Mel Bay Presents Building Harmonica Technique

by David Barett

According to this book, Building Harmonica Technique is
"a comprehensive study of harmonica and blues soloing concepts." This is the truth! There is a treasure trove of material for the diatonic player contained in these 80 pages.

David Barrett's book is not for the absolute beginner. Anyone who is past the basic stage and is looking for intermediate to advanced material will benefit enormously from the advantages of this excellent player and teacher.

Topics covered include bending notes (draw and blow) and bending exercises, throat vibrato, two-hole shakes, tongue blocking, acoustic playing, amplified playing (and yes, you will learn how to hold a bullet microphone properly!), blues scales, music theory, octave substitutions, player positions, position substitutions, soloing and accompaniment and more.

The companion CD includes musical examples and play-along songs. Each exercise is played and every full-length song is accompanied by a blues band. Each large exercise is played once with harmonica and again with accompaniment only.

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