House of Blues Presents: Blues Guitar Course

Everything you need to start playing blues guitar! The House of Blues and producers of The Rock House Method join together to bring you this unique and comprehensive Blues Guitar Course designed by world-renowned instructor/guitarist John McCarthy. Learn essential blues chords and scales, the BB Box, lead techniques used by greats such as Stevie Ray Vaughn, Buddy Guy and B.B. King, string bending, vibrato, hammer-ons, pull-offs and complete blues rhythms including the 12 bar blues. The second part of the course encourages you to cultivate your own style by emphasizing the techniques and components needed to develop creativity. You'll learn full form blues chords and scales, triplet lead patterns, the shuffle feel and swing effect, challenging blues riffs and turnarounds and much more. Includes a 96-page book; three hours of easy instruction on two DVDs; 130 professional backing tracks and playing examples on 2 CDs; lifetime membership for online lesson support.John McCarthy is the author of 'House of Blues Presents: Blues Guitar Course', published 2008 under ISBN 9780978983291 and ISBN 0978983297.