AB 38 Inch Blue Cutaway Acoustic Guitar with Gig Bag and Accessories Review

This guitar is very good, is very solidly made. The extras are the perfect starter kit; come in handy, last for a great while since the guitar is well made I have no need to replace strings. I have had it for 5 months now and it has been a good instrument to me; the guitar keeps up with my rough novice handling; bumps against walls and doorways, and it remains steardy. The color its beautiful, I name it (indeed I did) Luna de Octubre - Octuber Moon.

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This Acoustic Guitar is 38 inches in length. It has Linden Binding and wood construction with geared tuning. Each Guitar comes with gig bag and strap. The Acoustic Guitar is perhaps the most versatile and common guitar type. Perfect for the beginner or intermediate player. The tuning pegs are made of brass and steel for easy tuning and to keep the tuned string held in position. This Guitar also makes a great gift!

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12-Bar Blues Riffs: 25 Classic Patterns Arranged for Guitar in Standard Notation and Tab (Riff Notes) [Paperback] Review

If you're a plodder like me, a serious study of this book will give you a better understanding of your fretboard by learning 25 blues riffs.Some are similar and you could add your own, but I can play stuff now that I couldn't before.

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This book/CD pack features 25 classic blues riffs arranged for beginning to intermediate guitarists, complete with a "riff history." Also includes great audio recommendations to help you further your blues knowledge and chops. The companion CD contains a demonstration of every example in the book.

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25 Great Blues Guitar Solos: Transcriptions * Lessons * Bios * Photos (Guitar Book) [Paperback] Review

First off I do not give 5 stars to every book I have.I am actually quite picky and bought this on a whim. That being said it is a very good book with lots of different styles to play with.You will learn something and enjoy it because it is well laid out and actually has a few suprises along the way.Biggest plus...it's without a doubt not boring after playing a few times.You could actually become very good just playing this book over and over for improvisation purposes.

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From Magic Sam and the "Three Kings" to Eric Clapton and the Vaughan brothers, take an inside look at the genesis of blues guitar. This book and CD compendium provides solo transcriptions in standard notation and tablature, lessons on how to play them, guitarist biographies, equipment, photos, history, and much more. The accompanying CD contains full-band demonstrations of every guitar solo in the book. For PC and Mac users, the CD is enhanced with Amazing Slow Downer software so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch! Songs include: All Your Love (I Miss Loving) * Cross Road Blues (Crossroads) * Everyday I Have the Blues * Okie Dokie Stomp * Satisfy Susie * Sweet Home Chicago * Texas Flood * and more.

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DVD-Slide Guitar For Rock & Blues Review

Don't mess with the rest!
RR shows and tells you what to do, and within 30 minutes or so you too can play slide guitar! Okay, not like Roy but satisfying enough that you keep plugging through the harder stuff. And Roy helps you with that too. The format is very helpful. The camera and Roy let you see what is happening with both hands. And of course DVDs are great because you can keep slowing things down and going back. I recommend this to any guitar player who ever said, I sure would like to try slide guitar.

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Learn to play the blistering guitar solos, churning rhythms and wiling slide sounds that have impressed Roy Rogers' fans worldwide.
Roy has been called "a force to be reckoned with" (Guitar Player) and "an exceptionally articulate slide guitarist" (Rolling Stone). Now he teaches his award-winning style along with dynamic arrangements to several blues favorites.
Roy covers all the essentials-how to get into open tunings, hold the slide, play with vibrato and proper intonation, and develop a powerful picking style using plectrum and fingers. You'll progress to advanced slide techniques including licks and their variations, improvisations, harmonics, how to play rhythm along with lead riffs, classic endings and turnarounds, use of dynamics, hammers and pulls, and much more. Roy and his band perform all the tunes taught on this DVD. Before long, you'll be playing Look Over Yonders Wall, The Sky is Crying, Walkin' Blues, Tip Walk and Black Cat Bone.

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How To Play Fingerstyle Blues Guitar Solos Review

I love the way Mark Hanson starts out slow and progresses through the lessons. He makes it fun and easy to learn fingerstyle guitar.
I would recommend this to any beginning or intermediate guitar player.

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Grammy winning guitarist and acclaimed author Mark Hanson teaches you how to play great fingerpicking blues guitar instrumentals on this DVD. Included are Mark's fun arrangements of Every Night When the Sun Goes Down, Stick With Me Baby, and his extended bluesy guitar solo of the classic Amazing Grace. Also included are Mark's sprightly ragtime composition 'Riff Raff' and a thorough explanation of developing fingerstyle solo techniques through multi-voiced back-up shuffle patterns. As an added bonus, Mark is shown performing his highly regarded arrangement of Water Is Wide. Contains complete music notation and tablature for all the five tunes. Includes individual lesson segments and multiple camera angles and close-ups all to help your learning!

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Jazz for the Blues Guitarist: Incorporating Jazz into Your Blues Solos (Guitar Educational) [Paperback] Review

I would suggest every guitar player own a copy of this book.This is by far the easiest way to make your sound different from the guy next to you.This has taught me different ways to approach improv, and my playing is much better for it.Five Stars!

