Publisher: Guitar World | Language: English

Video: MPEG 2 DVD ISO, 720x480 (16:9), 5000 Kbps, 30 fps | 3,93 Gb

Audio: AC3, 192 Kbps, 48 Khz, 2 channels

Length: 1h 30min | Includes PDF & Backing tracks

In this jam-packed DVD, Guitar World magazine's esteemed associate editor Andy Aledort shows you how to play licks from blues rock greats like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and many others. You'll also learn how to perform rhythm and lead in the styles of blues masters and get a complete course in slide guitar, including how to play like Elmore James. With more than 90 minutes of lessons, How to Play Blues & Blues Rock Guitar is ideal for beginning, intermediate, and advanced players.

DVD will teach you:

The Basics of Blues Rhythm Guitar:

The I-IV-V Chord Progression

The 12-Bar Blues Form

The Shuffle Rhythm

Adding Root/Flat Seventh

Walking-Bass Figures

Soloing in the Style of the Masters:

Blues: T-Bone Walker, B.B. King, Albert King, Freddie King

Blues Rock: Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Duane Allman, Johnny Winter, Billy Gibbons, Stevie Ray Vaughan

Everything You Need to Know About Slide Guitar:

Playing in Open E

Basic Slide Technique

Slide Scales

Playing in the Style of Elmore James

There’s almost nothing not to like about this DVD. It probably would not go over well with a real beginner. To really get in to this DVD you kind of need to have the pentatonics drilled in to you sonically so you can pick up the notes by ear in one or two passes. It helps immensely if you’ve already started scale based improvisation and know the I-IV-V song structure by feel. That’s kind of true of almost all “blues” DVDs though outside of the very beginner variety, and is not a shortcoming of the DVD. It had always been hard for me to look at the tab while following the DVD anyway. If you’re just building your foundation, this would not be a good choice.

These lessons are a great way to study to style, with a teacher who is very solid. This is a great hands on playing but it is not for someone just starting to play because the licks and turn arounds to songs are for advanced players to be able to learn it. This is a DVD to move you up a few notches to really enjoy the guitar. This DVD is packed with great styles.