Blues Harmonica Method, Level 1, within the School of the Blues Lesson Series, is an exciting beginning blues harmonica course. The ideas presented are solid in the blues tradition with great-sounding bluesy licks to play, even at the beginning level! Phrasing Concepts (how small pieces of music, called licks, are organized to create a pleasing solo), 12 Bar Blues Theory, Vibrato, Shakes, and Tongue Blocking are covered. This book and its recording use a 'C' and 'A' major diatonic harmonic...

This book covers the most common scales and modes used on the entire Lee Oskar Harmonica System. There are extensive exercises that help develop your agility and speed on the instrument. Includes access to online audio.

Adult Harmonica Method is an exciting harmonica course that teaches reading and playing for the person looking to study at home or with a community harmonica band. Whether you stay with the harmonica or move on to another instrument, the music studies in this book will prepare you for a fruitful lifetime of music making. The recording contains all the music examples with piano accompaniment for the popular melodies and a full-size blues band for the Rhythm and Blues songs. The most excitin...

When two strangers meet by chance, they begin to recall a life they shared before the biblical flood. Byron, a single parent with two children, and Silvie, a gay schoolteacher in a relationship with Grace, set out on a journey to explore these vivid shared memories. Their past as lovers during that extraordinary time complicates their current relationships. Suddenly, an ancient adversary they faced during that turbulent period re-emerges with deadly intent, dramatically altering th...

Contested the second weekend in April each year since 1934, the Masters is the world’s most prestigious golf tournament and most-watched tournament on television. Tickets are in such demand that even the waiting list is closed, and players value the title above all others. In Making the Masters, award-winning golf writer David Barrett focuses his attention on how the Masters was conceived, how it got off the ground in 1934, and how it fully established itself in 1935.The ke...

With the signs of the times indicating the end of the Piscean age and heralding the dawn of the New Age of Aquarius, this inspirational self-help book is for those interested in their future and how the world will evolve. It includes a discourse on Questing Life for personal growth, the Sutras of Awakening for meditation seeds, and the freedoms that will transform the world in the New Age. You are not asked to believe, but to explore these insights on your personal journey on this...

Edward, once a leading figure in the world of psychic phenomena known for his uncanny ability to pierce the veil between realms, is thrust into a perilous and heart-wrenching journey. He is compelled, against his better judgment, to rescue a young woman who has been abducted. The kidnapper, Mark Skully, a sorcerer well-versed in black magic, unleashes a wave of psychic fury aimed at Edward and his loved ones. This vengeful onslaught pulls them into a chaotic battleground of occult ...

Basic Blues Harmonica Method is geared toward getting you playing blues harmonica as fast as possible. The songs and exercises have been designed to get you comfortable with moving around the instrument and allow you to take full advantage of the great sounding patterns available on your harmonica, without first having to learn advanced techniques such as bending. The basic techniques covered are single hole embouchure, tongue block embouchure and octaves. You'll be able to achieve that bl...

How good of a musician you become is predicated on how much practice you do and the quality of that practice. In all likelihood, you don’t have access to a harmonica teacher (a rare breed), so it’s up to you to identify what will help you grow as a player and how to best spend your valuable practice time. In Daily Studies for Diatonic Harmonica, author David Barrett (the world’s most published author of harmonica lesson material) provides recommendations on how to set up your practice room...

Jack was still emotionally devastated by the sudden death of his young wife. The accident occurred in America while he was lecturing at Oxford University. When he was offered an assignment as an AI consultant for the Lisbeth Project at the Turing-Minton Institute, he accepted it, hoping that immersing himself in advanced technology would provide a distraction and, ideally, help him gain a sense of closure. However, he was unaware that the project involved working with a mysterious ...

This book and audio has instruction for: the brand new chromatic player; the experienced chromatic player who wants to learn blues; and for the diatonic blues harmonica player wanting to apply their skills to the chromatic. This book teaches the scales, phrasing, licks, articulation and same fantastic lines that all of the current and past blues chromatic greats have to offer. The recording includes detailed technique examples, songs, and full-band background tracks to play along with. Inc...

Andrew was both surprised and delighted to inherit a house from his aunt, Hilary. After she moved to New York, he hadn't seen or heard from her for years. He moved in with his girlfriend, Rachel, and when two friends came to stay, they discovered the house was haunted.Unknown to Andrew, his aunt had also arranged for Leonard and Sonia to assist him in dealing with the haunting. Unfortunately, Rachel knows Leonard from a past love affair, which complicates b...