Each phrase is taught note-for-note. Big Bill Broonzy's recording career spanned from until his death in His repertoire was well recorded, from solo to duets to ensemble playing. He was rediscovered just as the "folk-revival" began in the early s. Big Bill was a master of fingerstyle ragtime and country blues guitar. His playing was highlighted by a strong pulsating bass and melodic lead lines. Woody Mann carefully explains Big Bill's techniques and style in this video lesson. Also presented is rare footage of Big Bill from the s.
Move beyond basic folk styles and get into the excitement of fingerstyle blues, ragtime and swing! With his dynamic picking techniques and deep understanding of traditional guitar styles, Bob Brozman provides you with the tools to explore your guitar's rhythmic, harmonic and melodic possibilities.
Learning these pieces will increase your knowledge of chord voicings and inversions up and down the fingerboard. As you reach automatically for the position you need, you'll learn how to connect the chord you are playing with other chords in a song's progression and you'll also gain an understanding of music theory as well. Bob also covers ragtime picking patterns, compression strokes, two-hand string damping, harmonics, double-time rhythm and other exciting right-hand techniques!
Dix Bruce teaches basic music theory that explains how the capo works and why. You'll learn all the fundamentals of placing several different styles of capos on both acoustic and electric guitars. You'll learn how the fret position of the capo affects what key you're playing in and how to use the capo as an artistic tool.
Dix demonstrates several songs with special capoing techniques including how to use a partial capo to simulate an alternate tuning, how to use two capos on one guitar and how to use capos on two different guitars at different positions when you play in a duo or band. Great for guitarists of all levels! From the string bending and jazz concepts of BB King to the amazingly fast blues rock runs of Joe Bonamassa.
Concepts such as diminished scale usage made popular by Robben Ford are demonstrated and taught for practical application. Artists such as Larry Carlton also bring a jazz flavor to the blues and some of his ideas such as playing off of the "five chord" are demonstrated and taught as well.
For anyone trying to take their playing to the next level, Advanced Blues Guitar In Six Weeks will give you plenty of new concepts, techniques, ideas, and licks as well as the inspiration to help you take a further step into better understanding and playing of blues guitar. Stick with this course and we guarantee you will improve! Week one includes: Rapid fire blues licks using hammer on and pull off ideas, left hand strength development for playing stamina, dynamics and digging in.
Phrasing ideas are analyzed, including the length of licks used in blues versus rock. String bending ideas using one and two strings are utilized along with licks that progress from slow to fast to build drama within a solo! Includes killer blues jam trax!
The Blues section deals with imitation, theme development extended phrasing, bending techniques, vibrato and solo construction. The Chord Substitution Section explains Larry's triad approach, and leading to extended triad-on-triad usage. Exclusive live concert footage is also provided to demonstrate the usage of Larry's examples in a live band situation. Bo Carter was a great guitar player.
He played with absolute facility in a variety of tunings and keys and his harmonic sense was unique in the Country Blues. He was a player of unusual versatility, subtlety and imagination. As with other players of his generation, the origins of Bo's music are shrouded in mystery, and it is very unlikely we'll ever find an explanation for the harmonic richness of his music, so different from other musicians of his region.
Bo's right hand approach was different - picking with all fingers and moving fluidly between alternation, thumping, and runs with his thumb. Cindy builds your knowledge of the Dobro style-by-step, teaching alternate tunings, bar and picking techniques and terrific arrangements for blues, minor key and western swing tunes.
A major highlight of this DVD is that each piece is slowed down, with Cindy and the band providing rhythmic backup so you can practice your lead playing. Cindy's in-depth study of minor chord shapes and licks will enable you to play Django Reinhardt's great "Minor Swing" and just about any tune that requires improvisation in minor keys.
This clear and insightful lesson will expand your range of ideas and teach you important music theory that will make you a more versatile all-around player.
It contains numerous examples plus 10 rhythm tracks for soloing and improvising over. Kenn nails down specific rhythm parts to use as springboards when dealing with different types of blues grooves like the shuffle, the slow blues, and the straight blues.
