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Post by cunningr on Oct 13, 2014 7:50:50 GMT -6
Here's another one that I really enjoyed: "Swing Guitar" by Marcy Marxer www.amazon.com/Swing-Guitar-Book-3-CDs/dp/0793599350/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413203333&sr=8-1&keywords=swing+guitar+marcy+marxerThis book and 3 CD course (was three cassettes when I got it!) again kind of assumes you're beyond a beginner, and takes you through technique, chord progressions, and some good repertoire in the Texas swing style of music (think Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys). Again, kind of like that finger style guitar book, it may not be a musical style that appeals to many, but it's fun to play and sounds pretty cool. This course is pure rhythm - doesn't cover any lead playing. I used to play only acoustic - didn't even own an electric for years, so I may be coming at this from an entirely different direction than a lot of you. This one is kind of like BYCU, in that it assumes you know some basics, but don't really know anything about this style. The lessons then progress in difficulty and build on previous lessons. If you go through it and dedicate practice to it, by the time you get to the end, you'll be able to play this style of rhythm guitar. I guess I kind of like lesson series like this, and that's one of the shortcomings of the ten minute Youtube lessons - they don't progress in any cohesive manner toward any end goal. Bruce You hit the nail on the head with the you tube videos, no structure. I love how the BYCU progresses, what would cool is a BYCU style lesson book but teaching some songs like texas flood or help the poor, you know some songs that would have you ready to enter an open mike or jam sessions. Including a practice and backing track cd, only need 5 or 10 songs.
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Post by Phil on Oct 13, 2014 8:42:11 GMT -6
I guess I kind of like lesson series like this, and that's one of the shortcomings of the ten minute Youtube lessons - they don't progress in any cohesive manner toward any end goal. Bruce You hit the nail on the head with that last sentence. I'm sure there are also courses that have the same shortcoming. That's one more reason I'm glad I found BYCU. Come to think of it, I don't even remember how I came across it.
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Post by cunningr on Oct 13, 2014 14:31:19 GMT -6
I know how I found BYCU ??great tip from the postal service thanks it has helped me a lot.
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Post by jack1982 on Oct 13, 2014 15:37:39 GMT -6
I found Blues Licks You Can Use in a record store one day. Then I'm like "There's more books in the series? I must buy them all!"
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Post by bluesbruce on Oct 13, 2014 18:27:20 GMT -6
You hit the nail on the head with the you tube videos, no structure. I love how the BYCU progresses, what would cool is a BYCU style lesson book but teaching some songs like texas flood or help the poor, you know some songs that would have you ready to enter an open mike or jam sessions. Including a practice and backing track cd, only need 5 or 10 songs. Rich, I've thought the same thing for several years. I think such a book could be a blockbuster. I'm sure that obtaining publication rights to the songs is the biggest road block. Have you checked out the Hal Leonard guitar play-along series. There's several blues books (and, of course, I've got some of them). Here's one, for instance:
www.amazon.com/Blues-Guitar-Play-Along-Hal-Leonard/dp/0634056271/ref=sr_1_fkmr2_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413245763&sr=1-1-fkmr2&keywords=hal+david+blues+guitar+play-along
This series includes a guitar music and tab version of the guitar part transcribed from some famous recordings. The accompanying CD contains a "with guitar" track and another "band without the guitar" backing track. BUT there's no vocals on the recordings. It's still a decent package, and if you can sing (or have access to someone who can), you could record vocals. But then of course, it wouldn't sound like the "record version"...
Bruce
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Post by cunningr on Oct 13, 2014 23:09:27 GMT -6
Thanks Bruce will check it out I have an older version blues from Hal but no cd I don't think will check again. That book looks pretty good.
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Post by joachim on Oct 14, 2014 1:41:46 GMT -6
There are some really cool books in that series, Bruce! Thanks for sharing - I ordered a couple of them, and I am feeling better already... I hadn't bought any guitar-stuff for a while; I even resisted going to an all-night sale in a local guitar store last weekend.
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Post by jack1982 on Oct 14, 2014 5:45:10 GMT -6
Speaking of backing tracks, there's a great site over here: www.guitarbackingtrack.com/ that has songs - some with the vocals still included - but they've somehow removed the guitar parts from the recordings. I've been downloading them by the truckload Super fun to play along with. It's more of a rock site, but there is at least a small selection of blues stuff to be found as well.
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Post by bluesbruce on Oct 14, 2014 16:24:10 GMT -6
Joachim, sorry about that man, didn't mean to cause you to buy more stuff! So which ones did you get?
Jack, cool site - and the price is right!
