This comprehensive source for learning blues guitar is designed to develop both your lead and rhythm playing. Blues styles covered include Texas, Delta, R&B, early rock & roll, gospel and blues/rock. The book also features: 21 complete solos • blues chords, progressions and riffs • turnarounds • movable scales and soloing techniques • string bending • utilizing the entire fingerboard • using 6ths • chord-melody style • music notation and tab • audio with leads and full band backing • video lessons • and more. This second edition now includes audio and video access online!
The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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The Hal Leonard Blues Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning blues guitar. This book uses excerpts from real blues songs – no corny arrangments of nursery rhymes here! (well, except “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” but this is NOT the version you learned in kindergarten!) – to teach you the basics of rhythm and lead blues guitar in the style of B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, and many others. Lessons include: 12-bar blues; chords, scales and licks; vibrato and string bending; riffs, turnarounds, and boogie patterns; hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides; standard notation and tablature; and much more! Song excerpts include: Boom Boom • Born Under a Bad Sign • Double Trouble • Killing Floor • Sweet Home Chicago • You Shook Me • and more. The online audio includes over 70 tracks for demo and play-along, and is available using the unique code printed inside each book.
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Study the trademark songs, licks, tones and techniques that made Stevie Ray Vaughan a legend. Each book comes with a unique code that will give you access to audio files of all the music in the book online. This pack looks at 15 of Vaughan's most influential songs including: Couldn't Stand the Weather • Love Struck Baby • Pride and Joy • Texas Flood • and more.
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Expand your guitar knowledge with the Guitar Lesson Goldmine series! Featuring 100 individual modules covering a giant array of topics, each lesson in this Blues volume includes detailed instruction with playing examples presented in standard notation and tablature. You'll also get extremely useful tips, scale diagrams, chord grids, photos, and more to reinforce your learning experience plus audio demos featuring performance demos of all the examples in the book! A huge variety of blues guitar styles and techniques are covered, including: turnarounds, hammer-ons and pull-offs, slides, the blues scale, 12-bar blues, double stops, muting techniques, hybrid picking, fingerstyle blues, and much more!
The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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An ideal reference guide to playing the blues for all guitarists. Full instruction on blues theory, chords, rhythm, scales, advanced solo technique, beginnings and endings, riff construction and more. Includes play-along audio with 12 jam tracks.
Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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The term “12-bar blues” has become synonymous with blues music and is the basis for an incredible body of jazz, rock 'n' roll, and other forms of popular music. This book with online audio is solely devoted to providing guitarists with all the technical tools necessary for playing 12-bar blues with authority. The audio includes 24 full-band tracks. Covers: boogie, shuffle, swing, riff, and jazzy blues progressions; Chicago, minor, slow, bebop, and other blues styles; soloing, intros, turnarounds, accompanying keyboards and more. In standard notation and tablature.
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With this blues course designed by renowned guitarist John McCarthy, you will develop general guitar basics and a solid foundation for playing the blues. Learn essential blues chords, scales and lead techniques like string bending, vibrato and hammer-ons, pull-offs. John teaches full blues scales with tri-tones, the B.B. Box and how to construct a 12 bar blues progression. He challenges you to learn complete blues solos, riffs and syncopated rhythm progressions. Learn the talk back effect, expansion on a main theme and how to fuse jazz into blues music. Master techniques such as rakes, pick & finger and advanced bending. John shows you blues endings, turnarounds, melodic blues, the circle of fourths, slide techniques and many blues rhythms.
See, Hear, and Apply Each Lesson
On the high density DVD, find two full programs on one one disc! John teaches and illustrates each playing example through easy-to-follow close-up views of each hand. He slowly breaks down all the lessons so you can easily follow along to get the hand positions correct. The included video also allows you to hear how the examples are supposed to sound and most important how John applies them in a musical sense.
Lifetime Web Membership for Lesson Support & Download Backing Tracks
You get free membership to The Rock House Method® support system on the web. Use the member number found inside this book to register for lifetime support at RockHouseMethod.com. Use this fully interactive Lesson Support site to download backing tracks to play the examples over, enhance your learning experience, link with instructors and connect with a community of people around the world who are also learning.
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Standard notation and tablature for 10 complete songs by artists including Eric Clapton, B.B. King and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Titles include: Boom Boom • Born Under a Bad Sign • I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man • Killing Floor • Pride and Joy • Sweet Home Chicago • The Thrill Is Gone • and more.
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Focuses on developing rhythm playing chops via 21 progressive lessons covering a variety of blues styles and techniques, including: basic theory and blues rhythms; major and minor blues; 8th, 16th and triplet rhythms; extensions; passing chords and chord fragments; lead-rhythm style; funky blues; jump blues; blues rock; and more. The book features standard notation and tab, and the audio includes 42 full-band tracks. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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A comprehensive source for mastering the art of blues guitar soloing. Topics covered include: essential skills, shuffle phrasing, sliding, 12-bar blues, tempo, blues fusions, and much more. Online audio access is included for exercises, licks, and play-alongs.
