More Blues You Can Use [Paperback]

John Ganapes (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1998

This comprehensive follow-up to Blues You Can Use is designed to help players develop their lead and rhythm techniques. Covers: pentatonic scales, single-note tremolo, double-string bends, reverse bends, shuffle rhythms, 6th and 9th chords, boogie patterns, chord substitutions, vibrato techniques, chord accents, voice leading, arpeggios, rakes, blues runs and more! Examples are in standard notation and TAB, and the CD includes 23 full-band tracks.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation (October 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0793579961
• ISBN-13: 978-0793579969
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #151,922 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great...but challenging, May 22, 2003

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Reader "a_reader_999" (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: More Blues You Can Use (Paperback)

I think both this book and the original "Blues You Can Use" are terrific. I learned a ton from the first one, and I'm learning another ton from this one. What I like best about these books is that the material never sounds stilted or dull--as it does in too many other books.

Be warned, though: this book is quite a bit more demanding than the first one. It's almost like there was supposed to be a "middle" book between the first one and this one. There is some EXTREMELY fast playing in the practice tracks. It will take me lots and lots of practice and patience to get them down.

Beginners should steer clear of this book. You'll only be disappointed. Try the first "Blues You Can Use" book instead.

That being said--the stuff sounds exciting. I can't wait until I master all of it. It's a great chance to learn how some of those great high-speed riffs I've heard in the past work. Because I don't think I'll ever be able to work them out on my own.

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid ground and bluesy sound, July 18, 2001

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David Stewart "dsjl" (Auburn Hills, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: More Blues You Can Use (Paperback)

More Blues You Can Use picks up where Blues You Can Use left off. The two books are a great combo for self-teaching blues electric guitar. In this second book, Ganape puts more focus on rhythm guitar than in the first book, with each lesson including a rhythm lesson that is very useful. The scale portion of each lesson is also much more instructive--he gets beyond the (necessary and useful) pentatonic pattern inculcation of the first book, and into lead patterns and runs that can help in building new, improvised solos and licks. The solos are now generally two DIFFERENT choruses, which adds to repertoire and illustrates more of the principles of improv and lick playing. And more important, the solos are (as they were in the first book too) tasteful and progressively more challenging.

You can actually learn a lot from this book in practical terms and principles.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More Advanced Than "Blues You Can Use", August 26, 2005

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surfandsand "surfandsand" (Florida USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: More Blues You Can Use (Paperback)

This book picks up where "Blues you can use" left off. The lessons and exercises are significantly more advanced and produce a much more professional grade blues vibe in my opinion. Check out how the beginner book "blues you can use" has a lot more reviews than this one since not as many people make it this far. I worked my way through John Ganapes' first book over the course of a year and am really glad I got this one. For me The Blues is a journey and the "blues you can use" series has really helped me along the way. After buying over a dozen of these blues lesson books I've found John Ganapes' are far and away the best...but then again everybody has different tastes and abilities. If you consider yourself an advanced beginner or even an intermediate blues guitarist, you owe this book to yourself.