHT: IMPROVISING OVER I7-IV7-V7 IN A
Twelve-Bar Blues Solo in A
Licks in the Style of Mike Bloomfield
CHAPTER NINE: IMPROVISING OVER I7-IV7-V7 IN G
Twelve-Bar Blues Solo in G
Licks in the Style of Eric Clapton
CHAPTER TEN: IMPROVISING OVER I7-IV7-V7 IN C
Twelve-Bar Blues Solo in C
Licks in the Style of Muddy Waters
CHAPTER ELEVEN: IMPROVISING OVER i7-iv7-v7 IN A MINOR
Twelve-Bar Blues Solo in A Minor
Licks in the Style of Albert King
CHAPTER TWELVE: IMPROVISING OVER i7-iv7-v7 IN E MINOR
Twelve-Bar Blues Solo in E Minor
Licks in the Style of Robert Cray
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: IMPROVISING OVER GOSPEL BLUES CHANGES IN D
Eight-Bar Blues Solo in D
Licks in the Style of B.B. King
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: IMPROVISING OVER GOSPEL BLUES CHANGES IN A
Eight-Bar Gospel Blues Solo in A
Licks in the Style of Otis Rush
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: IMPROVISING OVER A BLUES IN THE STYLE OF "STORMY MONDAY"
Twelve-Bar Stormy Solo in G
Licks in the Style of T-Bone Walker
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: IMPROVISING OVER ALTERATE BLUES CHANGES IN B FLAT
Solo Over Alternate Twelve-Bar Blues
Changes in B-flat
Licks in the Style of Tiny Grimes
Scales
Arpeggios

Additional Information

Author: Wayne Riker
Instrument: Guitar
Format: Book & CD
Page Count: 96
Item Number: 00-40178
ISBN 10: 0-7390-9287-1
ISBN 13: 978-0-7390-9287-3
UPC: 038081448787

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