Blues Guitar For Dummies. Jon Chappell
target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="#ulink_ee6c72da-6422-5cc0-8ed3-6e633047842f">Copying the Classics: Plucking Fingerstyle Blues The Right Hand’s Bliss: Different Rhythm Styles to Play Chapter 6: Blues Progressions, Song Forms, and Moves Blues by the Numbers Recognizing the Big Dogs: Primary Key Families and Their Chords The Structure of a Blues Song, Baby Applying Structures to Keys Accessorizing the 12-Bar Blues: Intros, Turnarounds, and Endings High Moves Chapter 7: Musical Riffs: Bedrock of the Blues Basic Single-Note Riffs Double the Strings, Double the Fun: Two-Note Riffs (or Double-Stops) High-Note Riffs, the Bridge to Lead Guitar Mastering the Rhythm Figure
5 Part 3: Beyond the Basics: Playing Like a Pro Chapter 8: Playing Lead: Soaring Melodies and Searing Solos Mastering Your Picking Technique The Universal Lead Language: The Pentatonic Scale Pentatonic Plus One: The Six-Note Blues Scale Adding Some Extra Flava to the Blues Scale Chapter 9: Playing Up the Neck For Inquiring Minds: Why Up the Neck You Should Go Positioning Your Digits for an Easy Key Change Easing Into Position: Moving the Pentatonic Up and Down Changing Your Position The Technical Side of Moving Five Positions You Should Know: Meanderings of the Pentatonic Scale Understanding the Logic behind the Corresponding Shift of Position and Key Chapter 10: Express Yourself: Making the Guitar Sing, Cry, and Wail Appreciating the Art of Articulation Going In for the Attack Breaking Down the Music: Phrasing Giving Your Sound a Bit of Flair Playing a Song with Various Articulations
6 Part 4: Sounding Like the Masters: Blues Styles through the Ages Chapter 11: Acoustic Roots: Delta Blues and Its Country Cousins Delta Blues: Where It All Began Country Ragtime: The Piedmont Blues Everything In-Between: Country and Folk Blues Country and Folk Blues Had a Baby; Its Name was Rockabilly Quintessential Blues: Slide Guitar Chapter 12: The Birth and Growth of Classic Electric Blues The Rise of the Electric Guitar in Blues Giving Props to the Earliest Electric Pioneer Sweet Home Chicago, Seat of the Electric Blues Modern-Day Blues Styles: The Sounds of Texas Four Blues Giants: Three Kings and a Collins Children of the Post-War Blues Revival Chapter 13: Blues Rock: The Infusion of Ol’ Rock ’n’ Roll The Blues Had a Baby, and They Called It Rock ’n’ Roll Chuck Berry, blues rock’s first superstar The Brits Invade the Blues Trippin’ the Blues Heavy “Blooze”: The Infusion of Hard Rock Hot Barbecue Blues, Texas Style Blues on Steroids 21st-Century Soul
7 Part 5: Gearing Up: Outfitting Your Arsenal Chapter 14: Shop Till You Drop: Buying the Right Guitar for You Before You Begin Shopping Deciding On a Make and Model Evaluating a Guitar Welcome to the Jungle: Shopping Protecting Your Guitar Chapter 15: Choosing Your Amp and Effects Getting Started with a Practice Amp Powering Up to a Larger Amp Dissecting the Amplifier What’s That Sound? Checking Out Your Amp Choices Remembering the Good Old Days