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Spice up your blues solos with Jazz for the Blues Guitarist! Broaden your licktionary with simple jazz techniques that build on what you already know. Expand your knowledge beyond the classic pentatonic scales with some cool jazz ideas. Beginning and even not-so-beginning blues guitarists can build on their basic blues techniques by exploring jazz-the modes, outside tones, articulation techniques, arpeggios of jazzy harmonies, and more! Check out new rhythm guitar techniques and stretch your harmonic vocabulary beyond basic triads and dominant 7th chords. Dozens of licks are included, as well as a CD with recorded demonstrations and five jam tracks so you can try out your new techniques over a rhythm section.

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NEW 40" BLUE BURST Classical Acoustic Guitar PRO MODEL Review

I was looking everywhere for a guitar didn't want to spend that much on it just wanted to pass time and possibly play for the church.I was looking everywhere for one when I came across Amazon. Found this guitar was not sure if it was worth it thought it would just be a waste of money. Went ahead and toke the risk and bought it at 35.25 with shipping it was not bad at all. When I got it I didn't kinda like it due to it really light and the wood is probably cheap. But anyways I went ahead and tuned the guitar to my amaze it sounds really good. I couldn't believe the sound that came out of it. I recommend for everyone to get it. I got this by UPS on the 19th of May.

When I was looking around for it I wanted to hear how it sounded. That is why I made this video for you guys to hear how it sounds and help on the decision making.

Thank you for taking the time on seeing the video and God Bless you.

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BRAND NEW - BLUE BURST color Acoustic Classical Guitar.

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It has a MAPLE Fingerboard and Bridge.
Comes equipped with NYLON Strings, can be played with steel as well.

Stunning "flowered" Mother of Pearl type tuning Keys

Yellow Brass Frets
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Dont be fooled by Cheap Copies. This is THE REAL DEAL! This guitar stays in tune, has deluxe tuning keys and solid straight neck.
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38" Acoustic Blue Guitar with Gig bag and Accessories Review

Good for someone that just wants to mess around with a guitar but may not be the best choice for someone that is serious about learning how to play. I purchased it for my husband for Christmas to learn on but he is already looking to replace it with a "real guitar" after his 2nd lesson because it will not hold tuning. He is getting frustrated with having to tune it every time he picks it up.

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This Acoustic Guitar is 38 inches in length. It has Linden Binding and wood construction with geared tuning. Each Guitar comes with a full set of extra strings, Guitar strap, pick, gig bag. The Acoustic Guitar is perhaps the most versatile and common guitar type. Perfect for the beginner or intermediate player. The tuning pegs are made of brass and steel for easy tuning and to keep the tuned string held in position. This Guitar also makes a great gift!

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Rhythm and Blues Guitar (Guitar Educational) [Paperback] Review

I love Cornell Dupree's playing. He is one of my favorite rythym guitar players. I've been a professional musician for 35 years now and I've seen him many playing in all kinds of musical settings playing many different styles of music. No matter what he does he always remains himself. He's on some of my favorite disc's. Aretha Franklin, Donny Hathaway, Freddie King, Stuff, King Curtis, Paul Simon, and countless more funk, R&B and pop sessions. (Look up his catalog if you get the chance. It's amazing.
Though there is a lot here to learn from the lessons and it's all practical, useful real world stuff for me it didn't cover enough ground. As an intro it's good but he is such a sophisticated player it just left out too much.

The way he voices chords. The way he riffs between chords. These are all huge parts of his style and here it only scatches the surface.
Don't get me wrong. There are many beautiful things to learn here but I hoped for something that would dig deeper.
Go out and buy it despite my review. He is an original and whatever you get from this book will be worth your time.

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Renowned RandB, blues and funk ace Cornell Dupree is a guitarist of legendary proportion, with more than 2,500 albums as a sideman to his credit! In this authoritative book/CD pack, he reveals his playing secrets, covering: RandB, blues and funk styles; double-stops, vamps, scales and playing tips; common progressions and riffs; his equipment set-up; and much more. The CD features 10 songs written and performed by Cornell with full-band backing. The book also includes a foreword by blues expert Dave Rubin, a biography, Cornell's reminiscences, great photos, and standard notation and tablature.

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Oscar Schmidt OG1TBL 3/4 Size Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar (High Gloss Blue) Review

This is a great student guitar, plays very well for the price. I bought two of these and they shipped on time and in perfect condition.

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A great choice for students, children, and those with smaller hands, this 3/4-size Oscar Schmidt Dreadnought acoustic guitar has a classic design with a high gloss finish in trans blue. Offering a select spruce wood top, the guitar also features catalpa wood sides and back for good resonance. It's completed by a mahogany neck and rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Other features include a fully adjustable truss rod and chrome die cast tuners. This guitar is backed by a lifetime warranty.

