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101 Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Turnarounds book and CD
Product DescriptionOpen-flat spiral blues instruction book and CD by Larry McCabe Red Dog Music Books is proud to offer this superb collection of 101 authentic urban blues turnaround licks for electric guitar playing in blues bands. Each lick is written in notation and tablature, and recorded on the companion CD. A turnaround lick is one that is played in the last two bars of of chord progression; for example measures 11-12 in a twelve-bar blues. The 101 authentic blues turnaro. . . More >>
101 Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Turnarounds book and CD
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This book teaches 101 turnarounds in the urban blues guitar style. It is an excellent book and contains everything you need to know to play great turnarounds.
The turnarounds are fairly easy to play. What this book does is provide a wealth of them. Learn them, then use them in your favorite blues songs.
Transpose to other keys to become more familiar with your guitar fingerboard. Use the turnarounds to improve your string-bending abilities, and your timing of blues phrases over a shuffle beat.
The recording is very simple, played for the benefit of learners, very easy to understand and play along with.
Learn these turnarounds after you understand blues rhythm playing. As a guitar teacher, I find this book suitable for players who have mastered the rudiments. In my lessons, I often assign the book with, or following, the student’s use of Larry’s “101 Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Rhythm Patterns” and the beginning of “Complete Rhythm Guitar Guide for Blues Bands. ”
This book and Larry’s “101 Razor-Sharp Blues Guitar Fill-In Licks” will teach you how to play in the gaps when the singer is resting.
Turnarounds that any musician can benefit from adding to his or her repertoire. I find myself returning to this book again and again, no matter what other sources I have. It’s tried and true and the licks come in handy in a wide variety of different situations – especially if you learn to transpose the licks to other keys.
A book that will pay for itself a million times over.
The skill of a blues guitarist can be measured in one way by the variety of blues turn-arounds they know. This book is helpful for giving you exactly what you need-different ideas for blues turnarounds. It has been helpful to me because I have had to think about how to move these licks to other keys (they are all in C). They have also forced me to ask what constitutes a turnaround. This has led me to re-examine what the I-IV-V progression really means. this book is superb and offers exactly what the description promises.
The turnarounds also inspire different ideas for other non turnaround licks.
About a year ago a teacher/performer friend asked me who my first guitar teacher was. Larry McCabe, quite a few years ago. My friend looked surprised, and told me he uses Larry’s books in his own teaching, and that Larry had written something like 80 books to date. I had no idea, as Larry was in the process of writing his first book when I had lessons with him. So when it came time to brush up on some basic blues licks for a band I’m in I ended up obtaining some of Larry’s books.
This book of blues turnarounds is where I started. What a great book – full of excellent turnaround licks. At this point I’ve only played through about half of them note for note, but have used those as a basis for coming up with my own licks. And to me, that is the mark of a great book – lots of useful information if read note-for-note, but can also be used as a springboard for creating new ideas.
The licks I’ve learned from the book thus far are all in the key of C, but can be easily used in other keys if one has a basic knowledge of the notes on the fretboard. I’d highly recommend this book for a beginner wanting to learn stock blues licks, or intermediate players who need to expand their blues vocabulary.
An Excellent Choice for the Early Intermediate Blues Guitarist
A turnaround is a lick played at the end of a section of music. A blues turnaround would be played in measures 11-12 of a 12-bar blues, or measures 7-8 of an eight-bar blues.
Electric urban blues turnarounds are fairly easy to play, and the difference from one to another is subtle. Having the ability to play a variety of turnarounds is an important skill in blues guitar playing. This is the best book I know of that addresses exclusively the subject of electric blues guitar turnarounds.
This a book for a VERY ambitious beginner, or an early intermediate guitarist who has an interest in Chicago blues in the classic style of Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Jimmy Reed, etc.
The licks are all arranged in the key of C. This is for ease of analysis and comparison. The user is encouraged to transpose the licks to other keys – a worthwhile project for exploring and learning the fingerboard. Very, very good practice for learning the art of blues phrasing.
Great book from one of our leading authors. My students (and myself) have consistently benefited from the interesting instruction contained here.