Slow Blues

'If you can't bend at all yet, you should probably begin at the beginning, and hey, that's where you are right now! Just keep on reading each section and trying each exercise as you go. Make sure that you don't get hung up or stuck on any of the early sections or exercises, even if they seem hard'.

Learn how to master the most important harmonica technique in this step-by-step method by David Harp.

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Bending The Blues (Harp David)

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The Music Theory series is designed from the ground-up to explain the terminology and musical structures needed for modern applications. Level One is an introductory course which covers music notation, key signatures, basic scales, intervals, modes, diatonic relationships and 3-and 4-part chords. Level Two is an intermediate-level course covering larger chord forms, 'definitive' chords in major and minor keys, substitutions, analysis of key centers in tunes, 'upper structure' chords, voiceleading, and pentatonic and blues scale applications, a complete glossary of terms, and hundreds of written theory exercises with answers.

This valuable collection presents note-for-note transcriptions and performance notes for 12 timeless songs that inspired the legendary Robert Johnson, including: Cross Road Blues • I'm Gonna Yola My Blues Away • Lead Pencil Blues • Life Saver Blues • My Black Mama • Roll and Tumble Blues • You Gonna Need Somebody When You Die • and more, by seminal bluesman such as Blind Blake, Son House, Skip James, Lonnie Johnson, Booker White and others. This unrivaled primer in how to play country blues also includes a preface and introduction, rare photos, notes on country blues guitar techniques and more.

Walking Bass Lines for Jazz Guitar by Stephan Badreau is a step by step guide to harmonizing bass lines on the guitar.

The book will show the musician how to connect familiar chord shapes with the appropriate bass notes. It is full of ideas, examples, chord voicings and substitutions, as well as short chord progressions for you to try your new learned skills.

All examples are played on the accompanying CD at both slow and normal speed, as well as a drums-only version for play-along purposes.

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