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Jazzin' the Blues: A Complete Guide to Learning Jazz-Blues Guitar (Book & CD) [Paperback] Review

I liked this book/CD as it allowed me to play along with the music right away. I am a blues/rock player of modest ability, so I found this approach to jazz for people with a blues background a perfect introduction to the form. The theory is clear, the explanations lucid, the tablature flawless. The best part of this package is the music! It is very cool, nice and jazzy, yet blues players can relate to the structure and so learn very quickly. The accompanying CD is beautifully played by live musicians with the subtleties of touch, dynamics, and artistic phrasing that are perhaps the most important lessons one can learn from this outstanding package. Well done! Highly recommended for beginner/intermediate players who nevertheless enjoy stretching their musical range.

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Take your playing to the next level with this comprehensive jazz-blues guitar instructional book/CD pack. With 15 hands-on lessons you will be immersed in the realm of jazz blues, learning to both improvise and comp with full-band play-along CD tracks and step-by-step instruction. The well-planned lesson style and organized design of this thorough source will have you jazzin' the blues in no time!

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Blues Bass - A Guide to the Essential Styles and Techniques: Hal Leonard Bass Method Stylistic Supplement (Book & CD) [Paperback] Review

This bass blues book is excellent. Why? Because it has a great variety of styles-from Chicago to New Orleans to Texas blues! And the CD makes it even better. It also has more than several variations for most of the examples, great slow blues, and great blues classics. Also included are variations for endings and turnarounds. There are 43 examples on the CD, covering the good ol' blues up into more rock blues. There is a great version of "Stormy Monday" on this that I just play the heck out of! This is certainly a HIGHSIERRABASSPLAYER must buy! Thanks Ed!

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The Hal Leonard Blues Bass Method is your complete guide to learning blues bass. This book and CD package uses classic blues songs and standards to teach you how to lay down your own solid blues bass lines. Learn to play by studying the songs of famous bluesmen such as B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan (Tommy Lee Shannon), Muddy Waters, Freddie King, Albert King, The Allman Brothers, Otis Rush, T-Bone Walker, Louis Jordan, and many more. Learn actual riffs from blues classics including: Born Under a Bad Sign * Hideaway * Hoochie Coochie Man * Killing Floor * Pride and Joy * Sweet Home Chicago * The Thrill Is Gone * and more.

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Ultimate Guitar Blues Play-Along (Guitar Trax) (Ultimate Play-Along Series) [Paperback] Review

The book includes a CD with demonstration solos. On each track the solo drops out and the background continues so the user can play lead. Really good background tracks in a variety of blues styles. Though the book includes complete tabs and notation, the solos are fairly advanced. Actually duplicating them is for reasonably experienced players, though others can pick up some of the licks.

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The Ultimate Play-Along series puts the aspiring guitarist with some of the finest musicians in the world. This edition includes 12 burning blues play-along trax, a live rhythm section, demo solos by monster guitarists, complete rhythm charts, and solo transcriptions with tab.

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The Ultimate Beginner Series: Blues Guitar Basics, Steps One & Two Combined [Paperback] Review

This book, along with the CD (and/or Videos) is excellent.Keith Wyatt starts at the very beginning, and takes you up to intermediate material in progressive steps.If you work hard at it, by the time you finish this book, you will be quite accomplished. I played guitar years ago, and practicing 30 min to one hour a day, it will take me 6 to 9 months to master this material.It's not easy, but then neither is playing blues guitar well.You have to work at it, and use the right tools.
This is one of the best tools for an aspiring blues guitarist.

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Take the first step towards mastering blues guitar. This book & CD will guide you through everything you need to know to begin playing blues guitar, including shuffle rhythms, turnarounds, blues soloing, call-and-response patterns, play-along "jam" tracks, slow blues, blues scale positions, and the "B.B. King secret scale pattern." Includes complete play-along tracks on CD.

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Augustine Blue Label Classical Guitar Strings Review

I have been using Augustine Blues for years now. Balanced highs, full lows, playability and long lasting. The best.

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Augustine strings have been the first choice of guitar players who enjoy a bright crisp tone. These are quality strings with an unmatched playability.

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Dean Markley Blue Steel LT 2034 Acoustic Guitar Strings (.011-.046) Review

This was the third set of strings I bought for my acoustic guitar. The first one was a Martin phosphor Bronze light, great strings with a great sound, as I was (and still am) learning to play the guitar, these strings helped me to build the necessary calluses on my finger tips but they were killing my fingers in the process, and it was really hard for me to bar some notes on the upper frets as they were really hard to push on. So I decided to sacrifice a little sound and go to nylon strings, so I bought a D'Addario EJ45 Pro Arte set, they were a blessing for my hurting fingers but having heard the beautiful sound produced by the phosphor strings made me miss them a lot. I still wasn't satisfied, I wanted the sound coming from the metallic strings but also knew that I just couldn't play with the set I already had, so I spent hours and hours in Amazon searching for the right strings, that's when I read a review about the Blue Steel Light being the perfect ones because of the sound they produced and because they were as soft as they can be, so I took the risk and ordered them, and perfect they are!, the sound is just great and my fingers are not all complaining and I can even play bar notes anywhere on the neck, just what I was looking for.

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It's simply amazing what a little -320° liquid nitrogen can do to a guitar string. Put a set of Dean Markley Blue Steel strings on your acoustic guitar and hear what all the excitement is about. Twice the tone and twice the life.

