This book is about learning how to play guitar – you learn to play classic songs. When you finish the book, you will be able to sit down, by yourself or with a friend, and play half a dozen classic blues songs and sound just like the recording.To help you along, the included CD contains every single music example for you go hear and play along with.Plus the play-along song tracks are recorded by some of the finest musicians in the world – with complete vocals – to make the play-along even more realistic and fun!

Instantly downloadable sheet music by Robin Trower for guitar of MEDIUM skill level.

Instantly downloadable sheet music by Johnny Winter for guitar of MEDIUM skill level.

Instantly downloadable sheet music by Great White for guitar of EASY skill level.

Instantly downloadable sheet music by Fred Koller for guitar of EASY skill level.

Instantly downloadable sheet music by Robin Trower for guitar of EASY skill level.

Chris Smither's unique combination of soulful singing, orginal songs and groove-oriented guitar style has been thrilling audiences worldwide for three decades. His use of traditional blues fingerpicking techniques, along with his compelling vocals and trademark foot-tapping rhythms, give him a sound unlike any other contemporary artist.

If you're ready to develop your own distinctive blues style, Roy Book Binder has assembled a complete vocabulary of licks and techniques to help you do it. Roy humbly calls this thorough breakdown of the elements of his own finger picking blues style 'some tricks about playing the guitar,' but don't let his laconic delivery fool you - by the time you're finished studying with Book, you'll have a solid base of skills under your fingertips. Roy's firsthand knowledge of the great Piedmont-style players makes this DVD a must for anyone who loves trad blues. Roy demonstrates a wide variety of chords, right and left hand patterns, licks and much more!

Get the sounds of B.B. King Albert King Stevie Ray Vaughan Robben Ford T. Bone Walker Muddy Waters and many, many more! Keith Wyatt, master blues guitarist and educator, demonstrates how to create the soulful sounds of all the great legends, as well as detailing the colourful history of blues sounds and techniques.

Roy Book Binder's back again! This time, his in-depth exploration of blues techniques concentrates on chords and positions needed to play in the essential key of A. With his trademark wit and good humour, Roy encourages you to take his 'book of tricks' and incorporate them into your own playing to build repertoire and arrangements in traditional fingerpicking style.

The six gospel and blues arrangements that Geoff Muldaur teaches on this DVD are filled with great musical ideas and powerful guitar techniques. With his rare musical intelligence, Geoff sheds light on how, with small and easy changes, you can create exquisite guitar arrangements for your favourite songs.

Sonny Terry started playing harmonica in his teens, as a blind street musician in North Carolina. After a stint with a medicine show, he hooked up with the popular ragtime singer/guitarist Blind Boy Fuller. When he was 23, he made his recording debut, backing up Fuller. Barely a year later in 1938, he was wowing New York audiences at Carnegie Hall, appearing solo as part of John Hammond's Spirituals to Swing concert. Sonny Terry died in 1986, leaving behind many recordings and numerous fans -- as well as harmonica players trying to duplicate his virtuosity. He was a true originator and a powerful entertainer.

Les titres de ce recueil sont issus du grand repertoire des Standards de jazz et de Blues. Ce volume est concu en deux parties. La premiere partie presente tous les themes, tels que joues par le saxophoniste tenor sur le CD Audio fourni avec ce recueil. La seconde partie offre a l'instrumentiste les cles pour une improvisation reussie. Au debut de chaque partie, une notice pedagogique donne des pistes de travail a explorer ainsi que des conseils sur la maniere d'utiliser au mieux ce livre. Les professeurs trouveront aussi dans ce volume un bon repertoire de base pour initier leurs eleves a l'etude des musiques improvisees que sont le jazz et le blues.Concernant l'utilisation du CD audio, une plage est laissee a l'accord de l'instrument, puis chaque oeuvre est developpee de la maniere suivasnte:Le theme de base est jour par le saxophoniste tenor (accompagne par le trio Claviers-Basse-Batterie) afin de 'montrer le chemin' au musicienLe theme original n'est plus joue par le saxophoniste et laisse entierement place a l'instrumentiste qui, accompagne de la section rhythmique, pourra laisser libre cours a sa creativite (exposition du theme puis improvisationsur la structure harmonique). Nous vous souhaitons un excellent voyage au pays du jazz du blues et esperons vous apprter un reel plaisir a jouer ces oeuvres.The titles in this collection are abstracts from the great repertory of the Standards of Jazz and Blues. This book is made of two parts. The first one presents all the themes such as perfromed by the Tenor Saxophonist on the Audio CD play along furnished with this volume. The second part offers the performer keys for a succesfull improvisation. At the beginning of each part, a pedagogical content gives work trails to explore so as advice on how to use at best this book. Music teachers will also find in this volume a good basic repertory to introduce improvised music styles such a Jazz and Blues to their students.The first track on the Audio CD is for tuning, then each title is developed as follows:The basic theme is played by the tenor saxophonist, accompanied by the keyboard/bass/drum trio, to show the method to the musicianThe original theme is no more interpreted by the saxophonist and place is left entirely at the performer's disposal who, accompanied by the rhythm section, will give free reins to his creativity (theme exposition followed by an improvisation on the harmonic structure).

