Beginning Blues Guitar: A Guide to the Essential Chords, Licks, Techniques & Concepts [With CD] (PB) (2007)

(Guitar Educational). From B.B. King and Buddy Guy to Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan, blues guitar has become a constant in the realm of American popular music. This book teaches the concepts and techniques as fostered by these legendary bluesmen: 12-bar blues; major & minor pentatonic scales; the blues scale; string bending; licks; double-stops; intros and turnarounds; and more. The book includes standard notation and tab, as well as recorded demos of every example. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.