Blues Harmonica Play-Along Trax, within the School of the Blues Lesson Series, is an exciting play-along that contains the most common grooves used in blues bands today. Notated examples for the ten hole diatonic harmonica are provided as well to give you an idea of how you can approach accompanying a vocalist or instrumentalist. Along with the 15 jam tracks, the book is accompanied by a CD recording of all examples (played by author David Barrett) along with the background music.

Blues Harmonica Play-Along Trax, within the School of the Blues Lesson Series, is an exciting play-along that contains the most common grooves used in blues bands today. Notated examples for the ten hole diatonic harmonica are provided as well to give you an idea of how you can approach accompanying a vocalist or instrumentalist. Along with the 15 jam tracks, the book is accompanied by audiodownload available online of all examples (played by author David Barrett) alongwith the background music. Includes access to online audio

"Get a back-up band in a box! This booklet/2-CD set is part of Level 2 in David Barrett's Complete Blues Harmonica Lesson Series for the studying harmonica player in both private and group settings. The first CD helps you master licks in 2nd position. It starts with ten play-along tracks that start at a tempo of 40 beats per minute and go to 200 for progressive lick study, and ends with three full band play-along tracks in 2nd position. The second CD gives you six play-along tracks for 3rd position study with full band examples; three play-along tracks for 1st position study; one track for 4th position study; and one bonus instrumental play-along song with David Barrett. The enclosed booklet provides instruction, music for all of the chord progressions, and the licks from the solos in notation with tablature."

(Harmonica Play-Along). The Harmonica Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the notation, listen to the audio to hear how the harmonica should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. Volume 9 includes: Got My Mo Jo Working * Hard Hearted Woman * Help Me * I Ain't Got You * Juke * Messin' with the Kid * One More Heartache * Walking by Myself.

Breathe the blues into your harmonica! Blues harmonica is the most popular and influential style of harmonica playing, and it forms the basis for playing harmonica in other styles such as rock and country. Blues Harmonica for Dummies gives you a wealth of content devoted to the blues approach—specific techniques and applications, including bending and making your notes sound richer and fuller with tongue-blocked enhancements; use of amplification to develop a blues sound; blues licks and riffs; constructing a blues harmonica solo; accompanying singers; historical development of blues styles; and important blues players and recordings. The accompanying website features all the musical examples from the book, plus play-along exercises and songs that let you hear the sound you're striving for. In-depth coverage of major blues harmonica techniques Blues song forms, improvisation, and accompanying singers Information on blues history and personalities If you're intrigued by the idea of understanding and mastering the compelling (yet mysterious) art of playing blues on the harmonica, Blues Harmonica For Dummies has you covered. P.S. If you think this book seems familiar, you're probably right. The Dummies team updated the cover and design to give the book a fresh feel, but the content is the same as the previous release of Blues Harmonica For Dummies (9781118252697). The book you see here shouldn't be considered a new or updated product. But if you're in the mood to learn something new, check out some of our other books. We're always writing about new topics!

(Harmonica Play-Along). The Harmonica Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the notation, listen to the audio to hear how the harmonica should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. Volume 2 includes: Hand in My Pocket * Karma Chameleon * Middle of the Road * Rock Me * Small Town * Smokin' in the Boys Room * Train in Vain * What I Like About You.

(Harmonica). This book is perfect for intermediate to advanced players who want to employ a more versatile approach to slow blues playing. Four different keys and crosses, plus liberal use of all three registers of the instrument, will prove just how versatile a 10-hole C diatonic harp can be. Each of the 16 solos, written and recorded by renowned blues-harpist Steve Cohen, is chock full of great licks andtechniques for you to learn and incorporate into your playing: scale licks, octavelicks, overblow licks, incremental bend licks, high-note blow bend licks, warblelicks. The variety of slow blues changes and feels include: 12-bar and 8-bar progressions, stop-time, country blues, jazzy blues, minor blues, major blues, shuffles, straight time and more. This book contains detailed harmonica transcriptions written in standard notation and harmonica tab; a summary list of the key, position, and song format; and a brief lesson about the chord progression and highlighted playing techniques.