Interpreting The Gospel Songs And Style Of Reverend Gary Davis-Larry Campbell who has played with Bob Dylan Levon Helm Elvis Costello and numerous others grew up listening to the inspirational songs and dazzling Guitar technique of Rev. Gary Davis. He performs five songs of this legendary master with vocalist Teresa Williams and then breaks down the complex fingerpicking arrangements for lear…

Grossman writes: I love fingerpicking blues in the key of C. Blind Blake Big Bill Broonzy Rev. Gary Davis Mississippi John Hurt Mance Lipscomb and Tommy McClennan all favored this key. All approached their playing from different angles and perspectives. Mississippi John Hurt had a happy sounding alternating bass style. Big Bill Broonzy combined a driving bass technique. Blind Blake's 'sportin'…

Guitarist educator and historian Stefan Grossman was a student of acoustic blues and gospel singer/guitarist Rev. Gary Davis. Beginning when he was 15 Stefan studied with Davis on weekends spending eight to ten hours at his house in Harlem absorbing all he could. While studying with Rev. Davis he met and studied with other country blues guitarists: Mississippi John Hurt Son House Skip James …

Arranged For Fingerstyle Guitar-This DVD lesson could be titled The Music of Louis Armstrong for Finger-picking Guitar or Gary Davis Meets Louis Armstrong. Born in 1896 the brilliant Piedmont guitarist Gary Davis came of age in the teens and the twenties. Hewas in his prime during the Jazz Age and his playing shows it. His guitar style and techniques came out of the twenties. It enabled him to pl…

This book/online audio lesson is designed for the beginner and intermediate student. Basic fingerpicking styles are illustrated in all the major keys.The technique of the alternating bass is introduced in varioussettings (both in standard and open tunings). The styles and techniques of Mississippi John Hurt Rev. Gary Davis Blind Blake Blind Boy Fuller Sam McGee Skip James Willie Brown and To…

The second lesson in this series focuses on the playing techniques of Blind Lemon Jefferson Rev. Gary Davis Tommy Johnson and Lonnie Johnson as well as many facets of fingerpicking in these keys. Focusing on the keys of D andG this is a challenging lesson that will illustrate different right and left hand techniques.As in the first lesson the aim is to give you a freedom to improvise playing …

It doesn't get more fun than the tunes on this lesson! If you're comfortable playing an alternating bass then these arrangements will help you expand your technique. We start with the popular children's ring game Green GreenRocky Road played in a dropped D tuning. The playing is loosely based on Dave Van Ronk's classic arrangement but we add more left hand movements. In the key of C we explore tw…

This series of lessons explores various fingerstyle blues guitar styles and techniques. It delves in to the alternating and monotonic bass techniques; blues slides hammer-ons and pull-offs and blues slurred notes. The aim of thislesson is to give you a freedom to improvise playing a blues and the playing techniques of Mississippi John Hurt Rev. Gary Davis and Blind Blake are discussed with eac…

The Guitar Playing of Lonnie Johnson Bo Carter Rev. Gary Davis Buddy Moss Josh White & Tommy McC

Stefan Grossman vous ammene à la rencontre de maître de la country blues guitar : Scrapper Blackwell, Blind Blake, Big Bill Broonzy, Rev. Gary Davis, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Lonnie Johnson, Charley Jordan, Josh White. Biographie de chaque guitariste, partitions en solfège et tablatures, CD audio enregistrements originaux des morceaux étudiés.

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Cette leçon de DVD a été conçue pour aider les débutants et les étudiants intermédiaires de fingerpicking guitare blues de pays améliorer leurs compétences en jeu et augmentent leur répertoire en utilisant une technique de basse alternée. Stefan Grossman illustre et explique en arrangements fingerstyle de détail dix dans les clés de C, D, E, A, G et f. Ces blues populaire et les chansons de ragtim…

Voici une opportunité d'explorer l'univers d'une génération de bluesmen d'avant-guerre, disparus depuis longtemps, à travers des films réunis dans ce DVD. De rares séquences nous montrant Bukka White, Sam Chatmon, Big Joe Williams, Houston Stackhouse, Rev. Gary Davis et Lead Belly. / Guitare

The Art of Acoustic Blues Guitar - The Basics. Whether your favourite blues guitarist is Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Blind Blake, John Lee Hooker, Big Bill Broonzy, or Mississippi John Hurt, studying the basic techniques presented in this program is the first step toward being able to capture the essence of their traditional styles. In this book, Woody Mann shows you practical ways to develop fu…