Easiest Blues Harp Book

Product Number: 94673 
ISBN: 1562223038 
Publisher: Mel Bay Pub., Inc. 
Difficulty Level: Beginning 
Format: Book

Mel Bay's Easiest Blues Harp Book is the ideal way to get started playing today's blues harmonica styles. First, you will learn the basic techniques needed to play blues harp, such as lip blocking, single tone, bending, the slide, tremblo, and vibrato. Then, you'll play riffs, blues harp solos, and blues rhythm chord studies--all on the C harmonica.

CONTENTS

How to Hold the Harmonica 
Microphone 
How to Read Arrows and Numbers 
Air Flow 
A Single Tone 
Lip Blocking 
Breathing 
Vibrato 
Cross-Harp 
Time Signature 
Notes and Rests 
The Slide (Glissando) 
Easy Blue 
Dot Blues 
G Blues 
Tremolo (Shake) 
Shake It! 
Rests (Silence) 
Driven Blues 
Eighth Notes 
Bounce Blues 
Riff No. 1 
Riff No. 2 
Riff No. 3 
Amplified Harmonica 
Steppin' Blues 
Holes 7-8-9 
Upper End 
Smoke and Fire! 
Chord Playing (Rhythm) 
Chord Riff No. 1 
Chord Riff No. 2 
Swing Blues 
Riff No. 4 
Down Blues 
Walking Boogie 
Harmonica Shuffle 
House of the Rising Sun 
Bending Tones 
Upper Octave and the Blow Bend 
Riff No. 5 
Riff No. 6 
Vibrato Revisited (Pulsating Air)