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Teach Yourself Blues Guitar

$18.95

If the title, Teach Yourself Blues Guitar sparks you’re interest then you obviously enjoy listening to a good Blues guitarist and know a “little something” about the style of music.

Whether experienced or just a beginner, it is important to realize that acoustic, electric, slide or dobro; the guitar is unquestionably the instrumental voice of the Blues.

Teach Yourself Blues by Paul J. Newman teaches essential riffs, licks and rhythms which define the Blues. Learn how they fit into each structure to develop & enhance your playing technique and creativity.

Teach Yourself Blues Guitar provides an assortment of authentic riffs, licks, and patterns transcribed in both standard notation and tablature exactly “as performed” by the “Blues Masters”.

Blues Structure and Rhythm • The 12 Bar Blues • Call and Response • Syncopation • Triplets • The Slide • Blues Melody and Phrasing • The Pentatonic Minor Scale • Melodic Shape • Melodic Transposition • Position Shifting • Triplets and Swing • The Pentatonic Major • Shuffle and Swing • Minor and Major • The Octatonic Scale • The Rockabilly Boogie • Note Bending • “The Stumble” • Playing the Box • The Index/Ring Finger Box Position • Bend and Release • Octatonics in Box position • Lateral Barres • Beyond the Shuffle • Funk, Rock and Blues • Blues/Funk Rhythm • Rock Rhythm and Blues • Breaking Down the Beat • Blues to Rock • Classic Rock and Roll • The British Are Coming

CATALOG #: 71650
PAGES: 96
BINDING: PERFECT BOUND
COPYRIGHT: 2005
AUTHOR: PAUL J. NEWMAN
EDITOR: EAST COAST BOOKS
DESIGNER: KARAMAR PUBLISHING
ATTRIBRUTE: INSTRUCTIONAL RECORDING
ISBN-10: 1585600687
ISBN-13: 9781585600687

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