Getting Into Blues Guitar Electric Guitar - Digital Sheet Music

Guitar (all) - Beginning-Intermediate - Digital Download

SKU: M0.99658BCDEB

Composed by Steve Grieve. Guitar: Rock & Blues, Guitar Methods, Style, Blues, Method. Getting Into. Blues. Book and online audio. Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music #99658BCDEB. Published by Mel Bay Publications - Digital Sheet Music (M0.99658BCDEB).

ISBN 9781610657976. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

IIntended for beginning to intermediate level players, this blues guitar tutorial offers progressive lessons addressing chords, comping, scales, phrasing, and solo improvising. The books numerous musical examples and tunes are written in both standard notation and guitar tablature as well as in chord grids when justified. All examples appear on the books companion audio, recorded on electric guitar only. Helpful practice tips and suggestions for further reading and listening are provided.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. Includes access to online audio.