Barrett, David - Complete Classic Chicago Blues Harp Book
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Barrett, David - Complete Classic Chicago Blues Harp Book

Catalogue No: MLB95452M
ArrangementDiatonic Harmonica
ComposerDavid Barrett
Product FormatSheet Music/Online Audio
£22.99
Typically dispatched in 2-3 working days
LanguageEnglish
Pages144
ISBN9780786690824 (0786690828)

This book is meant to take an instrument and musical style and teach it to the people who made it so popular, the blues listening public. A comprehensive lesson and study book for the intermediate and advanced diatonic harmonica player. Classic Chicago Blues Harp presents techniques, progressive examples and accompanying twelve bar blues exercise and examples. Special attention is given to the accurate reading of blues rhythms and each notated tune is carefully marked with tablature indicating precisely where to find individual notes. Each chapter concludes with a chapter review of what was taught in that section. This book is best suited to the intermediate player rather thanthe beginner, and will appeal strongly to those with a genuine desire to learn the Chicago blues harmonica style. The book is excellent for self-teaching, yet is comprehensive enough to be used in a private instruction format. Includes access to an online audio recording that insures accuracy of interpretation and ease in learning. Most of the exercises and examples are included on the audio with split-tracked back-up music. Each song is played once with harmonica and then without. A great all-around study book for blues harmonica players at any level.

Contents

  1. Up Front
  2. Thoughts from the Author
  3. Book Structure
  4. A Means to an End
  5. Harmonica Notation
  6. Fast Track Lesson Plan
  7. Getting Familiar with your Harmonica
  8. Harmonica Construction & Pitch Set
  9. Choosing A Harmonica
  10. Holding Your Harmonica
  11. The Embouchure
  12. Harmonica Exercises
  13. Getting Started with Notation
  14. Why Do I Have to Read Notated Rhythms?
  15. Standard Notation & Ariculation
  16. Swing Eighths
  17. Rhythmic Training
  18. A Music Foundation for the Soloist
  19. Playing in 1st Position
  20. 12 Bar Blues & Positions
  21. 2nd Position & Its Root Notes
  22. 12 Bar Blues Root Note Exercises
  23. Straight Forward Blues
  24. Lower End Cross Harp Scale
  25. Hot Licks & Blues Bits 1
  26. 12 Bar Jam 1A, 1B, & 1C
  27. New Techniques:
  28. The Glissando & Phrasing
  29. Turnarounds & V-IV-I Transitions
  30. 12 Bar Phrasing
  31. Two Hole Shakes
  32. The Blues Break & Song Endings
  33. Hot Locks & BLues Bits 2
  34. 12 Bar Jam 2A & 2B
  35. Bending Part 1
  36. What is a Bend
  37. The Major Scale On Your Harmonica
  38. Natural Pitch Set & Bending
  39. Draw Bending
  40. Extra Help & Common Bending Problems
  41. Blow Benda
  42. Upper Cross Harp Scale
  43. Hot Licks & Blues Bits 3
  44. 12 Bar Jam 3A, 3B, 3C, & 3D
  45. Triplet Exercises
  46. Bending Part 2
  47. New Technique: Bending For Expression
  48. 12 Bar Jam 4A, 4B, & 4C
  49. New Technique: Stopping at the Bottom
  50. Hot Licks & Blues Bits 5
  51. 12 Bar Jams 5A, 5B, & 5C
  52. New Technique:
  53. The Throat Vibrato
  54. Starting at the Bottom
  55. Bending Exercises
  56. The Dip Bend
  57. Classic Chicago Blues Songs
  58. Out of Breath, By David Barrett
  59. I'm Ready, By Willie Dixon
  60. Baby Please Don't Go, by Mary Johnson
  61. Technique for Bluesier Playing
  62. What is 2nd Position: A Deeper Look
  63. General Blues Scales
  64. Cross Harp Blues Scales
  65. "Music Example ""Blues Scale Strea"""
  66. "Music Example ""Steppin' Lightly"""
  67. Quarter-tone Bends
  68. The Bent Vibrato
  69. Tongue Blocking
  70. Using Tongue Blocking to Create a Single Hole
  71. The Tongue Slap
  72. Hot Licks & Blues Bits 6
  73. 12 Bar Jam 6A, 6B
  74. Octave Embouchure
  75. Hot Licks & Blues Bits 7/ 12 Bar Jam 7A, 7B, & 7C
  76. The Flutter Tongue
  77. Octave Substitutions
  78. Hot Licks & Blues Bits 8
  79. 12 Bar Jam 8A, 8B
  80. 12 Bar Jam 8C, Octave Substiturions and Phrasing
  81. Blow, Bends, & 1st Position
  82. Upper & Lower Cross Harp Scale
  83. Upper & Lower Cross Harp Scale Example
  84. HIgh End Blow Bends
  85. High End Blow Bends Mouth Diagram
  86. 1st Position Explained
  87. 1st Position Root Notes and 12 Bar Blues Progression
  88. Hot Licks & Blues Bits 9/12 Bar Jam 9A
  89. Hot Licks & Blues Bits 10/12 Bar Jam 10A
  90. 3rd Position & Other Extended Positions
  91. Where Positions Got Their Name
  92. Position Criteria
  93. 1st Position Soloing
  94. 2nd Position Soloing
  95. 3rd Position Soloing
  96. Generalizing Positions
  97. Soloing in 3rd Position
  98. Draw Harp Blues Scale
  99. 3rd Position Chords & Root Notes
  100. 12 Bar Jam 11A, B, & C
  101. Review Answers
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