100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Piano Book/CD

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Piano Book/CD

$20 Minimum Order per Publisher

Type: BK/CD

by - Andrew Gordon

Best Seller!

Features Page Andrew with Rod Stewart before the start of a soccer game between the two respective teams 09/24/00. Andrew gave Rod a copy of his book "100 Ultimate Blues Riffs". The first blues/rock album that Andrew bought was "Truth" by Jeff Beck with Rod Stewart on vocals. Nicky Hopkins piano solo on Blues Deluxe was what got Andrew into learning Blues piano. It is still one of Andrew's favorite albums. This best selling book, 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs by Andrew Gordon is an exhaustive guide to some of the best musical phrases that make up blues piano/keyboard playing. There are five sections broken down into:

Basic Blues riffs
R&B influenced Blues riffs
Boogie Woogie
Rock influenced Blues riffs
Gospel influenced Blues riffs

The 12 bar Blues progression and the Blues scale are explained. There are two completed songs at the back of the book that shows how to combine many of the riffs to form a song. Many people have commented that this is the best Blues keyboard product that they have ever used. A must for all levels of keyboardists that want to study the blues. All 100 "riffs" are recorded with the piano right hand on the right channel and the piano left hand on the left channel along with a drum track. Learn how your favorite Blues keyboardists play including Dr. John, Leon Russell, Chuck Leavell, Jimmy Yancey, Meade Lux Lewis, Otis Spann, Nicky Hopkins and many more!

Customer Comments About This Book:

"100 Ultimate Blues Riffs" This book is exactly what it says it is, finally truth in advertising!!! If your like me and your bag of riffs is empty, this book will get you started. There's some really nice stuff here, and what I really liked was the two songs at the end of the book that incorporated many of the riffs from the book (and indicated when they were transposed to different keys) It's easy to see way this is the best-selling book by this author-its just damn good! So when you want to learn those blues riffs, get this book you won't be disappointed. This is 70 pages of pure riffs, no additives or fillers to stretch it out. Put this book in your library, it has something for everyone from the beginner to the more advanced player. And then take a look at the 12 Bar Blues Bible for more great blues instruction by Andrew D. Gordon.

Stock#: 10200
Publisher: ADG Productions
Pub. Code: ADG010
Book with Compact Disc
Subject: Blues Riffs
Weight (lbs): 1.00
List: 22.95
Sale: $20.66

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