Delta Blues Slide Guitar: A Complete Guide to Authentic Acoustic Blues Slide Guitar (Learn How to Play Blues Guitar)

I opened this book with 40+ years of guitar playing experience. For me, all the examples, discussion of keys and root notes and patterns, I, IV, V progressions -- were easy to understand. If you're new to guitar, you'll need to work a little harder to get this, but it's a good journey to take!I like how the examples are (mostly) short and to the point. Easy to practice over and over with the included (but separately downloaded) song files, and easy to try out while listening to other blues songs. Would be nice if the book included a jam track or two, but search Youtube for blues jam tracks in D or G. Examples are recorded well, music notation is clear. What I like the most is the writing style, it just guides you along until BAM!, you've learned something useful. Covers tunings, using a slide, how to use your other fingers with a slide, adding bass parts, vibrato, sliding between notes. Just enough music theory to hold it all together, but the author stresses that you need to listen and play what feels good to you. Included a list of many good blues musicians to listen learn from. Be aware though, this is not a book of songs to learn. It's a book of techniques and how to apply them, so you can learn and play along with the songs you want!

LOVED this book. Start at the beginning through advanced concepts. Complete listening guide (Bukka White, Elmore James, Son House, etc.) of the Delta Blues greats. Step-by-step "how to" and theory behind "Open Tunings." Concise notes, tabs, and tempos. It should be difficult to catch the "feel" of Delta Blues with a book, right? WRONG! Includes a link to a FREE download of all audio files of the lesson examples! Learn the concepts by reading, get the fingering locations down on the fretboard and THEN listen to how it is supposed to sound with the audio companion. EXCELLENT teaching concept and TERRIFIC book. Many thanks to the authors. Provided MUCH more than I was expecting.

The book is easy to follow, starts off with the basics and gets gradually more difficult. The included audio files are helpful. Liked the discussion about muting strings, with both hands, that is not information I have seen in other places.

This is truly a great book to purchase and learn from. I bought the 2020 version of Blues Guitar for dummies and learned from that first. However one can easily just purchase this book first and just go with it. Prior to both books I had no experience playing a guitar. Sure I strummed a few for kicks at Guitar Center, but in this pandemic I've really had the chance to buckle down and learn. The licks and few songs you learn will truly help your style and before you know it, you'll easily develop your own style. The family members listening on will become parched and famine with beads of sweat rolling down wanting to sit on a porch and drink sweet tea.

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I've been playing guitar for over 20 years and recently wanted to learn to play slide blues. I received this book as a gift and am a few lessons in so far. Speaking as an experienced (though not amazing) guitarist who is a newcomer to delta and slide blues, the book and the audio samples are a great way to get started. I appreciate the author's statement... "Once I've described what's going on in the music, please try to get the SOUND and FEELING of the examples in your head and forget as much of the academic stuff as possible." Great advice. With that thought in mind, I have been able to take the exercises/ideas and improvise and build on them myself.Based on the first few lessons alone, I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn delta blues slide guitar.

The book is top notch. I like that the author limits the tunings to Open D and Open G. It's easier on me,and on the strings and guitar. And the techniques learned here can be applied to other open tunings.Also for those of us that can be rough on books, this is holding up really well (I've been using it now for about a year along with a couple other books I use).And I love that it gives me more than enough examples to string together, substitute, add to, etc so I find myself losing myself in the sound that I'm playing and creating.

Always been a fan of blues music. Love the fact that it opens the world of open tuning in depth and every book knows exactly where it needs to start.

Livro muito bom e objetivo. A entrega foi rápida e o vendedor muito solícito. Recomendo!!!

J'avais acheté, il y a longtemps, la méthode de Slide du regretté Cyril Lefèbvre.Cette méthode est absolument nulle !!! Elle comporte un CD mais tous les exercices qui sont en partition dans le livre ne figurent pas sur le CD !!! Donc, impossible de les utiliser. Il n'y a que les morceaux complets et encore, joués dans des versions différentes de ce que l'on voit sur les partitions. Impossible de tirer quoi que ce soit de cette méthode à moins d'être un pro en solfège et un expert de la guitare.Ici, rien à voir !!! Méthode très progressive. Tous les exemples sont dans les extraits audio à télécharger facilement sur le site. Vraiment un superbe outils pour s'y mettre. Après, y'a plus qu'à s'investir dans le travail sur sa guitare. Vraiment, bravo pour cette méthode.

At 72 years old and having played guitar for 58 years I decided that it was time that I learned to play slide guitar and, after searching through Amazon and reading the reviews I decided to give this book a try. It turned out to be a good choice. This book takes you, step by step, through the basic open tunings and, using simple exercises initially then later more complex ones, helps you to learn and develop slide guitar technique. The free downloadable audio files which accompany each exercise are invaluable too.Each exercise is written in tab and musical score with slide and tremolo motions clearly annotated.All in all I am very pleased with my choice of this book to the extent that I have already purchased the follow up edition 'Slide Guitar Soloing Technique' by the same author.

Cubre los aspectos básicos del slide para principiantes. Muy buen libro para iniciarse en este mundo, sin duda lo recomiendo!

The book is absolutely ideal for learning the slide technique and the Delta Blues playing style. I've tried many different tutorials to learn the style of play, unfortunately without success, but this book broke down walls for me. Lots of musical examples and exercises, according to didactic aspects, gradually built up. I would recommend it to those who have prior knowledge of playing the guitar, as complete beginners may have difficulties with this.