Blues Harmonica Accompaniment Playing Book

Around twenty percent of your playing time on the bandstand is spent soloing - have you studied how to play during the other eighty percent? Blues Harmonica Accompaniment Playing, within the School of the Blues Lesson Series, is an exciting journey into the art of traditional blues harmonica accompaniment (playing fills, under vocals and chording patterns) as well as modern approaches to playing horn, organ and bass lines. Additional studies cover openings, breaks and endings. This book and online audio recording is for the intermediate to advanced harmonica player. Recording includes all harmonica parts notated in the book with accompaniment music. Include access to onlineaudio.

CONTENTS

• Chapter 1 - Rules of the Road
• Chapter 2 - Traditional Blues Harmonica Accompaniment
• Section 1 - Understanding Vocal Phrasing
• Section 2 - The Art of Fills
• Section 3 - Playing Under the Vocals
• Chapter 3 - Horn Lines
• Section 1 - Horn Punches (Playing Vertically)
• Section 2 - Repetitive Horn Phrasing (Playing Horizontally)
• Section 3 - Organ Padding
• Chapter 4 - Hooks
• Sequence Worksheet
• Chapter 5 - Bass Lines
• Chapter 6 -Playing the Vocal Melody
• Chapter 7- Openings, Breaks & Endings
• Section 1 - Openings
• Section 2 - Breaks
• Section 3 - Endings
• Chapter 8 - Wrapping It Up
• Recommended Artist Albums
• Recommended Books
• Online Resources & The Making of This Book
• Thanks To & The Artists