You Can Teach Yourself Harmonica Book

Product Number: 94303
ISBN: 0871662647
Publisher: Mel Bay Pub., Inc.
Difficulty Level: Beginning
Format: Book

A wonderful, easy-to-understand beginning harmonica book for learning both folk and blues harmonica stylings. Several different styles are analyzed and representative tunes are given in each style. Within the various sections the songs are roughly graded as to difficulty. An extra section examines some specialized techniques and introduces some harmonicas other than the standard ten-hole-twenty-reed diatonic harp, in the key of C for which most of the songs in this book are written. All together, 41 harmonica arrangements are included.

CONTENTS

Preface Chapter I: Introduction Finding Folks to Learn From What Kind of Harmonica Should You Buy? Prolonging the Life of Your Harmonica Chapter II: Gettin' Started Chapter III: Ballads and Folk Tunes Chapter IV: Fiddle Tunes Chapter V: The Blues Introduction to the Blues Getting the Idea of Cross Harp Bending Notes Riffs Blues Structure Twelve Bar Blues Eight Bar Blues Other Forms Chapter VI: Etc. Special Types of Harps Solo Tuned Harps Chordomonica Minor Harps Other Harps Special Techniques Playing Minor on a Major Harp Double Cross Harp Mountain Modal Style Double Cross Blues Double Cross Minor Cross Harp for Old Time, Country and Bluegrass Straight and Cross Duets Self-Accompaniment - Holder vs. Slack Jaw Appendices Appendix I. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Music Appendix II. Harps, Keys, and Styles Appendix III. Discography Alphabetical Listing of Songs Song List: A Nickel is a Nickel Arkansas Traveler Boogie Bury Me Beneath the Willow Colorado Trail Do Lord Drill Ye Tarriers Early in the Morning Frankie and Johnny Frankie's Blues The Gal I Left Behind Me Gary Owen George's Blues I George's Blues II Haste to the Wedding Hurtin' Blues John Henry Miss McCloud's Reel O'Shenandoah Old Joe Clark Pistol Slapper Blues Poor Wayfaring Stranger Pretty Polly Prisoner's Lament Rosin the Beau Round the Bend Rovin' Gambler Rye Whiskey Sally Goodin Skip to My Lou I