INTRODUCTION
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BLUES
EQUIPMENT
YOU’LL NEED
CHAPTER
1 BASICS
PARTS OF THE GUITAR
HOLDING YOUR GUITAR
HOW TO TUNE YOUR GUITAR
1-1
BASIC MUSIC
NOTATION
1-2
MAJOR SCALES
1-3
CHORDS
CHAPTER
2 BASIC
OPEN CHORDS
CHORD DIAGRAM
SLASH NOTATION
HOLDING A PICK
2-1 MAJOR TRIADS
2-2 MAJOR 6
2-3 DOMINANT 7
2-4 MINOR TRIADS / MINOR 7
2-5 AUGMENTED TRIADS
2-6 DIMINISHED 7
CHAPTER 2 REVIEW
CHAPTER
3 12-BAR
BLUES
THE BASIC 12-BAR BLUES
3-1 BLUES IN E
3-2 BLUES IN A
3-3 BLUES IN C
3-4 BLUES IN G
3-5 BLUES IN Am
CHAPTER 3 REVIEW
CHAPTER
4 BARRE
AND MOVABLE CHORDS
WHAT IS A BARRE CHORD?
NAMES OF THE BARRE CHORDS
4-1 E-FORM
BARRE CHORDS
4-2 A-FORM
BARRE CHORDS
4-3 D-FORM
BARRE CHORDS
4-4 SHIFTING
TECHNIQUES
4-5 PUTTING
IT TOGETHER
CHAPTER 4 REVIEW
CHAPTER
5 POWER
CHORDS AND BOOGIE-WOOGIE STYLE
TAB
5-1
POWER
CHORDS
5-2
POWER MAJOR 6 CHORDS
“Boogie-Woogie No. 1”
5-3 POWER DOMINANT 7 CHORDS
“Boogie-Woogie No. 2”
5-4 MOVABLE POWER CHORDS
5-5
BOOGIE-WOOGIE VARIATIONS
CHAPTER
6 FINGERSTYLE
BLUES
RIGHT-HAND LETTERS
6-1
BASIC
FINGERSTYLES
“Finger-Painting Blues”
6-2 ALTERNATING
BASS
“Back-and-Forth Blues”
6-3 FINGERPICKING
“Toothpick Blues”
6-4 LEFT-HAND TECHNIQUES
Hammer-on
Pull-off
Slide
Bend
Vibrato
“Hammer-on
Blues”
CHAPTER 6 REVIEW
CHAPTER
7 VARIOUS
BLUES ACCOMPANIMENT STYLES
7-1 ALTERNATIVE
& NEW CHORD FORMS
“Shufflin’ with Newbies”
“Slidin’ Nine”
7-2 SINGLE-NOTE
RIFFS
“Lonesome Boogie”
7-3 DOUBLE-STOP RIFFS
“Double-Pleasure Blues”
7-4 SMALL-CHORD RIFFS
“Small But Good”
7-5 OTHER BLUES FORMS
8-Bar, 16-Bar, and 24-Bar Blues
12-Bar Blues Variations
More Turnarounds
Other Considerations
7-6
OPEN TUNINGS
7-7
USING A CAPO
CLOSING
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