Blues by the Bar: Cool Riffs That Sound Great over Each Portion of the Blues Progression (Book & CD)
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Brand: Cherry LaneComposer: Chris Hunt
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-06-01
ISBN: 1575604795
Number of pages: 32
Model: 2500413
Publisher: Cherry Lane Music
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- 32 pagesSize: 12" x 9"Composer: Chris HuntISBN: 1575604795
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Book Review: Best electric blues book out there.
Summary: 5 Stars
I have twenty or so books on electric blues guitar. Most of them are terrible. Riffs are mediocre or they're played without any context or even backing track. Hard to believe, but there's a lot of worthless junk out there.
This one is different. The riffs are very cool sounding, the track is well done with guitar in one channel and the band in the other. And the context is completely broken down and memorable.
In other words its easy, fun, and cool.
If you're a beginning blues guitar player, or just wanting to learn to play, let me save you a LOT of time and hassle:
First, GET THIS BOOK. Its ten bucks- that's less than the price of ONE LESSON at your local guitar store.
Next, pick between two and four riffs from each section. Play them over and over until you can do it fluently. This could take weeks to months (not years) depending on where you start and how much you practice.
Now start practicing the riffs over the song sections at the end of the CD- practice mixing them up and transposing octaves. See what sounds good.
Next, continue the above, and learn and mix in the rest of the riffs from the book.
Finally, with the riffs in this book in your arsenal, and your newly acquired sense of phrasing and dexterity, pick a blues guy that you like. NOT Hendrx. Someone like BB King, Albert King, or Freddie King- someone who sounds good, but isn't playing alot of pyrotechnics. Get yourself a little handheld microcassette recorder and record some tracks off your chosen CD- learn the riffs and the songs off the microcassette (very easy to quickly rewind a riff, many have different speeds- you can slow down a fast riff to learn it) Keep practicing and adding on.
There you go. That's all you need. Follow this, and you WILL become a guitar god, or at least a lesser demon (ie Monday Night Blues Jammer)
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Summary of Blues by the Bar: Cool Riffs That Sound Great over Each Portion of the Blues Progression (Book & CD)
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.Songbooks
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