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Harmonica For Dummies (For Dummies (Sports & Hobbies))
By Winslow Yerxa
* Publisher: For Dummies
* Number Of Pages: 360
* Publication Date: 2008-09-09
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 047033729X
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470337295
Product Description:
Are you hankering to play the harmonica? Harmonica For Dummies is an easy-to-read practice guide that gives you step-by-step instructions and gets you making music in no time! Even if you’re an experienced harmonica player, this jump-in-anywhere reference is packed with tips and playing techniques that will take your skills to the next level.
This fast, fun, hands-on guide helps you choose your first harmonica and shows you how to hold it, make your first sounds, and keep it clean and working well. Helpful diagrams show you how to shape sounds using your tongue, throat, and hands. Before you know it you’ll be playing melodies, chugging out rhythms, and bending notes with ease. You’ll also pick up some basics of music theory and learn how to read the notation and tablature for all the music in the book. Discover how to:
* Play right out of the box with little or no experience
* Make that wonderful wailing sound
* Create exciting rhythms and play solo
* Understand how the harmonica works
* Play all of the music on the Bonus CD
* Read tablature, educate your eye, and develop your ear
* Breath correctly while playing
* Bend notes up and down
* Play one harp in many keys
* Develop your style in blues rock, country, folk, and more
* Play with other musicians
* Work with a microphone to create great sounds
So stop dreaming and start playing! Harmonica For Dummies will get you wailing in no time!
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Summary: Dummies are great
Rating: 5
I love the Dummies series. I have a number of their books, and they've all been great. It starts you off from ground zero and takes you. You won't be cutting CD's, but you'll have a beginning foundation to build on. Since I've began using Dummies, wifey says it sounds like music...since she's my hardest critic...that's pretty good.
Summary: Taking the mystery out of diatonic harmonica playing
Rating: 5
Harmonica For Dummies is as complete a treatise on diatonic playing as can be found. Winslow takes the mystery out of the intricasies of this versatile instrument. As a chromatic harmonica player, I have pecked at the edges of diatonic styles, stying to figure them out with little success. This book lays it all out in depth. While treating all the technical aspects with precision and clarity, the author makes the desired end result accessable. The accompanying c.d. takes the explanation one step farther. I should no longer have excuses for not being able to play a tune in third position, other than I didn't practice. I would not call this book an entry level primer. I would describe it as a continuation for the more serious player, to take him or her beyond the easy stuff many master. It is extremely well done, rather easy to follow, and a necessary addition to the music library of anyone who intends to more fully master this wonderful instrument. We all need to thank Winslow for sharing his knowledge and expending the energy necessary to produce this book.
Summary: Useless - unless you have or buy a harmonica in C
Rating: 3
The book was recommended by a harmonica instructor for beginners to whom he sold harmonicas in G.
The book is written for the key of C - and clearly says so on page 17 Chapter 2. It tells you to buy one, if you want to follow the lessons.
Eventually, in Part III, Chapter 9,Harmonica For Dummies (For Dummies (Sports & Hobbies)) Positions: Playing One Harp in Many Keys, the author explains how you can use a harmonica in one key - to play in another - but without a C harmonica you'll never get to this chapter.
Unwilling to invest in a new harmonica at this time - I returned the book to Amazon
Summary: works for me
Rating: 5
I've only had the book for a couple of weeks. It does guide one through the lessons smoothly, and the author's sense of humor makes it fun too.
Summary: Truly one of the best!
Rating: 5
I won Winslow's book at the SPAH convention and was truly thrilled to get it! (For those interested in harmonica, be sure to check out www.spah.org for much useful info). I have probably every book written about how to play harmonica, and this really is one of the best. I wish I'd had it when I was first learning to play. It covers everything from rank beginner to advanced techniques. I would consider it a "must have" by anyone interested in learning this incredible instrument.
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