Efnisyfirlit

• Cover
• Introduction
  • About This Book
  • Conventions Used in This Book
  • What You’re Not to Read
  • Foolish Assumptions
  • How This Book Is Organized
  • Icons Used in This Book
  • Where to Go from Here
• Part 1: You Got a Right to Play the Blues
  • Chapter 1: Every Day I Have the Blues … Hallelujah!
    • Capturing the Blues Train from Its Departure Then to Its Arrival Now
    • It’s Not All Pain and Suffering — The Lighter Side of Blues
    • Surveying the Means to Make the Music: The Guitar in All Its Glory
    • The Collision of Two Worlds: Acoustic versus Electric
    • Getting a Grip on How Guitars Work
    • Performing and Looking Like a Blues Player
    • Blues Trivia For Dummies
  • Chapter 2: Blues Meets Guitar: A Match Made in Musical Heaven
    • Beyond the Delta: Defining the Blues Guitar Sound
    • Dissecting an Acoustic and an Electric
    • Getting Down with the Blues: A Quick How-To
    • What You Need to Get Your Groove On
  • Chapter 3: Grab Hold, Tune Up, Play On!
    • Holding Your Axe (That Is, Your Guitar)
    • Holding the Pick, Attacking the Problem
    • Getting Situated
    • Tuning Up
    • Playing a Chord
    • Music Notation: Not Just for Geeks
• Part 2: Setting Up to Play the Blues
  • Chapter 4: Getting a Grip on Left-Hand Chords
    • Starting Out Simple: Blues Chords Even Your Mom Could Play
    • Going to the Next Level: Barre Chords
    • Taking Advantage of Versatile Power Chords
  • Chapter 5: Positioning the Right Hand for Rhythm and Lead
    • Strumming Along
    • Mixing Single Notes and Strumming
    • Shuffling the Beats with Syncopated Strumming
    • Stopping the String Ringing (Just for a Sec)
    • Copying the Classics: Plucking Fingerstyle Blues
    • The Right Hand’s Bliss: Different Rhythm Styles to Play
  • Chapter 6: Blues Progressions, Song Forms, and Moves
    • Blues by the Numbers
    • Recognizing the Big Dogs: Primary Key Families and Their Chords
    • The Structure of a Blues Song, Baby
    • Applying Structures to Keys
    • Accessorizing the 12-Bar Blues: Intros, Turnarounds, and Endings
    • High Moves
  • Chapter 7: Musical Riffs: Bedrock of the Blues
    • Basic Single-Note Riffs
    • Double the Strings, Double the Fun: Two-Note Riffs (or Double-Stops)
    • High-Note Riffs, the Bridge to Lead Guitar
    • Mastering the Rhythm Figure
• Part 3: Beyond the Basics: Playing Like a Pro
  • Chapter 8: Playing Lead: Soaring Melodies and Searing Solos
    • Mastering Your Picking Technique
    • The Universal Lead Language: The Pentatonic Scale
    • Pentatonic Plus One: The Six-Note Blues Scale
    • Adding Some Extra Flava to the Blues Scale
  • Chapter 9: Playing Up the Neck
    • For Inquiring Minds: Why Up the Neck You Should Go
    • Positioning Your Digits for an Easy Key Change
    • Easing Into Position: Moving the Pentatonic Up and Down
    • Changing Your Position
    • The Technical Side of Moving
    • Five Positions You Should Know: Meanderings of the Pentatonic Scale
    • Understanding the Logic behind the Corresponding Shift of Position and Key
  • Chapter 10: Express Yourself: Making the Guitar Sing, Cry, and Wail
    • Appreciating the Art of Articulation
    • Going In for the Attack
    • Breaking Down the Music: Phrasing
    • Giving Your Sound a Bit of Flair
    • Playing a Song with Various Articulations
• Part 4: Sounding Like the Masters: Blues Styles through the Ages
  • Chapter 11: Acoustic Roots: Delta Blues and Its Country Cousins
    • Delta Blues: Where It All Began
    • Country Ragtime: The Piedmont Blues
