Blues Guitar Styles ~ 1. Beginnings
Aimed at ambitious beginners or players who want to switch to understanding about blues guitar playing. This is No.1 in a series that covers various aspects of different styles of blues guitar playing.
In this book you will learn basics of lead & rhythm, following detailed notes that are illustrated with MP3’s, notation & tablature. You’ll learn the blues scale and some intro & ending riffs and will apply those to some pre-written examples for both lead and rhythm. In addition you’ll start to look at how to improvise.
Once you’ve finished you’ll be able to play solo or with a duo or band, contributing backing or leads roles.
Improvisation Using The Modes Of The Harmonic Minor Scale
This short course of ideas for learning to improvise using the Harmonic Minor Scale follows on from the course on Improvising on the Modes of the Major Scale, although it can be tackled completely sepa- rately as well. The course has transcribed ideas for riffs that fit to the different Modes of the Harmonic Minor Scale. The music is in Notation and Tablature with short descriptions showing which chords fit which riffs. Audio files that illustrate the music with one for lead and one for backing, are available from the author. The audio files use a full band of rhythm, bass & drums.
Improvisation Using The II V I Chord Sequence – For Guitarists
The II V I Chord sequence is the most commonly used sequence in both jazz and many other styles of music. Mostly used from the Major Key it is the 2nd 5th & 1st chords in sequence. It is used so much simply because we like the sound it makes and it occurs at the beginning of sections of music, at the end and in the middle. So we need to know as many ways to use it as possible and this course will help you start.
Music Reading – For Guitarists
The ability to read music is often seen as a mystery and it does not have to be that way.
With knowledge of a few simple tools you can read music onto the guitar, or any instrument and get better & quicker just by doing it. This short book gives you the tools to do this and empowers you to have a solid foundation in basic music reading skills. We can get better at reading music for as long as we use it but a few basics is a solid and practical foundation.
Technical Exercises – For Guitarists
A short cut to building & maintaining the techniques needed to tackle new music and keep up the fitness to play what you already know, is a great way of maximizing time
Being prepared for new techniques by having exercises that develop new finger movements quickly, is what this set of technical exercises is for. Here we have a set of exercises that help you to evolve what you need to play the music you want to learn.
Scale and Chord Theory – For Guitarists
The relationship between Scales & Chords is the basis for almost all music we create and enjoy listening to as well as what we play. Often it seems like a dark art trying to understand how music is constructed.
However there is a simplicity to music that perhaps leaves many looking for something complex that is not there. This short book aims to de- bunk any mysteries and turn music into easily and clearly under- stood facts.
Improvisation Using the Modes of The Major Scale – For Guitarists
Improvisation as we know it in modern music is largely piecing together some of our favorite ideas to make something up on the spot. This course shows some riffs, along with backing tracks to play to and full versions of the tracks, so you can hear how the riffs sound. The backing tracks use rhythm guitar, bass & drums, with lead guitar added for the full tracks. Each Mode is tackled in a different style so we don’t get tied down to one way of playing. The audio files are available from the author direct by emailing after purchase.