Alfred Music's Serious Blues series features book and DVD packs for aspiring blues guitarists in search of an authentic sound. Each title features lessons from blues masters with licks and examples in both standard notation and TAB. For experienced beginners, Scott A. Smith’s Serious Blues: Essential Phrasing teaches phrasing techniques and tricks like solo construction, phrasing over a 12-bar blues, the blues scale, pentatonic box patterns, and playing multiple scales over a single chord. Mark Dziuba’s Serious Blues: Expanding Grooves helps intermediate guitarists expand their groove palette.
Dziuba breaks down and explains shuffle and straight rhythms, 12/8 feel, triplets, blues forms, minor blues, and various blues rhythm tricks. Intended for late-intermediate players, Eric Slone’s Serious Blues: Expanding Lead & Rhythm covers essential lead and rhythm topics like transposition, call-and-response, targeting chord tones, arpeggios, and more. Retail: $16.99.
