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Classic Chicago Blues Harp No. 1 Level 2

Catalogue No: MB99106M
Complete Blues Harmonica Lesson Series

ArrangementHarmonica
Product FormatSheet Music/Online Audio
£18.99
Awaiting restock from UK distributor, typically dispatched in 3-4 weeks
Pages80
Publication Date2016
ISBN9780786695324 (0786695323)

Classic Chicago Blues Harp #1 is the second level lesson book in the Harmonica Masterclass Lesson Series. This book starts with more songs, exercises, and rhythm training, then leads you through a variety of bending techniques. You'll also learn many other more advanced techniques used by professional players, such as shakes, glissandos, breaks, and the different types of throat vibrato. This book will help you learn to use all of these techniques within a musical context. At the end of each chapter, you'll find review questions to help you make sure that you understood the main points covered. The D harmonica is used for most of the material in this book, but harmonicas in keys of A and C are also used. Includes access to online audio.

Contents

  1. A Means to and End
  2. Harmonica Notation
  3. Fast Track Lesson Plan
  4. Getting Familiar with your Harmonica
  5. Harmonica Construction and Pitch Set
  6. Choosing A Harmonica
  7. Holding Your Harmonica
  8. Embouchure
  9. Exercises
  10. Getting Started with Notation
  11. Why Do I Have to Read Notated Rhythms?
  12. Rhythm Training
  13. Swing Eighths
  14. Straight Rhythms
  15. A Musical Foundation for the Soloist
  16. Playing in 1st Position
  17. 12 Bar Blues & Positions
  18. 2nd Position & It’s Root
  19. 12 Bar Blues Root Note Exercises
  20. Straight Forward Blues
  21. Lower Cross Harp Scale
  22. Hot Licks & Blues Bits
  23. 12 Bar Jam 1A-1C
  24. New Techniques:
  25. The Glissando & Phrasing
  26. Turnarounds & V-IV-I Transitions
  27. 12 Bar Blues Phrasing
  28. Two Hole Shakes
  29. Blues Break & Song Endings
  30. Hot Licks & Blues Bits
  31. 12 Bar Jam 2A & 2B
  32. Bending
  33. What is a Bend?
  34. The major scale
  35. Natural Pitch Set & Bending
  36. Draw Bending
  37. Extra Help & Common Bending Problems
  38. Blow Bends
  39. Straight Forward Blues
  40. Upper Cross Harp Scale
  41. Hot Licks & Blues Bits
  42. 12 Bar Jams 3A-3D
  43. Triplet Exercises
  44. Bending
  45. New Technique: Bending For Expression
  46. 12 Bar Jams 4A, 4B, & 4C
  47. New Technique: Stopping at the Bottom
  48. Hot Licks & Blues Bits
  49. 12 Bar Jams 5A, 5B, & 5C
  50. New Techniques:
  51. The Throat Vibrato
  52. Starting at the Bottom
  53. Bending Exercises
  54. New Technique: The Dip Bend
  55. Classic Chicago Blues Songs
  56. Out of Breath, By David Barrett
  57. I’m Ready, By Willie Dixon
  58. Baby Please Don’t Go, By Mary Johnson
  59. Harmonica Reference & Position Chart
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