Lemoine Giroux Alain - Le Blues Picking + CD - Guitare
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Summary of This Method
This collection, designed by Alain Giroux, is aimed at guitarists who want to enter the blues through practice and learn to improvise naturally. The author deliberately favors pieces with simple harmonies to focus your attention on the essentials: rhythmic placement, pulse, and how to inhabit the groove, as in many acoustic blues where the thumb-played bass primarily serves as a rhythmic engine.
The goal is clear: to help you discover how to improvise using the fingerpicking technique, and to provide concrete reference points to go further into the vast world of blues. To anchor learning in listening, a CD accompanies the sheet music: each piece is first played at normal speed, then certain passages are replayed slowly, targeting the main difficulties.
In the sheet music, these practice sections are highlighted in gray, making daily progress smoother and more effective. By relying on the audio, you develop your ear, your sense of phrasing, and your ability to make your ideas "sing" on the fretboard. An ideal resource for those seeking a musical, concrete, and motivating method to enrich their blues playing.
Technical specifications
| Publication | Methods | ||
| Composer | GIROUX Alain | Pages | 32 |
| Instrumentation | guitar | Year of Publication | 1997 |
| Genre | variety - jazz | ||
Questions frequently asked
Does the CD include slow passages to practice blues picking?
The included CD presents each piece at normal speed. Certain passages targeting the main difficulties are then replayed slowly.
Does this method help with improvising in fingerpicking?
The method addresses improvisation through fingerpicking technique. The pieces are deliberately based on simple harmonies to emphasize pulse and rhythmic placement. Practice sections are highlighted in gray in the sheet music.
How many pages does Alain Giroux's Le Blues Picking contain?
The book contains 32 pages.
Is thumb bass work included in this acoustic blues method?
The work proposed relies on thumb-played bass as a rhythmic driver, an approach present in many acoustic blues styles. Listening to the CD supports learning groove and phrasing.
From what year is the Le Blues Picking + CD method?
This guitar method by Alain Giroux was published in 1997. It is classified in the variety-jazz genre.



