Synopsis:
If you know how to hold the more common chords you know enough to play Acoustic Blues. Written and presented by Mel Reeves this programme demonstrates the various techniques required to play fingerstyle blues, such as monotonic and alternating bass, slides, hammer-ons, pull ofs, shuffles and fills. There are also five instrumentals to learn, each based on a different style of blues, including ragtime, West Coast and bottleneck. Each piece is played at performance speed, and then broken down into indvidual sections, providing clear yet detailed explanations of exactly what is happening. This programme will allow you to quickly learn and play great, authentic blues fingerstyle guitar.