Beginning Fingerstyle Blues Guitar

A step-by-step method for learning this rich and powerful style. Graded exercises take you from the fundamentals of fingerpicking to five authentic blues tunes. Each technique is carefully explained and illustrated in the book as well as on the accompanying compact disc. All music is presented in both standard notation and tablature. The origins of the blues The 12-bar blues form The importance of the beat in the blues The roles of the thumb and of the fingers Playing the alternating bass Playing the melody Putting the thumb and fingers together Whole notes, half notes, and quarter notes Fingerpicking patterns for various chords in various keys Playing our first blues The turnaround Melody notes for each chord Eighth notes and dotted quarter notes Syncopation Blue notes Hammerons Pulloffs Slides Double stops Bends Walking basslines Brushstroking Heel damping Chord inversions Vamps Singing the blues M and O Blues Beekman Blues Big Road Blues 32-20 Blues Black Rat Swing.Berle, Arnie is the author of 'Beginning Fingerstyle Blues Guitar' with ISBN 9780825625565 and ISBN 0825625564.