Fingerstyle Acoustic Blues
A 10 lesson course in the art of acoustic
fingerstyle blues that gives you a real insight into the music pioneered
by legends such as Robert Johnson and Big Bill Broonzy. You'll learn all
the techniques necessary to give your playing a real authentic feel.
LESSON 1 - EM BLUES
A piece to demonstrate thumb and finger
independence in a blues instrumental and be aware of simple two note
chords for effective improvisation.
LESSON 2 - DAMPENING THE STRINGS
The use of dampened stings, demonstrated with
the tune Please don't go. Also, to use this tune as further study of thumb
and finger independence.
LESSON 3 - IMPROVISING THE BLUES
By using blues scales in E the student can begin
to improvise around the constant bass exercises of the previous session
and to put this into practice by playing the two prepared examples -
Fingerpicking Blues 1& 2.
LESSON 4 - CHICAGO SHUFFLE
Enables the student to play a more contemporary
fingerstyle blues. The bass line remains constant while at the same time a
nother bass line is introduced to provide an interesting harmony to the
melody line.
LESSON 5 - MOVING BASS
Demonstrates how the rhythmic feel of the
previous sessions works just as well if the bass line is allowed to move
around. This can be played in the moving bass instrumental and gives the
impression of a boogie woogie style - in the classic tradition of Ledbelly.
LESSON 6 - GUITAR BOOGIE
In this more advanced instrumental the student
will discover how a melody line is introduced over a moving bass pattern
for more effective fingerstyle playing. When this is acheived it becomes
simple to introduce own ideas from the blues patterns in the previous
session.
LESSON 7 - INTERNET BLUES
Using ideas from the earlier examples the
student can combine the use of bluesy two note chords over a moving bass
pattern.
LESSON 8 - BLUES FOR BRUSGARD
In this instrumental, all the previous ideas are
combined into one. The student can recognise how by using these techniques
a formidable fingerstyle can be achieved.
LESSON 9 - GUITAR SHUFFLE
An introduction to ragtime blues, using the
fingerstyle techniques in previous sessions. Different chord changes are
used to create this distinctive Big Bill Broonzy style of picking. Also,
some improvisational tricks are demonstrate to develop the shuffle.
LESSON 10 - FISHING BLUES
A more demanding ragtime blues tune than the
Shuffle, but again an interesting combination of the all the exercises the
student has learned.
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