Blues Guitar Chords And Accompaniment - 125 Pages Paperback - $15.95 USD
This is a great book to get if you're interested in playing the Blues on guitar.
You can get a lot out of this book if you've been playing for a long time, or you can use this book to learn to play Blues guitar even if you've never played the guitar before.
Some of the topics covered include musical notation, scales, and the theory behind blues chords. You'll learn open and bar chords. 12 bar blues progressions, turnarounds, and fingerstyle blues.
Going step by step through the book looks like this:
- Starting Out
- The book starts out with an introduction and a history of Blues music. The book basically assumes no prior music knowledge and continues on with a few pages spent teaching basics like parts of the guitar, how to hold the guitar, and how to tune the guitar. Music notation is covered with the staff, notes, rests, etc. Major scales, key signatures, the circle of fifths, and scale degrees. Some chord theory is presented next.
- Open Chords
- Chapter 2 picks up with the topic of open chords. Chord diagrams are explained, how to hold the guitar pick, major triads, dominant 7, minor triads. The chapter finishes up with augmented and diminished chords, and then a chapter review.
- 12 Bar Blues
- In chapter 3 you get introduced to the 12 bar blues.
Different keys of the 12 bar blues are taught including Blues in E, Blues in A, Blues in C, etc. Each of the different keys is used in examples to show you the different rhythm patterns for strumming.
Great First Book!
This is a fun book with a lot of great information. This makes a great first book for learning the guitar because they start at the beginning, and because the material is fun. And because you'll recognize songs you like as you learn the Blues riffs, it motivates you to keep learning.
And this book also works if you've been playing guitar for a while in other musical styles, and now want to learn Blues music. It's organized so you can simply skip over any introductory chapters and get right to the Blues. Have fun!
- Bar Chords
- Bar chords are introduced in chapter 4, along with the concept of playing Blues in any key you want to. E-form bar chords, A-form bar chords, and D-form bar chords are taught. Practice exercises are included for you to practice the bar chords you've learned.
- Power Chords
- Power chords and the Boogie-Woogie style are the topics of the next chapter. Palm muting and Dominant 7 power chords are also covered. When you see and play this Boogie-Woogie power chord shuffle thing you'll instantly recognize it in many popular Rock and Blues music!
- Fingerstyle Blues
- Fingerstyle Blues is up next as we go through this book. Basic right hand position on finger identification letters are covered. As well as thumbpicks and fingerpicks, and arpeggios. Alternate Bass and fingerpicking are covered. Also included in this chapter is some teaching information on left hand techniques, including the hammer on - pull off, the slide, note bending, and vibrato. They finish the chapter with a song called Hammer On Blues which gives you a chance to practice all these new techniques.
- Various Styles
- Chapter 7 is called Various Blues Accompaniment Styles. Here they explain some other styles like single note riffs, double stop riffs, and small chord riffs. Open tunings and the use of the capo on the guitar are also covered.
