Harmonica For Dummies

2nd Edition.

The fun and easy way 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 basícs-play one harp ¡n 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 othermusicians, amplifyyoursound, andperform foran audience

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

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


CONTENIDO:

Introduction

I. Getting Started
1. Wath Is This Thing Called Harp?
2. Becoming a Harmonica Owner
3. Making Your First Harmonica Sounds
4. Relating to Notes, Scales and Chords

II. Starting to Make Some Music
5. I Hear a Melody: Playing Single Notes
6. Shaping Your Sound
7. Enhacing Your Sound with Your Tongue on the Harp
8. Bending Notes
9. Positions: Playing One Harp in Many Keys

III. Growing Beyond the Basis
10. Fancy Playing: Developing Flair and Speed
11. Mastering New Songs
12. Behind the Hidden Treasure: Bending Notes Up

IV. Developing Your Style
13. Rockin' and Bluesin'
14. Expressing Yourself with Some Folk and Gospel Melodies
15. Fiddlin' the Night Away with Traditional Dance Tunes

V. Taking Your Music to the World
16. Putting It All Together - Your Tunes, Your Band, Your Listeners
17. Amplifyng Your Sound
18. Improving Your Harmonica with Repairs and Upgrades

VI. The Part of Tens
19. Ten (or More) Ways to Connect in the Harmonica World
20. Way More than Ten Harmonica Albums You Should Hear

VII. Appendixes
A: Tuning Layouts for All Keys
B: Audio Tracks and Video Clips

Index