The Blues Guitar Level 1 Book and CD, from the Mel Bay School of the Blues Lesson Series, covers: major scales, chord construction, Chicago-type shuffles, uptown swing and jump, cut time, slow blues, rhumba, funky blues, rock beat, boogie beat, eight-bar blues; openings, breaks and endings. This guitar method book is accompanied by a CD recording of all examples played by author John Garcia along with the background music.