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Get to know the nuts and bolts of country-blues and other rootsy styles with this series of in-depth lessons by blues guitar expert Steve James. You'll learn essential chord shapes and picking patterns in standard and open tunings, with and without the bottleneck slide, as well as a wealth of melodic vocabulary.

You'll discover how these devices work in a wide range of traditional and blues settings. All examples are provided in standard notation and tablature, with video downloads so that you can see and hear exactly how they're played. Throughout, a wealth of historical information and anecdotes, some of them first-hand, will give you a clear picture of how this music came together.

Table of Contents:

• Waltz, Breakdown, and the Blues: An American Guitar Story
• Doin' the Slide
• Yes, We're Open
• The Tool Box
• The Mold Was Broken: Three Songs by Three Roots-Guitar Originals
• The Rule of Thumb
• Gearing Up
• Notation Guide
• Introduction

Catalog:	HL00289572
Publisher:	Hal Leonard
Composer:	Steve James
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Voicing:	Guitar
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Pages:	80