How to Play Blues Guitar, Lesson 2

taught by Stefan Grossman

In our second lesson we focus on the Keys of G and D. The playing techniques of Blind Lemon Jefferson, Rev. Gary Davis, Tommy Johnson and Lonnie Johnson are discussed as well as many other facets of fingerpicking in these keys. We will travel from the Carolinas to Texas to the Mississippi Delta to the sophisticated sounds of Lonnie Johnson. This is a challenging lesson that will illustrate different right and left hand techniques.

As in our first lesson the aim is to give you a freedom to improvise playing a blues in these keys. As a bonus feature audio tracks are included featuring rare recordings of the songs and styles presented.

Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and played slowly on a split-screen. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. This includes lyrics to the songs as well as tab/music transcriptions of the guitar playing. A detailed tab/music instructional booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD.

76 minutes.

DVD is region 0, playable worldwide.

Product Number:    GW972DVD

Format:    DVD

Skill Level:    Beginning-Intermediate

Binding:    Boxed

Size:    5.25 x 7.5

Date Published:    09_05_2006