Online audio is accessed at halleonard.com/mylibrary
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Study the trademark songs, licks, tones, and techniques of blues guitar royal, Freddie King. This comprehensive book and audio teaching method provides detailed analysis of King's gear, tone, techniques, styles, songs, licks, riffs, and much more. You'll learn everything you need to know about Freddie's legendary guitar playing, from his early '60s guitar instrumental hits to his '70s blues-funk excursions and beyond. The book includes access to audio tracks online, for download or streaming, using the unique code inside the book! Including PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, pan left or right. Songs include: Going Down • I'm Tore Down • Remington Ride • San-Ho-Zay • The Stumble • and more.
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This comprehensive book with online audio samples focuses on developing your classic R&B rhythm and lead chops, with 18 progressive lessons covering a variety of R&B styles and techniques. Teaches: soul, funk & doo-wop styles; authentic riffs and licks; basic chord/scale theory; classic chord progressions; time signatures; using added tones and chord varieties; syncopation; different song forms; and more – all in notes & tab. The audio contains 37 full-band tracks. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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A step-by-step method for learning this rich and powerful style. Takes you from the fundamentals of fingerpicking to five authentic blues tunes. Includes graded exercises, illustrated tips, plus standard notation and tablature.
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The easy way to play blues guitar. The most often used chords and right-hand patterns in clear diagrams and photos.
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Renowned R&B, blues and funk ace Cornell Dupree was a guitarist of legendary proportion, with more than 2,500 albums as a sideman to his credit! In this authoritative book/audio pack, he reveals his playing secrets, covering: R&B, blues and funk styles; double-stops, vamps, scales and playing tips; common progressions and riffs; his equipment set-up; and much more. The audio features 10 songs written and performed by Cornell with full-band backing. The book also includes a foreword by blues expert Dave Rubin, a biography, Cornell's reminiscences, great photos, and standard notation and tablature. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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Study the trademark songs, licks, tones, and techniques of blues juggernaut Joe Bonamassa. This comprehensive book and audio teaching method provides detailed analysis of his guitars, techniques, styles, songs, licks, riffs, and much more. You'll learn everything you need to know about his renowned guitar playing, from the settings he uses with his enormous guitar and amp collection, the “Bona-seum,” to his virtuosic blues licks and beyond. Learn to play like Joe Bonamassa today!
Includes five full songs: Driving Towards the Daylight • Dust Bowl • Oh Beautiful! • Redemption • The River • and excerpts from ten other signature tunes.
Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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Add to your repertoire and reinforce your technique with this collection of blues songs. Bring these songs to life by listening to the recordings online, which feature short versions of each piece, played slowly and up to tempo. Includes full guitar parts in standard notation with chords, accompanying parts, and tablature, as well as detailed notes on song origins and arrangements. The audio files are accessed online, for download or streaming, using the unique code inside each book.
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A kaleidoscopic reinterpretation of 16 blues rock titans is the hallmark of this Greg Koch book with over three hours of online video lessons. It breaks down the styles, techniques, and licks of guitarists including Albert Collins, B.B. King, Duane Allman, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter and many more. The book includes note-for-note transcriptions of all the samples and solos in the videos. In addition, Greg has created “mash-ups” of multiple players, infused with his own unique guitar stylings, to create a brave new blues for the masses.
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Woody Mann's teaching method for acoustic blues guitar is exactly what every aspiring blues player needs. Using his vast first-hand knowledge of the genre he has written a selection of pieces that present different blues styles into individual performances which make their essential techniques accessible as never before. The 51 instrumentals featured include many styles of acoustic blues that span ragtime, Mississippi Delta open-tuning numbers and the folk-blues sounds of the Carolinas. The book includes a dropcard with an access code to downloadable audio.
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Study the trademark songs, licks, tones and techniques of the King of the Delta Blues Singers, Robert Johnson. This comprehensive book and audio teaching method provides detailed analysis of his guitars, techniques, styles, songs, licks, riffs and much more. You'll learn everything you need to know about Johnson's legendary guitar playing, as captured on his 29 known recording from 1936-7. Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
Five full songs are included: Come on in My Kitchen • Cross Road Blues (Crossroads) • I Believe I'll Dust My Broom • Kind Hearted Woman Blues • and Sweet Home Chicago, plus excerpts from many more signature tunes.
