Blues Harmonica For Dummies

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; and much more.

Bonus CD included:
-Over 90 tracks for you to play along with
-Exercises to help you improve your technique
-Sample songs with bluesy licks and riffs

CONTENIDO:

Introduction

Part I. So You Wanna Play Blues Harmonica?
1. Connecting with the Blues
2. Getting Your Harmonicas Together
3. Deciphering the Code: A Blues Guide to Music Symbols

Part II. Doin? the Crawl: Your First Harmonica Moves
4. Breathing Life into the Harmonica
5. Moving Around with Single Notes
6. Creating Blues Harmonica Licks and Riffs
7. Progressing Through the 12-Bar Blues

Part III. Beyond the Basics: Getting Bluesy
8. Working with the Low and High Registers of the Harmonica
9. Modulating and Punctuating Your Sound
10. Enriching Your Sound with Textures
11. Bending Notes: A Classic Part of the Blues Sound

Part IV. Developing Your Style
12. Playing in Different Keys on a Single Harmonica
13. Working Your Blues Chops in First Position
14. Accelerating the Blues with Third Position
15. Playing Blues Chromatic Harmonica in Third and First Positions
16. Playing Blues in Minor Keys
17. Groovin? with Non-12-Bar Blues

Part V. Taking It to the Streets: Sharing Your Music
18. Developing Your Blues Repertoire
19. Blues Harmonica Amplification: Making a Big Noise with a Tiny Little Thang

Part VI. The Part of Tens
20. Ten Things to Know about Sharing Your Music with Others
21. Ten Important Periods and Styles in Blues Harmonica History

Part VII. Appendixes
Appendix A. Tuning Layouts for All Keys
Appendix B. About the CD

Index