Blues Grooves is a blues music instruction CD by Doc Span and Ross Williams.

It’s suitable for use with any instrument, but comes with a harmonica specific booklet. It was released by world-renowned music publishers Mel Bay Publications in 2002.

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Blues Grooves - Learn to play the Blues

Developed by the highly experienced blues team of Doc Span and Ross Williams, this CD and booklet presents ten very cool backing tracks for you to practice blues soloing on the instrument of your choice.

Each track is recorded twice:

Once with harmonica, to give you some ideas, and once without - so you can "go off"! Improve your timing and develop a bank of personal riffs while you experience playing along with a professional blues band.

Learn new phrasing techniques. Playing along will stimulate your powers of improvisation.

Listening carefully to what each instrument is doing will help you emulate professional playing styles or just blend in, picking up rhythm patterns and playing along with your favourite melodies over the tracks. Become acquainted with different blues grooves.

It’s good fun and great practice whatever your level of proficiency!

The booklet contains basic instruction on rhythm, melody, tone, harmony, tongue blocking, improvisation, positions and scales, bending notes, and more.