Item Number: S0.952777

Master the Blues in Open D Guitar Tuning

Take your Open D guitar playing to the next level with 101Blues Riffs & Solos in Open D Guitar Tuning. The most complete instructional book everwritten exclusively for DADF#AD tuning. This book is great for beginners and excellentfor intermediate and advanced guitarists looking to enrich their creative, opentuning knowledge.

A complete course on its own, the book covers a wide rangeof essential lessons to play blues in multiple styles, including traditional, Delta,rock, funk and jazz blues. Begin by studyingthe 40 stylistic riffs in several keys, then move on to the 25 practical oneand two bar riffs. Next, you can learnthe rhythm guitar riffs, the fingerstyle patterns, and finish with the longerriffs and solos.

Using a combination of slide, fingerstyle and pick playing,you will cover all the bases needed to develop a solid technique in open Dguitar. The extensive scale charts showthe blues, major, minor, modal and pentatonic scales with useful diagrams. Chords and arpeggios are also covered with theessential blues chords and variations on blues chord progressions presented inall keys.

If you want to explore the world of open D, then you are inthe right place. Everything you need tomaster the blues with essential lessons for DADF#AD guitar tuning!

Audio tracks are available on the author's website: brentrobitaille.com. 185 pgs

ISBN 9781619117136.

Make your old-time and bluegrass music sing through the warm open-string sound of DADGAD tuning! This book includes twenty classic old-time and bluegrass tunes, arranged and recorded by Rob MacKillop. The material is ideal for players of easy to intermediate levels and is designed for flatpicking, but can also be played fingerstyle. Repertoire includes Angeline the Baker, Blackberry Blossom, Fire on the Mountain, Old Joe Clark, Whiskey Before Breakfast, Wildwood Flower and much more. Additional content includes DADGAD chord diagrams, instructions and a technique primer. Includes access to online audio.