Blues Guitar For Dummies
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Blues Guitar For Dummies

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eBook - PDF

Blues Guitar For Dummies

About this book

Want to become the coolest possible version of yourself?

Time to jump into learning the blues guitar. Even if you don't read music, Blues Guitar For Dummies lets you pick up the fundamentals and start jamming like your favorite blues artists.

Blues Guitar for Dummies covers the key aspects of blues guitar, showing you how to play scales, chords, progressions, riffs, solos, and more. This hands-on guide is packed with musical examples, chords charts, and photos that let you explore the genre and play the songs of all the great blues musicians. This accessible how-to book will give you the skills you need to:

  • Choose the right guitar, equipment, and strings
  • Hold, tune, and get situated with your guitar
  • Play barre chords and strum to the rhythm
  • Recognize the structure of a blues song
  • Tackle musical riffs
  • Master melodies and solos
  • Make your guitar sing, cry, and wail
  • Jam to any type of blues

Additionally, the book comes with a website that shares audio samples of all the examples covered in the lessons. Go online to practice your riffs and chords and develop your style as a blues musician.

Order your copy of Blues Guitar For Dummies today and get ready to start shredding!

P.S. If you think this book seems familiar, you're probably right. The Dummies team updated the cover and design to give the book a fresh feel, but the content is the same as the previous release of Blues Guitar For Dummies (9780470049204). The book you see here shouldn't be considered a new or updated product. But if you're in the mood to learn something new, check out some of our other books. We're always writing about new topics!

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Information

Publisher
For Dummies
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9781119695639
eBook ISBN
9781119748953

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Part 1 You Got a Right to Play the Blues
  7. Part 2 Setting Up to Play the Blues
  8. Part 3 Beyond the Basics: Playing Like a Pro
  9. Part 4 Sounding Like the Masters: Blues Styles through the Ages
  10. Part 5 Gearing Up: Outfitting Your Arsenal
  11. Part 6 The Part of Tens
  12. Part 7 Appendixes
  13. Index
  14. EULA