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Gibson Custom ES-345 Reissue Electric Blues Guitar, Translucent Brown Review

Come on- this is probably the greatest blues and blues rock electric of all time. Practically every major blues guitarist has played this instrument at one time or another.If you can't get the sound out of this axe, give up, baby.Plug this thing into a blackface vibrolux and get ready to take off.

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2 '57 Classic humbuckers with a 6-position Varitone switch, stereo and mono jacks, and an all-maple semi-hollowbody help this Gibson classic belt out the blues like nobody's business. Super-versatile, it'll its own on jazz, rockabilly, country, and even rock stages. Parallelogram pearloid inlays on the bound rosewood fretboard, gold hardware, multi-ply top binding, and bound back provide sumptuous looks. Mahogany neck, Tune-O-Matic bridge, and stopbar tailpiece.

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Complete Blues Guitar Method: Intermediate Blues Guitar (Book & CD) [Paperback] Review

Keep it short and sweet. This is not a very well put together book. You get the same information with more licks and solos in the master edition without having to be a master. This book should be titled "blues guitar theory" because that is was 90 percent of it is little playing mostly practicing theory.

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This book is great for the musician who knows the basics of blues guitar and is ready to take the next step. After a quick review of the fundamentals,the topics include blues fills and phrasing techniques, non-scale tones, chord extensions and substitutions, R&B, funk blues and more. The final section is devoted to licks in the styles of master blues guitarists. All music is shownin standard notation and TAB, and the CD demonstrates the examples in the book. 96 pages.

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The 21st Century Pro Method - Blues Guitar: Rural, Urban and Modern Styles [Spiral-bound] Review

First of all, you will learn something new by anything Don Latarski produces.This man creates good music and great learning material.

Okay, I'm an experienced player and when I buy something I usually get things that will take me into new places.I can't really say this book is a HOW TO kind of book.Instead, I'll say that this book is full of ideas and that's the kind of thing I look for.

I really don't care to play like anyone else so I shun books that show me how to play in this person's style or that person's style.And this book doesn't do that.I think it will let you be you.Best of all, it has LOTS of ideas.You could probably find all the things in this book on the internet somewhere but you'd spend a long, long time finding it and even if you found it, unless you knew what it was, it would be useless.

If you have some chops and you are looking to get into blues, start here.Go page by page and let Don show you what's in the blues.And, so you know, there's more to the blues that three chords and five (maybe six) notes, and Don shows you lots of jumping off places for your own enjoyment or research.

Get it.

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The most complete method for the modern blues guitarist.You will learn basic blues techniques, soloing over the I, IV and Vchords, and the differences between authentic blues soloing,blues-rock, funk and jazz-oriented solos. Plus you'll learn classicblues phrases, intros, endings and turnarounds. With over 130 musicexamples, all recorded on the included CD, and over 20 complete bluestunes for demonstration and play-along practice this book is acomplete course on blues guitar.

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Silvertone Blues Master Electric Guitar, Transparent Red Review

I'm fairly new to guitar playing, but I've owned several already, and this is by far the best I've invested in. It's easy on the eyes with it's beautiful color and finish, and overall just a gorgeous guitar. It has a slim profile which isn't expected but quite nice as it's not as heavy as other guitars. I've read that the red finish varies from guitar to guitar, but on mine, you can clearly see the wood grain through the finish and it's beautiful. Silvertone has a reputation for quality and this particular guitar has a lifetime limited warranty. It's very reasonably priced for this quality of guitar. I found it difficult to find one for sale, so that must be a testament to it's appeal as people just aren't getting rid of them. The sound is amazing. Seriously, I had several electric guitars prior to this, and the moment I plugged it in, the difference in sound was undeniable and amazing. The best way I can describe the sound is deep, mellow and soulful. It produces great sound no matter what you do with it. The humbuckers are decent as well, and it turns out they're interchangeable with Gibsons, etc. Overall, a great guitar.

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Always wanted to own a jazz guitar but couldn't afford one? It's hard to believe, but now you can own an archtop electric for this incredibly low price. The Silvertone SSLA-30 is an incredible guitar at an incredible price. This beautiful instrument sports a thin-profile, semi-hollow double cutaway body with double F-holes and dual humbuckers.

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Ronnie Earl: Blues Guitar With Soul Review

This is an interesting DVD featuring bluesman Ronnie Earl as the instructor.There are multiple simultaneous views of Earl while he demonstrates what he is doing (including a shot of his intense facial expressions).The first part of the tape focuses on substitute chord voicings that Earl uses to make the changes interesting (6 chords, 9 chords, 13 chords, etc).The second part of the tape covers his style of soloing.The main point that Earl makes (and it is the way he learned to solo) is not to worry about copying solos note for note, but to get the feel of the solo.He advises playing along with such greats as Magic Sam and Otis Rush.As another reviewer wrote, Earl uses a minimum of notes to achieve a maximum of expression and urges the student to do the same.

This is not a beginner's video.If you have developed the feel for blues changes (eg, 12 bar blues), know your pentatonic scales, and want to add finesse to your blues, Earl is definitely an excellent player deserving your attention.

