Guitar World How To Play Blues And Blues Rock Guitar

Aledort demonstrates blues basics and turnarounds for rhythm guitar, plus slide guitar and soloing techniques of various blues and blues/rock guitar greats such as T-Bone Walker, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, and Jimi Hendrix.

The blues guitar book that gives you everything you need to know to play smokin’ blues guitar. Packed full of blues guitar licks and solos, essential blues guitar techniques, scales and chords, and with video lessons, backing tracks and audio demo tracks included, Blues Soloing for Guitar, Volume 1 is the perfect blues guitar book for beginners to intermediate level blues guitar players. - A complete blues guitar method book for beginners and intermediate guitar players who want to learn the basics of electric blues guitar - Master the essential blues guitar techniques, licks and solos you need to sound like an authentic blues player. Taught step-by-step using 100% confusion-free language and simple explanations - See all blues licks and solos demonstrated up close with the dedicated website featuring video lessons and easy to follow demonstrations at multiple speeds - No music reading necessary: guitar tab, chord and fretboard diagrams make it easy to learn even if you can't read music - Downloadable 'play-along' audio practice tracks and blues backing tracks Blues Soloing for Guitar, Volume 1 gives you a complete course for learning the basics of blues guitar. You’ll learn: - The basic 12 bar blues form plus 12 bar blues variations - The blues scales used by all the blues guitar legends (pentatonic, sliding shapes, blues scale etc) - Complete blues solos in the styles of Eric Clapton, Billy Gibbons, Albert King, Freddie King and other blues legends, complete with a lick-by-lick breakdown - String bending, ‘blues curls, vibrato and other important blues techniques - The basics of music theory all blues players need to know - How to jam and improvise your own blues licks and solos (with my blues ‘power moves’ method) This book is perfect for you if: - You want a blues guitar course for learning the basics without it being confusing and taking you years - You want to play cool blues solos suitable for beginners and intermediate blues players - You are an intermediate blues guitar player who wants to brush up your skills, learn new techniques and build up your vocabulary of blues licks - You're looking for some blues songs for beginners to play - You want to feel more confident when you step up to play blues in your band or at a jam session - You're fed up of trawling through millions of YouTube guitar lessons and want a proven, easy to use method to follow which will get you results So if you want to learn what you need to play authentic blues on your guitar, grab your copy and get started right now!

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Want to become the coolest possible version of yourself? Time to jump into learning the blues guitar. Even if you don’t read music, Blues Guitar For Dummies lets you pick up the fundamentals and start jamming like your favorite blues artists. Blues Guitar for Dummies covers the key aspects of blues guitar, showing you how to play scales, chords, progressions, riffs, solos, and more. This hands-on guide is packed with musical examples, chords charts, and photos that let you explore the genre and play the songs of all the great blues musicians. This accessible how-to book will give you the skills you need to: Choose the right guitar, equipment, and strings Hold, tune, and get situated with your guitar Play barre chords and strum to the rhythm Recognize the structure of a blues song Tackle musical riffs Master melodies and solos Make your guitar sing, cry, and wail Jam to any type of blues Additionally, the book comes with a website that shares audio samples of all the examples covered in the lessons. Go online to practice your riffs and chords and develop your style as a blues musician. Order your copy of Blues Guitar For Dummies today and get ready to start shredding! P.S. If you think this book seems familiar, you’re probably right. The Dummies team updated the cover and design to give the book a fresh feel, but the content is the same as the previous release of Blues Guitar For Dummies (9780470049204). The book you see here shouldn’t be considered a new or updated product. But if you’re in the mood to learn something new, check out some of our other books. We’re always writing about new topics!

For beginner blues guitarists. Contains over 110 great sounding blues guitar exercises, chord progressions, riffs, licks and solos, used by today's best blues guitarists. Also includes jam-along backing tracks for practicing your blues guitar improvisation.

For over 35 years guitarist and educator Keith Wyatt has been specializing in teaching American music on the guitar. With over 90 minutes of instruction, Keith Wyatt's Talkin' Blues provides you with 10 in-depth video lessons on essential blues musical elements and guitar-playing techniques. This DVD will teach you precision string bending, low-register phrasing for musical effect, how to use fills effectively, chicken-pickin' phrases for a funky feel, and how to bring your licks to life with accented notes. Learn jazz-blues techniques such as extensions, alterations, and substitutions, and make your licks groove with swinging eighth notes. Build your blues chops today!

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(Beginning Solo Guitar). The songs in this book have been carefully arranged for beginning fingerstyle guitar. Each solo combines melody and harmony in one full-sounding arrangement. Lyrics are also included. Songs: Blowin' in the Wind * Can You Feel the Love Tonight * Don't Know Why * Every Breath You Take * The Godfather (Love Theme) * Hallelujah * Happy Birthday to You * In My Life * Lean on Me * Moon River * No Woman No Cry * Over the Rainbow * Scarborough Fair/Canticle * Unchained Melody * What a Wonderful World.