Blues Guitar

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Stylistic Elements

1. Delta Blues is one of the earliest forms of Blues Guitar.
2. Delta Blues was named for the region of its origin stretching from Tennessee to Mississippi.
3. Delta Blues is primarily a one person one instrument idiom.
4. The archiving of Delta Blues performers was credited to John Lomax.
5. Chicago Blues uses amplified guitars and call and response phrases with a saxophone.
6. Chicago Blues infuses a Jazz influence by adding more notes to the basic blues scale.
7. Soul Blues Rock is a combination of Chicago Blues and a Soul horn line.
8. Texas Blues used single line accompaniments to the melody.
9. Texas Blues came from Bluesmen who flocked to Texas cities during the great depression.
10. Texas Blues found a renewed interest with groups like ZZ Top and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
11. Blues Rock is a combination of Texas Blues and Rock and Roll, with long blues-based solos
    

Historical Events - Timeline of presidential contributions

1. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln soothes a divided nation in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
2. In 1901, under President Theodore Roosevelt, the Panama Canal begins construction.
3. In 1919, under President Woodrow Wilson, the 19th ammendment gave women the right to vote.
4. In 1933, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, his "New Deal" focuses on relief, recovery, and reform.
5. In 1949, under President Harry S. Truman, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization(NATO) was signed.
6. In 1957, under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, US Army troops escort "The Little Rock Nine" in Arkansas.
7. In 1962, under President John F. Kennedy, the Cuban misile crisis expands to a naval embargo.
8. In 1964, under President Lyndon B. Johnson, the Civil Rights Act is signed.
9. In 1972, under President Richard M. Nixon, five are arrested at the Watergate Democratic Party Complex.
10. In 1982, under President Ronald W. Reagan, "Reaganomics" stimulated the economy with tax cuts.

Musicians

Call Charts

• I Chord

• IV Chord

• V Chord

• 7th Chord

• 9th Chord

• Acoustic Blues

• Barre Chord

• Bend

• Blues Notes

• Blues Scale

• Box Patterns

• Chord Progression

• Delta Blues

• Dissonance

• Electric Blues

• Flatted 5th

• Lead Guitar

• Pentatonic Scale

• Resonator Guitar

• Rhythm Guitar

• Slide Guitar

• Swing Eighths

• Triplet

• Turnaround

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