Christopher Galen’s highly popular Easy Guitar SongPack series now features the second volume of Blues songs. You’ll learn to play Stormy Monday Blues by T-Bone Walker, I've Got a Woman by Ray Charles, After Midnight by J.J. Cale, Have You Ever Loved a Woman by Freddie King, and Blue Sky by the Allman Brothers Band.
”In this song pack, I'm going to show you how to play easy, strummable versions of five more must-know blues songs that you can add to your repertoire right away. We're going to learn to play 'Stormy Monday Blues' by T-Bone Walker, 'I've Got a Woman' by Ray Charles, 'Have You Ever Loved a Woman' by Freddie King, 'After Midnight' by J.J. Cale, and 'Blue Sky' by The Allman Brothers. I'll get you up and running right away. A quick chord review, and then I'll guide you through each song's structure and its individual components so you know precisely what's happening throughout. Now, you can play these songs all by yourself if you wish, but we've also included some backing tracks to play along with to make it a lot more fun, and you'll have our suite of learning tools at your fingertips so you can learn at your own pace.
Alright, are you ready? This is going to be a lot of fun. So grab your guitar, and let's get started.”
In the first section of the SongPack, Chris teaches you the easiest way to play the chords and strumming patterns. Each song is presented in 4 segments: Song Overview, Song Performance, Song Breakdown, and Playalong with the Band.
The Playalongs are what makes Easy Guitar SongPack really special. The Playalongs have backing tracks with drums, bass, and vocals to give you a real-world musical context. Not only does this make the learning experience a lot more enjoyable, but it also prepares you for playing songs with other musicians.
You’ll have TrueFire’s interactive learning tools at your fingertips to personalize your workspace and learn at your own pace.
The demonstrations and performances are tabbed, notated, and synced to the video with controls for looping, slow motion, fretboard animation, and many other tools designed to accelerate the learning process.
You’ll also get tab and standard notation files to print out, Guitar Pro files, and backing tracks to practice with.
Grab your guitar, and let’s dig in with Christopher Galen!
What you'll learn
Play the complete song 'After Midnight' by J.J. Cale
Perform rhythmic hits with the band in intro/outro sections
Use right-hand muting technique for clean stops
Understand the structure and components of each song
Hey everyone, Christopher Galen here. In this song pack, I'm going to show you how to play easy, strummable versions of five more must-know blues songs that you can add to your repertoire right away. We're going to learn to play "Stormy Monday Blues" by T-Bone Walker, "I've Got a Woman" by Ray Charles, "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" by Freddie King, "After Midnight" by J.J. Cale, and "Blue Sky" by the Allman Brothers. I'll get you up and running right away. A quick chord review, and then I'll guide you through each song's structure and its individual components so you know precisely what's happening throughout. You can play these songs all by yourself if you wish, but we've also included some backing tracks to play along with to make it a lot more fun. You'll have our suite of learning tools at your fingertips so you can learn at your own pace. Alright, are you ready? This is going to be a lot of fun. So grab your guitar, and let's get started.
2Essential Chord Vocabulary
Let's take a look at the chords we're going to be using in this pack. We'll be using 12 chords total in this pack: G, G7, C, C7, D, D7, E, Em, E7, A, A7, Am
3Stormy Monday Blues
This is truly a blues classic. Written by T-Bone Walker, this song has been covered by many artists. The most well know version is by Bobby Bland in 1961. We're going to learn a stripped down version that's closer to T-Bone's version. This is a 12 bar blues in a 6/8 time feel. If that sounds confusing, don't worry about it. I'm going to simplify the strumming for you.
4Stormy Monday Blues
Check out the performance of Stormy Monday Blues, written by T-Bone Walker.
5Stormy Monday Blues
The chords we'll be using are: G7, C7 and D7. Let's look at the strumming pattern and feel. Now let's check out the form of the song!
6Stormy Monday Blues
Check out the performance of Stormy Monday Blues, written by T-Bone Walker.
7I've Got a Woman
I've Got a Woman was released by Ray Charles in 1957. This is an uptempo rhythm and blues song that has a lot of energy! There is a stop time section with a little surprise that is super fun to play, and the whole song really cooks.