![]() She gives extensive Tips for Using this Book. She helps the student to understand what is included: various keys, tuning, timings, and chord charts, tablature and standard notations. Valerie not only shows you how to play Piedmont Blues, she explains it indubitably, starting off with helpful hints to lead the reader to understanding, with a meaningful Introduction to the content of the book. Much care was taken to contemplate every single word before she put it to page – as articulately, precisely and plainly as possible. She truly thought of everything and has made it simple and clear. She has developed the content structure as if it was a pedagogical curriculum to assure maximum comprehension and understanding, focusing on the student’s ability to process the presented information. Valerie Turner truly thought of everything and presented it succinctly and methodically – making no assumptions, giving the guitar student a full, coherent picture. That rare combination has resulted in an accessible and effective guitar instructional book. Uniquely, she also possesses keen analytical skills and a thorough, organized mind, sharpened by years as a software engineer. Valerie is a wonderfully talented creative musician and a researcher of the instrument and of blues history. She studied under the late great National Heritage Fellow, Piedmont guitarist John Cephas, and has spent decades perfecting her guitar style, including with virtuoso Woody Mann. Plus, she is a natural teacher who is a favorite, sought-after instructor at guitar workshops and blues camps. Valerie Turner is herself an accomplished blues fingerpicker in the mid-Atlantic Piedmont tradition. Finally, there is a complete, comprehensive instructional book written by a genuine country blues musician who actually knows how to teach, who presents the traditional acoustic blues in a clear, meaningful, respectful and articulate way. There are others that teach well but really don’t deeply know and feel the country blues. There is an undeniable truth about guitar instruction: Many people play blues guitar very well but they really can’t teach so good, even if they write instructional books and make videos. ![]() People are teaching via Skype, by video and by old-fashioned instructional books. Nowadays there are many guitar instructional methods. It’s always great to have a guitar teacher, if you can afford it and if the right teacher is near your proximity. Some people can learn guitar by just working their way through it all by themselves and picking everything up by ear. ![]()
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