Play ten blues classics in the style of the masters with Berklee Blues Guitar Songbook.These transcriptions and annotations show you how the world's greatest blues guitarists created their unique inspired solos and rhythm parts. Veteran blues guitarist and educator Michael Williams reveals the techniques and nuances behind the notes that give each solo and artist their personal character and sound…

The arrangements in this book are carefully written for intermediate-level guitarists. Each solo combines melody and harmony in one superb fingerpicking arrangement. The book also includes an easy introduction to basic fingerstyle guitar.

The blues is a language and everyone musician speaks it with their own unique voice and accent. This exciting book explores the vocabulary of 17 blues guitar giants and lets you compare their styles and licks through multiple versions of a dozen top songs. Also provides detailed instruction for a myriad of different blue techniques. Featured artists include Eric Clapton Buddy Guy Jimi Hendrix …

The Country Blues guitar duet tradition is rich and varied but it has been relatively unexplored by present day blues players. This is a shame for a couple of reasons there are a lot of great duets that merit being worked out and played for today's audiences preserving the music but there's also just the sheer enjoyment and fun involved in playing this music with a kindred spirit someone who…

Guitar Play-Along Volume 38-The blues is not only the very roots of rock 'n' roll it also represents some of the most accessible guitar styles around. These eight songs are some of the hottest in the blues repertoire including Howlin' Wolf's Killing Floor Frosty by Albert Collins and the addictively funky Cold Shot by Stevie Ray Vaughan. With this unique collection you can experience a taste of…

Par . The musical appeal of the Blues, as they began to be heard in the early twentieth century, was so infectious that musicians with open minds and ears were drawn to it as soon as they heard it. And that appeal crossed the racial and ethnic divides that characterized American society. So it was, that even before African American guitarists were recorded playing fingerstyle blues guitar, their w…

Rev. Gary Davis was a musical giant. His ideas spanned a wide range of techniques and styles. His repertoire featured blues, rags, show instrumentals and gospel songs. He played with his thumb and index finger to pick out complex melodies, rhythmic licks and lightning fast single-string runs. In this book, seven of Rev. Davis's blues are presented. These arrangements have been performed and record…

In this intimate portrait Rory Block talks about her life and music. She reminiscences about the legendary bluesmen she met and learned from as well as how her own music developed. She performs a wide variety of songs from her repertoire that show the power and elegance of her playing and singing. Titles include: Crossroad Blues Titanic Stones In My Pathway Moon's Goin' Down Preachin' Blues …