Mel Bay You Can Teach Yourself Harmonica Book/DVD

Have you ever wanted to learn the harmonica? You Can Teach Yourself Harmonica is an easy-to-understand beginning harmonica book for both folk and blues harmonica stylings. Several styles are analyzed and representative tunes are given in each style. Within the various sections the songs are roughly graded as to difficulty. A section examines some specialized techniques and introduces some harmonicas other than the standard ten-hole-twenty-reed diatonic harp, in the key of C for which most of the songs in this book are written. 41 harmonica arrangements are included. A DVD is included, in which Phil Duncan demonstrates many of the techniques and songs from the book.

Contents Include: Finding Folks to Learn From

What Kind of Harmonica Should You Buy?

Prolonging the Life of Your Harmonica

Gettin' Started

Ballads and Folk Tunes

Fiddle Tunes

The Blues

Introduction to the Blues

Getting the Idea of Cross Harp

Bending Notes

Riffs

Blues Structure

Twelve Bar Blues

Eight Bar Blues

Other Forms

Special Types of Harps

Solo Tuned Harps

Chordomonica

Minor Harps

Other Harps

Special Techniques

Playing Minor on a Major Harp

Double Cross Harp

Mountain Modal Style

Double Cross Blues

Double Cross Minor

Cross Harp for Old Time, Country and Bluegrass

Straight and Cross Duets

Self-Accompaniment - Holder vs. Slack Jaw

A Nickel is a Nickel, Arkansas Traveler, Boogie

Bury Me Beneath the Willow, Colorado Trail, Do Lord

Drill Ye Tarriers, Early in the Morning, Frankie and Johnny

Frankie's Blues, The Gal I Left Behind Me, Gary Owen

George's Blues I, George's Blues II, Haste to the Wedding

Hurtin' Blues, John Henry, Miss McCloud's Reel, O'Shenandoah

Old Joe Clark, Pistol Slapper Blues, Poor Wayfaring Stranger

Pretty Polly, Prisoner's Lament, Rosin the Beau, Round the Bend

Rovin' Gambler, Rye Whiskey, Sally Goodin, Skip to My Lou I