Blues Harmonica Accompaniment Playing

With Online Audio-As a Harmonica player only 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 Playingteaches the important skill of providing accompaniment on the Harmonica. This volume in the School of the Blues Lesson Series will take you on an exciting journey into the art of traditional blues Harmonicaaccompaniment (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. Suitable for the intermediate toadvanced level Harmonica player this book includes access to downloadable online audio tracks featuring all Harmonica parts notated in the book with accompaniment music.

With Online Audio-Offering a comprehensive study of harmonica techniques and blues soloing concepts this book contains studies and etudes on bending notes (draw and blow) throat vibrato two-hole shakes tongue blocking acoustic and amplifiedplaying music theory blues scales octave substitutions playing positions and position substitutes. Intended for the intermediate to advanced diatonic harmonica player this book provides extensive instruction on lead andaccompaniment playing styles. The companion audio includes musical example and play-along songs. Each exercise is played and every full length song is fully accompanied by a blues band. Each large example is played once withharmonica and again with accompaniment only. This book can be used with both diatonic and chromatic harmonica but is recommended primarily for the diatonic player. Includes access to online audio.

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Beginning Musical Genre : All Styles Series : Harmonica Masterclass Lesson Number of pages : 48 Adult Harmonica Method is an exciting harmonica course that teaches reading and playing for the person looking to study at home or with a community harmonica band. Whether you stay with the harmonica or move on to another instrument, the music studies in this book will prepare you for a fruitful lifetime of music making. The recording contains all the music examples with piano accompaniment for the popular melodies and a full size blues band for the Rhythm and Blues songs. The most exciting part of this book is the harmonica band arrangements. Imagine an orchestra of harmonicas playing four and five part harmonies! This book is a natural for adult night school programs, community orchestras, retirement community bands and many more.

Adult Harmonica Method is an exciting Harmonica course that teaches reading and playing for the person looking to study at home or with a community Harmonica band. Whether you stay with the Harmonica ormove on to another instrument the music studies in this book will prepare you for a fruitful lifetime of music making. The recording contains all the music examples with Piano accompaniment for the popular melodies and a fullsize blues band for the Rhythm and Blues songs. The most exciting part of this book is the Harmonica band arrangements. Imagine an orchestra of Harmonicas playing four and five part harmonies. This book is a natural foradult night school programs community Orchestras retirement community bands and many more.

This Alfred Tuition book will tell you everything you need to know to start playing the Harmonica now! For beginners of all ages this clearly presented and informative book for both diatonic and chromatic harmonicas is a complete method that teaches you how to play through an easy-to-understand step-by-step system. In fact using a special note-reading system you will be able to read and play instantly! This method also features a history and maintenance guide for the instrument Complete note chart and chording single note-playing and more advanced techniques. The Enhanced CSD which accompanies the book contains great audio accompaniments you can play on your stereoand doubles as an interactive and fun multimedia learning tool for your computer to compliment and add to an already awesome Harmonica method. Upon completion of this book you will be able to play the Harmonica in all styles from Blues rock pop country and folk styles; perform with a band know how to read music and understand the basics of improvising. Now there is no reason not to learn!

Stuff All the Pros Know and Use-Ready to take your Harmonica playing to the next level? This book presents valuable how-to insight that Harmonica players of all styles and levels can benefit from. The text photos music diagrams and accompanying audio tracks provide a terrific easy-to-use resource for a variety of topics including: techniques position playing soloing accompaniment the blues equipment performance maintenance and much more!