These lead into melodic comping, the shuffle feel, the mixolydian mode, slow blues, turnaround, and straight eighth note feel. He uses solos runs from each of the guitarists in order to demonstrate and teach. Corey boils these concepts down to their most fundamental parts and explains how to get an authentic sound using some simple tricks of the trade.
You will learn the different techniques used in playing blues guitar and how to combine these elements to create your own blues solos and rhythm parts. The book contains sections on blues progressions, comping, power chords, turnarounds, blues fills, scales, double stops, common blues licks, use of the whammy bar, how to get a blues sound, and how to build a great blues guitar solo.
We'll look at 30 licks in great detail across 3 positions which are not only taught note for note, but explained in a way that will not just show you where to play, but focus in on exactly why we're playing that particular note in relation to the chord it is being played over. The DVD also includes tab which features all the licks, improvisation and diagrams to really help you get this under your fingers fast.
It also looks at scale and arpeggio shapes in a selection of CAGED positions and digs down into the sound of the dominant 7 chord and much more to massively improve your blues fusion techniques!
Hosted by blues expert Keith Wyatt, this DVD is packed with everything from Albert discussing his tuning, use of the capo, influences and lots of great "down home" playing. You'll learn many of Albert's licks, unique rhythms, and how he uses his thumb and fingers to achieve those soulful, funky sounds.
Then, sit back and enjoy Albert doing what he does best - playing "live" in a recent concert at Hollywood's Musician's Institute. See why the "Iceman" has influenced so many guitarists the world over. Well my friends, I hope that your rent is paid and the fridge is filled for the family because you'll be dropping out of society for a long time shredding these 50 Progressive Blues Guitar Licks You Must Know!
This stuff will hit you like Teonanacatl look it up! It'll be well worth the "trip" though as you'll return skinny, hairy, and downright scary on the fretboard. You'll learn how to apply techniques and melodic devices like hybrid picking, hip hammers and pull-offs, sixths and thirds, chromatics, diminished runs, open-string and intervallic moves, major-minor pentatonic phrases, octaves, double and triple-stops, repetitive phrases, pre-bends, half and full bends, intervallic leaps, muting, scratches, rakes, and many more of the essential tricks of the progressive blues trade!
Guitar Lab's innovative learning systems employ a hands-on approach where students "play" their way through the curriculum using learning tools such as PIP video, practice rhythm tracks, and interactive tab and notation, which allows the student to play along with the tab and notation, at any tempo, without change in pitch!
Robert Conti - Big City Blues - Vol 1 - DVD Bring new life to your solos with a truckload of fresh, new exciting ideas and a brand new approach with Robert Conti's proven hands-on, play it right now, no modes - no scales approach! This lesson begins with Robert playing an incredible single-note solo over the chord changes to the the standard Bar Blues Progression. He then dissects the entire solo into small, digestible pieces, note-by-note, measure-by-measure, allowing you to closely observe and duplicate every nuance of his solo lines.
In addition, he also presents many of his "off the sheet" techniques not found in the printable PDF file. This is then followed by the more sophisticated blues-jazz realm of the legendary Wes Montgomery. This DVD lesson finishes with some rarely taught but very important blues influences from the legendary horn player Miles Davis. Specifics covered are: the pentatonic scale and intervals, a transcription of a blues tribute to T-Bone Walker, bending notes in the styles of B.
Don't miss this chance to learn some of the things that have made Larry's playing so famous! Elizabeth Cotten occupies a unique niche in American finger-picked guitar. Composer of the perennial favorite "Freight Train", her music is a beautifully flowing fingerpicked style with exceptional attention to the details of phrasing and voice leading with a strong improvisatory element.
There's no better way to start from scratch on this expressive instrument than with this master instructor! Anne's Reel". Tab Booklet Included Here are all of his exact guitar parts from those famous hit recordings!
If you are interested in traditional blues, Brad shows you how to approach playing the blues using both theoretical and practical methods. You will learn how to play blues style rhythm on several variations of the twelve-bar blues progression. You will then learn the blues scale at several positions on the neck and learn how to apply those "blues notes" in a free-form improvisational style over the twelve-bar blues progression.
