The first instruction guide exclusively about this major innovator and stylist. It reveals Gary Davis' style of playing and hints about playing in Davis' own words. More than 20 tunes, including Cocaine Blues, Candyman, and Lost Boy In The Wilderness.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Awesome book and CD!,
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This review is from: Rev. Gary Davis/Blues Guitar (Country Blues Series) (Paperback)
Fans of fingerstyle guitar will love this CD and the book of transcriptions. Rev. Gary Davis has a distinctive style of playing and singing and is a very (VERY) good guitarist. Be warned that the transcriptions are quite challenging--there are some lengthy ragtime instrumental pieces. A better book for beginners might be Stefan Grossman's collection of Mississippi John Hurt tunes. Still, an excellent publication--the CD that comes with the book would be worth the purchase price by itself.
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A Very Good Book for Note Readers,
This review is from: Rev. Gary Davis/Blues Guitar (Country Blues Series) (Paperback)
This book by Stefan Grossman offers an impressive collection of solos by Rev. Gary Davis. As most of you know, Gary Davis was a blind guitarist who played in a complicated, syncopated ragtime style somewhat reminiscent of Blind Blake. Apparently, Grossman took some lessons from Davis in New York City.
The book includes a generous selection of transcriptions, all accompanied by informative comments, an interview with Reverend Davis, and helpful photos of hand positions. Unfortunately, the tablature is a bit of a mess as it is placed on pages separate from the notation. And the tablature does not contain rhythm markings. Thus, to a guitarist who relies on tablature, the interpretation of the rhythms will be frustrating and maybe even impossible. This book is an ambitious effort but with no companion recording it is possibly of marginal value to non-readers. But those who can read basic music notation and have fairly good fingerpicking technique will find a lot of great guitar music here. The songs contain a lot of fascinating ideas that can be added to your own fingerpicking style.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Difficult to read,
By Fingerstyle (Columbia, MO) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rev. Gary Davis/Blues Guitar (Country Blues Series) (Paperback)
Unlike standard tab books, this book has the tab on one page and the standard notation on the next page, and it's in 12/8 time! It's nearly impossible to determine if the tab notes are triplets or eigth notes or what the actual note duration is. I also saw no mention of a companion CD as another reviewer referred to. The best place to start is the Rev. Gary Davis CD Blues & Ragtime which comes with 5 standard tab notation songs transcribed in the liner notes by Stephan Grossman (several are identical to the songs in this book) but they are much easier to read and understand.
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guitar introduction, ragtime guitar, religious numbers, fret second string, guitar arrangement, guitar break, sixth string, alternating bass, second fret, chord positions, fourth string, bass pattern, third fret Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gary Davis, Chandos Music, Cocaine Blues, Blind Boy Fuller, Coco Blues, Black Patty Tape Service, Cross And Evil Woman Blues, Two Step Candyman, Devil's Dream, New York, Got The Key, Mine All Troubled Blues, South Carolina New!
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guitar introduction, ragtime guitar, religious numbers, fret second string, guitar arrangement, guitar break, sixth string, alternating bass, second fret, chord positions, fourth string, bass pattern, third fret Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gary Davis, Chandos Music, Cocaine Blues, Blind Boy Fuller, Coco Blues, Black Patty Tape Service, Cross And Evil Woman Blues, Two Step Candyman, Devil's Dream, New York, Got The Key, Mine All Troubled Blues, South Carolina New!
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- Children of the Blues: 40 Musicians Shaping a New Generation of Blues Tradition by Art Tipaldi on page 168
- All Music Guide: The Definitive Guide To Popular Music, 4th Edition by Hal Leonard Corp. on page 291
- The Guitar by Nick Freeth in Back Matter
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