￥The fun and easy way to play blues harmonica

 

Blues Harmonica For Dummies gives you a wealth of guidance on playing harmonica in the style of the blues masters. Learn how to go from playing easy chords to strong single notes – and then to 12-bar blues. Develop your personal style and put together a repertoire of tunes to play for an audience. Explore specific techniques and applications, including bending and making your notes sound richer and fuller; using amplification; developing blues licks and riffs; performing a blues harmonica solo like a pro; and much more.

 

• Breathe the blues into your harmonica
• Learn about bending, tongue blocking, and chordal rhythm
• Connect with blues history and the major players

 

Inside:

 

• A review of the blues as a musical style
• What it takes to get started
• A blues guide to music symbols
• Ways to shape, color, and punctuate your blues sound
• How to amplify your playing
• Important blues players and recordings