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This is a lesson with a true blues master, and is not to be missed by anyone who's really serious about their blues guitar. Ronnie Earl is known for being a soulful player, and on this video he doesn't hold back! You'll learn the special chords used by Little Walter, T Bone Walker, Magic Sam, Robert Jr. Lockwood, the style of B.B. King, the fingerpicking of Albert King, Country Blues styles, question and answer phrasing, bending and shaking, turnarounds, and how to get maximum feeling out of minimum notes the key to blues guitar. If it's blues you're looking for, they don't come much better than this. Includes booklet with tablature. Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish.

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Acoustic Blues Guitar (The Ultimate Beginner Series) [Paperback] Review

Great book and CD. I am a beginner and have used Keith Wyatt's Acoustic Guitar Basics to start. I moved to his Blues Guitar Basics and found it a little too difficult. This one seems too start at a better level for me. Explanations are great and the book is easy to follow. It's great when after a lesson you can play what you have been taught and feel like you have learned something. Dallas, whoever you are, you shouldn't be so hard on ol' Keith Wyatt, I think his stuff is great!!

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Acoustic Blues Guitar teaches blues chord forms, stylistic licks and patterns, blues scales, turnarounds, solo country blues style guitar, independent bass line and melody ideas, and more. The book includes a full-color photo section showing all types of slides. Written in standard notation and tablature.

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Blues Licks You Can Use: Softcover with CD (Guitar Educational) [Paperback] Review

This is a good compendium of blues licks. It covers licks in many different styles. It is a very good supplement to the author's Blues You Can Use series. I would recomend beginning guitarists work through the first book in the collection (Blues You Can Use) before getting into this work. However, intermediate and advanced guitarists will find some examples of tasty, authentic phrasing and style between these covers. I definitely recommend this book.

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The purpose of this book is to give aspiring blues guitarists & experienced players alike a large chunk of the vocabulary of the blues - in other words, lots of licks! It contains music and performance notes for 75 hot lead phrases, with a CD featuring full-band examples of each. Styles covered include: up-tempo and slow blues, jazz-blues, shuffle blues, swing blues and more!

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Blues Guitar Songs for Dummies [Paperback] Review

This is an excellent compilation of classic blues music covering a broad range of styles. The transcriptions are designed for single guitar allowing the player to express the essence of the song even if the original recording used multiple instruments. The music is appropriate for intermediate to advanced players. My guitar teacher, a professional blues guitarist for 35 years, liked this book well enough to buy a copy for himself!

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Blues/Rock Soloing for Guitar: A Guide to the Essential Scales, Licks and Soloing Techniques (Musicians Institute: Private Lessons) [Paperback] Review

I was at the point where I was playing blues scales too much.I took the time to learn one scale a week and played them thru these backing tracks mimicking the styles of the songs.I learned a lot.This guy takes you thru all types of playing styles from many of the greats in each solo.His two note exercise in Mixalydian mode (seventh scales) and minor seventh scales (very similar to blues scales) got me motivated to get deeper into the Mixalydian mode and learn them.That one two note exercise alone leads to better playing. I hear them used by Hendrix, Freddy King, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and other aggressive greats including Johnny Winter. I have improved a great deal.I would suggest this for someone with over 5 years of experience who is very able to read tab. My only wish is that he puts out a second edition in the same exact style.If he did I would suggest a strictly slow blues book in differant scales with the same use of multiple artist styles.

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This private lesson with MI instructor Robert Calva covers: 10 complete solos in notes and tab; common scales and licks; blues, major, minor and combined tonalities; playing over changes; recommended listening; and more. Each musical example is demonstrated on the accompanying CD, which also includes rhythm-only tracks so you can practice your own solos.

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More Blues You Can Use (Guitar Educational) [Paperback] Review

I think both this book and the original "Blues You Can Use" are terrific.I learned a ton from the first one, and I'm learning another ton from this one.What I like best about these books is that the material never sounds stilted or dull--as it does in too many other books.
Be warned, though:this book is quite a bit more demanding than the first one.It's almost like there was supposed to be a "middle" book between the first one and this one.There is some EXTREMELY fast playing in the practice tracks.It will take me lots and lots of practice and patience to get them down.
Beginners should steer clear of this book.You'll only be disappointed.Try the first "Blues You Can Use" book instead.
That being said--the stuff sounds exciting.I can't wait until I master all of it.It's a great chance to learn how some of those great high-speed riffs I've heard in the past work.Because I don't think I'll ever be able to work them out on my own.

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This comprehensive follow-up to Blues You Can Use is designed to help players develop their lead and rhythm techniques. Covers: pentatonic scales, single-note tremolo, double-string bends, reverse bends, shuffle rhythms, 6th and 9th chords, boogie patterns, chord substitutions, vibrato techniques, chord accents, voice leading, arpeggios, rakes, blues runs and more! Examples are in standard notation and TAB, and the CD includes 23 full-band tracks.