This section not only increases your knowledge of the guitar fingerboard as it relates to the blues, but also provides you with a method for increasing your improvisational skills. After laying this groundwork, Brad then examines common blues phrasing, technique and standard blues licks and demonstrates how to apply them. Brad even demonstrates how Bill Monroe's blues licks on the mandolin can be incorporated on the guitar. In addition to teaching you how to play straight blues, Brad also demonstrates and teaches how you might take tunes that you may already know from the standard flatpicking repertoire and spice them up with blues licks.
If you are tired of playing flatpicked fiddle tunes and bluegrass songs the same old way, you will greatly appreciate Brad's instruction on how you can add excitement and interest to songs that you already play by adding a blues flavor. Gary Davis' best known blues arrangements. Davis approached playing the blues in several different styles. Each had unique characteristics and ranged from what he called "old fashion picking" to complex playing that explored and extended the blues tradition on the fingerboard.
Each arrangement is broken down phrase by phrase and then played slowly on a split screen. As a bonus we have included various audio performances of Rev. Davis playing each song. This book explains the concepts of technique, basic theory, improvising, harmonic and melodic concepts, and provides many essential examples. Most of the context for the book is blues-based, but the ideas and examples are applicable to all styles. East coast-style Piedmont blues is Mike's forte, and in this clear and articulate DVD workshop he helps you discover the vast possibilities inherent in fingerpicking-style bottleneck playing.
Taking examples from traditional blues as well as his own original compositions, Mike never loses sight of the melody as he explores tricks that are sure to enhance your slide playing. You'll learn how to incorporate fretted chord forms with your slide work and the crisp right-hand patterns that will keep it all moving along.
Mike teaches turnarounds and syncopations, damping techniques for the right and left hand, and refinements for vibrato that will make even the simplest lines sound musical. In this DVD, Duarte draws on his considerable experience to provide valuable insights into his style and musicianship.
Duarte explains: practice routines, improving your sense of time, working with scales, adding "color" to solos, chord rhythms and solos, adding tension and release to solos, using musical equipment to get your own sound as well as tips on jamming and gigs! Contains 10 songs with full-band backing on the online audio. Tunes include: "J. The music and tab is shown on the screen as it's being played so you don't miss a note!
In addition, it is a personal visit with a truly unique individual in the history of American music. Honeyboy imparts his wit and wisdom on his life and times and the fascinating, larger than life men and women he has met in the blues. Foremost among these is the immortal Robert Johnson whom he met in In an absolutely remarkable vignette, Honeyboy gives his first person account of the death of the King of the Delta Blues.
Surrounding this riveting moment of living history are detailed demonstrations and thrilling performances of solo country blues, slide guitar, boogie bass lines and lead guitar. Taken all together, you have the original source for Delta blues guitar.
Jack and Arlo Guthrie discuss Jack's formative days and the first songs he learned when he ran away from home to join a rodeo. Then they proceed through many of the blues, ballads and cowboy songs that form his rich repertoire. Our split-screen cameras are there to capture Jack's guitar technique as he plays through some of his best-known songs, allowing you to see up-close how he creates the guitar arrangements that make up his unique style.
Tom Feldmann - Bottleneck Gospel Guitar - DVD Many southern blues musicians performed and recorded gospel songs; spirituals or church songs as they were called.
Clayborn, strictly adhered to a religious message earning them the handle "guitar evangelists", while others, like Fred McDowell and Charlie Patton, blurred the socially imposed lines and mingled gospel with the blues. Clayborn and Charlie Patton. Each player offers a distinct style and Tom breaks down their techniques allowing you to imitate the masters as well as build a repertoire of classic bottleneck gospel blues. In addition the original old recordings of all the tunes are included.
Jim Ferguson - All Blues For Jazz Guitar - Book and CD Designed to help you play in a broad spectrum of jazz guitar settings from big band and small combos to a solo context, this comprehensive guide to jazz comping starts with the basics of chord symbols and blues form. The book's four major sections address voice leading, linear comping, modal concepts, and advanced rhythm chord comping styles. All guitar parts transcribed note-for-note from the original recordings.
