Kenny Chipkin - Real Blues-Rock Guitar

Kenny Chipkin Real Blues-Rock Guitar. The late 1960s saw the perfect fusion of blues and rock, giving birth to modern rock guitar and a generation of groundbreaking players. Real Blues-Rock Guitar focuses on these amazing guitar players and shows you their chord progressions, licks, styles, and techniques. This revised edition, now with companion DVDs and all-new engravings, guides you through the styles of blues-rock guitar masters like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Billy Gibbons, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, The Allman Brothers, Joe Walsh, and many others with insight that has been carefully researched and documented to help you understand their unique styles. On the accompanying 2-DVD set, Kenny Chipkin performs every example in the book, breaks down how to play the solos effectively, and provides his unique perspective on the history and influence of the blues-rock greats. Hi-quality MP3 tracks for all the examples and solos in the book are included on the disc. Kenny Chipkin, (Author) has put together rock solid instruction that is flawless, both the DVD and the book. It is complete!! The book and DVD is divided into four sections:

Part 1. Blues-Rock Rhythm Parts:

• The Boogie Pattern
• Power 5th Chords
• Major Triads
• Dominant 7th Chords
• Dominant 7th with no 3rd
• Dominant 9th Chords
• Dominant 7(#9) Chord
• Minor Triads
• Minor 7th Chords

Part 2. Blues-Rock Riffs

• The Minor Pentatonic Scale
• Blues Scale Riffs
• Riff/Chord Combos

Part 3. Blues-Rock Lead Guitar

• Minor Pentatonic Scale Forms
• Connecting the Five Minor Pentatonic Forms
• The Major Pentatonic Scale
• Connecting the Five Major Pentatonic Forms
• The "Long Form" Major Pentatonic Scale
• The Mixolydian Mode

Part 4. Blues-Rock Guitar Greats

• Duane Allman & Dickey Betts (The Allman Brothers Band)
• Duane Allman
• Dickey Betts
• Jeff Beck
• Eric Clapton
• Jimmy Page
• Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top)
• Jimi Hendrix

Part 4 is jaw-dropping good. The section is designed as a collection of character studies. Each piece brings together a particular player's most identifiable trademarks in the context of a vamp associated with each musician.These solos are based on extensive research through varied sources, transplanting licks and phrases from their original feels and tempos into this fabricated situation. Each player's style has been reproduced with painstaking attention to detail - notably where articulations, touch and rhythm are concerned. Work through the transcriptions and video carefully, lick by lick, section by section, and you will have years of the most revered guitar greats' work in your hands.

Language: English
Year: 2010
Country: USA
Running time: 4 hours
Quality: DVD5/DVD9
Video: 720x480 ~6 771 kbps NTSC 4:3 29.970 fps
Audio: AC3 2 ch 192 Kbps 48.0 KHz
Booklet: Yes (PDF)
Size: 11.5 Gb