Mastering Blues Guitar (+CD): The Complete Electric Blues Guitar Method

This advanced method for blues guitarists is also a great method for rock players who want a blues edge. This book includes everything from blues to composite scales, the Mixolydian mode, arpeggio superimpositions, the eight-bar blues, gospel blues, minor blues and more. It also includes techniques and licks of the great players like Muddy Waters, Big Bill Broonzy, Freddy King, B. B. King, John Lee Hooker and many others. This is the most thorought method for electric blues guitar.

CONTENIDO:

About the author
How to use this book
Basic theory
Musical definitions

Chords for chapter 1

1. The twelve-bar blues
-Shuffle blues
-Blues-rock rhythms
-The closed-position rhythm patterns
-Funk blues

2. Intros, turnarounds, vamps and endings
-Intros
-Turnarounds
-Vamps
-Endings

3. The blues scale
-Closed position blues scales
-Open position blues scales
-Analyzing scale tones

4. Blues techniques
-Left hand techniques
-Picking techniques

5. Improvisational concepts
-Composite blues scales
-The mixolydian mode
-The dominant 7th arpeggio
-Arpeggio superimposition
-The major triad
-The minor triad
-Targeting chord tones

6. Licks over the I7-IV7-V7 blues
-Licks over the I7 chord
-Licks over the IV7 chord
-Licks over the V7 chord
-Double-stop licks
-Octaves

Chords for chapter 7

7. The eight-bar blues
-The diminished 7th chord
-The diminished 7th arpeggio
-Eight-bar blues solos

Chords for chapter 8

8. Slow blues
-Basic slow blues
-Stormy Monday blues
-The augmented chord

Chords for chapter 9

9. Minor blues
-The natural minor blues
-Altered minor blues

Chords for chapter 10

10. Blues rhythms with fills
-The Delta blues
-Bass fills
-Horn fills

Chords for chapter 11

11. Pop blues
-Secondary dominants
-The dorian mode

Chords for chapter 12

12. Jazz blues
-Alternate changes
-Be-bop blues
-Walking bass blues
-Every beat blues
-Jazz waltz blues

Practice tips

Appendix: Blues guitarists you should hear