Blues Guitar Soloing: Master Class Series Book/Online Audio (Musicians Institute Press)

I must have around 10 or 11 Blues Guitar Instructional books and a few DVDs. They all give good information but literally none have captured the kind of Blues that I love. This one is hitting the nail on the head for me. I just got the dang thing today and after going through the first 3 chapters, I am already capturing the sounds that I have heard in my head have not been able to get into my playing. This is what I had dare to hope for when I first saw a video of Keith Wyatt on Youtube. I loved his playing and his book is showing me how to do it.The ideas in the first few chapters were simple, but in trying to learn 4 or 5 music genres, I just did not hit on it. Now, I can hear Muddy Watters in my playing. I won't spoil what the book has with specifics, but I will see that if you like your Blues with lots of bends, vibrato, slides, and lyricism the way Muddy, Albert King, and BB King played, you should love this book. Thus far, he has explained his ideas and then wrote a battery of short licks for us to go through and internalize, one after another. It makes you feel like you are talking through the guitar and I now know which intervals to bend to get that authentic sound.Looking ahead in the book, there is a lot more it has to offer - a lot as this is a very thick book when compared to my other Blues books. These Musician's Institute books can be large and full of ideas. I can't wait to get to the sections on 12/8ths blues and the one with the 9th intervals.I wish I could have had this books years ago (I have been playing for over 14 years), but I have to admit, I don't think I could have really appreciated it the way that I do now with my developed ear. Thank you, Keith!UPDATE: I am up to chapter 12. I have not been disappointed int he least. This author has me bending, slipping and sliding all up and down the neck, using not just the Minor Pentatonic scale. This is the best book on the Blues for me. Chapter 8, which begins on page 85, starts getting into 12-Bar Blues structure, not only using easy chord voicings, but also teaching you to solo effetively through the chords as they change. This is so exciting for me. This book is getting me to the skill level that I have always dreamed off with its indepth instruction and its teaching of traditional techniques and practices. Wow!

Honestly, this is one of the best guitar books that I have run across in any genre. Keith is a real pro and explains his approach in a detailed but easy to understand manner. His chapter summaries are amazingly well done. I bought this book awhile ago and liked it immediately, but never really dug into it. For the last year I have methodically worked through the chapters with my teacher as well as utilizing Keith’s videos on Artistworks Music.You learn a variety of licks and phrases in the 5 CAGED positions and learn how to link them together to create very cool solos. Keith’s approach to mixing the major and minor tones is somewhat unique, and it made things finally click for me. I always wanted to be able to jam over a 12 bar blues and now I can. So much fun. Thank you Keith!

Finally, a holistic approach to blues music theory. I've spent countless hours in books, web pages and YouTube trying understand how to apply scales to blues soloing - only to find myself facing an arcane puzzle of switching between scales and/or arpeggios. Keith Wyatt’s approach makes total sense to me. It's exactly the kind of context needed to embrace the melodic elements of a blues solo - using the pentatonic scale with blue-notes as an elemental frame-of-reference and bringing the appropriate color tones to bear when needed. Brilliant and elegant in my humble opinion.I'm an advanced-intermediate level fingerstyle blues player and teacher that decided to go outside of my current comfort zone and learn how to solo and improvise in a blues context. I've only worked through chapter 6 at this point, but I'm confident that the rest of this learning experience will be as useful and productive as what I've accomplished so far. Excellent explanations and exercises that drill right down to the fundamental techniques and nuances that make music the Blues. And, just about every exercise can be applied to a soloing or jamming situation. So your blues toolkit grows as soon as you start the book.Great book for self-learners like me and I also think Mr. Wyatt's method would work extremely well in a teaching context.

Over 50 years playing, always looking for new ideas. Great tutorial, with focus on basic phrasing before getting into more complex content. Chapters 8 and 10 stand out. A relative beginner can find a lot to develop in the early chapters, more advanced players will be satisfied with the latter half of the book. All examples are downloadable from Hal Leonard's site, streaming with looper. Excellent.

Terrific blues guitar book by Keith Wyatt. I've bought many guitar books throughout the years and this books is clearly one of the best on blues guitar soloing.I wish I had a book like this one way back when I had started learning, and later out of frustration gave up for a while.Book covers a lot of great licks and rhythms heard throughout the past decades.Though I prefer the regular CD with book than audio access through computer. One can copy into a cd by downloading audio.But what if you don't have a computer....Hal Leonard? I think they are getting away from the book/cds it's cheaper more tracks.Aside from that thanks to Keith Wyatt...great work done.

Very thorough and in depth book. All aspects of blues soloing are covered in a clear an easy to follow format with great accompanying exercises

If you want to learn the Blues, look no further, Keith Wyatt is the best.I have almost all of his publications and videos. First rate Instruction and playing.The material in this book is excellent for Intermediate players and maybe some advanced......

This book is just right for the intermediate guitarist. The best feature is getting to play the tabbed examples a bar or two at a time with the backing track.

Still working through it. Seems to be thorough and examples are useful a good companion to the matching Blues Rhythm guitar also by Keith Wyatt.

Great book with a lot of material to work on and play through. Gives a good introduction and view on blues soloing.

Il libro è suddiviso in tre parti.La prima tratta le tecniche esecutive spiegando le diverse caratteristiche del fraseggio blues e proponendo un gran numero di esercizi molto efficaci.La seconda e la terza parte trattano gli assoli veri e propri inseriti nel reale contesto delle 12 misure.Possiedo molti libri sul blues, ma questo è senz'altro il più completo per quanto riguarda la parte solistica.Consiglio di abbinarlo a "Blues rhythm guitar" sempre dello stesso autore.Forse non proprio adatto per chi parte da zero ( a meno che non sia seguito da un insegnate).Ottimo per chi già suona da un po' e desidera migliorare con il blues elettrico.

ottimo libro, ma dello stesso autore il rythm guitar e ancora piu bello,qualita prezzo molto buona , non so perche amazon obliga a scrivere tabte parole per una recinzione bastano 2 solamente