Blues Guitar Chords and Accompaniment

English | Feb 9, 2015 | ASIN: B00TEUSRWA | 248 Pages | PDF (Converted) | 13,79 MB
“Blues Guitar Chords and Accompaniment” is the ultimate guide for learning how to play guitar accompaniment in blues, one of the oldest and most popular forms of American music. Staring with such basics as tuning, music notation, and chord theory, the book guides you step by step through a variety of basic open chords, strumming patterns, and accompaniment styles, along with numerous techniques involved in blues rhythm guitar. Throughout the book, you’ll find easy-to-follow diagrams, ample music examples and exercises, and various blues riffs and sample songs.

The book’s topics include:

-Music fundamentals: music notation, scales, chord theory
-How to play the basic open guitar chords and accompaniment patterns applicable to the blues styles
-How to play and move barre and movable chords along the fingerboard easily and quickly
-Various 12-bar blues progressions and turnarounds, plus other popular blues forms and variations
-How to play the fingerstyle blues
-A variety of blues guitar riffs including: shuffle, boogie-woogie, single-note riffs, double-stop riffs, and small-chord riffs
-Open tunings and how to use a capo

Whether you are a beginner who wants to learn how to accompany in the blues or simply want to improve your blues rhythm-guitar skills, this book is for you!