Kings of Blues & Rock examines the
playing styles of eight of the greatest and most influential blues and rock
guitarists that have ever lived: Eric Clapton, Duane Allman, Jimmy Page,
Johnny Winter, T-Bone Walker, B. B. King, Albert King and Freddie King.
Kings of Blues & Rock is presented in eight Volumes, one volume for each
artist.
This volume examines the playing style of T-Bone Walker. Born in 1910,
T-Bone is universally regarded as the father of the electric blues guitar.
He learned about blues guitar directly from two blues giants, Blind Lemon
Jefferson and
Leadbelly. He was one of the genre’s first electric players,
and claimed that he got his first electric guitar as early as 1935. His 1947
recordings of his compositions “Call it Stormy Monday” and “T-Bone Shuffle”
are among the most important and most influential blues recordings ever
made, and have since become “standards” for all blues and blues/rock
guitarists.
With his amplified electric offering greater volume and sustain, T-Bone was
able to emulate the solo lines of saxophones and other horn players in his
flatpicked single-note solos. T-Bone was one of the first guitarists to use
string-bending as a major component in his approach, which was a prime
influence on B.B. King, who has stated that it was T-Bone’s solos that made
him want to play blues guitar. He also was a virtuoso soloist, spinning out
fast and complex jazz-like lines using alternate picking much of the time.
Kings of Blues & Rock will impact your playing in two distinctly
different but equally important ways: first, you will learn all of the
essential elements for soloing in the style of each of these great players;
more importantly, you will be able to take this information and use it to
create your own style and sound in rock and blues guitar.
The playing styles of each artist is examined in a variety of musical
settings designed around the artists' signature style and performances. All
of the solo segments are played first at tempo, over practice rhythm tracks,
and then presented slowly with thorough explanations. Practice rhythm tracks
are provided so that you can practice the solo examples as presented and
work on creating your own solo variations and ideas. Also discussed is the
type of guitar and amp each artist favors, and the means by which they
achieve their distinct, signature sound.
Your Kings of Blues & Rock instructor,
Andy Aledort is
himself a "King" amongst players, editors and educators. Aledort has served
as senior editor for several top guitar magazines, has authored over 200
guitar instruction books and DVDs and tours with high-profile artists such
as Buddy Guy, Dickey Betts, and the Allman Brothers band.
Kings of Blues & Rock is optimized for intermediate to advanced
players and is presented as interactive video software on CD-ROM (Windows
and Mac compatible). The entire course features 160 full-length video
lessons (20 per artist) and includes text overviews, practice rhythm tracks,
standard notation and interactive Power Tab so that you can "hear" and "see"
the tab/notation played out at any speed, without effecting pitch.
TrueFire's video player features zoom, frame advance, looping and other
handy controls.
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This course
is presented in cross-platform Flash with PDF (tab notation) and Power Tab
elements. Power Tab (included) is only available for Windows but we also
include midi tab files for Mac users. All other components work great on
Mac.
Interactive Video
Leadbelly. He was one of the genre’s first electric players,
and claimed that he got his first electric guitar as early as 1935. His 1947
recordings of his compositions “Call it Stormy Monday” and “T-Bone Shuffle”
are among the most important and most influential blues recordings ever
made, and have since become “standards” for all blues and blues/rock
guitarists. 
Kings of Blues & Rock will impact your playing in two distinctly
different but equally important ways: first, you will learn all of the
essential elements for soloing in the style of each of these great players;
more importantly, you will be able to take this information and use it to
create your own style and sound in rock and blues guitar.
tours with high-profile artists such
as Buddy Guy, Dickey Betts, and the Allman Brothers band.
