How to Play Blues Guitar: The Basics & Beyond: Lessons & Tips from the Great Players

by Richard Johnston

Packed with musical examples, charts and photos, this is a complete, step-by-step course for learning acoustic or electric blues guitar. In-depth lessons teach you to build your own style while exploring the music of traditional bluesmen and modern stars. From practicing your scales and turn-arounds to breaking out Chicago-style, this book from the former editor of Guitar Player brings essential lessons on blues basics; insights into the music of masters like B.B. King, Eric Clapton, John Lee Hooker, T-Bone Walker, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy and many others; advice on selecting gear and setting up your guitar; a great blues discography; and even free access to audio lessons on the web!

Genres: Music

98 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2002

Reviews

[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good articles. I especially liked Andy Ellis' article "Organisms!" although I could not find all of the examples in the recordings he cited.

5/29/23
I like all the articles in this book. It is helpful to spend a good amount of time with each article individually. This book is good for intermediate players and beyond to get the nuances of different blues guitar players.