Rent Blues Fingerpicking Freedom: Taught by Toby Walker (2011)
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Toby Walker is a fingerstyle guitar virtuoso, especially adept at blues, rags and hot country picking. He is also a skilled singer and songwriter who draws inspiration from traditional and contemporary music, having learned directly from blues masters Eugene Powell, James "Son" Thomas, Etta Baker and R. L. Burnside, among others. Toby takes that musical foundation and creates something uniquely his own. He has been enthusiastically received in concert halls, festivals and coffeehouses throughout the U.S., England and Europe. Toby has been featured in the N.Y. Times, London Sunday Times, Elmore Magazine, Downbeat and Blues Revue, among many others. Guitarists: There's life after TAB! Break your dependence on the printed page and become a freer and more creative blues and fingerpicking guitarist. This video will help you truly put the "play" into your playing! Toby Walker is a clear and compelling communicator with years of teaching experience. His lesson is perfect if you want to express yourself and start rearranging and improvising traditional blues songs spontaneously. Toby builds your fretboard knowledge in a comprehensive, step-by-step approach that's informative - and fun, too. You'll learn to freely move around the neck and put your own stamp on songs such as Crow Jane, Step It Up and Go, Love in Vain and Death Don't Have No Mercy. You'll learn to play in five different keys (C, A, G, E and Dm) using "dead thumb" and alternate bass picking styles along with powerful licks, scales and "scale boxes," alternate chord shapes and various "tricks" such as the "B. B. King Box," G6 tuning, and other ways to experiment with your songs. - Actors:
- Toby Walker
- Narrated By:
- Toby Walker
- Creators:
- Toby Walker
- Studio:
- Homespun
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- Children & Family, Documentary, Music & Musicals, Performing Arts, Special Interest
