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Blues Guitar for Dummies |  | Author: Jon Chappell
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Category: Book
List Price: £16.99
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 22160
Media: Paperback
Edition: Pap/Com
Pages: 384
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0470049200
Dewey Decimal Number: 787.87193
EAN: 9780470049204
ASIN: 0470049200
Publication Date: December 8, 2006
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Product Description
Following in the bestselling tradition of our Guitar For Dummies (more than 550,000 copies sold in two editions) and Rock Guitar For Dummies (nearly 70,000 copies sold), this accessible guide shows guitarists and would-be guitarists how to start playing the blues--;without having to read music.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 7
 Helpful and interesting book January 3, 2008
Moppydawg (uk)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'm not realy into Blues, but I realy enjoyed this book. it has improved my guitar playing alot. it was engaging and interesting.
Being an Idiot is the best way to Keep d Blues February 6, 2009
Mislav Miksic (Split, Zagreb - Croatia)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
There is so much sophistication in the world today, the media, the streets, the mirrors. We aim for simplicity. Everyone is able to get to know almost anybody and the transition of emotions, the crossover of them, is laid upon the crossroads of life magnificently written, explained and simplified here in the Blues book for Dummies. We are glad we bought it since it keeps a special place at our book shelves. The one-note blues theory of B.B., arpeggios, pentatonics, the scales of minor and major, they are all pure and obvious in this wonderful book. Worth the money, time and since it is yellow covered, ones read, it is impossible to forget. Thank you, the writers and Amazon.
Blues guitar for real dummies March 2, 2010
Welsh Kev (South Wales)
Easy to understand - even for me, with lots of good practical advice and ideas.
The accompanying CD is ideal as it ives you something to play to and shows you how the licks should sound
Worth getting December 1, 2009
D. Walker (UK)
The text is in a zany American style, with some genuinely funny cartoons intersperced. This can help keep this fresh, and if you can adjust to the style it relives the fatigue that can come with taking in lots of info.
As to content I'd say it is more for the beginner than experienced player. For example the Piano book in the same series conveys more theory/playing teaching. However there is a lot of background info on guitars/equipment. You'd also gain a grounding in the Blues greats and lots of useful anacdotes for musos to pepper the conversation at a jam session!! Overall at less than £10 it is worth getting, entertaining and the humourous style does the wonderful trick of letting you learn without it seeming to be hard work.
 Not really for dummies ... March 17, 2009
Paul Urphy
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
For your money this book gives you almost 400 pages (plus CD) of extremely detailed blues guitar instruction. Don't be misled by the title - this is not for dummies; this is a serious, at times challenging, course of instruction which packs far more information than any other guitar tutor that I know of. I imagine some of it might get pretty daunting for a complete beginner; I think this book is best suited for someone with basic knowledge or someone studying guitar with a teacher.
It's a pity that the "Dummies" series all follow the same, old-fashioned format; visually the book is not too exciting and the 360 pages make it impractical and difficult to keep open while actually playing the guitar.
But having said that, I think that in terms of real, practical blues instruction, this book is probably in a class of its own.
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