Download or read book Roots Blues Fingerstyle Guitar Explorations written by Steve (CRT) James and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-13 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (String Letter Publishing). Get to know the nuts and bolts of country-blues and other rootsy styles with this series of in-depth lessons by blues guitar expert Steve James. You'll learn essential chord shapes and picking patterns in standard and open tunings, with and without the bottleneck slide, as well as a wealth of melodic vocabulary. You'll discover how these devices work in a wide range of traditional and blues settings. All examples are provided in standard notation and tablature, with video downloads so that you can see and hear exactly how they're played. Throughout, a wealth of historical information and anecdotes, some of them first-hand, will give you a clear picture of how this music came together. Songs includes: Bull Doze Blues * Crow Jane * Georgia Buck * Green Corn * I've Been All Around the World * Knoxville Blues * Little Hammer * Memphis Rounders Blues * See See Rider * Texas Shorty * Yo Yo Blues * and more.

Download or read book Acoustic Masterclass written by Mike Dowling and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guitar arrangements transcribed by the artists themselves, in standard notation and tab. Each edition includes a masterclass-style CD in which the artist walks you through the key aspects and techniques for each arrangement. Roots expert Mike Dowling performs a unique blend of blues, ragtime, swing, and roots music. Titles are: Amazing Grace * Jan's Song * Swamp Dog Blues * Minor Thing * Nitpickin' * Bottleneck March * Johnson City Rag * Rosalie * Rocky Road * Backslidin' * Bottomlands * Siboney * String Crazy * Fishin' in the Wind * Wild 'Bout It * Shufflin'.

Download or read book Beginning Fingerstyle Blues Guitar written by Arnie Berle and published by Guitar Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graded exercises take you from the fundamentals of fingerpicking to five authentic blues tunes. All exercises and pieces printed in the book are played in addition to some extra explanation of the concepts and techniques presented.

Download or read book Roots and Blues Fingerstyle Guitar written by Steve James and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steve James presents a treasure trove of traditional American guitar styles in this unique book/CD pack. Guitarists will learn fingerpicking and slide techniques not through dry exercises but by playing 25 songs from James' own repertoire and from such masters as Furry Lewis, Blind Willie McTell, Sam McGee, and Mance Lipscomb. Drawing on his extensive research and first-hand experience with these guitar pioneers, James tells the stories behind the songs, too. Features authentic arrangements in notes and TAB, vocal melodies and lyrics, historic photos, and more. Songs: Take Me Back * Sugar Babe * Milwaukee Blues * Sebastopol* John Henry * more!

Download or read book Acoustic Guitar Slide Basics written by David Hamburger and published by String Letter Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Hamburger, leading sideman, solo performer and teacher, guides players through this complete introduction to bottleneck slide guitar playing with progressive lessons in open tunings and fingerstyle technique, tips on slide guitars and gear, technical exercises, and full songs. The accompanying CD features all of the music played slowly, then up to tempo. In standard notation with tablature and chord diagrams.

Download or read book The acoustic guitar fingerstyle method written by David Hamburger and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2007 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (String Letter Publishing). Whether you're a first-time fingerstylist who's studying with a teacher or on your own, The Acoustic Guitar Fingerstyle Method by David Hamburger gives you the detailed, comprehensive instruction you need to improve your skills. This book introduces you to the two most essential fingerstyle approaches for playing American roots music: Travis picking and the steady-bass style. In each lesson, you'll learn new techniques, concepts, and chord voicings along with ways to practice and get them under your fingers. Then you can use what you just learned to play a classic song or solo break from the blues, ragtime, folk, country, and ragtime traditions. 18 In-Depth Lessons, including: Travis Picking Basics, Switching Chords, Eighth Notes and Syncopation, Picking Pattern Fills, Double Stops, and much more. 15 songs to play, including: John Henry * Delia * St. James Infirmary * Nobody's Fault but Mine * Houston Blues * Alberta * and more. Each book includes access to recordings of demonstration tracks of all the exercises and songs. Audio is accessed online using the unique code in each book.