Notaion and tab Mary Flower - Blues Guitar Arrangements For The Intermediate Player - DVD Mary's clear step-by-step instruction will make learning these five classic blues songs fun to play for anyone with some prior knowledge of blues fingerpicking techniques. Mary starts off with Leroy Carr's "Papa's in the Housetop", first strumming the basic chords to get you quickly into the tune. She teaches you how to play the melody on the high strings, then adds harmony notes and finally finishes the arrangement with a hot New Orleans bass line.
Mary's arrangements are challenging, fun to play and filled with musical ideas that will inspire you while adding great songs to your blues repertoire! In this DVD, his impeccable soloing techniques and tasty phrasing are brought to the forefront.
Robben also teaches and answers questions about music theory, blues styles, recording, picking and sliding techniques, influences and using altered scales. The DVD features a live performance of Robben's "Cannonball Shuffle" where you can copy every lick as his burning solo is shown in real time and in slow motion!
Includes a 50 page printable PDF file with solos and examples. Blind Boy Fuller recorded his unique brand of country blues from through His playing is chock full of both wit and soulfulness. His guitar arrangements are strikingly original and make perfect use of the unique sound of the National steel guitar which he used on most of his recordings.
He is best known for his classic "Truckin My Blues Away" which has been performed and recorded by generations of blues and rock guitarists. This video gives a fully-detailed presentation of Blind Boy Fuller's intricate guitar work on six of his best recordings.
Jay Geils - Blues Guitar Improvisation - DVD Here's a chance to study with a true music legend and to explore some of the chronological history of electric blues guitar in the process! Jay is not only a great contemporary rock guitarist, but also a true student of the blues and jazz roots of rock and roll. Over the course of this masterful lesson, he shows you T-Bone Walker, Charlie Christian and Tiny Grimes guitar styles, Chuck Berry licks, bebop style, how to get a great tone, augmented and tri-tone substitutions, swing feel, phrases ending on upbeats, working in flat keys, horn-like phrasing, slide guitar, Earl Hooker style, open E and G tunings, and so much more!
There are even special sections on modifying your amps and some of Jay's classic intro licks from the J. Geils Band. Jay Geils loves the blues and he loves guitar, and this infectiously exuberant video will have you wailing and swinging in no time! You'll never miss a note! All exercises are transcribed in the accompanying booklet, corresponding to example numbers on the screen.
And of course, all right and left hand techniques are shown close-up and with special split-screen effects, so you can closely observe and learn all the subtleties the top players are known for! The riffs are presented in two measure chunks - organized by where they fall in the standard bar progression - so you can enrich your blues vocabulary and assemble your own solos with authentic riffs and licks as played by 15 of the all-time great blues masters.
Includes three jam tracks! This DVD is jam-packed with soulful blues lead lines, licks, phrases, riffs, and improvisational ideas personally taught to you by professional guitarists John Heussenstamm, Johnny Moeller, and Bill Stone.
From early to modern blues, each and every authentic lick - many of them from the recordings of legendary blues guitarists - includes a walk through explanation by a pro guitarist; note-for-note on-screen tablature, normal and slow speed performance demos along with harmony and theory analysis.
This will enable you to not only learn which chord progressions each lick works over but also why it works over those particular chords. Learning harmony and theory has never been this much fun before or this fast! David Grissom - Blues Rock Guitar Soloing - Book and Online Audio If you're looking to break out of the rhythm guitar mode and into the solo limelight, then this book is for you.
Learn all this and more: picking techniques, string bending and other left-hand techniques, country licks that rock, borrowing from jazz, finding you own voice, what makes a great solo and the importance of playing live. The first lesson focuses on the Key of C and delves into the alternating as well as monotonic bass techniques, blues slides, hammer-ons and pull-offs and blues slurred notes. The playing techniques of Mississippi John Hurt, Rev.
Gary Davis and Blind Blake are discussed. The most important aim of this lesson is to give the guitarist a freedom to improvise playing a blues tune. As a bonus feature, audio tracks are included featuring rare recordings of the songs and styles presented. Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and played slowly on a split-screen.