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The Hal Leonard Blues Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning blues guitar. This book uses real blues songs to teach you the basics of rhythm and lead blues guitar in the style of B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters and many others. Lessons include: 12-bar blues; chords, scales and licks; vibrato and string bending; riffs, turnarounds and boogie patterns; hammer-ons, pull-offs and slides; standard notation and tablature; and much more! Songs include: Boom Boom • Born Under a Bad Sign • Double Trouble • Killing Floor • Sweet Home Chicago • You Shook Me • and more. The online audio includes 75 tracks for demo and play-along and is available for download or streaming.
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Learn classic blues rhythm guitar and soloing techniques, in the style of the greats, such as B.B. King, T-Bone Walker, Albert Collins, Robert Lockwood Jr., Jimmie Vaughan, and others. This book is the more technique-oriented companion to Mike Williams' first book Berklee Blues Guitar Songbook. The accessible online recording includes live blues band that demonstrates all techniques (full band and play-along tracks).
Online audio is accessed at halleonard.com/mylibrary
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This book with online audio features 25 classic blues riffs arranged for beginning to intermediate guitarists, complete with a “riff history.” Also includes great audio recommendations to help you further your blues knowledge and chops. The audio includes a demonstration of every example in the book. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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If you woke up this morning feeling blue about the state of your guitar playing, help is on the way without having to sell your soul to the devil at the crossroads. This book will have your hammers howlin' while bending like B.B. Licks are presented in the styles of the great electric blues players of the '40s through the early '70s. Many related styles of blues are presented such as jump blues, swamp blues, Chicago blues, Texas blues, etc.
Musical concepts, such as major and blues scales, modes, adding chromatic and blue notes, and swing rhythms are presented to enhance your understanding in order to create your own licks. Licks are strung together to create solos that play over 31 different progressions. Each solo is performed with a full band on the accompanying audio tracks. Learn a few of these solos and Clapton is bound to be clapping!
Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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Now you can add authentic blues feel and flavor to your playing! Here are 101 definitive licks – plus demonstration tracks via online audio – from every major blues guitar style, neatly organized into easy-to-use categories. They're all here, including Delta blues, jump blues, country blues, Memphis blues, Texas blues, West Coast blues, Chicago blues, and British blues. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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This book for intermediate-level guitarists is a follow-up to Kenny's Introduction to Acoustic Blues. It covers blues in five different keys and positions, and incorporates slide or bottleneck playing in both open and standard tunings. All songs are primarily fingerstyle with a monotone bass used for most. The accompanying 70-minute CD features performances of every example and song, played slowly then up to speed to facilitate learning.
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Blues Guitar for Kids is a fun, easy course that teaches children to play guitar faster than ever before. It can also function as a great supplement for kids who already play guitar. Cool blues riffs, chords and solos keep students motivated, while the clean, simple page layouts ensure their attention remains focused on one concept at a time. The method is equally suitable for children using electric or acoustic guitars. It can be used in combination with a guitar teacher or parent. Lessons include: selecting your guitar • parts of the guitar • holding the guitar • hand position • easy tablature • strumming & picking • blues riffs & chords • basic blues soloing • and more. Demonstration and play-along audio tracks as well as a metronome and tuner are provided online.
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Study the trademark songs, licks, tones, and techniques of blues guitar virtuoso Robben Ford. This comprehensive book and audio teaching method provides detailed analysis of Robben's gear, tone, techniques, styles, songs, licks, signature phrases, and much more. You'll learn everything you need to know about Ford's legendary guitar playing, from his early years in jazz fusion with the Yellowjackets to his groundbreaking progressive blues work as a solo artist and with the Blue Line. The price of this book includes access to audio tracks online, for download or streaming, using the unique code inside the book! Songs include: Born Under a Bad Sign • Help the Poor • I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues • Mama Talk to Your Daughter • Tee Time for Eric • and more.
Online audio is accessed at halleonard.com/mylibrary
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The Blues Guitar Chord Deck makes learning a real 'hands-on' experience and features over 40 blues chords in a convenient deck format of cardboard guitar-neck illustrations that fan out and indicate exactly where to place your fingers. Master a whole set of new skills with the deck's ingenious swivel pack design that literally puts a wealth of blues guitar information right at your fingertips. Displayed in easy-to-read chord frames, standard notation, and TAB for each chord, The Blues Guitar Chord Deck is a must have for the budding blues artist! Includes: Only the chords you really need to know; All chords are 'seventh' chords (major, minor, dominant, diminished), with extensions and alterations; All chords are movable (no open strings) to play in any key, with roots clearly marked; Easy-to-read chord frames, standard notation, and TAB for each chord; Scale choices for each chord; Detailed analysis and chord functions (where and when to use); Sections on Chord Construction, Functions, and Progressions; List of most important scales (which are covered in the Scale deck).
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This book/audio package allows you to explore the styles of Lightnin' Hopkins, Blind Blake, Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Boy Fuller, and Big Bill Broonzy. Through Sultan's arrangements, you will learn how studying the masters can help you develop your own style.
Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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