Getting Into Blues Guitar

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Music, Music Styles, Jazz & Blues, Blues, Instruments & Instruction, Guitar
Cover of the book Getting Into Blues Guitar by Steve Grieve, Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
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Author: Steve Grieve ISBN: 9781513404165
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc. Publication: October 22, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Steve Grieve
ISBN: 9781513404165
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Publication: October 22, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

Intended for beginning to intermediate level players, this blues guitar tutorial offers progressive lessons addressing chords, comping, scales, phrasing, and solo improvising. The book’s numerous musical examples and tunes are written in both standard notation and guitar tablature as well as in chord grids when justified. Helpful practice tips and suggestions for further reading and listening are provided. Comes with access to online audio.

The author methodically introduces the student to authentic blues styles and techniques, referring to specific artists, recordings and periods in the development and evolution of modern blues guitar playing. The relationship between chords and soloing is examined, as is the role of the guitar in blues ensembles and recordings. Equal emphasis is placed on chord comping, improvising and related theory. Upon completion of the book the student should be competent in performing a wide range of blues forms and idioms, comping and improvising with authority, and playing the blues in a band or larger ensemble.

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Intended for beginning to intermediate level players, this blues guitar tutorial offers progressive lessons addressing chords, comping, scales, phrasing, and solo improvising. The book’s numerous musical examples and tunes are written in both standard notation and guitar tablature as well as in chord grids when justified. Helpful practice tips and suggestions for further reading and listening are provided. Comes with access to online audio.

The author methodically introduces the student to authentic blues styles and techniques, referring to specific artists, recordings and periods in the development and evolution of modern blues guitar playing. The relationship between chords and soloing is examined, as is the role of the guitar in blues ensembles and recordings. Equal emphasis is placed on chord comping, improvising and related theory. Upon completion of the book the student should be competent in performing a wide range of blues forms and idioms, comping and improvising with authority, and playing the blues in a band or larger ensemble.

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