Bob Brozman in Concert showcasing his unique acoustic blues style to dazzling effect.

The rare footage presented in this video presents Muddy Waters at his prime and with one of his best bands. The concert was filmed during a West Coast tour in 1971.

This DVD runs for approximately 50 minutes and comes complete with an accompanying booklet showing examples in notation and tablature. Each is filled with rock solid information from beginning to end. Blues Rock Guitar Soloing features Mat 'Gurmanator' Gurman, a session player with an almost endless list of heavyweight credits in TV work and concert touring with internationally famous artists. Mat demonstrates the art of phrasing - the key to all improvised music. He teaches you how to get the music out of your head and into your playing so your solos make sense! Mat discusses how to get a great blues rock tone and demonstrates soloing in various styles. This DVD will help develop your ear and continue to improve your soloing for months and years to come!

A step-by-step breakdown of the styles, sounds and techniques of the king of the blues. Featuring Andy Aledort.

Learn all the essentials of playing blues guitar from one of the genre's most renowned educators. This DVD covers twelve-bar blues form, the blues scale, major and minor pentatonics and more must know topics.

In this DVD package Larry divides this programme into two areas of speacialisation: Blues and Chord substitution. This is Larry's exciting fusion sound, spelled-out, clarified and made accessible to any guitarist.

Leo Nocentelli of The Meters gives you everything you need to play funk guitar and fuse it with Rock, Blues, Country and Jazz. Learn master funk techniques like 'chicken scratchin', syncopated accents, multi-layered rhythms, funk chords and progressions, lead scales and tricks. See how funk has influenced almost every type of music and how it can make you a better player.Included free with this program is membership to Rock Houses's lesson support system on the web where you can ask the teacher questions, chat with other students, down load sheet music and backing tracks, and more.

Until recently, jazz has been an idiom largely neglected by harp players, for several reasons. First, there haven't been many players with the technical ability needed to play modern jazz, and until very recently, most people with that ability were interested exclusively in classical styles. In addition, the harp itself is not designed in a way that makes jazz easy to play. Jazz requires a smooth, legato attack, and accents in a jazz line can fall on any part of the beat. It's hard to play the harp legato becauseof constant breath shifts, and even harder to accent freely. That's why some very skilled harp players have said that they doubt that it's possible to play jazz on the harp.Richard Hunter doesn't agree. He majored in music at Harvard University before working with a variety of jazz and rock bands. He says of 'Jazz Harp':'It was meant to inspire harmonica players to reach for the same goals as their counterparts on other instruments'.Music, exercises, theory, and technique in the jazz and pop styles of Stevie Wonder, Toots Thielemans, Tom Scott, King Curtis, and others. Note-for-note solos for chromatic and marine band harmonica.

The Hal Leonard Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning blues guitar. This book uses real blues songs to teach you the basics of rhythm and lead blues guitar in the style of B.B.King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, and many others. Lessons include:12-Bar bluesChords, scales and licksVibrato and string bendingRiffs, turnarounds, and boogie patternsHammer-ons, pull-offs, and slidesStandard notation and tablatureand much moreCD includes 75 tracks for demonstration and play along

Chicago Blues, filmed in 1972, features Muddy Waters, Johnnie Lewis, Buddy Guy, Junior Well and J.B. Hutto. This Harley Cokliss film reflects the structure of teh city's Blues activity of the late '60s from unknown amateur to world famous stars, from house to small bar, from traditional downhome to modern city style.Thus Johnny Lewis, a housepainter who played for his own entertainment at home and was almost a discovery of the film team, to Muddy Waters, Chicago Blues' most famous figure

Mike Dowling, a true master guitarist, performs a unique blend of blues, ragtime, swing, and roots music. Each of his arrangements is a virtual encyclopedia of riffs that define the genre. On this DVD, Dowling performs and teaches six of his most popular compositions. In the special lesson sections, he walks you through the key aspects and techniques required for each arrangement, and you can select from multiple camera angles: watch the performance or see a close-up of his right or left hand.