Hal Leonard Rubin Dave - Initiation A La Guitare Blues + CD
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Essential Information About This Method
Essential Information About This Method
- A comprehensive foundation for starting blues: chords, licks, techniques, and essential concepts to understand the style and quickly play credible musical phrases.
- Guided practice with audio support: a CD includes all musical examples to lock in rhythm, articulation, and note placement as in a real playing context.
- Key scales explained and applied: minor pentatonic, blues scale, and major pentatonic, with direct applications in riffs, solos, and accompaniment.
- Easy-to-read notation: examples in standard notation and tablature, with a detailed method that requires some knowledge of music theory.
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Summary of This Method
From B.B. King and Buddy Guy to Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and many others, blues guitar has shaped contemporary popular music. This detailed method (with a required reading level) introduces you to the fundamentals of the blues language through the structural elements of the style: the 12-bar blues, essential scales (pentatonic and blues scale), and characteristic playing techniques such as bends, double stops, and typical attacks. You will find ready-to-use blues licks, intros, and turnarounds to enrich your progressions, as well as solo examples to learn how to build a coherent musical statement. Rhythmic work is not forgotten, with boogie rhythms, chord accompaniment, and riffs designed to develop groove. Each concept is illustrated with audio examples available on the CD, ideal for working on timing, ear training, and phrasing, and for moving from simple exercises to a real playing feel.
Technical specifications
| Musical Genre | Jazz, Blues, Soul | Publication | Sheet music |
| Instrumentation | guitar | Language | French |
| Genre | blues guitar method | ||
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Great trainer booklet, everything is there. I recommend this book
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progressive and well explained, but quite a few typo errors
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Questions frequently asked
Is this blues guitar method book written in French?
The book is written in French and focuses on blues guitar.
Does the CD include examples to practice the exercises?
The CD provides audio examples related to the concepts covered. It helps practice timing, ear training, and phrasing based on the method's content.
What styles of blues are covered in Dave Rubin's Initiation à la guitare blues?
The method covers 12-bar blues, boogie rhythms, and chord accompaniment. It also includes riffs, intros, and turnarounds to develop transitions.
Is the ability to read music required to use this method?
A basic level of music reading is required. The solo examples and blues licks are presented within a structured approach to blues language.
What blues guitar techniques are explained?
Pull-offs, double stops, and typical style attacks are among the techniques presented. Pentatonic and blues scales are also central elements of the work.



