Acoustic Blues Guitar Styles+cd

Description:
Following the author's successful 'Acoustic Guitar Styles' (Routledge, April 2002), this book introduces the readers to the basics of finger-style acoustic gitar blues. Most woul-be blues guitarists today learn primarily from books, using notation or guitar tablature, reinforced by CDs, videos, or live teachers. Often this involves rote retition rather than encouraging creative exploration. Students become copycats, able to play by rote but lacking the conceptual equipment to create music on their own. Worst of all, because they learn to play notes rather than working outwards from rhythmic gestures in the picking hands, their music lacks rhythmic vitality. This book concentrates on keeping your playing rhythmic and alive.

Table of Contents:
PREFACE PART ONE: PRELIMINARIES HOW TO USE THIS BOOK THE TWELVE-BAR BLUES FORM READING CHORD CHARTS PLAYING IN DIFFERENT KEYS PART TWO: TOUCHING AND TIMING TRACK 1: PLAYING THE 12-BAR BLUES TRACK 2: KEY OF E TRACK 3: BASIC BLUES IN A: VARIATION TRACK 4: KEY OF C TRACK 5: TURNAROUNDS TRACK 6: KEY OF G TRACK 7: SINGING THE BLUES TRACK 8: KEY OF D TRACK 9: FOUR DIFFERENT TURNAROUNDS TRACK 10: THUMPING THE BASS TRACK 11: MOVING AROUND THE A7 SHAPE TRACK 12: MOVING AROUND THE D7 SHAPE TRACKS 13-14: MORE RHYTHMS TRACKS 15-16: RHYTHM 2 TRACKS 17-18: RHYTHM 3 TRACKS 19-20: RHYTHM 4 TRACKS 21-22: FHYTHM 5 TRACKS 23-24: RHYTHM 6 TRACKS 25-26: RHYTHM 7 TRACKS 27-28: RHYTHM 8 PART THREE: PLAYING THE BLUES TRACK 29: BLUES IN E: MAJOR AND MINOR TRACK 30: BLUES IN E WITH BLUE NOTES AND BENDING TRACK 31: ALTERNATING BASS NOTES TRACK 32: BLUES IN G TRACK 33: BLUES IN G WITH THUMPING ALTERNATING BASS TRACK 34: BLUES IN G WITH STEADY BASS TRACK 35: BLUES IN E WITH MOVEABLE CHORD SHAPES TRACK 36: FUNKY BLUES IN D WITH BENDING AND VIBRATO TRACKS 37-38: HAPPY BLUES IN D TRACK 39: WORKING OUT A BLUES IN E TRACK 40: RAGTIME BLUES IN C RECOMMENDED LISTENING