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Blues music and Blues guitar has its roots in the Gospel and Spirituals
that raised the hopes of the down trodden descendants of the slave trade.
Deeply connected to religion, early field hollers and chants slowly became
the popular tunes that were passed down from generation to generation.
Songs like
‘The Battle Of Jericho’,
‘Swing Low Sweet Chariot’
or
‘Nobody
Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen’,
would have been familiar to all the Blues greats. Also, many blues
guitarists were preachers by trade and used their guitars to voice their
feelings and to' spread the word'. Spiritual Blues became hugely popular
in the late 1950’s and 1960’s and artists like
Josh White, Joeseph Spence,
Rev Gary Davis
would go on to influence guitarists like
Ry Cooder
and
Davey Graham.
As a huge fan of fingerstyle blues guitar I thought it a fitting tribute
to collect just a few of these ‘Spiritual Blues’ and arrange them for
guitar. They are all fairly easy to play and the arrangements are there
for you to change around and suit your own style of the Blues. Some of the
tunes like ‘Jericho’ I have given a Sixties Bert Jansch flavour or the
Cooder feel for ‘Nobody Knows’ and ‘Wing And A Prayer’.
All tunes have audio links.
Course contains 10 fingerstyle arrangements.
Previews Here
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This
anthology of fingerstyle guitar is a compilation of tunes that I’ve
written or arranged. They are examples of pieces that I perform, or use in
my teaching as exercises, and range from quite simple to more advanced.
The fifty seven tunes
are sequenced in
alphabetical order and create an interesting mix. There’s plenty of blues,
and also a good measure of folk, ragtime and other styles.
Enjoy!
Comes with audio support and video where available.
Audio Previews and book
details
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Fingerstyle guitar has always been the most satisfying ways of playing
guitar. I started the long journey on the fingerstyle road when I had my
first classical guitar lessons many years ago. From there my interest in
grew into using folk styles of fingerstyle, especially after listening to
players of the folk boom era of the the 60's and early 70's:
Nick Drake, Paul Simon, Bert
Jansch, Martin Carthy, John Renbourne
and many more. I was amazed at the textures of sound you could get out of
a simple six string, using either regular tuning, or the whole range of
altered tunings just waiting to be explored. In this volume I'll be
sharing with you some of the very first folk fingerstyle tunes that I
tried on my road to playing guitar. Some are my arrangements of
traditional tunes and a few are my own compositions in the folk style.
So, put on your folk fingers, and get ready to weave your
way around the strings.There are audio and video links to all the 12 tunes.
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Fingerstyle guitar is one of the most popular and
satisfying ways of playing. Use the thumb and fingers to open up the range
of sounds that the guitar can produce, and you're really flying. This is
especially so when playing the blues. You can have a neat bass line while
still picking away on a melody in the many different blues styles out
there. I've been playing this style for many years and it is certainly one
of my favourite ways of either arranging or performing. In this
collection, I've put together a few of the blues tunes that I've arranged
or written. They're all open to improvisation and you should experiment
with the styles.
All the
18
tunes are supported by audio and some video when available. So, put on
your blues shoes and let's get picking. Enjoy!
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Ragtime fingerstyle guitar is one of the most satisfying
ways of playing. If you love the challenge and want to try some syncopated
rhythms, or move away from the normal arpeggiated fingerstyle of picking,
then the tunes in this volume are just for you. There's a mix of classic
tunes that I have arranged by players such as
Big Bill Broonzy
or
Rev.
Garry Davis, and a whole bunch of ditties that I've written in the ragtime
style. Some tunes are more difficult than others, but well worth the
effort if you want to improve your picking style and build on your repetoire.
So, put on your dancing fingers and let's get stuck into
these
12
tunes.
Audio is available if you follow the links. Also, most
pieces are supported by video.
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In this course I want to share some of the
many ways you can get creative with chords and hopefully inspire you to
experiment with them in your own learning and styles of playing; write
songs, or simply sit there and chill out! The chords can be strummed or
picked, and I'll give you some of my interpretations on the way. I don't
want to get too technical or bogged down with 'chord chemistry' as they
say, think of them as ideas to play around with - just a few of the many
possibilities. If you're new to playing most shapes can be both a way to
inspire and also to exercise those fingers! Topics include
Messing With The Basics, Busting The Barres, Trying The Triads, Cool
Chords, Slashing The Chords, Power Chord Creative, Diminished Dimensons,
Essential Jazz and Tweaking The Tuning!!
Over 100 video demos with on screen chord
diagrams to help you
on your way.
Sit back and get creative with chords!
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Fingerstyle guitar has
always been a melting pot of many different
styles and influences. It is hard to pin it down to one ingredient
that is unique to American or British fingerstyle. However when
you begin to stir the pot, the ingredients begin to separate, and
without being too patriotic you could say there really is a thing
called ‘Great British Fingerstyle’.
In this course we’ll be exploring the influences, styles and
techniques that make up the quintessential Great British
Fingerstyle. Styles include Classical, Spanish, Folk,
American Roots
and Blues. Exercises and 12 study tunes.
Video links included
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