The Art of the Folk-Blues Guitar: Jerry Silverman

Jerry Silverman

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Folksinger, author, and guitar instructor Jerry Silverman (b. 1931) recorded this instructional album in 1964. Adapting his book on folk blues for audio record, Silverman, playing acoustical guitar, provides a musical answer to the question “What is blues?” in the opening track. Several tracks, such as “Another Blues Strum” and “Walking Bass and Boogie Woogie,” use samples from blues guitar pioneers such as Josh White and Lead Belly to illustrate different approaches to playing the blues guitar. The liner notes include written instructions and musical notation for the various playing styles discussed throughout the recording.

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101	Introduction to Blues	Jerry Silverman	1:49
102	Tablature -MELTAB and GITAB	Jerry Silverman	2:29
103	Basic Blues Arpeggio	Jerry Silverman	11:57
104	Another Blues Strum	Jerry Silverman	7:00
201	Choking the Strings	Jerry Silverman	2:07
202	Walking Bass and Boogie Woogie	Jerry Silverman	2:57
203	Flat Pick and the Church Lick	Jerry Silverman	4:55
204	Peripatetic Pinky	Jerry Silverman	2:45
205	Seven-Seventh Chord	Jerry Silverman	2:03
206	Finger-Picking and the Independent Thumb	Jerry Silverman	3:35
207	The Break	Jerry Silverman	2:10

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