--For dummies

Learning made easy

Includes index

Introduction -- PART 1: Getting started with harmonica. What is this thing called harp? ; Becoming a harmonica owner ; Making your first harmonica sounds ; Relating to notes, scales, and chords -- PART 2: Starting to make some music. I hear a melody: playing single notes ; Shaping your sound ; Enhancing your sound with your tongue on the harp ; Bending notes ; Positions: playing one harp in many keys -- PART 3: Growing beyond the basics. Fancy playing: developing flair and speed ; Mastering new songs ; Behind the hidden treasure: bending notes up -- PART 4: Developing your style. Rockin' and Bluesin' ; Expressing yourself with some folk and gospel melodies ; Fiddlin' the night away with traditional dance tunes -- PART 5: Taking it to the world. Putting it all together: your tunes, your band, your listeners ; Amplifying your sound ; Improving your harmonica with repairs and upgrades -- PART 6: The part of tens. Ten (or more) ways to connect in the harmonica world ; Way more than ten harmonica albums you should hear -- PART 7: Appendixes. Tuning layouts for all keys ; Audio tracks and video clips

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