Level 1, Complete Blues Harmonica Lesson Series. Par BARRETT DAVID. Basic Blues Harmonica Method is geared toward getting you playing blues harmonica as fast as possible. The songs and exercises have been designed to get you comfortable with moving around the instrument and allow you to take full advantage of the great sounding patterns available on your harmonica, without first having to learn advanced techniques such as bending. The basic techniques covered are single hole embouchure, tongue block embouchure and octaves. You'll be able to achieve that bluesy feel, without bending notes, by learning how to play in 3rd position. You'll also learn single note patterns and rhythms that will help you develop your motor skills and tone. This book is packed with song examples that sound great, even at this beginning stage. The CD that accompanies the book contains eight jam tracks for you to play along with. These jam tracks use harmonica-friendly keys and a wide variety of tempos and grooves to fit whatever mood you're in. The instruction portion of this book/CD set teaches phrasing within the 12 bar structure. View the Harmonica Masterclass Series outline / Niveau : Débutant / Blues - Methods / Méthode / Harmonica Diatonique

Par BARRETT DAVID. Minor Blues Harmonica includes introductory material for new players on holding the harmonica, achieving a single note, and common techniques that sound great on the instrument. Not-so-new players will enjoy learning new songs at their current skill levels. Intermediate players will benefit from learning to play in 3rd Position to broaden their options while performing. Players at a more advanced level will learn to play in minor keysâ'a challenge for harmonica players, but less difficult in 3rd Position. In this book we'll explore the killer sounds that 3rd Position has to offer, focusing on the following areas: 1) New players will learn to play single notes and movingaround the harmonica with good tone. 2) Learning to improvise in 3rd Position in an intuitive way, even for beginners. 3) Learning 'study” songs to play by yourself and at blues jams. These songs also provide valuable licks to help develop your own improvisational vocabulary. 4) An overview of music theory to help you understand what's technically going on. (This is at the end of the book, so it's not required in order to play the examples.) 5) A chapter for the more advanced players to learn how to play the lower octave of the harmonica in 3rd Position (requires good bending skills). You'll need a C Major Diatonic Harmonica for this book and recording. Recordings of all the examples are played by author David Barrett. Includes access to online audio. / Niveau : Facile / Pédagogie / Etude / Harmonica Diatonique

Par BARRETT DAVID. How good of a musician you become is predicated on how much practice you do and the quality of that practice. In all likelihood, you don't have access to a harmonica teacher (a rare breed), so it's up to you to identify what will help you grow as a player and how to best spend your valuable practice time. In Daily Studies for Diatonic Harmonica, author David Barrett (the world's most published author of harmonica lesson material) provides recommendations on how to set up your practice room, structure your practice time, what to work on to improve your playing, and how to prepare you for performance. The Daily Exercises portion of this book provides essentialexercises for the diatonic harmonica—movement patterns, scales, tongue block technique drills, an exercise to help you memorize the chords of the 12 Bar Blues, your harmonica's note layout, and how to choose a note to match over a given chord, at any time, in any range of the harmonica. This book and accompanying recording is an essential text for all students of the diatonic harmonica. You'll need a C Major Diatonic Harmonica for this method. Includes access to online audio. / Niveau : Facile / Pédagogie / Etude / Harmonica Diatonique

The blanket term 'rock' is used to describe a musical genre that covers over six decades of musical diversity. The question for this book is, What does rock mean to harmonica players? This book is for harmonica players who have a basic grasp of the instrument and are looking to study the rock style in greater detail. You'll learn greater control of bends; speed licks; high-end licks; how to play bluesy notes and textures; how to play and construct hooks; how to deal with and play over the common chord progressions used in rock; and, music theory relative to playing rock harmonica. Concepts are presented through original tunes as well as staples of rock harmonica repertoire such as Magic Dick's Whammer Jammer!. 68 pages, audio included. Contents: Introduction - What is Rock Harmonica? Harmonicas Needed Chapter 1 - A Word about Notation and Embouchure Chapter 2 - Bending What Notes Can Be Bent Bending Exercises Chapter 3 - Scales for Improvising Major Pentatonic Scale Blues Scale Context

Everything you need to start learning to play the harmonica in one box. An ideal gift for someone just starting to take up the harmonica, blues harp or pocket organ, unwrap the packaging and start playing immediately! Give yourself flying start with this box collection of essentials. In this great pack you get: a 10-hole Harmonica in C, the Absolute Beginners Play-along book and CD, a How To Play The Pocket Harmonica book, Don Baker's Beginning Blues Harp DVD, and a Manuscript Book for ideas and notes. These are all proven products that have helped countless Harmonica players to be the best they can be. / Harmonica

