Blues Rhythms You Can Use focuses entirely on rhythm guitar in the blues. This volume teaches you the styles and techniques necessary to become a proficient member of a rhythm section.
In almost all settings and ensembles, guitar players are called on to provide chordal, rhythm accompaniment much more often than lead guitar lines.  Blues Rhythms You Can Use gives you the chords and chord progressions, rhythmic and strumming patterns and lead/rhythm hybrids that allow you to play like a pro.
The book covers major and minor triads, dominant and minor 7th, 9th and 13th chords, offering you complete sets of all of them.  You will find altered 7(#9) chords, passing diminished chords, 6th chords and all of the secondary chords and chord substitutes, giving you the ability to embellish the progressions and make them more interesting and fun for you and your band.
Most styles are covered including all types of spread (shuffle) rhythms, major and minor blues with smaller chord shapes, funky 7th chord blues, smooth 9th chord blues, jump blues, syncopated strumming styles, lead/rhythm guitar parts and rocking blues.
All of the elements of theory, style and technique are explored in the 21 studies contained in the book.  Audio recordings of the studies are included on the CD which comes with Blues Rhythms You Can Use.  The recorded tunes include either a harmonica or lead guitar solo.  The harmonica part is provided by harp-master Curtis Blake – a legend of the Upper Mississippi blues scene and Blue Bayou Records recording artist.  Each study is given on the CD in two formats: one with the full band and rhythm guitar part, and the other with the bass, drums and lead instrument (harp or lead guitar), minus the rhythm part, so that you can play along on your own.

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