Acoustic Blues Guitar How To Book And CD - 48 Pages Paperback - 1 Audio CD
Play blues guitar anywhere you want, without having to worry about
where you're going to plug in the amp. A lot of the Blues music we hear these days is the Electric Blues. But there's another world of Blues. Acoustic Blues.
It's a whole different style of music from what you're used to in electric Blues played on an electric guitar. This world speaks to the history of the Blues. The original Blues players who brought this music to the cities. This music takes you back to the very roots of the Blues. Find out where the Blues came from, and how it got to where it is today. The blues music for acoustic guitar in this book has the freedom of being able to be played where ever you want, not having to rely on an amp or electricity.
They start you off with the basic 12-bar Blues progression. Then they go on to teach you how to play the shuffle. You see it in many different styles: funky, harmony, syncopated, etc. Then they give you all those great classic Blues songs They're by famous artists such as Big Bill Broonzy, Muddy Waters, etc.
Then they teach you a little about the CAGED method. They teach you to play in standard and open tunings. There is also a tutorial on using the slide / bottleneck in your Blues playing. The author mentions that what's different in Blues guitar from other styles is that the Blues is more feel-oriented than it is into heavy-technique of other styles. You're encouraged to worry less about getting everything perfect, and just have fun, and focus on musical expression.
What's the CD like?
If you're interested in this Acoustic Blues book, you're probably asking what the audio CD that comes with it is like. Here's the answer:
Basically, you get all the music of the book on the CD. You also get all the shuffle and such examples. The tracks are introduced by the author. You can learn a lot listening to the introductions. A lot of them have pointers and tips related to what is about to be played. One of the tips the author mentions is the advantages of playing Blues in the key of A: That the chords in the key of A, (A - D - and E) all have open bass strings.
The songs are played 2 times: once at a slow speed and once at a faster, or full speed. You can listen to the slow version of the song when you begin learning it. Then, when you're comfortable with where all the notes are, you switch over to working on learning to play at full song speed tempo. The 2 track speeds help you know how it should sound at these two stages.
This book will make a great teacher or tuition when you want to learn to play the Blues music that's played on the acoustic guitar.
