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Books : The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to Playing the HarmonicaIn association with Amazon.com Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 788.82193 EAN: 9780028642413 ISBN: 0028642414 Label: Alpha Manufacturer: Alpha Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: October 18, 2001 Publisher: Alpha Studio: Alpha Sales Rank: 210881 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: The Complete Idiot's GuideA (R) to Playing the Harmonica will be the ultimate learning text for the aspiring "harpist" (as harmonica players are called). The reader will learn to play the harmonica in three bsic stages-beginner, intermediate, and advanced, with a heavy emphasis on actual practice exercises. The book will emphasize blues, rock, bluegrass, folk, and jazz; it is designed to appeal to the broadest possible cross section of players. Additional chapters will cover purchasing the best harmonica for you, harmonica maintenance, the art of playing with other musicians, and profiles of master harpists. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great Book But...I'm not sure that I would reccomend it for beginners. As other reviewers have pointed out it covers some pretty advanced techniques; however, a lot of the really basic techniques are glossed over or inadequately explained. Furthermore, there are a relatively few number of songs written in the beginning stages. My biggest problem though, is with the chapter dealing with note reading. It is fairly difficult to figure out if you have no experience reading music. For example, the book gives you ... Read More Rating:  - Kindle Edition is not recommendedThe Kindle edition is not worth the price. There is no CD(obviously) and the promissed web site where you can download parts of the CD and "learning tools" is more than lacking...I found no learning tools etc. The illustrations in the Kindle edition are too small to be of any use. Perhaps the print edition is OK, but not the Kindle edition. Rating:  - just what i was iooking fori was very pleased with my book. i can play the harmonica now like i allways wanted to. its easy to understand and i look forward to other books that i know i can find on amazon.com . thank you. Rating:  - Thorough Guide to the HarmonicaThe Complete Idiot's Guide is a very thorough manual to learning the harmonica, including music theory, history, and physiology. For those analytical minds who love to know EVERYTHING about a subject, this is your book. It's well written and educational. From what I can tell, it covers every possible aspect of learning to play the harmonica, including how to read music, advanced techniques of play (such as bending), how to translate written music to a harmonica, and how to incorporate harmonica into ... Read More Rating: - Complete Idiot's Guide To Playing HarmonicaFrom what I've read through Chapter 6, this appears to be a very well written book about playing the harmonica. I've really enjoyed it so far, and would highly recommend! Browse for similar items by category:
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