Download or read book Your Personal Book of Solo Fingerstyle Blues Guitar 2 Advanced Improvisation written by Scott Su and published by STC Music. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book TWO is a separate enhancement on "Your Personal Book of Solo Fingerstyle Blues Guitar 1 : Fundamental". Book TWO is comprised of 2 big chapters. Chapter TWO includes different variations in rhythmic styles, fret positions of chord and changes in applications, integrated trainings on melodic lines of fingerstyle playing and the above mentioned variation practices. The goal is that after finishing reading this chapter, you are able to play fingerstyle Blues guitar richly and freely move your fingers around different fret positions at ease. Chapter THREE then is on advanced thinkings and changeable possibilites in Blues music, including uses of different scale and mixes, changes and the differences of major and minor keys, and most importantly, the core target of Blues — improvisation performance. In addition to melodic improvisations, we are more looking forward to achieving fingerstyle Blues improvisation performances. This book is quite suitable for friends who are serious about learning Blues guitar, regardless of fingerstyle or electric guitar Blues solo, you all can gain quite much from this book. You can also choose the Paperback version of "Your Personal Book of Solo Fingerstyle Blues Guitar : Fundamental, Advanced & Improvisation" which contains these chapters is definitely worthwhile for your collection. Paperback version (eBook1 + eBook2) ★ Great volume of 12-measure exercises, 75 demo songs, arrangements, and MP3 downloads,…more in-depth experiences in the beauty of Blues music. ★ Various types of theme-oriented Blues trainings on melody, harmony, rhythms and fingerstyle,…more diverse and rich Blues playing. ★ Step-by-step hands-on impromptu playing methods make your freestyle Blues improvisation dream comes true! > Facebook Page: http://goo.gl/Y94Vh5 (Welcome leave any message if you have any question about this book) > Demo Songs on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Pi6vWcY9408 === TABLE OF CONTENT === Chapter ONE - Learning of Blues Basics (eBook1) - Blues Music - Blues Chords - Form of Blues Music - Rhythm of Blues - Most Often Used Keys in Blues Music for Fingerstyle Guitar - Blues Notes - Blues Expressions - Etudes - Fingerstyle Playing Practice Chapter TWO - Enriching Your Blues Playing (eBook2) - Various Styles of Blues Rhythm - Applications of Open String Notes - Applications of Inversion Chords - Accompaniment and Riffs - Integrate Performance Etudes Chapter THREE - Advanced Blues Thinking & Improvisation (eBook2) - Turnaround - Blues in Minor keys - Blues in Major keys - Flexible Variations in Blues Melody - Blues Improvisations - Practical Applications & Improvisations of Blues Fingerstyle Performance - Unaccompanied Blues Improvisation Playing Conclusions

Download or read book The Acoustic Guitar Method written by and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2002 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Guitar Method). A complete collection of all three Acoustic Guitar Method books in one volume! Learn how to play guitar with the only beginning method based on traditional American music that teaches you authentic techniques and songs. Beginning with a few basic chords and strums, you'll start right in learning real music drawn from blues, folk, country and bluegrass traditions. You'll learn how to find notes on the fingerboard, expand your collection of chords by learning songs in various keys, and learn different kinds of picking patterns. When you're done with this method series, you'll know dozens of the tunes that form the backbone of American music, using a variety of flatpicking and fingerpicking techniques. Songs include: Bury Me Beneath the Willow * Delia * Frankie and Johnny * The Girl I Left Behind Me * House of the Rising Sun * Ida Red * In the Pines * Little Sadie * Man of Constant Sorrow * Sally Goodin * Scarborough Fair * Will the Circle Be Unbroken? * and many more. Accompanying audio examples are all available for download!

Download or read book Classic Ragtime Guitar written by Stefan Grossman and published by Grossman Guitar Workshop. This book was released on 2001-12 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of classic ragtime guitar is very challenging. For this set of lessons for the intermediate and advanced guitarist we have picked four ever-popular rags. You have the advantage in this series of learning from three different teachers, each with his own individual approach. 32 page tab/music book with three compact discs. LESSON ONE: The classic rag that started the "ragtime revival" was The Entertainer. This was used in the soundtrack for the film The Sting. It is a lyrical four part classic rag written by Scott Joplin. This lesson is taught by Stefan Grossman. LESSON TWO: One of the most popular classic rags written by Scott Joplin was his Maple Leaf Rag. Duck Baker teaches his arrangement to this highly syncopated and energetic classic rag. This is followed by Silver Swan. Stefan Grossman is your teacher for this beautiful classic rag. LESSON THREE: Our last lesson is a tour de force in ragtime arranging and playing. It is James Scott's Hilarity Rag. This is a four part classic rag taught by Leo Wijnkamp Jr.