Rockefeller Put The Panic On". The lesson finishes with "Blues in C" which brings together the many ideas and styles that have been taught. Mat Gurman - 50 Licks Blues Style - DVD Max Gurman demonstrates licks for dominant and minor blues progressions, turnarounds, intro licks, ending licks, stop time licks and much more.
He will also show you all of the classic techniques used in blues guitar: bends, pull-offs, hammer-ons, slides, slurs, vibrato, muted string raking and more.
Each lick is played in context then demonstrated slowly will full explanations on the techniques used and their proper applications. Split screen close-ups with tab and notation on screen. As anyone who squeaked through 10th grade history knows, the alchemists were a semi-scientific posse of medieval individuals utterly hung up on the notion of transforming lead into gold. Of course, their efforts did not lead to economic good times, but Blues Alchemy addresses a much more useful and likely kind of transformation: turning those leaden, everyday blues licks and chord progressions into tasty and intriguing improvisational gold.
These DVDs are about learning to play the changes, but not in the sense that jazz musicians do - it isn't about learning every arpeggio and mode under the sun. Instead, on ten diverse chord progressions, master blues alchemist David Hamburger will teach you how to transform your blues bag into gold by learning how to "target tones" and "play the changes. Hands-on learning tools included with "Blues Alchemy" are: text lesson guide, chord charts, practice rhythm tracks, as well as bonus material.
In this DVD, John breaks down some of his favorite songs - showing the scales, chord shapes, licks and turnarounds that define the country blues genre. As he shares his musical ideas and techniques, he also discusses his musical mentors and recounts colorful anecdotes that illustrate his long career as a touring blues musician.
You'll learn innumerable ways to improve your own blues playing, including the use of the slide and how to integrate the harp into your songs. He uses individual instruction segments for each song and uses special features such as: slow and performance tempos, chord grid overlays and multiple camera angles with close ups!
He has also explored the African guitar styles upon which so much of our early blues was based. On this remarkable instructional session, he teaches songs and instrumentals that will deepen your knowledge of the guitar and will add cross-cultural rhythms and licks to your blues repertoire.
Pill Blues", Corey teaches you authentic fingerstyle riffs and solos in C. He then gives you a detailed lesson in open E slide guitar, covering the traditional "Jack O'Diamonds" and Corey's original "King Cotton" - both with improvised variations.
Finally, you'll end this musical journey into blues styles with two guitar pieces that Corey learned in Mali: the warm fingerstyle tune "Bajourou Big String " and the flatpicking instrumental "Sundiata". If you think of the guitar fingerboard as unknown and remote territory, full of mystery and confusion - then we have the road map and compass you need! The C-A-G-E-D System provides you with a complete under-standing of the entire neck of the guitar so you can find your way around without ever getting lost again!
Guitarist Ernie Hawkins calls it "The Magic Key" and on this DVD he lays out a clear and easy method for finding any chord, note or lick - in any key- anywhere on the fingerboard! He shows you how five basic chord shapes, moved up and down, can reveal all the scales, intervals and voicings you'll need to play any kind of music. Ernie patiently and thoroughly provides drills, exercises, practice tips and the basic theory necessary to help you understand the principles behind this important system.
His amazing lesson teaches the fundaments of how the guitar works in a clear, step-by-step way that will open your eyes, give you security and confidence, and forever change your guitar playing life! In this book and online video he gives it his all as he teaches the art of Blues phrasing, various attacks for different sounds, accenting notes with vibrato, economy of notes, using space, string bending for that "vocal" quality, looking for blue notes within intervals, soloing, adjusting bends, getting the most out of one position, mixing major and minor scales, deviating from the scale, slide guitar in standard tuning, proper slide damping, proper slide intonation, vibrato and touch.
Each example is taught in-depth and many are illustrated with Warren's band. John Lee Hooker played out of standard tuning, E position, and Spanish tuning, typically Open A, and nearly all of his recorded works fall into either category. Breaking this collection into two parts Tom Feldmann walks you through every aspect of Hooker's playing style in both Standard and Spanish tuning. Most of our scores are traponsosable, but not all of them so we strongly advise that you check this prior to making your online purchase.
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