Harmonica Tutor Books

Step-by-step pictures take you from first day exercises to playing along with a backing track! Absolute beginners has been designed to tell you everything you need to know from the very first time you pick up your harmonica. CD included.

A comprehensive chromatic harmonica method by noted writer and clinician Phil Duncan. Contains excellent harmonica arrangements of 60 tunes ranging in style from light classics to folk and country.

Finally! There is a definitive reference guide available for harmonicas in each and every key.

At last, a complete method on how to play the tremolo and octave harmonicas. Another Phil Duncan step by step method designed to help you learn to play these special double reed harmonicas.

Straight to the point method that immediately addresses the most fundamental blues 'harp' techniques. This book will have you jamming the blues in the shortest amount of time. Cd included.

Teaches from the very beginning to advanced techniques. Includes care of the harmonica and sections on riffs and soloing. Illustrated.

An innovative book that enables the student to play rhythm chords immediately to create exciting sounds on the harmonica, You Can Teach Yourself Blues Harp is designed to allow the beginning student gain maximum results in the shortest amount of time. The student is guided is developing the ability to hear blues progressions and styles.

Chugging is all about sound textures - rich train sounds, gruff blues and spiraling country dance beats. The whole method is aural - just access the audio and follow the instructions - the book expands the music and puts it on paper for you. This book has been devised to teach the very basics of playing Harmonica, such as rhythm and breathing. Tunes will come later.

Easiest Harmonica Book is a step-by-step method for playing harmonica solos. The format is simple and visually attractive. Through graded lessons, the student is taught how to find and play the individual notes on the diatonic harmonica, as well as learning to read simple musical notation. Includes a diatonic note chart. The songs include chords for accompaniment.

The only harmonica method to present the chromatic harmonica in 14 scales and modes in all 12 keys! This book/online audio pack will take beginners from the basics on through to the most advanced techniques available for the contemporary harmonica player. Each section contains appropriate songs and exercises that enable the player to quickly learn the various concepts presented. Every aspect of this versatile musical instrument is explored and explained in easy-to-understand detail with illustrations. Covers: design and construction; correct breathing and hand positions; how to improvise; styles including traditional, blues, pop and rock; and more. Includes 14 songs to illustrate each scale, and a reference chart for all chromatic harmonicas.

Offering a comprehensive study of harmonica techniques and blues soloing concepts, this book contains studies and etudes on bending notes (draw and blow), throat vibrato, two-hole shakes, tongue blocking, acoustic and amplified playing, music theory, blues scales, octave substitutions, playing positions, and position substitutes.

Practical guide to harmonics for harmonica players. This tutorial is created specifically for you as a harmonica player and will help you build a basis for your musical progress, helping you to feel and learn structure that can easily be lost in fog of improvisation.

Learn to play the blues and improvise in FIVE different keys and positions, all on the 'C' harp, and all without bending a note!

In this play along course for new players Ben Hewlett has taken some of the best loved festive tunes and Funk'd them up a little.

A collection of funk'd up nursery tunes arranged and sug by Paul lennon.

This is the third edition for this ever-popular harmonica method.

The "Exploring" series of books within the Harmonica Masterclass Lesson Series walks you through each of the most common played positions on the ten hole diatonic harmonica.

Classic Chicago Blues Harp #2 follows book/CD #1 and is a progressive lesson book that walks you step-by-step from the intermediate stages of playing the Harmonica to the very advanced. This lesson book is the main backbone to the Harmonica Masterclass Lesson Series. Classic Chicago Blues Harp takes the major techniques used by professional artists and teaches it to you. Each chapter finishes in a chapter review test to help you in understanding the main points covered in each chapter. The D major diatonic Harmonica is primarily used in this book, the other keys are A and C. Includes access to online audio.

In Blues Harmonica Jam Tracks And Soloing Concepts #1 David Barrett teaches the principles and techniques utilized in the creation of phrases and explains how these concepts can be incorporated into your own Harmonica performance. Written in notation and Harmonica tablature, this method starts by explaining the basics of the blues style, before moving on to cover such topics as 12 bar blues and flow of licks. A selection of study exercises are included, allowing you to try out the techniques you've just been shown. This book includes access to online audio tracks, allowing you to jam with Guitar and Drums, or a Full Band, as you practice incorporating new licks and ideas.

Finally! There is a definitive reference guide available for harmonicas in each and every key.

Finally! There is a definitive reference guide available for harmonicas in each and every key.

Adult Harmonica Method is an exciting harmonica course that teaches reading and playing for the person looking to study at home or with a community harmonica band.

The Deluxe Harmonica Method will teach you everything you need to know to play the 10-hole diatonic Harmonica. This complete guide is aimed at the beginning student and features step by step technical instruction and an extensive, graded repertoire. Rather than overwhelming the student with the "all at once" approach, Phil Duncan gradually introduces the fundamentals of note reading throughout the book's 100-plus pages. This method progresses from very simple melodies and exercises to concepts as complex as inserting Harmonica chords within a melody. Guitar chords are provided for most of the well-known tunes in the book. Online audio tracks are included, as well as a 30-minute online video.

Bending is without doubt the most important harmonica technique for anyone who wants to play blues, rock country or jazz. This book teaches beginning harpists what bending is and exactly how to begin, step by simple step. It teaches intermediate harpists how to sharpen draw and blow bends and use them in hot licks. There are also licks and scales are for the advanced player.