Blues Guitar Method, Level 2: The Art of Blues Guitar Improvising

David Barrett · John Garcia

Feb 2011 · Mel Bay Publications

About this eBook

Blues Guitar Method Level 2, within the School of the Blues Lesson Series, is about learning the art of improvising. Areas covered are: Tools for Improvising (Scales and Arpeggios); Soloing Concepts (Question & Answer Phrasing and Chord Tone Approach Construction); Pickups, Intros, Turnarounds & Endings; and Bar Solo & Analysis. This is an essential study for all players of the blues.

This series is designed for students of other instruments to play together. If you have friends that play harmonica, keyboard, bass or drums, tell them about this series so that you can play together.

This book is accompanied by an online audio recording of all examples (played by author John Garcia) along with the background music. For all skill level players. Book is in standard notation and TAB. Includes access to online audio.

About the author

David Barrett is the world's leading expert in blues harmonica education..blazing the way in every facet of its education for 28 years. By age 20, David had released his first book, Building Harmonica Technique, with one the world's largest publishers, Mel Bay Publications. This book was the first serious blues harmonica method to be released in the market. David Barrett is now the world's most published author of blues harmonica lesson material, with almost 70 book/CD sets and videos published. Before BluesHarmonica.com David was an active writer for various publications. For ten years, he wrote a featured column for Blues Revue.