The blanket term 'rock' is used to describe a musical genre that covers over six decades of musical diversity. The question for this book is, 'What does rock mean to harmonica players?' This book is for harmonica players who have a basic grasp of the instrument and are looking to study the rock style in greater detail. You'll learn greater control of bends: speed licks: high-end licks: how to play bluesy notes and textures: how to play and construct hooks: how to deal with and play over the common chord progressions used in rock: and, music theory relative to playing rock harmonica. Concepts are presented through original tunes as well as staples of rock harmonica repertoire such asMagic Dick's 'Whammer Jammer!'. Includes access to online audio. / Pop and rock / Etude / Harmonica Diatonique

Harmonica For Kids is a fun, easy course that teaches children to play Harmonica faster than ever before. Popular songs will keep kids motivated, while the simple, easy-to-read page layouts ensure their attention remains focused on one concept at a time. The method can be used in combination with a Harmonica teacher or parent. The price of the book includes access to audio play-along and demonstration tracks online for download or streaming.Lessons include topics such as hand position, basic chord playing, learning melodies, and much more. Over 30 songs are featured in the book, including: All My Loving, Happy Birthday to You, Jingle Bells, Over the River and Through the Woods, Scarborough Fair, Take Me Out to the Ball Game, This Land Is Your Land, You Are My Sunshine and more. / Harmonica

Harmonica Play-Along Volume 8. The Harmonica Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the notation, listen to the online audio to hear how the harmonica should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right. Includes: Bluesette - Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White - From Me to You - Love Me Do - Midnight Cowboy - Moon River - Peg O' My Heart - A Rainy Night in Georgia./ Recueil / Harmonica

A comprehensive lesson and study book for the intermediate and advanced diatonic Harmonica player, Classic Chicago Blues Harp presents techniques, progressive examples and accompanying twelve bar blues exercise and examples. This book is meant to take an instrument and musical style and teach it to the people who made it so popular, the blues listening public. Special attention is given to the accurate reading of blues rhythms and each notated tune is carefully marked with tablature indicating precisely where to find individual notes. Each chapter concludes with a chapter review of what was taught in that section and access to online audio is included. This book is best suited to the intermediate player rather than the beginner, and will appeal strongly to those with a genuine desire to learn the Chicago blues harmonica style. Complete Classic Chicago Blues Harp is excellent for self-teaching, yet is comprehensive enough to be used in a private instruction format. The audio recording insures accuracy of interpretation and ease in learning. Most of the exercises and examples are included on the audio with split-tracked back-up music. Each song is played once with Harmonica and then without. This is a great all-around study book for blues Harmonica players at any level.

A comprehensive method for the Chromatic Harmonica that treats it like a musical instrument in all respects. For beginning to advanced players, in any style of music, it contains hundreds of exercises to develop technical proficiency in every key, as well as rhythmic awareness and melodic fluency. Exercises are written in musical notation, not tablature. A great, hour-long, play-along CD is included and each track has one version with, and one without, the author playing the tune or exercise. The 147-page book also includes arpeggio studies, scale studies, sight-reading studies, sound production tips, and special harmonica techniques. / Methods

An introduction to the adventurous world of the Blues Harmonica, written specifically for young people.Beginning with the very basics, you'll learn your first notes, chords and Harp techniques before progressing to proper full Blues pieces with bends, vamps and a whole variety of other special effectsAll the tunes in the book feature professional quality backing tracks on the accompanying CD. Dozens of pictures will make the learning process fast and easy, and the straight-forward nature of the Blues means that you'll pick up all of the tunes in no time at all - and before long you'll be improvising your very own! / Harmonica

The Hal Leonard Melodica Method is designed for anyone interested in learning the basics of playing the melodica. This easy-to-use beginner's guide serves as an introduction to everything needed to begin playing with proper technique. It's filled with helpful diagrams and photographs and uses folk tunes that students can learn as they work their way through the book. Topics covered include: mouthpiece techniques, breathing, chords, rhythms, improvising, vibrato, trills, and glissando technique. Includes 90 audio tracks with demonstrations of every song in the book! / Piano / Hal Leonard

La nouvelle collection d'Hal Leonard consacrée à l'harmonica vous propose des sélections par thèmes ougrands interprètes de 8 chansons spécialement arrangées pour Harmonica avec un CD inclus en version démo et play-back. Inclus les paroles complètes de chaque chanson. / Harmonica / Partition