Traditional Blues Guitar Lessons

Name: Traditional Blues Guitar Lessons
Price: 13.00 USD
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Kenny Sultan

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Unlocks this course + 5,000+ other lessons across every instrument.

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Duration1h 18m

Modules12

LevelIntermediate

LanguageEnglish

Lesson Plan (1h 18m)

- 01. Slippin' And Drippin' (performance)
  Free lesson
  4:17
- 02. Slippin' And Drippin' (lesson)
  10:29
- 03. Lightning Strikes (performance)
  2:50
- 04. Lightning Strikes (lesson)
  9:37
- 05. Sick Boogie (performance)
  2:31
- 06. Sick Boogie (lesson)
  8:56
- 07. If The Shoe Fits (performance)
  4:18
- 08. If The Shoe Fits (lesson)
  9:19
- 09. Honky Tonk (performance)
  3:49
- 10. Honky Tonk (lesson)
  10:04
- 11. Cascade Rag (performance)
  3:12
- 12. Cascade Rag (lesson)
  9:14

About this course

Kenny Sultan plays a blend of American roots styles and has shared stages with Bob Dylan, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Allman Brothers, Joe Bonamassa and Ray Charles, among many others.

In this course he focuses on traditional acoustic blues guitar, taking tunes from his two albums on Solid Air Records and showing exactly what happens behind the notes. As Kenny puts it, 'Books are great, but you can't see everything' - so the camera stays on his hands for the details you can only catch by watching.

Lesson tunes: Slippin and Drippin, Lightnin Strikes, The Sick Boogie, If the Shoe Fits, Honky Tonk and Cascade Rag, plus bonus tunes West Coast Blues, C Rag Medley and Blakes Blast. You'll build a working vocabulary of blues licks, fingerpicking patterns and the rhythm-and-lead approach that lets one guitar carry a whole tune.

Please note: this course began life as a DVD, so Kenny may refer to a DVD or book that isn't included. Instead you get lifetime streaming on all your devices and PDF transcriptions of the tunes.

Who it's for

Intermediate players ready to dig into acoustic blues
Returning guitarists rebuilding their fingerpicking chops
Self-taught players curious about traditional roots styles

What you'll learn

Play six traditional blues tunes from start to finish
Pick up subtle techniques you can only catch visually
Add authentic blues licks and patterns to your playing

What you'll need

An acoustic guitar you are comfortable fingerpicking on
Solid grounding in basic chords and picking
A few minutes most days, regularity over long sessions

Meet the Guru

Kenny Sultan

Kenny Sultan is a best-selling author of music books and instructional videos covering blues guitar, and is the guitarist in a blues duo with Tom Ball.

Together and separately they have worked on countless film scores, TV soundtracks, commercials and sessions. They've appeared on television internationally, were featured on the “Levi's 501 Blues” commercials, have played for audiences of 300 million via Voice of America and are frequent guests of National Public Radio. They've shared the stage with the likes of Bob Dylan, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Allman Brothers, Joe Bonamassa, Ray Charles, Joe Cocker, Elvis Costello, and the list is long...

At home wherever they go, Tom and Kenny fit in at blues, folk, bluegrass and jazz festivals, and their extensive teaching backgrounds make them a natural choice for college campuses or venues that feature workshops. Because their music is a blend of American roots styles, they are regulars overseas, drawing rave reviews.

That same teaching pedigree is what you tap into here. Kenny guides you into traditional blues guitar from the ground up - fingerpicking patterns, alternating bass, turnarounds and the classic licks that define the style - so you build a real repertoire of authentic acoustic blues you can actually play.

“Stupendous playing.” --Blues Revue
“As good as anyone in acoustic blues.” --Sing Out

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Published with

Solid Air

Solid Air Records is the largest US independent label specialising in instrumental guitar - acoustic guitar instrumentals across pop, blues, Celtic and jazz, plus a library of original and cover tracks for film and TV. A Grammy winner for Pop Instrumental Album of the Year, the label was an early pioneer of instructional guitar video, including its Multi Angle format.

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