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Blues You Can Use (Blues You Can Use) Sheet music – October 1, 1995

by John Ganapes (Author), John N Ganapes (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 161 ratings
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(Guitar Educational). A comprehensive source designed to help guitarists develop both lead and rhythm playing. Covers: Texas, Delta, R&B, early rock and roll, gospel, blues/rock and more. Includes 21 complete solos; chord progressions and riffs; turnarounds; moveable scales and more. CD features leads and full band backing.
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  1. Print length
    96 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Hal Leonard
  4. Publication date
    October 1, 1995
  5. Dimensions
    9 x 0.29 x 12 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0793542057
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0793542055
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hal Leonard; Pap/Com edition (October 1, 1995)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Sheet music ‏ : ‎ 96 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0793542057
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0793542055
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 0.29 x 12 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 161 ratings

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Steven
5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Method, not for beginners
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2008
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I have been very impressed with this book. I am a novice guitarist, but with 30 years experience as a pianist and a degree in music education, I am not your average beginner. So I can tell you this isn't a book for beginners, but you don't have to be very far along to benefit from it.
My teacher, a friend from music school, was teaching me to play blues guitar, and I bought this book just to check it out. He was thrilled to find a book that uses the same method he has been teaching the blues for 20 years, but with the added benefit of some good songs to play. We immediately incorporated it into my lessons.
The structure of the book includes short lessons including scales and chord progressions, followed by some nifty little blues numbers you can play to illustrate those concepts. The book takes you through each skill and concept step by step, and is really fun to play. If I had one suggestion to make, it would be to include backing tracks in addition to the demo tracks for all of the songs on the CD, so that you could play them by yourself instead of just with the recorded version. Otherwise, this is a terrific method and a lot of fun.
I will defintely buy more of the books in this series.
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R. Sohi
4.0 out of 5 stars Useful
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2006
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Nobody's going to become a good blues player by just practicing tab lines from a book. To really sound like you have a feeling for the blues, you need to spend endless hours lifting licks off CDs (there's some great software available online to help you achieve this goal) and then testing what you've learned by jamming with other people. The blues is an art form built on the interplay of people improvising within the fairly narrow parameters established by its form (the twelve bar blues structure and it's variations). Your choice of notes are like the ingredients. Your phrasing is the magic that brings those ingredients to life. No book is going to teach you that.

Having said that, this is a pretty good place to start to learn the chord progressions and scales you need to understand to be able to figure out what's going on when you're copying licks off your guitar heroes.

I spent a couple of months with this book a few summers ago to help shake off the rust after not having played for years. It was definitely helpful. This book is better than most at getting you started but don't wait till you've worked your way through it before you start trying to figure out what your heroes are doing on your favourite blues tunes.
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T. K. Eng
5.0 out of 5 stars Great self-learning tool
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2005
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I'm taking electric guitar classes and uses this as a supplement to the lessons. I feel compelled to recommend this book to other beginners for several reasons:

1. Systematic - this book takes a very systematic approach to learning guitar chords and scales (with a blues emphasis). For those who prefer an approach where you build up your technical proficiency step-by-step, infused with some relevant theory along the way, this book is THE one to get.

2. Writing - compared to some other guides of this kind, the writing is clear and takes nothing for granted so kudos to Frank for that.

3. Bite-size - Lessons can be learnt comprehensively in 2-hour chunks (excluding practices of cause!).

4. Songs - the CD is extremely helpful for self-learning as you can play along to them. TLike others have mentioned, the songs actually sound great too!

All these reasons provide the beginner with the impetus to continue the lessons. I would not recommend this to a TOTAL beginner unless you have an instructor to explain things to you. You would find the level of this book comfortable if you know how to play basic open string chords (CAGED)and have some very rudimentary knowledge of music theory such as what notes are, what's a major scale (concept of whole vs half-steps) and what is meant by the keys of a song. That's really all you need to know. Highly recommended!
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Badfrog
5.0 out of 5 stars I like it
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2011
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I've bought a bunch of books and this one is by far my favorite. No one book by itself is going to teach you the blues, but this book is going to get you rolling. I like the combination of instruction, application (songs to play) and the CD (so that you know how it should sound). This book gives you some instruction but most importantly it gives you a way to practice/apply the information. The songs work over the common scales and help you to practice things like slides, string bending, hammerons and other important blues techniques.

If there were two things that I would do to improve this, it would be to add a song or two that's a little longer. I'm half way through and it looks like all the songs are about 2 mins and for the most part you are just playing the same thing twice to stretch it out to 2 mins. The other thing I would love to see is maybe a second CD that would serve as backing tracks for all the songs. But hey these products are not going to be perfect and fit everyone's needs. But this one fits mine pretty well. I will definately be buying the second Blues You Can Use book.
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Brandon
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, Accessible Resource That Fast-Tracks Your Blues Skills - A Must Buy For Beginners & Intermediates!!!
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2012
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John Ganapes has broken the code and created an accessible resource that progressively teaches & challenges the user to up their blues chops. I've bought other books and never felt compelled to, you know, actually work through them. With Mr. Ganapes' book, it's different. The first song has you thinking, "This blues stuff isn't so hard. No problem. I think I'll move on to the next chapter & lesson." Then the next chapter & lesson kick your tail...if it isn't "Blues Rock Tune", it's "Double Stop Stomp", "Getting Funky" or "More Minor Blues". But for the non-advanced player (check egos here; there are FEW truly advanced players out there, everyone!), this book is indispensable. I almost gave up after song 3 and am now on "More Minor Blues" and tearing through. The more I practice & challenge myself, the better I get...and I thank Mr. Ganapes for creating a resource that gets us into, feeling & most importantly, PLAYING the blues. Thank you !!!!!
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D. J. Bentley
5.0 out of 5 stars Look no further.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 1, 2021
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I'm a professional musician (violinist) 40 years experience. Iv'e been searching for a decent ,well written .guitar manual for years ....i'd just about given up ,most are "bitty", confusing and simply not fit for purpose,and iv'e got a degree in music (the 5 stars for the Joseph Alexander series bewilders me totally).
John's books are well structured ,practical and will form a firm foundation for whatever style you wish to play in, he doesn't sugar coat things and stresses hard work ,but with sound material where's the problem with that ? Superb! i have all 7 .
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Lucas
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
Reviewed in Canada on December 9, 2014
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Great book!!!!! But it't not for beginners. You do need to have a basic knowledge of chords, barre chordes and music theory in order to get full advantage of its lessons.
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JORDI SOLER ALOMÀ
5.0 out of 5 stars Buena intro
Reviewed in Spain on July 19, 2015
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Si no se sabe leer música, sólo se aprovecha la mitad de este excelente método de blues guitar. Uno de los mejores.
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Alfredo
5.0 out of 5 stars Ottimo metodo per suonare il Blues
Reviewed in Italy on September 24, 2014
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Se cercate un bel metodo per esercitarvi a suonare il blues, questo è un ottimo libro.
Parte con esercizi piuttosto semplici per poi arrivare a studi piu' impegnativi.
Lo consiglio sia ai neofiti che a chitarristi piu' esperti, si possono trarre spunti molto interessanti.
All' inizio di ogni capitolo c'è una parte di teoria e alla fine un brano relativo alla parte teorica studiata.
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Bousquet
5.0 out of 5 stars to use
Reviewed in France on July 12, 2010
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Incontournable. Après avoir feuilleter plusieurs méthodes, celle-ci apparaît à mes yeux et à mes oreilles comme nettement supérieure. Les autres livres de John Ganapes sont le prolongement de celui-ci, et je les recommande tout autant.
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