Acoustic Blues Guitar

Beginning Fingerstyle Blues Guitar (Book and Audio CD)
Takes you from the fundamentals of fingerpicking to five authentic blues tunes. With graded exercises, illustrated tips, plus standard notation and tablature.

The Music of Mississippi John Hurt
Transcriptions in notation and tablature plus the original recordings of classic blues by Mississippi John Hurt. Titles include: Shake That Thing * Casey Jones * Got the Blues, Can't Be Satisfied * Nobody's Dirty Business * Avalon Blues * See See Rider * Stack O'Lee Blues. Original recordings included on the CDs.

Blues Lead Guitar Technique (Progressive Young Beginners)
 

The Everything Rock & Blues Guitar Book: From Chords to Scales and Licks to Tricks, All You Need to Play Like the Greats (Everything Series)
Have you ever dreamed of playing lead guitar like John Lee Hooker, Carlos Santana, Jimmy Page, Slash, and Eric Clapton? Perhaps you took a few lessons, but became frustrated and gave up. If so, The Everything® Rock & Blues Guitar Book with CD is for you.

More Blues You Can Use
This comprehensive follow-up to Blues You Can Use is designed to help players develop their lead and rhythm techniques. Covers: pentatonic scales, single-note tremolo, double-string bends, reverse bends, shuffle rhythms, 6th and 9th chords, boogie patterns, chord substitutions, vibrato techniques, chord accents, voice leading, arpeggios, rakes, blues runs and more! Examples are in standard notation and TAB, and the CD includes 23 full-band tracks.

Bottleneck Blues Guitar with CD (Audio)
Topics covered include: turnarounds, bottleneck techniques, blue notes, open G tuning, right hand techniques, blues licks and phrases, authentic blues rhythms, harmonics and more. Includes complete transcriptions of 'Terraplane Blues,' 'Moon Goin' Down,' and 'Rhythm in the Blues.'

Blues Guitar Manual: Complete Learn to Play (Progressive Complete Learn to Play)
Everything you wanted to know about Blues guitar playing, contained within one book. Takes you from beginner to professional level in a variety of Blues styles as well as teaching music theory and improvisation in an interesting and practical way. Features all the techniques which make Blues guitar such a great sound, along with a complete system of Blues chords, scales and arpeggios - all introduced individually and then consolidated with complete solos or pieces . Use both standard music notation and easy-read tablature. An essential guide for Blues guitarists at any level.

Blues You Can Use (Blues You Can Use)
A comprehensive source designed to help guitarists develop both lead and rhythm playing. Covers: Texas, Delta, RandB, early rock and roll, gospel, blues/rock and more. Includes 21 complete solos; chord progressions and riffs; turnarounds; moveable scales and more. CD features leads and full band backing.

Beginners Blues Guitar book/ 3 - CD set
 

101 Must-Know Blues Licks: A Quick, Easy Reference for All Guitarists
Now you can add authentic blues feel and flavor to your playing! Here are 101 definitive licks - plus a demonstration CD - from every major blues guitar style, neatly organized into easy-to-use categories. TheyÕre all here, including Delta blues, jump blues, country blues, Memphis blues, Texas blues, West Coast blues, Chicago blues, and British blues.

Blues Master Complete with Book and Poster and Other and CD (Audio)
^Blues Master I, II,} and ^III} books packaged together as a set with CD, color poster and even a B.B. King guitar pick. Performance notes, harmonic analysis and rhythm guitar parts make this the perfect package for mastering the blues idiom.

Blues Guitar Lessons Vol 3 Book&CD
Anyone with a basic knowledge of guitar can jump right in and start learning with Volume 1. Volumes 2 and 3 will take students as far into the blues as they want to go; loaded with great tunes to play, each lesson is geared towards playing in an actual blues band. Lessons teach how to play the rhythm part, the melody, 2nd guitar part and improvising solos. Each volume also includes easy-to-understand theory lessons that unlock the mysteries of the blues.

Hal Leonard Guitar Method - Blues Guitar (Hal Leonard Guitar Method (Songbooks))
The Hal Leonard Blues 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 blues; chords, scales and licks; vibrato and string bending; riffs, turnarounds and boogie patterns; hammer-ons, pull-offs and slides; standard notation and tablature; and much more!

Blues Lead Guitar Method (Progressive Young Beginners)
 

How to Play Blues Guitar: The Basics & Beyond : Lessons & Tips from the Great Players (Guitar Player Musician's Library)
Packed with musical examples, charts and photos, this is a complete, step-by-step course for learning acoustic or electric blues guitar. In-depth lessons teach you to build your own style while exploring the music of traditional bluesmen and modern stars. From practicing your scales and turn-arounds to breaking out Chicago-style, this book from the former editor of Guitar Player brings you: essential lessons on blues basics; insights into the music of masters like B.B. King, Eric Clapton, John Lee Hooker, T-Bone Walker, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy and many others; advice on selecting gear and setting up your guitar; a great blues discography; and even free access to audio lessons on the web!
 

Fast Forward/Blues Guitar
Discover the secrets of authentic blues guitar. Learn how to play blues with only five notes and solo in the style of the greats.

