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The Total Blues Guitarist
A Fun and Comprehensive Overview of Blues Guitar Playing
By Dennis McCumber
Series: The Total Guitarist
Category: Guitar Method or Supplement
Format: Book & CD
Instrument: Guitar
The Total Blues Guitarist is an exciting journey through the diverse world of blues guitar. Start with simple blues progressions and end up playing licks in the styles of greats such as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Muddy Waters, B. B. King, and Bonnie Raitt. This book is filled with scales, chords, riffs, and tunes in many different blues styles including funk blues, jazz blues, and modal blues. Whether you are just beginning or have already started your blues guitar journey, this is the one place to get everything you need. A CD with backing tracks to jam over is included.
Contents:
About the Author
Introduction
Chapter I: Reviewing the Basics
Tuning the Guitar
Standard Music Notation
Reading Tablature
Chord Diagrams
Scale Diagrams
Chord Charts
Chapter 2: Blues Theory
The Chromatic Scale
Major Scale Theory
Keys and Key Signatures
The Circle of 5ths
Minor Scale
Relative Minor
Intervals
Chapter 3: Chord Theory I
Chords
Roman Numerals
Diatonic Chord Theory
Chapter 4: 12-Bar Blues Forms
The Most Basic Form
12-Bar Blues in A-Most Basic Form
Qu ick Fou r
Quick Four Blues
Quick Four with a I-IV-I-V Turnaround
Palm Muti ng
Shuffle Pattern
Shuffle in E Blues
Boogie-Woogie
Boogie-Woogie in A
Honky- Tonk
Honky- Tonk in E
Chapter 5: The Minor Pentatonic Scale
Constructing the Minor Pentatonic Scale
from the Major Scale
Fingering for the First Box Pattern
Left-Hand Techniques
Minor Pentatonic Scale Fingerings
Licks in the Style of Buddy Guy
Chapter 6: Bending Techniques
Types of Bends
Finger Strength
T raining the Ears
Licks in the Style of Albert and B. B. King .
Chapter 7: The Blues Scale
Construction from the Major Scale
Blues Scale Fingerings
Licks in the Style of Hubert Sumlin
Chapter 8: Major Pentatonic Scale
Construction from the Major Scale -
Major Pentatonic Scale Fingerings
Relative Minor Pentatonic Scales
Uses of the Major Pentatonic Scale
Chapter 9: Chord Theory II
Creating Barre Chords
from Open Chords
Building All the Chord Forms
from C, A, G, E and D
Chord Ornamentation
7th Chord Theory
Diatonic 7th Chords
Chapter 10: Blues Double Stops .
Hybrid Picking
Using Double Stops to
Enhance Rhythm Playing ..
Using Double Stops to Enhance Soloing ..
Chapter 11: Phrasing in the Blues ..
Singing While You Play A
Practice Ideas for Better Blues Phrasing ..
Practice Ideas to Help Your Singing ..
Making the Connection
Between Mind and Fingers ..
Chapter 12: Blues Soloing
Minor Pentatonic Soloing
Major Pentatonic Soloing
Combining Minor and
Major Pentatonic Scales
Blues Jam Track-Rhythm
Blues Jam Track-Solo
Chapter 13: Minor Blues
Diatonic Harmony in Minor Keys
Extended Chords
Chord Forms
Minor Blues Progressions
Altered Chord Forms and
Uses in the Minor Blues
Augmented Chord Forms and
Uses in the Minor Blues
Chapter 14: Minor Blues Soloing
Natural Minor Scale
and Minor Blues Chords
Natural Minor and
Minor Pentatonic Scales
Soloing with the Harmonic Minor Scale
Whole Tone Scale
Minor Blues jam Track-Rhythm
Minor Blues jam Track-Solo
Chapter 15: More Blues Progressions
8-Bar Blues
16-Bar Blues
Diminished 7th Chords
Soloing Over Diminished Chords
Chapter 16: 12/8 Slow Blues
12/8 Progressions
Chord Forms
Slow Blues jam Track-Rhythm
Slow Blues jam Track-Solo
Chapter 17: Turnarounds, Intros and Endings
Single-Note Turnarounds
Harmonic Turnarounds
Chord Substitutions
Using Turnarounds to Create Intros
Using Turnarounds to Create Endings
Chapter 18: Slide Blues
Rhythm Slide Playing
SIide Soloi ng
Open Tunings
Open G Blues
Blues in Open D
Open D Blues
Slide Licks in the Style of Muddy Waters
and Bonnie Raitt
Slide Blues jam Track-Rhythm
Slide Blues jam Track-Solo
Chapter 19: Funky Blues .
9th Chords
Right-Hand Technique
and the Sixteenth-Note Rhythm
Locking In with the Drums
Creating New Sounds with
the Same Old Chords
Funk Licks in the Style of Freddie King
and Albert Collins
Funky Blues jam Track-Rhythm
Funky Blues jam Track-Solo ,
Chapter 20: jazz Blues
Progressions and Chord Substitutions
Basic jazz Blues
jazz Blues Variations 1
jazz Blues Variations 2
Chord Inversions
Walking Bass Lines
Walking Bass Blues
Melodic Minor Scale
jazz Blues Licks in the
Style of Kenny Burrell
jazz Blues Licks in the
Style of Wes Montgomery
jazz Blues jam Track-Rhythm
jazz Blues jam Track-Solo
Chapter 21: Modal Blues
Theory of the Modes and
Their Relationships to the Chords
Modal Fingerings I
Modal Blues Licks in the
Style of Robben Ford
Modal Blues jam Track-Rhythm
Modal Blues jam Track-Solo
Appendix A: Thoughts on
Practice and Playing
Managing Your Practice Time :
Different Playing Situations :
Creativity :
Appendix B: Suggested Listening 1:
Congratulations :
The Total Blues Guitarist
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