Paul Jared Newman

Teach Yourself Blues Guitar

If the title, Teach Yourself Blues Guitar sparks you're interest then you obviously enjoy listening to a good Blues guitarist and know a 'little something' about the style of music. Whether experienced or just a beginner, it is important to realize that acoustic, electric, slide or dobro: the guitar is unquestionably the instrumental voice of the Blues. Teach Yourself Blues Guitar with CD by Paul J. Newman teaches the essential, classic, formative: riffs, rhythms and patterns which define Blues music. Learn how they fit into each structure to develop and enhance playing technique as well as creativity. Teach Yourself Blues Guitar, exclusively distributed by SantorellaPublications, provides an assortment of authentic riffs, licks and patterns transcribed in both standard notation and tablature exactly 'as performed' by the 'Blues Masters'. Contents include: Blues Structure and Rhythm - The 12 Bar Blues - Call & Response - Syncopation - Triplets - The Slide - Blues Melody & Phrasing - The Pentatonic Minor Scale - Melodic Shape - Melodic Transposition - Position Shifting - Triplets & Swing - The Pentatonic Major - Shuffle & Swing - Minor & Major - The Octatonic Scale - The Rockabilly Boogie - Note Bending - 'The Stumble' - Playing the Box - The Index/Ring Finger Box Position - Bend & Release - Octatonics in Box position - Lateral Barres - Beyond the Shuffle - Funk, Rock & Blues - Blues/Funk Rhythm - Rock Rhythm & Blues - Breaking Down the Beat - Blues to Rock - Classic Rock & Roll - The British Are Coming.