American Blues Guitar: An Illustrated History
If the story of the blues is the story of a people, then the voice behind the story belongs to the guitar. The American Blues Guitar: An Illustrated History looks at the instruments and the players, from the birth of the blues to the present day. A brief history of the blues is included.From Blind Lemon Jefferson's Martin to T-Bone Walker's Gibson archtop, and from B.B. King's ES 335 to cousin Albert's Flying-V, all the classic makes and models are documented here in detail, with superb photography, serial number data, and everything the diehard collector - and interested fan - needs to identify these great American heirlooms.

Woman With Guitar: Memphis Minnie's Blues
 

Blues Guitar Basics: Steps One & Two Combined with CD (Audio) (Ultimate Beginner)
Take the first step towards mastering blues guitar. This book/CD will guide you through everything you need to know to begin playing blues guitar: shuffle rhythms, turnarounds, blues soloing, call and response patterns, play-along 'jam' tracks, slow blues, blues scale positions, and the 'B.B. King secret scale pattern.' Includes complete play-along tracks on CD.

Complete Blues Guitar Book
This book and video will take you from basic concepts in blues guitar through performance level blues solos and techniques. Chapters include: Notation and Tablature, Time Values, Strumming, Blues Techniques, The Blues Progression, Open String Power Chords, Barre Chords, Blues Turnarounds, Blues Fill-Ins, The Blues Scale/Improvising, Double Stops and Fingerpicking Blues Solos. This text is supplemented by a stereo compact disc.

Blues Guitar Inside And Out
This unique, insightful book tells the story of an old man and a boy as they travel through the history, development, implementation, and universe of the blues. Essential for every guitaristÕs library.

Blues Rhythm Guitar Method (Progressive Young Beginners)
 

Mike Dowling: Uptown Blues (American Roots Guitar, Book & CD)
Arranged For Intermediate-Advanced Guitar. Roots music expert Mike Dowling performs a unique blend of blues, ragtime, swing, and roots music. Uptown Blues contains some of his favorites. Titles are: Amazing Grace * Jan's Song * Swamp Dog Blues * Minor Thing * Nitpickin' * Bottleneck March * Johnson City Rag * Rosalie * Rocky Road * Backslidin' * Bottomlands * Siboney * String Crazy * Fishin' in the Wind * Wild 'Bout It * Shufflin.

B.B. King - The Definitive Collection (Guitar Signature Licks)
Learn the trademark styles and techniques of the most celebrated guitarist in blues! This book/CD pack by Wolf Marshall is a breakdown of B.B. King's guitar style, sound and techniques, with a brief history and lessons for each piece. Covers 16 signature blues tunes, including: Beautician Blues * Five Long Years * Just Like a Woman * Riding with the King * Rock Me Baby * Sweet Sixteen * Three O'Clock Blues * The Thrill Is Gone * Why I Sing the Blues * You Upset Me Baby * and more!

Fretboard Roadmaps Blues Guitar: The Essential Guitar Patterns That All the Pros Know and Use
These essential fretboard patterns are roadmaps that all great blues guitarists know and use. This book teaches how to: play lead and rhythm anywhere on the fretboard, in any key; play a variety of lead guitar styles using moveable blues boxes, chord-based licks, blues scales and double-note licks; play boogie woogie licks and turnarounds; and much more! Each chapter presents a pattern and shows how to use it, and provides helpful playing tips. Great for beginning, intermediate and advanced players.
 

Blues Guitar Solos (Book & CD)
 

Modern Blues Advanced Blues Reharmonizations & Melodic Ideas for Guitar
Modern Blues is for intermediate to advanced players wishing to expand their melodic and harmonic vocabulary. The music is in standard notation as well as tablature and a CD is included in which the more difficult exercises are played at a slower as well as faster tempo. The CD was recorded with live drums, acoustic bass and guitar. All the exercises are included on the CD as well as many practice tracks that enable the student to play with a rhythm section. The book covers such topics as reharmonization, exotic chord/scale combinations, intervallic and triadic exercises, alternate pentatonic suggestions and exercises and many other topics.

Blues Guitar Lessons Vol 2 Book&CD
Anyone with a basic knowledge of guitar can jump right in and start learning with Volume 1. Volumes 2 and 3 will take students as far into the blues as they want to go; loaded with great tunes to play, each lesson is geared towards playing in an actual blues band. Lessons teach how to play the rhythm part, the melody, 2nd guitar part and improvising solos. Each volume also includes easy-to-understand theory lessons that unlock the mysteries of the blues.

Kenny Sultan: Guitar Blues
Arranged for Intermediate-Advanced Guitar.Kenny Sultan’s solo blues pieces are a virtual encyclopedia of vital blues licks and patterns. The licks and patterns covered in these pieces form the backbone of all solo blues guitar work. Titles are: Cascade Rag * Funky Butt * Honky Tonk * If the Shoe Fits * Lightenin' Strikes * Read 'Em and Weep * Sick Boogie * Slippin' and Drippin' * Suspicious Strut.