The Complete Blues Guitar Method: Beginning Blues Guitar (Second Edition)
By David Hamburger Guitar Book & Online Video/Audio Item: 00-40880
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Perfect for beginning blues and blues-rock guitarists, Beginning Blues Guitar is an introduction to basic blues theory, left-hand techniques, rhythm styles of Texas swing, slow blues, and minor blues---plus the styles of blues greats like Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy. Learn about call-and-response phrasing, intros, turnarounds, endings, and even improvisation. The second edition features new licks in the styles of some of the hottest contemporary blues artists, like Joe Bonamassa and Gary Clark, Jr., and includes brand-new video---hosted by expert educator and guitar virtuoso Jared Meeker---with exciting demonstrations of examples and techniques. Beginning Blues Guitar is the best step-by-step method for learning the substance and style of the blues.
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Contents
| Title | |
| About the Author | |
| Introduction | |
| Chapter 1-Getting Started Half Steps, Whole Steps, and the Importance of Gravity | |
| The Fretboard | |
| Tuning Up | |
| Music Notation | |
| Reading Tablature (TAB) | |
| Reading Chord Diagrams | |
| Reading a Chord Chart-Rhythmic Notation | |
| Reading Scale Diagrams | |
| Reading Roman Numerals | |
| Chapter 2-Blues Theory | |
| The Major Scale | |
| Key Signatures | |
| Minor Scales | |
| Relative Minor | |
| Intervals | |
| Chords | |
| Diatonic Harmony | |
| Blues Harmony | |
| Chapter 3-Basic Rhythm Guitar | |
| Basic Rhythm Vocabulary | |
| Basic 12-Bar Blues | |
| Palm Muting | |
| The Shuffle Pattern | |
| Moveable Shuffle Patterns | |
| Left-Hand Muting | |
| Variations on the Shuffle Pattern | |
| Stop Time | |
| Boogie-Woogie in Open E | |
| Chapter 4-Blues Scales | |
| Major Pentatonic | |
| Phrasing | |
| Call-and-Response Phrasing | |
| Riff-Style Soloing | |
| Minor Pentatonic | |
| Targeting Root Notes | |
| Combining Call-and-Response with Root Targeting | |
| Transposing | |
| Chapter 5-Left-hand Techniques | |
| Hammer-Ons | |
| Pull-Offs | |
| Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs Together | |
| Slides | |
| Bending | |
| Reverse Bends | |
| Signature Licks | |
| Vibrato | |
| Chapter 6-Rhythm Guitar Styles | |
| Muddy Waters-Vamps | |
| Buddy Guy-Rhythm Riffs | |
| Texas Swing | |
| Slow Blues | |
| Minor Blues | |
| Chapter 7-Intros, Turnarounds, and Endings | |
| Turnarounds | |
| Intros | |
| Endings | |
| Chapter 8-Improvising | |
| Alternating Major and Minor Pentatonic | |
| Adding Major Pentatonic Notes to the Minor Pentatonic | |
| Adding Minor Pentatonic Notes to the Major Pentatonic | |
| Chord Hits | |
| Expanding the Basic Scale Patterns | |
| More Licks! | |
| Chapter 9-Practicing | |
| Set Goals | |
| Organize Your Time | |
| Metronomes, Drum Machines, and Practice Recordings | |
| Vary Your Sources | |
| Outside the Practice Room | |
| Individuality |
Additional Information
| Series: | Complete Method |
| Author: | David Hamburger |
| Instrument: | Guitar |
| Format: | Book & Online Video/Audio |
| Page Count: | 96 |
| Item Number: | 00-40880 |
| ISBN 10: | 0-7390-9536-6 |
| ISBN 13: | 978-0-7390-9536-2 |
| UPC: | 038081458977 |
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