Download or read book Delta Blues Guitar written by Stefan Grossman and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fingerpicking Blues Guitar Solos written by Stefan Grossman and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 1997-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This fine text presents ten fabulous Stefan Grossman fingerstyle blues solos in notation and tablature. Solos include: Tribute to Lonnie Johnson; Yazoo Bass & Boogie; Lemon's Jump; Blues for the Mann; Right of Passage, and more. All songs from the book are on the CD."

Download or read book Country Blues Guitar written by Stefan Grossman and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Descriptive analysis and musical transcriptions, in standard notation and tablature" of the works of various blues guitarists.

Download or read book Acoustic Blues Guitar Essentials written by Hal Leonard Corp. Staff and published by String Letter Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Guitar Collection). Straight from the experts at Acoustic Guitar magazine! The 12 "private lessons" in this book/CD pack are full of helpful examples, licks, great songs, and excellent advice on blues flatpicking rhythm and lead, fingerpicking, and slide techniques from some of the finest teachers around, including Mike Christiansen, Acoustic Guitar music editor Dylan Schorer, Stefan Grossman and many others. The book shows all examples in both standard notation and TAB, and the CD allows you to play and replay the lessons and songs until you've perfected them.

Download or read book Delta Blues Slide Guitar written by Levi Clay and published by WWW.Fundamental-Changes.com. This book was released on 2018-07-23 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the authentic sound of delta blues guitar with Levi Clay

Download or read book DADGAD Blues written by Rob MacKillop and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rob MacKillop presents 20 wonderful fingerstyle blues arrangements andcompositions in DADGAD tuning. The styles covered in this book include country blues, boogie woogie left-hand piano blues, early jazz blues, gut-bucket blues and modal blues. Great traditional songs are included such as St. James Infirmary Blues, St. Louis Blues, C. C. Rider and more, alongside 15 full-length studies. The book begins with easy arrangements, progressing to intermediate and more advanced ones - in short, these blues studies will improve your technique through playable 12-bar tunes. A wide array of chord and scale fingerings are also provided, including pentatonic minor and major scales, blues scales, diminished arpeggios and scales, 7th chords, whole-tone scales and the super Locrian mode and much more! All the tunes presented have accompanying audio recorded by Rob MacKillop and are available to download

Download or read book Folk Style Guitar written by Harry Taussig and published by Oak Publications. This book was released on 1973-06-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harry Taussig. A follow-up volume to 'Teach Yourself Guitar'. Concentrates on the instrumental solo, with special emphasis on basic fingerpicking techniques. New chords are introduced in order of their increasing difficulty.

Download or read book Blues and Ragtime Fingerstyle Guitar written by Dave Van Ronk and published by Grossman Guitar Workshop. This book was released on 2001-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these lessons for the intermediate fingerstyle guitarist Dave Van Ronk presents his arrangements of blues and a classic rag. The book includes a conversation with Dave, a discography, 6 tunes in notation and tablature, and 3 CDs teaching each tune phrase by phrase. LESSON ONE: A blues in 12/8 with Leroy Carr's Midnight Hour Blues. Blood Red Moon follows played in a dropped D tuning. The lesson ends with Blind Lemon Jefferson's One Kind Favor. LESSON TWO: Sunday Street is an original Dave Van Ronk song and is an excellent example of Dave's arranging skills. Four choruses are taught demonstrating how this tune can develop. Bessie Smith's classic blues You've Been A Good Old Wagon is taught in the key of E. LESSON THREE: Dave's arrangement of St. Louis Tickle was the first great challenge for fingerpickers interested in classic ragtime. This four sectioned rag is played in the keys of C and F. It is an excellent example of contemporary ragtime guitar.