MUS 127 - Electric Blues Guitar

Institution:

Niagara County Community College

Subject:

MUS - Music

Description:

This course is an overview of electric guitar styles used in playing the blues. It includes the study of scales, inversions of scales, major and minor pentatonic scales and inversions, and the dorian and mixolydian modes. Turnarounds and the twelve bar blues song form will be explored through a variety of blues songs. Analysis of playing styles will include such artists as B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn and others. This course is open to the non-music major. Students must provide their own instrument. Students must have six months or more experience playing the guitar. It is not necessary to read musical notation or tablature. (Usually offered Fall and Spring semesters.)

Credits:

1.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.niagaracc.suny.edu

Phone Number:

(716) 614-6222

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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