EXAMPLES & SONGS IN TAB & STANDARD NOTATION

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C6TH TUNING (LOW TO HIGH) C, E, G, A C, E

In some circles, the blues might be considered a somewhat simple genre of music but it can be profound in its expression of human emotion. The blues can encompass all the moods from the deepest sorrow to the most exuberant joy. Every feel from a stomping, one-chord groove to the most complex bebop reharmonization to the classical blues of George Gershwin fits comfortably under the blues umbrella. Since the earliest days of the instrument, the blues has been played on steel guitars. 

CONTENTS:

Blocking and Muting

Blues Chord Progressions

Fretboard Map: C6th Tuning

Phrasing and Vibrato

Microtonal Music

Blues Improvisational Approaches

Targeting Guide Tones

Blues Using Guide Tones

Harmonized Arpeggios

Triad Arpeggios 

Arpeggios: Fretboard Diagrams

Pentatonic Scales

Blues Scale: Fretboard Diagrams

Pentatonic Scale: Fretboard Diagrams

B.B. King Pentatonic Box: Fretboard Diagrams

Harmonizing Pentatonic Scales

Movable Blues Licks

Blues Turnarounds

SONGS:

Solo Blues: Dead Thumb Blues (Key of E)

Solo Blues: Early Morning Blues (Key of C)

Slow Blues (Key of A)

Minor Blues (Keys of D and C)

Minor Blues (Key of Bm)

Swing Blues: 3-Note Chords (Key of A)

Swing Blues Chord Solo #1 (Key of A)

Swing Blues Chord Solo #2 (Key of A)

Leon’s Boogie (Key of Bb)

St. Louis Blues (Key of G) 

Easy Tuning Tweaks

Recommended Listening

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