Bruce
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Post by joachim on Oct 15, 2014 1:52:59 GMT -6
Bruce,
I got a mixed blues book (#38), a Jimi Hendrix book, and the AC/DC book. In my guitar class we are working on "Killing Floor", which is covered in the first book, and we're starting on "Hey Joe", so the Jimi Hendrix book will be very useful as well.
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Post by bluesbruce on Oct 15, 2014 6:35:47 GMT -6
Joachim, Sounds like you're learning some really cool songs in your class. Those Hal Leonard Guitar Play-Along books are well done, in my opinion. They don't really contain any instruction, so to speak, but good quality transcriptions and backing tracks. They've certainly got a really broad selection of artists and genre books - pretty hard not to find something you like! The Hal Leonard web site lists all of them, 6 pages worth: www.halleonard.com/search/search.do?menuid=450&seriesfeature=GTRPLA&subsiteid=7I've got the Eric Clapton one, the Creedence Clearwater Revival one, several of the blues ones, probably some others - now if I could just play all that stuff! Bruce
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Post by cunningr on Oct 15, 2014 9:35:41 GMT -6
Well I have now developed a wish list of books in Amazon.
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Post by bluesbruce on Oct 15, 2014 21:08:53 GMT -6
Rich, sorry if I spurred you to buying more books, too! Which ones sounded good to you?
Bruce
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Post by cunningr on Oct 15, 2014 22:49:51 GMT -6
Hey Bruce well it all started with the blues vol 37 I think and then kept going to include AC/DC, Boston, ect....... I think the first will be the blues vol 37 and blues rythmns 365, I like the idea of learning something new everyday, that's how I learned to speak Spanish a new word or phrase everyday.
I have a hell of a collection of old guitar mags also for the tab, but like the idea of the play along cd.
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Post by jack1982 on Oct 16, 2014 5:54:03 GMT -6
I have a hell of a collection of old guitar mags also for the tab, but like the idea of the play along cd. Yeah I've got about ten years worth of Guitar For The Practicing Musician. It's nice these days as you can just listen to the song on Youtbe or download it from Amazon. Don't have to buy the whole album like back in the old days.
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Post by silverthorne on Oct 30, 2014 17:36:59 GMT -6
Kenny Sultan - Acoustic Blues www.amazon.com/Acoustic-Blues-Guitar-Kenny-Sultan/dp/B00065GHF6Fantastic book about "archaic" fingerstyle blues. I've learned some tunes from it - Hideaway blues, Sleepy head blues, Hey Hey, Lonesome couch blues... Maybe something else Despite the fact that I have no acoustic guitar, I like to play 'em on unplugged electric guitar. I was learning "Filthy Rich" tune afair (very slowly to be honest) when I first saw some BYCU recordings on youtube and now I'm here.
And my favourite!
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Post by bluesbruce on Oct 30, 2014 20:50:52 GMT -6
Silverthorn,
Like those videos, but the guy in the second one looks like the grim reaper or something! I'm going to have to get me a hood for my videos, too. Seriously, though, can you tell us some more about the book - does it contain much instruction or explanation? does it come with a CD? are these all songs written by Kenny Sultan? etc. Several people on the forum have expressed some interest in some acoustic blues.
Bruce
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Post by silverthorne on Oct 31, 2014 5:56:03 GMT -6
Silverthorn, Like those videos, but the guy in the second one looks like the grim reaper or something! I'm going to have to get me a hood for my videos, too. Seriously, though, can you tell us some more about the book - does it contain much instruction or explanation? does it come with a CD? are these all songs written by Kenny Sultan? etc. Several people on the forum have expressed some interest in some acoustic blues. Bruce Most of the songs are written by Kenny Sultan, but I've noticed at least one song by Muddy Waters in "open G" section - Can't Be Satisfied. Not too much explanation in words, but there is CD with slow and fast versions of the song and it really helps.
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Post by joachim on Feb 24, 2015 6:34:53 GMT -6
I just bought this one: www.amazon.com/Beginning-Fingerstyle-Blues-Guitar-Books/dp/0825625564I got some great reviews, and it looks really well structured. I've never played fingerstyle before, so I need to start from square one, which this book does. I am saving it for after I finish BUCY. Then my master plan is to consolidate BYCU/BRYCU while working on the lick book and the fingerstyle book. I think Rich wrote a thread about a book with counting exercises a while back, but I couldn't find it. The lick book is probably not bad for working on your counting - already in chapter 1 I've had to slow down the licks way down and stomp and count to my hearts desire in order to get the timing right.
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Post by phillip on Feb 24, 2015 6:52:45 GMT -6
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