Posts Tagged: blues

In the turn from the century about 1920, numerous artists made their mark by playing in the discreet underground nightclubs called “Speakeasies” which are high class, “Blind pig” lower class or “Smokeasy” for tobacco users. The United States once prohibited the sale of alcoholic drinks and smoking tobacco in clubs as a constitutional amendment. One [...]

The folk songs and plantation dance music of black Americans have much to say about the early jazz. These types of music came about all the way through the Southern United States at some point in the eighteen hundreds.
Ragtime, a musical technique that influenced early jazz, emerged from the St. Louis, Missouri, area in the [...]

Learning jazz guitar is usually an expansion of playing blues, rock, or other popular music genres. But guitar playing is a field where harmony and improvisation can be taken to the highest level. The ideas you get from learning jazz guitar will be very helpful in achieving your goal to be a better and well-rounded [...]