13 Jan 00 - 04:29 PM (#162311) Subject: Help: Looking for Blues Guitar Scores From: Áine Marc posted this original message in another thread and I thought I'd re-post it for him so he'd be more likely to get an answer. -------------- Subject: RE: Lyrics For Mbo's Midi Songs From: marc.lagardere@wanadoo.fr Date: 13-Jan-00 - 03:16 PM do you know how to find some blues score for guitar, like lightn'hopkins or again hooker ? but i'm interrested by any other blues score. |
13 Jan 00 - 05:11 PM (#162335) Subject: RE: Help: Looking for Blues Guitar Scores From: Benjamin You might want to try Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop. You can order audio and video lessons as well as books on blues and other forms of fingerstyle guitar playing. BMW |
21 Jan 00 - 06:57 AM (#166140) Subject: RE: Help: Looking for Blues Guitar Scores From: GUEST,Chris/Darwin Stefan Grossman has certainly been a prolific producer of books on the guitar styles of the classic bluesmen.
E.g., Delta Blues Guitar, Oak, Lib Congress 68-23509
Oak also produced a lot of books by other people, such as: There are probably lots of books around if you look in the big music stores, although folk/blues is not as popular as it was in the 60's and 70's.
Regards |
21 Jan 00 - 09:17 PM (#166447) Subject: RE: Help: Looking for Blues Guitar Scores From: Roger in Baltimore I'm too lazy to run upstairs and look, but I have a John Lee Hooker guitar book. Has TAB and music. If you want to do Robert Johnson, Scott Ainsle has an excellent book covering much of Johnson's work. Roger in Baltimore |
21 Jan 00 - 09:25 PM (#166452) Subject: RE: Help: Looking for Blues Guitar Scores From: GUEST,formerly known as MTed If you want to play like John Lee, you should see him, or at least watch a video--the TAB doesn't tell the whole story-- |
22 Jan 00 - 09:13 AM (#166628) Subject: RE: Help: Looking for Blues Guitar Scores From: Roger in Baltimore It's a new day and I've checked out the books. Mel Bay Presents John Lee Hooker Vintage Blues Guitar, transcribed and annotated by Lenny Carlson, Mel Bay Publications, Inc., Pacific, MO 63069,1996. Check out melbay.com. At the start the book says, "A recording of the music in this book is now available. The publisher strongly recommends the use of this recording along with the text to insure accuracy of interpretation and ease in learning." Songs include Bundle Up and Go, Church Bell Tone, Democrat Man, Good Mornin' Little School Girl, How Can You Do It?, How Long Blues, I'm Wanderin', I Need Some Money, It's You I Love Baby, No more Doggin', Pea Vine Special, Wobblin' Baby, You Don't Move Me, and You're So Nice and Kind to Me Lou Della. Robert Johnson at the Crossroads: The authoratative Guitar Transcriptions, transcribed by Scott Ainslie and Dale Whitehill. Contains every Robert Johnson song (recorded of course). Enjoy the music! Roger in Baltimore |
23 Jan 00 - 06:00 AM (#167074) Subject: RE: Help: Looking for Blues Guitar Scores From: GUEST,murray@mpce.mq.edu.au Here are blue clicky things for Stefan Grossman's Guitar workshop site and the site for Homespun tapes. Both offer lessons and transcriptions of blues players, although I am not sure either has Hopkins or Hooker; but they do have Hurt, Johnson(s), Davis, etc. Murray |