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The Hal Leonard Blues Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning blues guitar. This book uses real blues songs—no corny arrangements of nursery rhymes here (well, except "Mary Had a Little Lamb," but this is NOT the version you learned in kindergarten)—to teach you the basics of rhythm and lead blues guitar in the style of B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters and many others. Lessons include: 12-bar blues; chords, scales and licks; vibrato and string bending; riffs, turnarounds, and boogie patterns; hammer-ons, pull-offs and slides; standard notation and tablature and much more. The online audio includes over 70 tracks for demo and play-along, and is available using the unique code printed inside each book.

Songs include: Boom Boom · Born Under a Bad Sign · Double Trouble · Killing Floor · Sweet Home Chicago · You Shook Me · and more. 
Hal Leonard Guitar Method - Blues Guitar (Book/Audio Online)

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  • (They Call It) Stormy Monday (Stormy Monday Blues)
  • Blow, Wind, Blow
  • Boom Boom
  • Born Under A Bad Sign
  • Double Trouble
  • From Four Until Late
  • I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
  • I Can't Be Satisfied
  • I'm Leavin' You (Commit A Crime)
  • I'm Tore Down
  • Killing Floor
  • Look At Little Sister
  • Love In Vain Blues
  • Mannish Boy
  • Mary Had A Little Lamb
  • Ramblin' On My Mind
  • Rock Me Baby
  • Sitting On Top Of The World
  • Sweet Home Chicago
  • You Shook Me

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Reviewed by 5 customers

  • Buy, very informative on Blues teq

    5

    Verified BuyerVerified Buyer

    submitteda year ago

    byHarry

    fromHaskell,NJ

    Submitted as part of a sweepstakes

    Music study on Blues technique

  • Great starter book

    5

    submitted5 years ago

    byBeginner

    fromNevada

    Great explanations and easy to follow. Next step once you go through method books. Great to hear examples played online - easy to get on and use.

  • good starter book

    5

    Verified BuyerVerified Buyer

    submitted10 years ago

    bytony

    frommi

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  • Get the Blues

    5

    submitted19 years ago

    bythe81charge

    fromColumbus, OH

    I picked up this book and while the licks are pretty basic it really drives home the elements of blues. I had a great time listening and playing along to the cd, but that might just be the way I learn. Get the blues. Get this book.

  • A good beginner's overview

    4

    submitted19 years ago

    byGettinbetter

    fromnear Chicago

    Hal Leonard Guitar Method - Blues Guitar Book/CD is a good basic overview for the aspiring blues guitarist. I've had this book for two years, and come back to it from time to time. The book is fairlr informative, the cd tracks are=fun to play along with, and there are some ok arrangements of blues standards. This is a good starting point, but you'll want to go elsewhere for an in-depth study.

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