Happy Traum Teaches Blues Guitar: A Hands-On Beginner's Course in Acoustic Country Blues : Featuring a Comprehensive Audio Lesson on Cd (Listen & Learn) Review

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(More customer reviews)This book has a lot of good material. I picked up some new tricks from it. On the other hand, it isn't anywhere near a complete course in beginner acoustic blues. Now, it's always a mistake to expect too much from a single book. Some people seem to think that a single book should turn you into Stevie Ray Vaughan. I won't make that mistake; but it seems like the book ends just as it's really beginning. Three or four more songs would have made me happier and given my review a fourth star.
Nevertheless, the material that *is* here is good. I figure, for the price I paid, if I learn just one really good chop, it's worth the price. I got more than one chop from this book. The book is aimed at beginners; it hits its target fairly well. None of the stuff is terribly hard. Keep in mind that if you're a beginner at guitar, as well as a beginner at acoustic blues, then this stuff will seem impossibly hard at first. But I've bought a ton of books, and I can tell you that there are beginner books that are really aimed at beginners, even if they're tough for a novice to pick up, and then there are books with the word "beginner" in the title that are so stinkin' hard that they still sit on my shelf, and I've been playing for four years. This book is truly aimed at the beginner. In short, there are better choices for beginner acoustic blues, but if you're like me, and you snag just about every available title on acoustic blues you can find, this book is worth getting.

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A Hands-On BeginnerÕs Course In Acoustic Country Blues Homespun Listen & Learn Series Take a lesson in fingerstyle blues guitar from one of the worldÕs most respected teacher/performers. All you need to know is how to play a few basic chords to get started playing along with this user-friendly book/audio package. Beginning with the most basic strumming of a 12-bar blues pattern. Happy gradually starts adding fills, runs, turnarounds, bass rhythms and Õboogie woogieÕ walking bass patterns that make the basic blues progression come alive. All of these elements are notated in both notes and tab.

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