Blues Harp
for Diatonic and Chromatic Harmonica
by Phil Duncan
Product Number: 93814
ISBN: 0871668904
Publisher: Mel Bay Pub., Inc.
Difficulty Level: Multiple Levels
Format: Book
Written for diatonic and chromatic harmonica, this is one of the hottest-selling blues harp books available. As usual, Phil Duncan's instructions are thorough and easy to understand. One of the best books in this popular harmonica style. The blues technique of playing "cross-harp" is clearly presented. Chords and melody, bending, tones and vibrato are but a few skills that are taught. No previous musical knowledge is necessary.
CONTENTS
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This book concentrates on the C harmonica for learning purposes. The book illustrates numbers and arrows that can be used with any key harmonica. Specific contents of Blues Harp
CHAPTER I - Introduction
- Playing Instructions
- Blues Harmonica: Cross Harp
- Blues for Chromatic Harmonica
- 12 Bar Blues
- More Tones for Blues
- G Blues
- G Blues in Quarters
CHAPTER II- G Chord
- Chord and Note
- Tonic Blues (no chromatic)
- C Chord
- C Chord Blues in G
- D Seventh Chord
- D Seventh Chord with A Natural
- All Chords
- Broken Blues
- Walking Boogie
CHAPTER III- Bending Notes
- Enharmonic Tones
- G Bend
- B Bend
- D Bend
- Chromatic Bending
- Chromatic Scale (diatonic)
- Chromatic Scale (chromatic)
CHAPTER IV- One Note Blues
- Down Under Blues
- Tri-Blues
- Draw Boogie Blues
- Blues Scale
- Blues Scale Tone in G
- Steppin' Out Blues
- Long Note Blues
- Backup Blues
- Fills
CHAPTER V- Eighth Notes
- Eighth Note Blues
- Improvising
- Simple Swing
- Swinging Blues
- Triplet
- Triplet Blues
CHAPTER VI- Country Licks
- Patterns
- Endings
- 10 Bar Country Tune
- Country Blues in 16 Bars
- 16 Bar Chorus
- 24 Bar Chorus
CHAPTER VII- Harmonica Shuffle
- Shuffle Blues
- Shuffle On
CHAPTER VIII- Red River Valley
- Amazing Grace (fill)
- Amazing Grace (solo)
- Standing in the Need of Prayer (fill)
- Standing in the Need of Prayer (solo)
- Wildwood Flower (fill)
- Wildwood Flower (solo)
- The Wabach Cannonball (fill)
- The Wabach Cannonball (solo)
- Goin' to Catch a Trin to Memphis
- C. C. Rider
- When the Saints Go Marching In (fill)
- When the Saints Go Marching In (solo)
- Gotta Travel On (fill)
- Gotta Travel On (solo)
- Old Joe Clark (fill)
- Old Joe Clark (solo)
- Goin' Down that Road Feelin' Bad (fill)
- Goin' Down that Road Feelin' Bad (solo)
- East Virginia (fill)
- East Virginia (solo)
- Lonesome Valley (fill)
- Lonesome Valley (solo)
- Deep River
- Shenandoah
CHAPTER IX - TECHNICAL EFFECTS- Double Stops
- Vibrato
- Tongue Flutter
- Glissando
- Tremolo
- Train Whistle
- Amplified Harmonica
- Trill
- Listening
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