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Blues You Can Use Book of Guitar Chords (Blues Guitar Instruction) [Paperback] Review

This is perhaps the best guitar book I ever bought. I have it for a year now and I use it daily, and it never ends... the amount of ideas the author shares is amazing.... you can actually see the fretboard and how it works!

The progressions are eye openers. No more do I have to play a song the same way twice...

I recommend it greatly to every guitar player.

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A reference guide to blues, R&B, jazz, and rock rhythm guitar, with hundreds of voicings, chord theory construction, chord progressions and exercises and much more. The Blues You Can Use Book Of Guitar Chords is useful for the beginner to advanced player.

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Complete Rhythm Guitar Guide for Blues Bands [Paperback] Review

A book that was exactly what I was looking for.Lotsa chords, lotsa theory, lotsa rhythms.Not just 30 pages of copy this and copy that for 20 somithing bucks, but 159 pages of a compendium of blues styles that is really helping me expand my knowledge of playing blues rhythm guitar.It is just about the right "level" for me to learn. Alot of the early stuff is easy but like most books it gets more challenging the father I get into the book, so I would rate this book for someone a little more than beginner to intermidiate or so.The CD that came with it did not correspond with numbers given in the book and it took me all of five minutes to listen to it and correct the track numbers.A small price to pay for finally getting a book I can sink my teeth into so to speak.If you don't want to learn theory you can skip over that part but I believe theory is helpful so I like it!If I was a teacher and a student said I want to learn blues rhythm guitar, this would be the book.

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This info-filled book/CD will take you out of your rhythm-playing rut and teach you to play confidently in any blues style! You'll learn: intros, endings and turnarounds; modern theory for reharmonizing chord progressions; jazz and eight-bar progressions; and much more. The book includes 100 musical examples, 16 theory workshops, a discography and bibliography, and the CD has 51 tracks.

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Blues Guitar Inside And Out (Guitar Educational) [Paperback] Review

This book is invaluable! I had piano lessons and guitar lessons as a kid but I never "got it." I read this book, and now I "got it." For the first time ever I know where chords come from, and I know the basics of how notes are chosen for the songs on the radio.

This books focuses on Blues, but the theory part will apply in principal to other styles of music. As for the Blues -- this book is one-stop shopping! Besides the theory from which scales, chords, and songs are made, all the notes for E and A across the entire fretboard are presented. More chords than you want are in there. Drills in E and A are in there. Numerous 12-bar and 8-bar Blues patterns are in there. Fifty little licks are in there. And the history of Blues music is in there.

Invaluable.

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This unique, insightful book tells the story of an old man and a boy as they travel through the history, development, implementation, and universe of the blues.Essential for every guitaristÕs library.

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Hal Leonard Guitar Method - Blues Guitar: 6 inch. x 9 inch. Edition (Hal Leonard Guitar Method (Songbooks)) [Paperback] Review

...but some sections seemed unnecessary and/or so poorly covered (e.g. blues & major scales, styles of the 3 Kings) to the point of being useless.I also found some of the recommended chord shapes problematic (making some tracks unapproachable).

Good bits for me, were things like: a really good, simplified version of the SRV classic Mary Had a Little Lamb (blues style) and You Shook Me -- challenging, doable & they feel and sound good. Some other later songs seem either over simplified (e.g Look at Little Sister and I'm Tore Down) & dull or overly difficult (e.g. Stormy Monday blues).The Harmonized Shuffle Patterns was something new & interesting.

Overall a 3 or 4 out of 5. Its low cost and simplicity help offset some of its short comings. While certainly not a comprehensive or lush book on the blues it is not intimidating and is one to help you on the way. I prefer some other similar books in this genre but none is perfect and this one is probably worth working through.

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The Hal Leonard Blues Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning blues guitar. This book uses real blues songs to teach you the basics of rhythm and lead blues guitar in the style of B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters and many others. Lessons include: 12-bar blues; chords, scales and licks; vibrato and string bending; riffs, turnarounds and boogie patterns; hammer-ons, pull-offs and slides; standard notation and tablature; and much more! Songs include: Boom Boom * Born Under a Bad Sign * Double Trouble * Killing Floor * Sweet Home Chicago * You Shook Me * and more. The CD includes 75 tracks for demo and play-along.

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100 Tips For Blues Guitar You Should Have Been Told (Book & CD) [Paperback] Review

I didn't order this from Amazon because they showed only 64 pages and had no details about the book itself. When I actually saw the book, I was quite surprised at all the information it contained in its **168** pages. After the usual introduction and how to read notation sections, the other main areas are:

Timeline: A Little Blues History
Blues Harmony
Blues Melody
Blues Technique
Style Analysis (of Muddy Waters, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Elmore James, Howlin' Wolf and John Lee Hooker)
Survival Tips for Playing
The appendix has a good listing of chord charts and scales

Overall, it gives you a brief history of the blues and makes every effort to throw some of that history back at you in the larger instruction portions of the book. The book teaches you the basics in a well written thoughtful manner with good larger tablature and diagrams. There are pictures, but only when it seems to be needed for the novice to understand what is being talked about. It would have been nice for the book to be spiral bound, but unfortunately most instruction books aren't.

The cd that comes with it is also a nice addition. It goes over what's included in the book quite well.

