Blues Bop And Ballads

Arrangements In Vestapol Tuning-'The Open D Tuning (D A D F# A D) also referred to as the Vestapol tuning is a powerful and evocative tuning that was widely used by guitarists in the 1920s to play country blues ballads rags and folk tunes. In this lesson I focus on arranging five of my favorite blues melodies in Vestapol plus an original instrumental.The religious tune When I Lay My Burden Down was in the repertoire of both Black and White traditional guitarists. I have arranged it in an Elizabeth Cotten/Mississippi John Hurt style. The beautiful blues Goin' To Germany was recorded by the Cannon's Jug Stompers in the 1920s. I have always wanted to find the right setting for this melodic countryblues and the Vestapol tuning gave me the feel and textures that I was looking for. Sam McGee played guitar behind Uncle Dave Macon when he recorded I've Got The Morning Blues in Vestapol. This is a fun tune to play and leads nicely in to Hesitation Blues a song recorded by many artists. My arrangement tries to combine a sliding jug sound with some funky blues licks. Peg Leg Howell's Skin Game Blues is a rare example of an early blues song with three distinct sections. Peg Leg played this with a bottleneck but for our arrangement we will rely on our fingers to make the notes sing out.We finish the lesson with Innocence Abroard. An original instrumental that ties together the right and left hand techniques we have studied.A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and played slowly on a split-screen. Bonus audio tracks of the original 1920s recordings are included. These are the records I first heard that influenced me to rearrange the melodies to the Vestapol tuning.' Stefan Grossman

Rock Swing Blues Ballads and More!-These collections feature motivating supplementary music for any Piano method! Includes 19 great Piano solo arrangements of pop songs and standards that students of all ages will enjoy playing. All pieces are also on the exam syllabus of Conservatory Canada.Songs: 'Baby Elephant Walk' 'Don't Be Cruel (To a Heart That's True)' 'The Dreame' 'Eight Days a Week' 'For the Love of a Princess' 'Happy Together' 'Hero' 'It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)' 'My Favorite Things' 'Nobody Told Me' 'Reunion Blues' 'Somewhere in Time' 'Sweet Home Alabama' 'Under the Boardwalk' 'Walking in Memphis' 'When I Fall in Love' 'Wonderful Tonight' 'You've Got aFriend' 'Your Song'.

Par . The Faber Music Ballads Piano Anthology is a timeless collection of some of the greatest pop ballads ever written. Beautifully presented in progressive order, and specially arranged for intermediate piano solo, it features music from David Bowie, Adele, Kate Bush, Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, Ed Sheeran, Seal, Patti Smith and many, many more. / Date parution : 2022-11-04/ Recueil / Piano

In this double DVD set Stefan Grossman teaches a wide array of folk blues arrangements. You will study playing in various tunings i.e. Standard Dropped D DADGAD Open D and Open C tunings.The songs range from popular bluesand rags to old-time mountain ballads.All are taught phrase by phrase and the movements of both the left and right hands are clearly illustrated on the split screens.A detailed tab/music booklet is included as PDF files oneach DVD as well as printed format.As an extra bonus original old recordings from the 1920s and 1930s are included so that you can hear the roots from where these tunes derived.

With its 25 ballads for piano this tutorial will keep you pleasantly busy for quite a while. But there?s more to it than that! Besides affording pleasure these musical pieces give you appropriate training in all the playing techniques necessary for a good ballad accompaniment. Guidelines for the proper handling of these 25 ballads are given to you in the preliminary chapter ? guidelines regarding the rhythm and harmony but also the movements of your left and right hand. The 25 ballads inspired by the biggest hits of the greatest artists of all time (The Beatles Keane Ray Charles Coldplay David Bowie Phil Collins Alicia Keys Louis Armstrong The Rolling Stones and many more) offer you an encyclopedic tour through the world of ballad ? be it Pop Soul Blues Light Music highly melancholic or a little bit more Rock?n?Roll. The DVD attached to the tutorial presents you with the 25 ballads in their full length and at two different tempos: the intended tempo (for demonstration purposes) and the rehearsal tempo (for surpassing difficulties). For its part the mp3 CD allows you to play the ballads along to backing tracks of an appropriate length each in turn played at two different speeds ? at a slower speed for training and at the actual playing speed for practicing ?under real conditions?.

for Fingerstyle Guitar. Par DIVERS AUTEURS / WEISER GLENN. This is a collection of twenty-five solo fingerstyle guitar arrangements of famous early blues, centuries-old ballads, and traditional folk songs. If you want to learn how to play a melodic fingerstyle solo break between the verses of a song, then these arrangements are a great way to start. All songs include standard notation with fingering indications, tablature, guitar chords, lyrics, and online audio. Songs include: Barbara Allen · Frankie and Johnny · The House of the Rising Sun · John Henry · Loch Lomond · Scarborough Fair · and more. Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the 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./ Tablatures / Guitare Tablatures

Eric Clapton Unplugged remains a high water mark in MTV's Unplugged series. It was a remarkably diverse outing exploring the full range of Clapton's artistry in acoustic form. Included in the program were authentic rural blues, dramatic rock ballads, Dixieland, bossa nova, earthy folk songs, and more - all delivered with Clapton's uncategorizable but immediately recognisable guitar style. This special signature licks presentation is offered as a guitarist's companion book/audio to the Eric Clapton Unplugged album. The music/TAB displays note-for-note transcribed guitar parts, and is accompanied by text and performance notes explaining points of interest and various technical aspects of the music. The CD audio features authentic play-along band tracks in stereo split (the featured guitar part is isolated on the right side, accompaniment is on the left side) - so that you may try your hand at the music in context - as well as detailed demonstrations of the techniques and licks discussed in the book. The latter are broken down into bite-sized phrases and played slowly. / Tablatures guitare (avec les accords)