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The Online Guitar Store - The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to Playing the Harmonica
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List Price: $15.95
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Manufacturer: Alpha
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 788.82193
EAN: 9780028642413
ISBN: 0028642414
Label: Alpha
Manufacturer: Alpha
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2001-10-18
Publisher: Alpha
Studio: Alpha
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Editorial Reviews:
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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.
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Summary: Great Book But...
Comment: 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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Summary: Kindle Edition is not recommended
Comment: 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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Summary: just what i was iooking for
Comment: 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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Summary: Thorough Guide to the Harmonica
Comment: 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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Summary: Complete Idiot's Guide To Playing Harmonica
Comment: 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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