Harmonica for dummies
Book - 2015
Presents information on the structure of the harmonica and describes techniques for breathing, relaxing, and counting time, forming chords and melodies, mastering songs, and playing with a band.
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- Subjects
- Published
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Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
[2015]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- Second edition
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- xiv, 390 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
- ISBN
- 9781118880760
- What is this thing called harp?
- Becoming a harmonica owner
- Making your first harmonica sounds
- Relating to notes, scales, and chords
- I hear a melody : playing single notes
- Shaping your sound
- Enhancing your sound with your tongue on the harp
- Bending notes
- Positions : playing one harp in many keys
- Fancy playing : developing flair and speed
- Mastering new songs
- Behind the hidden treasure : bending notes up
- Rockin' and bluesin'
- Expressing yourself with some folk and gospel melodies
- Fiddlin' the night away with traditional dance tunes
- Putting it all together : your tunes, your band, your listeners
- Amplifying your sound
- Improving your harmonica with repairs and upgrades
- The part of tens. Ten (or more) ways to connect in the harmonica world ; Way more than ten harmonica albums you should hear
- Appendix A. Tuning layouts for all keys
- Appendix B. Audio tracks and video clips.
- Introduction
- Getting started with harmonica
- Starting to make some music
- Growing beyond the basics
- Developing your style
- Taking it to the world
- The part of tens.