Minor Blues Harmonica

SKU: AD.ADG242

ISBN 9781958017296. UPC: 663389124226. 9 x 12 inches.

The Blues Play A Long and Solos Collection for Harmonica is an indispensable instructional book written by renowned musician and educator, Andrew D. Gordon.

Specifical ly designed for beginners, this book provides a comprehensive guide to playing the blues on the bass while offering a plethora of play-along tracks and soloing opportunities.

And rew D. Gordon, with his extensive experience as a multi-instrumentalist and music educator, has meticulously crafted this book to cater to harmonica players who want to delve into the captivating world of blues music. Whether you're a complete novice or have some basic knowledge of the harmonica, this book will guide you step-by-step through the fundamentals of blues playing, enabling you to develop your skills and confidence.

The Blues Play-Along and Solos Collection for harmonica is part of an esteemed series of instructional books, with other editions available for a variety of instruments such as piano/keyboards, guitar, bass, alto and tenor saxophone, flute, trumpet, trombone, ukulele, recorder, mandolin, bass and violin. This series ensures that musicians across different disciplines can explore the blues genre and its unique characteristics.

K ey features of The Blues Play-Along and Solos Collection for Harmonica include: Play-Along Tracks: Explore a diverse selection of 30 professionally produced play-along tracks, featuring authentic blues grooves in various Blues styles, keys and tempos such as: Funky Blues, Boogie Blues, Jazz Blues, Minor Blues, Country Blues, Latin Blues, Old Time Jazz Blues, Jazz Swing Blues, Classic Blues Rock, Soulful Blues, Slow Blues and many more. These tracks allow you to apply your newly acquired skills and play alongside a band, providing an immersive and enjoyable practice experience.

Each of the 30 play-a-long tracks has been recorded with 10 choruses of the 12 bar blues progression giving you the opportunity practice soloing techniques totaling over 3 hours of music. Each of the 30 Blues styles contains a solo improvisational melody line, 12 measures in length, designed for the beginner student in mind as a starting point to create your own improvisational solos.

Soloing Techniques: Discover various soloing techniques and improvisational approaches, empowering you to create your own expressive solos and melodies within the blues framework. Repertoire Building: Develop a repertoire of blues songs, licks, and riffs specifically tailored for the harmonica. Expand your musical vocabulary and gain confidence in your ability to perform and jam with others.

Music Notation : The book contains clear and easy-to-read music notation ensuring accessibility for beginners and facilitating a smooth learning process. Whether you aspire to perform on stage, jam with friends, or simply enjoy playing the bass at home.

The Blues Play-Along and Solos Collection for Harmonica provides you with all the tools you need to embark on an exciting blues journey. Andrew D. Gordon's expertise and passion for teaching music shine through in this book, making it an essential resource for any bass player seeking to explore the expressive and soulful realm of blues music.

SKU: MB.98339M

ISBN 9780786690022. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

This user-friendly book, with access to online audio, shows how to transform standard three-chord blues changes into harmonically sophisticated jazz-blues progressions.The book covers chord substitution, twelve-bar blues, minor blues, eight-bar blues, and sixteen-bar blues. Chord frames are supplied for guitarists. Blank treble and bass staves are included for writing songs, licks, and solos. An absolute goldmine for all musicians, students, blues songwriters, recording studios, ad agencies, and anyone who plays blues music. This truly amazing learning/reference work, designed for beginners and pros alike, also contains an appendix featuring a wealth of information about modern blues progressions and how to create them. Online audio download available.

SKU: MB.30949M

ISBN 9781513470207. 8.75x11.75 inches.

While traditional Richter-tuned, 10-hole diatonic harmonicas have a remarkable three-octave range, one can only play a complete major scale spanning one octave in a single key from holes 4 through 6. By contrast, the country-tuned diatonic harmonica with its 5th-hole draw reed voiced a halftone higher F to F# in a C harmonica , is not only capable of playing 2 complete major scales but can also play one of them from the second hole in two full octaves.Harmonica enthusiasts who are already familiar with the cross-harp concept of playing a C harmonica in the key of G to achieve the Mixolydian mode, with a blues sound, will be delighted to learn of a further valve alteration that gives players access to 4 chromatic tones from the 5th hole ?facilitating play in the relative minor key.Seasoned Mel Bay harmonica author, Phil Duncan, presents this unique book of technique and six melodies for the country-tuned 10-hole diatonic harmonica. All music is presented with lyrics, standard notation and tablature with suggested guitar chords and studio-quality online audio.

SKU: AP.1-ADV11215

ISBN 9783892210559. UPC: 805095112153. German.

Jazz-Harmon ik, wie sie am Berklee College of Music gelehrt wird, basiert auf der sogenannten Akkord-Skalen-Theorie. Diese Methode ist nun in weiterentwickelter Form erstmals als umfassendes Lehrwerk verfügbar. Aus der Praxis hervorgegangen und für die Praxis bestimmt, bietet dieses Buch das notwendige theoretische Wissen für Improvisation, Komposition und Arrangement.

Titles: Vorwort * Einleitung * Harmonische Strukturen * Diatonische Harmonik * Dominant-Akkorde und ihre diatonische Funktion * Moll-Harmonik * Blues * Verminderte Sept-Akkorde * Dominant-Akkorde mit speziellen Funktionen * Modaler Austausch * Voicing/spezifische Akkord-Symbole und Strukturen * Modulation * Modale Systeme * Nicht-funktionale Harmonik * Einführung ins Arrangieren * Anhang * Index.

Jazz harmony, as taught at the Berklee College of Music, based on the so-called chord-scale theory. This method is now in a developed form for the first time, and available as a comprehensive textbook. It emerged from practice and is intended for practice---this book provides the necessary theoretical knowledge on improvisation, composition, and arranging.

Titles : Preface * Introduction * Harmonic Structures * Diatonic Harmonies * Dominant Chords and Their Diatonic Function * Minor Harmony * Blues * Diminished Seventh Chords * Dominant Chords with Special Functions * Modal Exchange * Voicing / Specific Chord Symbols and Structures * Modulation * Modal Systems * Non-Functional Harmonies * Introduction to Arranging * Appendix * Index. (German Edition).

SKU: HL.14044812

French.

This informative book will help you to discover, learn and play arpeggios on the Piano. Found in many styles of music (blues, rock, jazz, classical...), in improvisation and accompaniment and for both the left and right hand, arpeggios are technically and harmonically essential for the pianist. Every very student should master them. This book presents the main arpeggios, major, minor, major 7th, minor 7th and 7th. For each of these, you will learn how they are composed, along with fingerings taught through three technical exercises and seven musical examples (accompaniment or solo). The included CD allows you to practice with backing tracks. For each musical example, you canaccess five different recordings on the CD (MP3), so you can learn and play at your own tempo, level and capacity. In total this set includes more than 5 hours of music.