Subject: Re: Blues music for beginners
Author: ARLOWE
Date: 4 Jul
Ref:

It happens that Javier formulated :
> On Jul 4, 12:14 am, "Tony Done" <tonyd...@bigpond.com> wrote:
>> "Javier" <roj...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:cac79afe-4731-406d-83df-8c32419af8bf@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>> I'm a beginner (been playing for a few months now) and really like
>>> playing the blues. Could I get some recommendations on easy blues
>>> songs I can play on my guitar? I'm not opposed to buying sheet music
>>> but I'm on a tight budget so some recommendations would really help
>>> pointy me in the right direction.
>>
>> What Vamp said. If you are interested in electric blues of the kind played
>> by Eric Clapton, BB King and very many others, do some studying up on
>> pentatonic minor boxes and scales. Most of what they do can be explained in
>> terms of these, and their patterns will certainly help you to play the
>> improvisational style that characterises electric blues and related genres.
>>
>> Tony D
>
> I've searched for the pentatonic minor scale on the Internet and all I
> keep running into is a form of tabs. Where the heck can I downlaod the
> scales in standard notation?
>
> Javier

you can find some of what you are looking for here:

http://www.justinguitar.com/en/BL-000-Blues.php




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