Complete Classic Chicago Blues Harp

Author: David Barrett
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1610655281
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 145

Book Description
This book is meant to take an instrument and musical style and teach it to the people who made it so popular, the blues listening public. A comprehensive lesson and study book for the intermediate and advanced diatonic harmonica player, Classic Chicago Blues Harp presents techniques,progressive examples and accompanying twelve bar blues exercise and examples. Special attention is given to the accurate reading of blues rhythms and each notated tune is carefully marked with tablature indicating precisely where to find individual notes. Each chapter concludes with achapter review of what was taught in that section. Thisbook is best suited to the intermediate player rather than the beginner, and will appeal strongly to those with a genuine desire to learn the Chicago blues harmonica style. The book is excellent for self-teaching, yet is comprehensive enough to be used in a private instruction format. The downloadable audio available online insures accuracy of interpretation and ease in learning. Most of the exercises and examples are included in the audio with split-tracked back-up music. Each song is played once with harmonica and then without. A great all-around study book for blues harmonica players at any level

Mama Didn't Half-Step

Author: Heather DeBerry Stephens
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 144978898X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 223

Book Description
Heather DeBerry Stephens has written a captivating story of a mother of faith, Linnie Thomas Young. Heather has captured the essence of who Linnie was, as a mother and a woman of God. As someone who knew Linnie well, I can say that she was a woman who embraced motherhood with all her might. Heather asks the readers to examine their lives in six areas, to ensure they are not half-stepping. The author's vision is that women will read this book and make a new commitment to embrace their God-given roles as mothers in their homes. -First Lady Bethelyn Henderson Abundant Life Fellowship Church Memphis, Tennessee

Theory Is Fun, Book 1

Author: David Hirschberg
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 9781457454615
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
Book 1 covers bass and treble clef notation, time values, time signatures, sharps, flats, naturals, note spelling and other fundamentals. This activity book for children provides plenty of written practice for drawing notes on the staff and on leger lines.

Building Harmonica Technique

Author: David Barrett
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1610655052
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 81

Book Description
Offering a comprehensive study of harmonica techniques and blues soloing concepts, this book contains studies and etudes on bending notes (draw and blow), throat vibrato, two-hole shakes, tongue blocking, acoustic and amplified playing, music theory, blues scales, octave substitutions, playing positions, and position substitutes. Intended for the intermediate to advanced diatonic harmonica player, this book provides extensive instruction on lead and accompaniment playing styles. the companion CD includes musical example and play-along songs. Each exercise is played and every full length song is fully accompanied by a blues band. Each large example is played once with harmonica and again with accompaniment only. This book can be used with both diatonic and chromatic harmonica, but us more recommended for the diatonic player.

A Guide To Non-Jazz Improvisation: Banjo Edition

Author: DICK WEISSMAN
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1610652444
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 136

Book Description
The non-jazz improvisation series is a concept that germinated in Dick Weissman's mind while he was attending music school. He wrote a 15-piece arrangement of the old square dance tune, Cripple Creek, and wanted the trombone to take a solo as part of the arrangement. When the trombonist kept playing a bebop solo that was totally unsuitable for the chart, Dick realized that - in addition to the many musicians who do not improvise - there are even jazz musicians who don't know how to improvise outside the limits of their own stylistic backgrounds.This book approaches the five-string banjo as a musical instrument freed from the prison of specific musical genres. Old-time music, clawhammer, bluegrass and many eclectic adaptations of the banjo are utilized to demonstrate a variety of musical styles. A number of the selections are in different tunings. All examples are written out in traditional and tablature notation.

The Shawm

Author: William Batchelder Bradbury
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anthems
Languages : en
Pages : 366

Book Description

A Guide to Non-Jazz Improvisation: Flute Edition

Author: Dick Weissman
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1610653270
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 116

Book Description
The non-jazz improvisation series is a concept that germinated in Dick Weissman's mind while he was attending music school. He wrote a 15-piece arrangement of the old square dance tune, Cripple Creek, and wanted the trombone to take a solo as part of the arrangement. When the trombonist kept playing a bebop solo that was totally unsuitable for the chart, Dick realized that - in addition to the many musicians who do not improvise - there are even jazz musicians who don't know how to improvise outside the limits of their own stylistic backgrounds.The non-jazz improvisation series mostly includes new original tunes that are intended to show how to improvise in many musical styles, including;BluesCountryAmerican folkLatin-AmericanWorld music including South American, Eastern European and AsianOdd meters (playing in a variety of time signatures)New AgeClassicalFolk-RockIn short, the books are an encyclopedia of virtually every musical style, excluding jazz.

Before I Let Go

Author: Darren Coleman
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0061738867
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description
An Essence bestseller, Before I Let Go is the sexy story of three male best friends' dramatic search for love, intimacy, and the perfect relationship. Nate is a D-O-G with an obsession for conquering as many women as possible. But when he breaks his own rules and falls for two women at the same time, all hell breaks loose. Brendan is the type of man every woman claims to want -- at least until she gets one. Will he ever find a woman as sweet as he is, or is he doomed to be the poster child for "Good Guys Who Love Bad Girls"? Cory is successful, smart, and handsome. He's never gotten over his first love, and when he moves back to his hometown, he has to face secrets and make decisions that will change his life forever. Before I Let Go is a sizzling, entertaining tale of how men come to terms -- in the most startling ways -- with lust, love, and life.

Two Ways Out of Stockton

Author: Axel Gearman
Publisher: Axel Gearman
ISBN: 1737990652
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 227

Book Description
A gritty, real-life adventure of a young boy who grows into a troubled, yet functioning, man determined to forge a different path than his estranged father. A story of love and loss; life and death; perception and reality; and betrayal and forgiveness. When five-year-old Axel Gearman’s parents divorce, he is made to tell his father he no longer wants to see him. Wanting to be a good boy, he obliges and spends the next several decades not seeing or knowing his dad. Now an adult, Axel has become a loving father and husband with a good job, a nice home, and some deep-seated issues. After receiving an unexpected phone call informing him of his father’s impending death, Axel makes a cross-country journey to reunite with him, settle his affairs and find closure. Two Ways Out of Stockton provides a candid glimpse into the hard complexities of family and regret with a dash of humor. The musical and pop culture references bring life to the often relatable, and sometimes heartbreaking, moments throughout this touching memoir. Add to the reading experience with the "Two Ways Out Of Stockton (Soundtrack)", available on Spotify.

The Invisible Man

Author: Jed Pitman
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750983299
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 227

Book Description
‘My favourite moment is when I finish a song, that is the moment I cherish.’ – Rod Temperton The Invisible Man tells the remarkable story of how Rod Temperton worked his way up from a Grimsby fish factory to become one of the most successful songwriters of all time. Born in Cleethorpes in 1949, Temperton embarked on a career in music with the funk band Heatwave, for whom he wrote the international hits ‘Boogie Nights’ and ‘Always and Forever’, before his songwriting talent caught the attention of Michael Jackson’s legendary producer, Quincy Jones. For Jackson’s Off the Wall album, Temperton penned both the hit ‘Rock with You’ and the album’s title track. Three years later, he started work on what would become the best-selling album of all time – Michael Jackson’s Thriller – writing three songs, including the now legendary title track. And yet despite collaborating with some of music’s biggest stars, including Donna Summer and Michael McDonald, Temperton was famously reclusive and seldom gave interviews. Having enjoyed unprecedented access to the great man for his Sony Award-winning radio documentary on Temperton, Jed Pitman presents the fully updated, definitive story of one of music’s most talented individuals.