The Complete History Of Blues Guitar
January 24, 2010 by
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The blues is a form of music that can be vocal, instrumental (blues guitar) or both. It uses the ‘blue’ notes which are based on a ‘minor pentatonic’ scale most of the time, otherwise known as the blues scale.
Blues music was derived from the African-American communities in the U.S. out of work songs, spiritual songs, [...]
How To Learn Guitar Tabs
January 20, 2010 by
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This is because this genre of music is being considered as the very root of all types of music. How To Learn Guitar TabsThrough its history, many people believe that it first originated in Africa while the blues were being sung by plantation workers who were previously slaves living in Mississippi Delta.
During the nighttime, the [...]
Johnny Guitar Watson – A Real Mother For Ya
December 1, 2009 by
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t play any of the “devil’s music”–blues. Watson agreed, but “that was the first thing I did.” A musical prodigy, Watson played with Texas bluesmen Albert Collins and Johnny Copeland. He quickly made a name for himself in the African-American juke joints of the West Coast, where he was billed as “Young John Watson” until [...]
Superman Lover – Johnny “Guitar” Watson (1976)
November 22, 2009 by
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new city, he found employment, while still a teenager, with jump-blues-style bands such as Chuck Higgins’ Mellotones and Amos Milburn. He worked as a vocalist, pianist, and guitarist, and quickly made a name for himself in the African-American juke joints of the West Coast, where he was billed as “Young John Watson” until 1954. That [...]
Learn To Play Blues Guitar
October 8, 2009 by
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It is not that easy to pull out a definition of blues. You can tell that Robert Johnsons’ Rambling on My Mind or B.B. King’s Everyday I Have the Blues is definitely blues, but what about van Halen, Al Di Meola or Pavarotti’s songs?
Of course, you could define the blues by the call-response structure, the [...]
Lead Guitar Blues Power
September 29, 2009 by
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If you want to learn how to play the guitar then you need to look at learning the systems of the blues guitar with a blues guitar lesson or two.
Learn Blues Guitar For Beginners
The thing is that the blues is regarded the base of all music. From its humble beginnings apparently back in [...]
5 Killer Tips to Play the Blues Guitar Easily – 12 Bar Blues Guitar
September 20, 2009 by
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If you want to play Blues guitar there are many different methods to choose from, even hundreds of them. The style has many variations and is the most traditional and well-known forms of music in the world. It would be too difficult to exactly describe how to play blues so instead here are a few [...]