Blues Rhythms You Can Use Songbook with Online Audio | John Ganapes Electric Guitar Rhythm Lesson Book | Intermediate Progressive Blues Styles | Standard Notation and Tablature with 42 Audio Tracks - Softcover

Ganapes, John

 
9781423456636: Blues Rhythms You Can Use Songbook with Online Audio | John Ganapes Electric Guitar Rhythm Lesson Book | Intermediate Progressive Blues Styles | Standard Notation and Tablature with 42 Audio Tracks
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1423456637 ISBN 13: 9781423456636
Publisher: Hal Leonard, 2009

Synopsis

Blues Rhythms You Can Use Book/Online Audio by John Ganapes is a structured electric guitar rhythm lesson guide designed for intermediate players who want to strengthen their blues rhythm chops across authentic styles. It provides a progressive learning path through the essential techniques that define blues rhythm guitar, from foundational theory to stylistic nuance.

Across 21 carefully sequenced lessons, guitarists explore major and minor blues forms, 8th-, 16th-, and triplet-based grooves, chord extensions, passing chords, chord fragments, and lead-rhythm approaches. The material is presented in both standard notation and guitar tablature, making it accessible for players developing reading fluency. Included online audio features 42 full-band tracks that demonstrate each concept in context, helping players hear how rhythm parts function within a complete ensemble setting.

The audio is accessed using a unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The files include PLAYBACK+, a flexible audio player that allows you to slow down tracks without changing pitch, set loop points for focused practice, change keys, and pan left or right. These tools support detailed timing work and help internalize groove, feel, and stylistic phrasing.

Whether expanding blues vocabulary, refining rhythm accuracy, or preparing for live performance, this guide offers practical material grounded in real musical application. It works equally well for structured self-study or as a supplemental resource in private guitar lessons.

Full Song List
Essential Scales For Blues-Rock Soloing * Where Is Love?

Blues Rhythms You Can Use delivers a focused, style-driven approach to rhythm guitar that supports confident playing in blues, blues rock, jump blues, and funk-influenced settings while encouraging steady, musically engaging progress.

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Publisher
Hal Leonard
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1423456637
ISBN 13 
9781423456636
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
96