How good of a musician you become is predicated on how much practice you do and the quality of that practice. In all likelihood you don???t have access to a harmonica teacher (a rare breed) so it???s up to you to identify what will help you grow as a player and how to best spend your valuable practice time. In Daily Exercises for Diatonic Harmonica author David Barrett (the world???s most published author of harmonica lesson material) provides recommendations on how to set up your practice room structure your practice time what to work on to improve your playing and how to prepare you for performance. The Daily Exercises portion of this book provides essential exercises for thediatonic harmonica???movement patterns scales tongue block technique drills an exercise to help you memorize the chords of the 12 Bar Blues your harmonica???s note layout and how to choose a note to match over a given chord at any time in any range of the harmonica. This book and accompanying recording is an essential text for all students of the diatonic harmonica. You'll need a C Major Diatonic Harmonica for this method. Includes access to online audio.

Play the harmonica now with the revolutionary Instant Harmonica. This book and accompanying audio will teach the beginner or novice basic technique popular tunes and blues playing a little theory and some specialeffects used by professional players. No previous knowledge of music necessary.

How good of a musician you become is predicated on how much practice you do and the quality of that practice. In all likelihood, you don't have access to a harmonica teacher (a rare breed), so it's up to you to identify what will help you grow as a player and how to best spend your valuable practice time. In Daily Studies for Diatonic Harmonica, author David Barrett (the world's most published author of harmonica lesson material) provides recommendations on how to set up your practice room, structure your practice time, what to work on to improve your playing, and how to prepare you for performance. The Daily Exercises portion of this book provides essentialexercises for the diatonic harmonica ”movement patterns, scales, tongue block technique drills, an exercise to help you memorize the chords of the 12 Bar Blues, your harmonica's note layout, and how to choose a note to match over a given chord, at any time, in any range of the harmonica. This book and accompanying recording is an essential text for all students of the diatonic harmonica. You'll need a C Major Diatonic Harmonica for this method. Includes access to online audio. / Harmonica / Mel Bay

Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Course is designed for use with an instructor for the beginning student looking for a truly complete piano course. It is a greatly expanded version of Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course that will include lesson, theory, technic and additional repertoire in a convenient, all-in-one format. This comprehensive course adds such features as isometric hand exercises, finger strengthening drills, and written assignments that reinforce each lesson's concepts. There is a smooth, logical progression between each lesson, a thorough explanation of chord theory and playing styles, and outstanding extra songs, including folk, classical, and contemporary selections. At the completion of this course, the student will have learned to play some of the most popular music ever written and will have gained a good understanding of basic musical concepts and styles. The CD has accompaniments to support the student's playing of the exercises and songs found in the Level 1 book. Titles: Alouette * Alpine Melody * Amazing Grace * Au Claire de la Lune * Aunt Rhody * Auld Lang Syne * Aura Lee * The Bandleader * Beautiful Brown Eyes * Blow the Man Down! * Blues for Wynton Marsalis * Brother John * Caf Vienna * The Can-Can * Chasing the Blues Away * Chiapanecas * Cockles and Mussels * The Cuckoo * Day is Done * Dueling Harmonics * The Entertainer * A Friend Like You * Go Down, Moses * Good King Wenceslas * Good Morning to You! * Good People * Got Those Blues * Greensleeves * Happy Birthday to You! * Harmonica Rock * Harp Song * Here's a Happy Song! * He's Got the Whole World in His Hands * I'm Gonna Lay My Burden Down * Jericho * Jingle Bells * Joy to the World! * Kum-ba-yah! * Largo (Dvorak) * Lavender's Blue * Lightly Row * Little Brown Jug * Liza Jane * London Bridge * Lone Star Waltz * Love Somebody * Lullaby * The Marine's Hymn * Mary Ann * Merrily We Roll Along * Mexican Hat Dance * Michael, Row the Boat Ashore * Money Can't Buy Everything * My Fifth * Ode to Joy * On Top of Old Smoky * O Sole Mio * Raisins and Almonds * Rock Along * Rockets * Rockin' Intervals * Rock It Away! * Scarborough Fair * Shoo, Fly, Shoo! * Skip to My Lou! * Standing in the Need of Prayer * The Stranger * Tisket, a Tasket * Waltzing Chords * Waltz Time * What Can I Share * When the Saints Go Marching In * Why Am I Blue?