    • Everything In-Between: Country and Folk Blues
    • Country and Folk Blues Had a Baby; Its Name was Rockabilly
    • Quintessential Blues: Slide Guitar
  • Chapter 12: The Birth and Growth of Classic Electric Blues
    • The Rise of the Electric Guitar in Blues
    • Giving Props to the Earliest Electric Pioneer
    • Sweet Home Chicago, Seat of the Electric Blues
    • Modern-Day Blues Styles: The Sounds of Texas
    • Four Blues Giants: Three Kings and a Collins
    • Children of the Post-War Blues Revival
  • Chapter 13: Blues Rock: The Infusion of Ol’ Rock ’n’ Roll
    • The Blues Had a Baby, and They Called It Rock ’n’ Roll
    • Chuck Berry, blues rock’s first superstar
    • The Brits Invade the Blues
    • Trippin’ the Blues
    • Heavy “Blooze”: The Infusion of Hard Rock
    • Hot Barbecue Blues, Texas Style
    • Blues on Steroids
    • 21st-Century Soul
• Part 5: Gearing Up: Outfitting Your Arsenal
  • Chapter 14: Shop Till You Drop: Buying the Right Guitar for You
    • Before You Begin Shopping
    • Deciding On a Make and Model
    • Evaluating a Guitar
    • Welcome to the Jungle: Shopping
    • Protecting Your Guitar
  • Chapter 15: Choosing Your Amp and Effects
    • Getting Started with a Practice Amp
    • Powering Up to a Larger Amp
    • Dissecting the Amplifier
    • What’s That Sound? Checking Out Your Amp Choices
    • Remembering the Good Old Days
    • Dialing in an Amp Sound
    • Chronicling Classic Amps for Blues
    • Messing Around with Your Sound: Effects
    • Juicing Up Your Sound
    • Toying with Tone Quality
    • Modulation Effects, from Swooshy to Swirly
    • Pretending (and Sounding Like) You’re Somewhere You’re Not
    • Choosing an Effects Format
  • Chapter 16: Changing Strings
    • Change Is Good, But When?
    • Choosing the Right Strings
    • Outfitting Your String-Changing Toolkit
    • Removing Old Strings
    • Stringing a Steel-String Acoustic
    • Stringing an Electric Guitar
• Part 6: The Part of Tens
  • Chapter 17: Ten Blues Guitar Giants
    • Robert Johnson (1911–38)
    • Elmore James (1918–63)
    • T-Bone Walker (1910–75)
    • Muddy Waters (1915–83)
    • Albert King (1923–92)
    • B.B. King (b. 1925)
    • Albert Collins (1932–93)
    • Otis Rush (b. 1934)
    • Eric Clapton (b. 1945)
    • Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954–90)
  • Chapter 18: Ten Great Blues Guitars
    • Gibson L-1 Flattop
    • Gibson ES-175 Archtop
    • National Steel
    • Gibson J-200
    • Fender Telecaster
    • Gibson Les Paul
    • Fender Stratocaster
    • Gibson ES-335
    • Gibson ES-355
    • Gibson SG
  • Chapter 19: Ten (Plus One) Must-Have Blues Guitar Albums
    • Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings
    • Blues Masters: The Very Best of Lightnin’ Hopkins
    • T-Bone Walker: Complete Capitol Black & White Recordings
    • T-Bone Walker: Complete Imperial Recordings
    • The Best of Muddy Waters
    • B.B. King: Live at the Regal
    • The Very Best of Buddy Guy
    • Robert Cray: Bad Influence
    • Masters of the Delta Blues: Friends of Charlie Patton
    • Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994
    • Chicago: The Blues Today
• Part 7: Appendixes
  • Appendix A: How to Read Music
    • The Elements of Music Notation
  • Appendix B: How to Use the Website
    • Relating the Text to the Website
    • System Requirements
    • What You’ll Find on the Website
    • Troubleshooting
• Index
• About the Author
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement

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