Blues Alchemy is about learning to play the changes, but not in the sense that jazz musicians do, it isn't about learning every arpeggio and mode under the sun. Instead, on ten diverse chord progressions, master blues alchemist David Hamburger will teach you how to transform your blues bag into gold by learning how to target tones and "play the changes." This series of video guitar lessons will have a dramatic impact on your blues guitar solos as you learn how to apply these principles. Adopting a hands-on playing approach, Hamburger guides you through 10 distinct blues guitar rhythm pattern lessons with variations, 10 distinct solo lessons with variations, plus dozens of extra blues licks and tricks of the trade.

Playing classics like Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, The Bottle Let Me Down, I'm Movin' On, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Silver Wings and Jambalaya, Fred Sokolow shows you the basics of country guitar. You'll learn how to play: · Accompaniment strums for different rhythmic feels · A variety of first-position chords · Bass runs · Major scales · Solos and turnarounds · All the above in five different keys Fred Sokolow's teaching is clear and easy to understand and he has lots of helpful hints for beginners. 65 minutes / Level 1-2 / 40 page tab/music booklet

Whatever your level of play, you will love how Verheyen steps you through his curriculum. You will work through six distinctive blues grooves ranging from low, down and dirty up-tempo shuffles to smooth and moody slow blues. Verheyen performs three solos over each groove, each solo demonstrating a distinctive approach.

Eight time Grammy winner George Benson covers chord substitutions, turnarounds, the Wes Montgomery style, and more. He demonstrates his signature scat-style singing on the groundbreaking This Masquerade and soloing over the famous On Broadway vamp. Also included are several virtuoso solo jazz and blues guitar performances by Benson himself further proof, if it were needed, of his total mastery of jazz guitar.

If you want to play blues guitar like B.B. King, Eric Clapton or Buddy Guy then this 80 minute DVD will get you on track. Starting at the beginning with first-position key-of-E blues licks, Fred Sokolow shows how to play lead and backup like a modern blues guitarist. You'll learn: Several moveable scale patterns and licks for soloing Moveable chords and chord based licks for backup How to play melodies, chord backup and improvised solos on blues classics Stormy Monday, Everyday I Have The Blues, Killing Floor and Baby Please Don't Go Intros and endings Enough theory to understand the 12-bar blues structure and be able to play backup and solo in any key Boogie bass lines, vibrato, note-bending and more 80 minutes / Level 2 / 37 page tab/music booklet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The state of Texas has had a major presence in the Blues, from the earliest days of the recording era right on up to the present day. So many tremendous Blues musicians have hailed from Texas, i.e. Blind Lemon Jefferson, Lightnin’ Hopkins, T-Bone Walker, Freddy King. This DVD focuses on the Country Blues guitarists who first defined the Texas Blues sound and who put Texas on the map as a prime location in Blues Country. In this DVD lesson you ll have an opportunity to learn from the music of the greatest of the early Country Blues singer/guitarists, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Texas sharecropper and songster Mance Lipscomb, the almost forgotten Otis Harris, ace lyricist Funny Papa Smith, the spectacular and under recorded Willie Reed, and the Post-War master Lil Son Jackson. This is powerful and challenging guitar music, and the technique building that will result from learning to play these songs will take your blues playing to a new level. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. This includes all the lyrics to the songs as well as transcriptions of the guitar playing. The original old recordings of all the tunes is also included. Titles include: Willie Reed/Dreaming Blues Mance Lipscomb/Tell Me Where You Stay Last Night and Rocks and Gravel Makes a Solid Road Otis Harris/You ll Like My Loving Funny Papa Smith/Fool’s Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson/That Crawlin’ Baby Blues Lil Son Jackson/Groundhog Blues 118 minutes Level 3 48 page tab/music booklet.

 

Eric goes on to show you: tempered tuning, pick and finger techniques, his famous Koto technique, slide guitar, volume swells for lead and slide plus a host of technical tips including multi-amp setup, action and string tension adjustments. The DVD also includes several exclusive live performances by Eric playing with his band and exercises on slow motion! It all adds up to the ultimate electric guitar lesson! Content:6 Important Guitar Techniques

 

Thousands of #1 hit records use the same handful of chord progressions. So, what makes those songs so distinctive from one another? Melody, lyrics and production values are all very important of course, but rhythm is what gets the feet tapping, the bodies moving and the lips smiling.

Memphis has long been a landing place for musicians from the surrounding rural areas in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi, and in the 1920s and 1930s, it was a wide open town with plenty of opportunities for musicians to perform their music and make a living. As a result of Memphis hub status, it developed a strong blues scene in the 1920s and 1930s, with a host of outstanding singers and players. Many of these musicians had successful careers as recording artists, but a surprisingly large number of similarly gifted musicians went unrecorded or only got the opportunity to record a few titles. This DVD lesson offers instruction in the music of many of the finest guitarists to record out of Memphis in the 1920s and 1930s. Included on this DVD are transcriptions and teaching of performances from the spectacular and hugely influential Memphis Minnie, transplanted Mississippians Furry Lewis, Robert Wilkins and Frank Stokes and more obscure names from the past like Tom Dickson and Allen Shaw. The songs that are taught on the DVD have been selected for their musical merit, but also to build your skills as a Country Blues guitarist, with numbers in D, G, E and C in standard tuning, as well as Open G tuning. The technique building that will come from learning these tunes will give you tools to go in whatever direction you wish to take your music. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. This includes all the lyrics to the songs as well as transcriptions of the guitar playing. The original old recordings of all the tunes is also included. Titles include: Tom Dickson/Happy Blues Allen Shaw/I Couldn’t Help It Robert Wilkins/Long Train Blues Frank Stokes/Frank Stokes Dream Memphis Minnie/Reachin’ Pete and Furry Lewis/Good Looking Girl Blues 90 minutes Level 3 40 page tab/music booklet.