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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing the Harmonica, 2nd Edition
written by William Melton, Randy Weinstein
Studio : Alpha
by Alpha
Publisher : Alpha
Released : 2006-10-03
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9781592574650
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 34 reviews)
List Price : $19.95
Our Price : $11.17
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Product Description |
With photos, illustrations, and a new audio CD.
The harmonica is one of the most traditional musical instruments in America. Millions are sold each year, but there are few high quality, comprehensive instructional manuals for new harmonica players. This bestselling book has been completely updated, with dozens of new songs and a professionally mastered audio CD.
• Over 100 songs, both traditional and original to this book
• Detailed instructions on playing, including photos to illustrate positions and techniques
• Buying tips and interesting historical facts about famous players
• Authors are professional musicians
• The most comprehensive music lists featuring nearly every style of playing and category of song
• Over 80 riffs and songs performed on the special audio CD
• Comprehensive resource guides |
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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 a diagram of what notes are ploduced by each blowhole, but then fails to provide a corresponding diagram of what each of those notes looks like on sheet music. Instead, it gives a diagram that seems to jump all over the place and shows numerous sharp and flat notes that are essentially useless at that point in the book. I pretty much had to make my own diagram showing where the notes are located and which blow-hole they go to. It's not the worst thing in the world, but I definately expected a little bit better instruction.
That being said, I love that the book actually tries to teach you notes and introduce you to musical theory instead of doing everything in tabulature. So I would recommend this book but probably in conjunction with a little bit more basic book for all the musical newbies out there. |
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Kindle Edition is not recommended |
The 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. |
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just what i was iooking for |
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i 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. |
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Thorough Guide to the Harmonica |
The 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 a band or group.
However, if you're a beginner ready to pick up a harmonica and a book to play today, I recommend David Harp's Instant Blues Harmonica. Pop that CD in, and you'll be playing in minutes. Literally! It quickly and easily teaches you the basics of harmonica improvisation. |
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Complete Idiot's Guide To Playing Harmonica |
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From 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! |
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