Post by Phil on Sept 3, 2014 14:43:52 GMT -6
I just got 2 new books today. "Jazzin' the Blues" and "Blues Solos for Acoustic Guitar." Here are short reviews on each.
"Jazzin' the Blues" by John Ganapes and David Roos - Wow, this book is much much more than I expected. This is a full blown introduction to Jazz guitar. There are 15 studies in this 100 page book. It has some in depth coverage of theory in the introduction and lesson material. I listened to the CD today on my long commute to work and the studies are excellent.
Unfortunately. this is too much for me right now. I'm very interested in this, but I'm going to have to put this on the back burner until I finish "MBYCU." I'm going to need at least a week or two to finish "MBYCU."
If you are interested in learning Jazz guitar this is the book to buy. I have no doubt that if you work your way through this book you'll be able to tackle just about any Jazz standard from the "Real Book." I owe BluesBruce an appology for poking fun at him for not submitting uploads from BYCU. This is some heavy stuff. I think that once I get into this book I will be hooked on Jazz.
"Blues Solos for Acoustic Guitar" by Johnny Norris - I've always been reluctant to mention other guitar teachers on John's forum, but since he doesn't have a course on this style I don't think he'll mind. This is the book that BlackCountryMick posted a video of him playing one of the studies.
There are 16 studies in this 48 page, small-paged book covering various styles of finger-style acoustic Blues from Delta to Piedmont/Ragtime. When I first thumbed through it I thought "What the heck is this? There is no writing. Not even a good contents page." But upon further investigation I found that it concisely explains all that needs to be explained for each study, and the CD gives a little bit more explanation. But this is definitely not a book for raw beginners. It does not deal with technique at all.
I listened to the CD and every one of the 16 studies are worth learning. This is some very cool stuff and within reach. If you learn the 16 tunes in this course you will certainly have something to play when somebody finds out you play guitar and asks you to play something. Not only will you be able to play something - you'll knock their socks off. I'll be working this one along with "MBYCU". I don't have an acoustic at the moment, but any of these studies will sound good by setting my electric guitar to a twangy sound. I'm really stoked about this book and highly recommend it.
I hope you found this informative.
Phil
"Jazzin' the Blues" by John Ganapes and David Roos - Wow, this book is much much more than I expected. This is a full blown introduction to Jazz guitar. There are 15 studies in this 100 page book. It has some in depth coverage of theory in the introduction and lesson material. I listened to the CD today on my long commute to work and the studies are excellent.
Unfortunately. this is too much for me right now. I'm very interested in this, but I'm going to have to put this on the back burner until I finish "MBYCU." I'm going to need at least a week or two to finish "MBYCU."
If you are interested in learning Jazz guitar this is the book to buy. I have no doubt that if you work your way through this book you'll be able to tackle just about any Jazz standard from the "Real Book." I owe BluesBruce an appology for poking fun at him for not submitting uploads from BYCU. This is some heavy stuff. I think that once I get into this book I will be hooked on Jazz.
"Blues Solos for Acoustic Guitar" by Johnny Norris - I've always been reluctant to mention other guitar teachers on John's forum, but since he doesn't have a course on this style I don't think he'll mind. This is the book that BlackCountryMick posted a video of him playing one of the studies.
There are 16 studies in this 48 page, small-paged book covering various styles of finger-style acoustic Blues from Delta to Piedmont/Ragtime. When I first thumbed through it I thought "What the heck is this? There is no writing. Not even a good contents page." But upon further investigation I found that it concisely explains all that needs to be explained for each study, and the CD gives a little bit more explanation. But this is definitely not a book for raw beginners. It does not deal with technique at all.
I listened to the CD and every one of the 16 studies are worth learning. This is some very cool stuff and within reach. If you learn the 16 tunes in this course you will certainly have something to play when somebody finds out you play guitar and asks you to play something. Not only will you be able to play something - you'll knock their socks off. I'll be working this one along with "MBYCU". I don't have an acoustic at the moment, but any of these studies will sound good by setting my electric guitar to a twangy sound. I'm really stoked about this book and highly recommend it.
I hope you found this informative.
Phil