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In 100 Tips For Blues Guitar You Should Have Been Told, David Mead focuses on the styles and techniques associated with one of the guitar's longest-surviving and most-played genres. In a series of illustrated exercises that work in combination with an accompanying CD, he tackles the problems associated with playing a form of music that stretches the harmonic boundaries of Western music tradition, covering subjects from choosing the right plectrum to executing the most accomplished finger roll this side of the Mississippi! With a thorough breakdown of the styles of the biggest names in the blues, 100 Tips For Blues Guitar is the ultimate guide for anyone with a guitar and a bottle of whiskey.

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101 Must-Know Blues Licks (Guitar Educational) [Paperback] Review

I bought "101 Must-Know Blues Licks" based on strenth of couple
other books of Wolf Marshal that I own: "Best of Jazz Guitar" and "Guitar Jamming - Classic Blues". I have seen "licks collection" type of guitar books before but this book is by far the best.
Licks included are real life - easily recognizable lines that you can attribute to guitarist mentioned in text. Both standard notation and tablature are included. Licks are organized in collections of major blues styles: Pre-War Electric, Post-War Electric, Country and Early Chicago, Memphis, Texas, Modern Chicago and Texas, British, Postmodern.
Notation is VERY well annotated: leading tones, chords arpeggiated, question/answer, turnaround etc are all clearly marked. Smaller "licks within licks" are named. All that greatly enhancesease to learn and reusability of those lines.
Each lick is recorded twice on CD - normal and slowdown speed (usually slow enough to pick the notes easily by ear). Each section of licks is recorded using guitar tone (both axe and amp) reflecting typical guitar tone of the style and the guitar and amp used are described in detail in text.
I HIGHLY recommend this compendium to any intermediate guitarist in need of solid blues vocabulary.

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Now you can add authentic blues feel and flavor to your playing! Here are 101 definitive licks - plus a demonstration CD - from every major blues guitar style, neatly organized into easy-to-use categories. TheyÕre all here, including Delta blues, jump blues, country blues, Memphis blues, Texas blues, West Coast blues, Chicago blues, and British blues.

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Blues Rhythm Guitar (Master Class) [Paperback] Review

Keith Wyatt writes excellent books and this one is no exception. This would be a good book for a near-beginner who wants to learn basic blues rhythms on the guitar.

The instructions are concise and thorough without being too wordy. The accompanying CD matches the written material and helps the student hear the written parts.

A very nice feature is the explanation of triplets as compared to straight (one-and-two-and) time. This explanation of the division of the beat is vital information for all emerging blues guitarists.

This book is a good starting place for blues rhythm books. After or with this book, I would recommend also Larry McCabe's 101 Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Rhythm Patterns, andafter that McCabe's most impressive and comprehensive Complete Rhythm Guide for Blues Bands.

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Blues Rhythm Guitar concentrates on the heart of blues music: the rhythm. You'll learn the crucial elements of the style that no guitarist should be without, including blues changes and variations, several shuffle rhythms, slow and fast blues rhythms, how to combine different rhythm parts, and much more. The included CD demonstrates all the concepts and features rhythm tracks so you can try out your newfound skills with a full band.

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Blues Guitar Bible (Guitar Recorded Versions) [Paperback] Review

This Bible really contains a lot of really good blues, representative for the different styles. All the notation is collected form other "Recorded Version Guitar" books, which means that you get notes anf tabs, but not chord boxes.

So all in all a great boo. Why only four stars then? Simply becaus eeverybody has a different idea about which songs should be in a guitar bible, and I am not one completely happy with the choice. For all of you who wonder, here is the list of songs transcribed in the book:

ALL YOUR LOVE (1 MISS LOVING)-Otis Rush
BETTER OFF WITH THE BLUES-Gatemouth Brown
BOOM BOOM-John Lee Hooker
BORN WITH A BROKEN HEART-Kenny Wayne Shepherd
CHERRY RED WINE-Luther Allison
CINCINNATI JAIL-Lonnie Mack
DON'T THROW YOUR LOVE ON ME SO STRONG-Albert King
EVERYDAY (1 HAVE THE BLUES)-B.B. King
HIDE AWAY-Freddie King
I CAN'T QUIT YOU BABY-Otis Rush
I NEED YOU SO BAD-Magic Sam
I SMELL A RAT -Buddy Guy
ICE PICK-Albert Collins
I'M TORE DOWN-Eric Clapton
I'M YOUR HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN-Jimi Hendrix
IT HURTS ME TOO-Elmore James
KILLING FLOOR-Albert King
KIND HEARTED WOMAN BLUES-Robert Johnson
LOOK ON YONDER'S WALL-Hound Dog Taylor
MANNISH BOY-Muddy Waters
MARY ANN-Michael Bloomfield
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB-Buddy Guy
THE MOON IS FULL-Afbert Co1Iins/Robert Cray/Johnny Copeland
ON MY KNEES-Son Seals
PRIDE AND JOY-Stevie Ray Vaughan
ROLLIN' AND TUMBLIN'-Muddy Waters
SOMEBODY LOAN ME A DIME-Fenton Robinson
STATESBORO BLUES-Allman Brothers Band
THE STUMBLE-Freddie King
SWEET LITTLE ANGEL-B.B. King
T-BONE SHUFFLE-T-Bone Walker
THE THINGS THAT I USED TO DO-Guitar Slim
THE THRILL IS GONE-B.B. King
TIN PAN ALLEY-Stevie Ray Vaughan
WANG DANG DOODLE-Howlin' Wolf

