Blues Guitar For Dummies. Jon Chappell

      

       Blues Guitar For Dummies®

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      Library of Congress Control Number: 2020931515

      ISBN 978-1-119-69563-9 (pbk); ISBN 978-1-119-74895-3 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-119-74896-0 (ebk)

      Blues Guitar For Dummies®

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      Table of Contents

      1  Cover

      2  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

      3  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

      4  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