DVD-Easy Steps to Acoustic Blues Guitar #1- Starting From Scratch
So you want to play the blues? Well, veteran guitarist, instructor and Homespun Tapes founder Happy Traum offers the very best way for you to get started!
This basic course in fingerstyle blues guitar breaks it all down into easily digested topics for novice players. You’ll start by learning the basic blues forms and getting them securely under your belt. Then, Happy provides a number of “easy steps” that will build up your guitar technique, increase your understanding of the style, and help you develop the ability to start playing great blues songs.
Some of these steps include learning basic blues chords, syncopated strumming patterns, 12-bar and 8-bar blues progressions, bass runs, and more than a dozen variations for the all-important blues turnarounds, intros and endings. As you work your way through this lesson, Happy imparts numerous tips, suggestions and invaluable information about music theory and musicianship that will affect all of your guitar work.
As you conquer each of these basic steps, your playing will get stronger and more confident, and you’ll be well on your way to becoming an accomplished blues guitarist.
Customer Review: Great beginners title
This is a great instructional DVD for the beginner who alreay knows a few chords and would like to venture into the world of blues. Happy provides thorough instruction and is very patinet and encouraging. This is one of the better guitar lesson DVDs that i have bought and I am just staring DVD # 2.
Customer Review: Verry nice
As the title shows “Starting from the scratch”
Happy Traum is an excellent blues guitar teacher, he start his lesson by explaining the twelve bars variation for novice who haven’t touched a guitar or know the blues before and by time his authentic explanation will lead u to be a fair blues guitar blues player.
I personally thank him for this instructional DVD; it helped me a lot to understand the basics of the blues chords variations and improve my guitar skills too.
The Main theme is Good Morning Blues he shows u how to get it all done including turn around and many other useful tips and tricks (Brownie Macghee style)
An Advise, if u are interested in the blues don’t just buy it alone, try to purchase the second DVD with it “Easy Steps to Acoustic Blues Guitar -Essentials of fingerstyle blues” great instructional DVD also.
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