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This bountiful blues songbook features exact transcriptions of 35 classics, including: All Your Love (I Miss Lovin') * Boom Boom * Everyday (I Have the Blues) * Hide Away * I Can't Quit You Baby * I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man * Killing Floor * Kind Hearted Woman Blues * Mannish Boy * Mary Had a Little Lamb * Pride and Joy * Statesboro Blues * Sweet Little Angel * T-Bone Shuffle * The Things That I Used to Do * The Thrill Is Gone * Wang Dang Doodle * and more. Ask about more books in our Guitar Bible series!

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Blues by the Bar: Cool Riffs That Sound Great over Each Portion of the Blues Progression (Guitar Educational) [Paperback] Review

The most helpful book by far when it comes to putting it all together and yet, keeping if fairly simple. If there is one better I sure haven't found it! It teaches you how to build the house not how to pound nails. Theory, scales, and even riffs out of context are merely pounding nails if you don't know how to put them together. Some of the lines might be tough for the beginner from a technique basis but are easy enough if your chops are up.
With a little practice you can mix these lines all over the place and really come up with some nice solos. You'll get your money's worth and then some with this one. About ready to give up trying to play Blues? This is the book for you!

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If you're a guitarist who's learned the pentatonic scale up and down the neck but still asks, "During a solo, how do I know what to play and when to play it?", then this book is for you. Its goal is to give you a variety of great blues licks that you can put together bar by bar to create a complete blues solo. Covers: the 12-bar blues progression, cool riffs, complete solos and more. The CD features "Music Minus Me" tracks that let you play along as the featured soloist.

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Beginning Fingerstyle Blues Guitar (Book and Audio CD) (Guitar Books) [Paperback] Review

Fingerstyle is an obscure genre. It baffles many guitar buffs since there are hardly any established tutorials. I've been obsessed with this style ever since I heard the likes of Robert Johnson, Doc Waston, Leo Kottke etc.

Having scanned the web I purchased three books -

Beginning Fingerstyle Blues - Arnie Berle (the one in question)
Art of Contemporary Travis Picking - Mark Hanson
Art of Solo Fingerpicking - Mark Hanson

It only makes sense to compare these books since in addition to money, we are investing time. Choosing the right book would save you lot of time, and much exasperation. Beginning Fingerstyle Blues is one of the finest guitar instruction tutorials I've come across. The instruction is lucid and the approach very logical. The book takes you step by step through fingerstyle blues building up your right hand ability (and confidence) to the extent where you can play and sing (oh yes!) the blues with relative ease, only after 12-18 months of dedicated practice. 12 months is a fairly short period as fingerstyle tunes can get rather complicated. I've always been impatient when receiving instructions and tend to skip a section or two so as to reach the end ASAP. But this book kept me engaged throughout as it made me believe that everything was achievable, as long as I tried and didn't deceive myself. I rate it five stars, for the instruction and for keeping me hooked throughout (after all learning should be fun!). Like the others have said it also contains 5 full pieces at the end to add to your repertoire, which clearly is a bonus.

The books by Mark Hanson are equally profound in content and tutoring. Mark's books score a point or two above the rest of the fingerstyle books as he (Mark) gives very clear instruction regarding right hand placement, how many fingers to use, pinky finger placement, whether or not to use thumbpicks/fingerpicks and many other finer points which you will require answers to once you immerse yourself in fingerstyle guitar. There are awfully few competent sources who can give you these answers. You will not find these details in Beginning Fingerstyle Blues. It left me confused initially but thanks to Mark's books I figured the right way out.

Many of you may be confused about which books to buy so that you do NOT regret in 12 months time; after you have put in your best and expect returns. Having owned 8 fingerstyle books and 4 fingerstyle instruction videos, I strongly recommend Beginning Fingerstlye Blues and The Art of Contemporary Travis Picking. If you cannot buy both books for any reason, pick either and buy the other in a year's time. You will not need any video instructions if you have these two books. These two are the very best out there and I don't see any books better than these, in the fingerstyle genre. They both share common grounds such as:

1. Both cater to absolute beginners - you can manage even if you cannot change chords confidently
2. Both focus on Travis Picking (alternate bass with melody) which is quintessential to fingerstyle guitar
3. You will be a fairly advanced fingerstyle player after having successfully completed either book

In my opinion no book is bad. You will get to learn something or the other from every book. But there are very few that are jewels - these two books undoubtedly are. There is a reason both these books have been rated 5 stars; they work wonderfully well and the results they provide are truly fulfilling.

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Takes you from the fundamentals of fingerpicking to five authentic blues tunes. With graded exercises, illustrated tips, plus standard notation and tablature.

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