David Barrett: 60 books

How many of us have offered to run a small project in our lives only to discover mid-way through that we really didn’t have a good grasp of the art of managing a project? How many of us would like to step-up and volunteer our time to run a project but feel we don’t have the necessary...

Legendary sportswriter Red Smith characterized Ben Hogan’s comeback from a near-fatal automobile crash in February 1949 as “the most remarkable feat in the history of sports.” Nearly sixty years later, that statement still rings true. The crowning moment of Hogan’s comeback was his dramatic...

Learn the most common scales and modes used on the major diatonic harmonica. The intention behind these extensive exercises is to develop agility and speed on the instrument. Single-note patterns are introduced without bends. After mastering these exercises the lesson then progresses to patterns with...

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,...

Blues Guitar Play-Along Trax, within the School of the Blues Lesson Series, is an exciting play-along that contains the most common grooves used in blues bands today. Notated examples are also provided to give you an idea of how you can approach accompanying a vocalist or instrumentalist. Along with...

This book is meant to take an instrument and musical styleand 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...

Blues Harmonica 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,...

Upon completion of this book, you will understand the principle and techniques utilized in the creation of phrases and how to incorporate these concepts into your own harmonica performance. Includes access to online audio that contains jam tracks for incorporating new licks and ideas. Notation and harmonica tablature.

Blues Harmonica Level 2, within the School of the Blues Lesson Series, is an exiting intermediate Blues harmonica course in the tongue block style. The ideas presented are solid in the Blues tradition with great sounding exercises and songs to play! Bending and advanced Tongue Blocking are covered...

Classic Chicago Blues Harp #2 follows book/CD #1 and is a progressive lesson book that walks you step-by-step from the intermediate stages of playing the harmonica to the very advanced. This lesson book is the main backbone to the Harmonica Masterclass Lesson Series. Classic Chicago Blues Harp takes...

Knowing where biblical events happened can help you understand the bigger picture of scripture-and that's what The Bible Atlas and Companion is all about. Based on NASA Space Shuttle imagery, the 75 brand-new maps in The Bible Atlas and Companion feature some of the most precise geographical detail available....

An exciting beginning blues harmonica course! The ideas presented are solidly in the blues tradition with great sounding bluesy licks to play, even at the beginning level! Topics include Phrasing Concepts (how small pieces of music, called licks, are organized to create a pleasing solo), 12 Bar Blues...

Essential Blues Bass Grooves, within the School of the Blues- Lesson Series, presents 46 bass patterns essential to the gigging Blues bass player. Material is presented in standard music notation and TAB. This book is accompanied by audio available for download online of all examples (played by author...

Welcome to the School of the Blues Lesson Series! This book and recording were created to help give you context to all the music you worked so hard to learn. The recorded Play-Along Trax have no bass. This gives you the opportunity to work on your blues bass patterns. I have used several different...