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  • Tuning
  • Slow 12/8, Type 1
  • Slow 12/8, Type 2
  • Swinging Shuffle No. 1
  • Swinging Shuffle No. 2
  • Moderate Boogie Shuffle No. 1
  • Moderate Boogie Shuffle No. 2
  • Chicago Riff Blues No. 1
  • Chicago Riff Blues No. 2
  • Slow Minor Blues
  • Jazzy Minor Blues
  • Riff Blues No. 1
  • Riff Blues No. 2
  • Riff Blues No. 3
  • Boogie Woogie Blues No. 1
  • Boogie Woogie Blues No. 2
  • Jazzy Blues
  • Jazzier Blues
  • Jazziest Blues
  • Bebop Blues
  • Accompanying Keyboards
  • Turnarounds
  • Intros
  • Soloing Over A 12-bar Blues

12-Bar Blues - The Complete Guide For Guitar. For Guitar. Guitar Educational. Learn To Play, Blues and Play Along. Instructional book and accompaniment CD. Guitar tablature, standard notation, chord names, guitar chord diagrams, instructional text, guitar notation legend and introductory text. 61 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.695187).

ISBN 0793581818. With guitar tablature, standard notation, chord names, guitar chord diagrams, instructional text, guitar notation legend and introductory text. Learn To Play, Blues and Play Along. 9x12 inches.

The term '12-bar blues' has become synonymous with blues music and is the basis for an incredible body of jazz, rock 'n' roll, and other forms of popular music. This book/CD pack is solely devoted to providing guitarists with all the technical tools necessary for playing 12-bar blues with authority. The CD includes 24 full-band tracks. Covers: boogie, shuffle, swing, riff, and jazzy blues progressions; Chicago, minor, slow, bebop, and other blues styles; soloing, intros, turnarounds, accompanying keyboards and more. In standard notation and tablature.

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5 star rating

Location: from Atlantic Beach, NC

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate

July 23, 2012

12-Bar Blues Cmplete Guide for Guitar

This book has a load of good tunes and information regarding the history of the Blues. I was able to use it right a way in my college guitar class.

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5 star rating

Location: from Santa Rosa, Ca

Difficulty Level:
Beginner

December 31, 2011

GREAT BOOK!

As with all the books in this series it is awesome. A must have for all beginning blues players!

18 of 52 people found this review helpful.

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5 star rating

Location: from Norway

Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate

March 18, 2010

Good, good.....!!!

It is realy good to see books like this out there. I have played guitar for so many years now, but i wish books like this was out there 30 years sooner,,thinking how far i could get, whith help of books like his will get you. And this guy have...

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33 of 67 people found this review helpful.

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1 star rating

Location: from Toronto

Difficulty Level:
Advanced

September 8, 2008

More Jazz & Be-Bop then Blues

I was hoping for some cool patterns and turnarounds, but This book is filled with very complex jazz chords, most songs sound far too similar to each other, I was hoping for some more roots and blues progressions and a variety of licks and turnarounds, other books are much more...

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33 of 76 people found this review helpful.

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5 star rating

Location: from Metro Atlanta

Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate

March 27, 2007

Clear, Well-Written Guide to Playing the Blues

Aimed at the early-intermediate to intermediate+ student of the blues on guitar, Dave Rubin's book appears to cover all the bases, in some 23+ chapters, from Slow to Swinging, Boogie Shuffles, Chicago-style, Minor, Jazzy and Bebop Blues, along with Turnarounds, Intros and Soloing. There is also an interesting chapter on...

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