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Here’s a video lesson for players who know the basic chords and want to get started playing blues on the electric guitar. Jim Weider takes it from the top, and shows the easy way to get into playing authentic licks, riffs, rhythms and hot solos.

You’ll learn how to use slides, string bends, hammer-ons and a variety of vibrato styles for an authentic blues feel, along with rhythm grooves, bass lines and other accompaniment techniques. Learning the pentatonic (5 note) blues scale is the key to blues improvisation, and Jim teaches you how to find the notes you’ll need in different positions up and down the guitar fretboard. Before long you’ll be playing leads and soloing with the best of them.

Jim teaches the elements of this powerful American style through the classic licks and solos of some of its key players. You’ll learn, in detail, how to play tunes such as Albert King’s “Going Down,” Elmore James’ “Elmo’s Blues,” Freddie King’s “Hideaway” and Jim’s own “Sugar Cane Blues.” He demonstrates the style of the great B. B. King, showing how he gets his distinctive sound, and covers how to get expression on the guitar with the use of volume and tone controls, pickups, pick attack and other essential information. Each tune covers a different aspect of electric blues playing and provides you with a great solo for practicing the techniques you’ve learned.

The Honky Tonk Gurus, Jim’s recording and touring band, supply plenty of great back-up and help Jim demonstrate how a song should sound when played in performance. This video lesson will help novice players become real electric blues musicians in no time!

Basic Licks and Classic Solos for Electric Blues Guitar

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Learning the Classic Guitar is a new direction in guitar instruction. Many ideas in these books break new ground. In developing this innovative method, Mr. Shearer adhered to the following concepts: 1) How and what students practice is as important as how much they practice. 2) Give information only when it is immediately useful. 3) Start with the easiest skills. 4) Approach challenging skills gradually. Part one focuses on technical development and explains the most efficient approach to study and practice. Part two should go along with part one and it presents the elements of music and procedures for developing ability to sight-read and memorize. It also introduces the visualization concept. Part three teaches the student to form clear and accurate concepts of music expression. It also teaches the guitarist how to perform in public with accuracy and confidence.

Mel Bay Learning the Classic Guitar: Part 1

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This DVD shows you how to create all the great country guitar sounds, from shimmering “clear as country water” sounds to driving rockabilly. Special DVD features include additional video previews, getting to know your amplifier, interactive features, Internet connectivity, and much more!

Getting the Sounds, Classic Country Guitar

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Product Description
Learning the Classic Guitar is a new direction in guitar instruction. Many ideas in these books break new ground. Part Two should go along with part one and it presents the elements of music and procedures for developing ability to sight-read and memorize. It also introduces the visualization concept.

Mel Bay Presents: Aaron Shearer: Learning the Classic Guitar, Part 2

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