Masters of Country Blues Guitar: Mississippi John Hurt (Book & 2 CDs)
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (819 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 076920953X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Titles include: Shake That Thing * Casey Jones * Got the Blues, Can't Be Satisfied * Nobody's Dirty Business * Avalon Blues * See See Rider * Stack O'Lee Blues. Transcriptions in notation and tablature plus the original recordings of classic blues by Mississippi John Hurt. Original recordings included on the CDs.
. Original recordings included on the CDs. From the Publisher Transcriptions in notation and tablature plus the original recordings of classic blues by Mississippi John Hurt. Titles include: Shake That Thing * Casey Jones * Got the Blues, Can't Be Satisfied * Nobody's Dirty Business * Avalon Blues * See See Rider * Stack O'Lee Blues
Benjamin T. Dewolfe said Excellent way to learn John Hurt's style. I was interested in learning the guitar style of Mississippi John Hurt after checking out one of his CDs (Satisfied Blues)from the library. The CD did not come out of my CD player for over a month, and I felt driven to learn his style. This book was extremely useful in helping me learn this style. I have had the book about Excellent way to learn John Hurt's style Benjamin T. Dewolfe I was interested in learning the guitar style of Mississippi John Hurt after checking out one of his CDs (Satisfied Blues)from the library. The CD did not come out of my CD player for over a month, and I felt driven to learn his style. This book was extremely useful in helping me learn this style. I have had the book about 4 months and can play about half the songs. The learning process involves following the tab and listening to the CDs over and over. The first song I attempted to learn (Spikedriver's Blues)took some time and a . months and can play about half the songs. The learning process involves following the tab and listening to the CDs over and over. The first song I attempted to learn (Spikedriver's Blues)took some time and a . Great fingerstyle blues A Customer I've had this book for three years or so. Lately, I've switched from playing mostly acoustic fingerstyle to electric blues, but I still like to get out the acoustic and this book from time to time. It has a bunch of Hurt's best songs, and the skill range is from fairly easy to quite difficult.Keep in mind that you won't find complete tabs for all of the songs. Sometimes, you get just the 12-bar pattern for the song. Learning the breaks and extras will be up to you. But if you're a fingerstyle player with at least a little experie. "Bringin' it on home" according to Bill B Carlsen. When a guitar player hears Mississippi John Hurt's playing athey are generally struck by the simple beauty of it. To master the Hurt style is quite complex, but this book with its combined CD's (which feature MJH himself!) offer a good roadmap for unlocking the style of this master. Definitely not for the beginner, but one great feature is the way the tablature is presented. It is large and easy to read. To me, this makes a world of difference when attempting to learn a new piece using tablature.