Blow! Blow! Blow! by David Barrett (Bb Harmonica, Key of F)

Описание: Our next “behind the scenes” footage from the new CD "It Takes Three" is my original blues harmonica instrumental “Blow! Blow! Blow!” You’ll notice that I’m reading from sheet music. This is my blues science experiment where the entire song is based on the first lick. Though we use repetition within a chorus in the blues (known as Chorus Forms), there’s never been a blues harmonica instrumental written based completely on the first lick… until now! Every lick in this song is directly related to the first lick presented. The lick is played: backwards (retrograde); upside down (inversion); backwards and upside down (retrograde inversion); twice as fast (diminution); slowed to half speed (augmentation); used in pieces (fragmentation), transposed to different chords (sequences); and many other transformative tools. If you would like to learn about these techniques and see this song broken down, check out my complete lesson at BluesHarmonica.com (Improvising Study 11).

The CD "It Takes Three" is now available at bit.ly/ittakesthree and transcription set (harp tab/music notation) at http://bit.ly/1Qokj3h. Musicians are Kid Andersen (guitar), Mike Phillips (bass) and Marty Dodson (drums).

Those interested in the making of the CD, from inception to recording (over eight hours of instructive footage), subscribe to BluesHarmonica.com to see this detailed Recording Study series.

Thanks to volunteer cameramen Marc Graci, Gleidson Sousa and John Rafferty.