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The fun and easy way(r) to make the harmonica sing and perfect your playing technique!

Are you hankering to play the harmonica? This easy-to-read, practice-oriented guide gives you step-by-step instruction to get you making music in no time! Even if you're an experienced harmonica player, this book is packed with tips to take your playing to the next level.

  • Explore your first harmonica - learn how to hold a harp, make your first sounds, and keep it clean
  • Find your rhythm - play single notes and simple melodies; ...
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Overview

The fun and easy way(r) to make the harmonica sing and perfect your playing technique!

Are you hankering to play the harmonica? This easy-to-read, practice-oriented guide gives you step-by-step instruction to get you making music in no time! Even if you're an experienced harmonica player, this book is packed with tips to take your playing to the next level.

  • Explore your first harmonica - learn how to hold a harp, make your first sounds, and keep it clean
  • Find your rhythm - play single notes and simple melodies; shape your sounds with your hands, tongue, and throat
  • Bend notes with ease - make that wonderful wailing sound
  • Grow beyond the basics - play one harp in many keys, hone your abilities with challenging melodies, and learn how to overblow
  • Play popular music styles - from blues and rock to country, folk, and Celtic
  • Take it to the streets - develop a repertoire of tunes, play with other musicians, amplify your sound, and perform for an audience

Open the book and find:

  • The basics of music theory
  • Helpful diagrams of tongue and mouth action
  • Music notation and tablature for all the music in the book
  • Tips for playing chords, scales, licks, and riffs
  • Advice on making simple repairs and upgrades
  • Info on nifty accessories
  • Harmonica resources and groups
  • Tuning layouts for all 12 keys of diatonic harmonicas

Bonus CD Includes

All the musical examples from the book, so you can play along and hear the sound you're striving for

Audio files that let you either play along with the recorded harmonica or play solo with the backing band

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780470337295
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 9/9/2008
  • Edition description: Book & CD ROM
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 360
  • Sales rank: 94,065
  • Series: For Dummies Series
  • Product dimensions: 7.30 (w) x 9.20 (h) x 0.90 (d)

Meet the Author

Winslow Yerxa is a harmonica player with thirty years' experience in a wide variety of musical styles. He is also known internationally as a teacher, author, musical arranger, and recording artist, and is former editor of HIP (the Harmonica Information Publication).

Table of Contents

Introduction.

Part I: Getting Started.

Chapter 1: What Is This Thing Called Harp?

Chapter 2: Your First Harmonica.

Chapter 3: The Language of Music: Surveying a Bit of Theory.

Part II: Starting to Make Some Music.

Chapter 4: Relaxation, Breathing, and Rhythm.

Chapter 5: I Hear a Melody: Playing Single Notes.

Chapter 6: Shaping Your Sound.

Chapter 7: Enhancing Your Sound with Your Tongue on the Harp.

Chapter 8: Unlocking a Hidden Treasure: Bending Notes Down.

Part III: Growing Beyond the Basics.

Chapter 9: Positions: Playing One Harp in Many Keys.

Chapter 10: Fancy Playing: Developing Flair and Speed.

Chapter 11: Mastering New Songs.

Chapter 12: Behind the Hidden Treasure: Bending Notes Up.

Part IV: Developing Your Style.

Chapter 13: Blues and Rock.

Chapter 14: Headin' South with Some Country Tunes.

Chapter 15: Fiddlin' the Night Away with Folk and

Celtic Songs and Dance Tunes.

Part V: Taking Your Music to the World.

Chapter 16: Putting It All Together — Your Tunes, Your Band, Your Listeners.

Chapter 17: Amplifying Your Sound.

Chapter 18: Improving Your Harmonica with Repairs and Upgrades.

Chapter 19: Acquiring More Harps and Other Useful Accessories.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Connect in the Harmonica World.

Chapter 21: Way More than Ten Harmonica CDs You Should Hear.

Part VII: Appendixes.

Appendix A: Tuning Layouts for All Keys.

Appendix B: About the CD.

Index.

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  • Posted April 17, 2010

    Harmonica for Dummies

    Normally I wouldn't steep so low as to actually buy a "For Dummies" book, for I do not like what those books imply what the owners are. But being a recent harmonica player as well as a recent music enthusiast, I decided to buy this book and try my best to learn from it. It was not my first harmonica book, but it has certainly proven its usefullness already. It has a lot of information to learn and is a great way to begin. Even though I had already used a harmonica book, this book taught me even more as far as musically. I would recommend it to anyone interested in harmonica. It's one of the easier instruments to learn and can be one of the more fun to play. The only downside of this book is that it didn't provide any notation for popular songs.

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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