Breathe the blues into your harmonica! Blues harmonica is the most popular and influential style of harmonica playing, and it forms the basis for playing harmonica in other styles such as rock and country. Blues Harmonica for Dummies gives you a wealth of content devoted to the blues approach—specific techniques and applications, including bending and making your notes sound richer and fuller with tongue-blocked enhancements; use of amplification to develop a blues sound; blues licks and riffs; constructing a blues harmonica solo; accompanying singers; historical development of blues styles; and important blues players and recordings. The accompanying website features all the musical examples from the book, plus play-along exercises and songs that let you hear the sound you're striving for. In-depth coverage of major blues harmonica techniques Blues song forms, improvisation, and accompanying singers Information on blues history and personalities If you're intrigued by the idea of understanding and mastering the compelling (yet mysterious) art of playing blues on the harmonica, Blues Harmonica For Dummies has you covered. P.S. If you think this book seems familiar, you're probably right. The Dummies team updated the cover and design to give the book a fresh feel, but the content is the same as the previous release of Blues Harmonica For Dummies (9781118252697). The book you see here shouldn't be considered a new or updated product. But if you're in the mood to learn something new, check out some of our other books. We're always writing about new topics!

Simply written for those with no musical theory or playing experience, teaches the basic techniques of playing harmonica in the country and blues styles.

Whenever you hear the prevalent wailing blues harmonica in commercials, film soundtracks or at a blues club, you are experiencing the legacy of the master harmonica player, Little Walter. Immensely popular in his lifetime, Little Walter had fourteen Top 10 hits on the R&B charts, and he was also the first Chicago blues musician to play at the Apollo. Ray Charles and B.B. King, great blues artists in their own right, were honored to sit in with his band. However, at the age of 37, he lay in a pauper's grave in Chicago. This book will tell the story of a man whose music, life and struggles continue to resonate to this day.

A great beginner's book for learning diatonic harmonica performance. Contains 42 songs, all easy and fun to play. Diatonic, Blues, and Chromatic harmonica stylings are all contained in this book. Also includes a section teaching the rudiments of music. The book teaches tone variance, bend, vibrato, and tremolo techniques. Audio and video download available online

(Harmonica). If you're just getting started or a veteran looking to add more licks to your arsenal, this book with audio is for you. From basic 12-bar blues backing riffs to mojo-packed solo licks, Steve Cohen shares 100 time-tested licks to help you get the most out of your 10-hole diatonic harp. All examples are played on a C harp and are written in standard notation and harmonica tab. The audio includes demonstration tracks for all of the licks many with play-along tracks. Includes: cross harp and straight harp licks; boogie-woogie licks; stop-time licks; ascending & descending licks; funk licks; shuffle licks; horn-adapted licks; glissandro licks; octave licks; warble licks; over-blowing chromatic licks; turn-arounds and endings. Also include many riffs in the styles of Sonny Boy Williamson II, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Jimmy Reed, James Cotton, and more!

This interactive set teaches would-be harmonica players how to create their own simple improvisations within 15 minutes, while learning everything they need to know about music, the blues, and the harmonica.

Thomas Balinger American Harmonica Songbook (Blues Harp in C) More than 60 famous songs, arranged for easy Blues Harp in C − there's something for every musical taste in this book. Spanning a wide musical range from Classics like Aura Lee, Jingle Bells or Morning has broken to Gospels, Traditionals and even christmas songs, all of the songs are arranged with the beginner in mind: you don't need to master advanced playing techniques like bending and overblowing. All songs feature additional Harp tablature. Whether you're a complete beginner or have been playing for some time: this handy form of notation will have you playing straight away! All songs also feature guitar chord diagrams for easy accompaniment. Songs: 1. Amazing grace 2. America (My country 'tis of thee) 3. Auld lang syne 4. Aura Lee 5. Banks of Allan Water 6. Banks of Sacramento 7. Barbara Allen 8. Billy Boy 9. Buffalo Gals 10. Camptown Races 11. Day-O (Banana Boat Song) 12. Deck the halls 13. Down in the valley 14. For he's a jolly good fellow 15. Give me that old time religion 16. Glory, glory Hallelujah 17. Good night, Ladies 18. Go, tell it on the mountain 19. Guten Abend, gut' Nacht 20. Hard times come again no more 21. Have you got good religion 22. He's got the whole world in his hands 23. Home! sweet home 24. House of the rising sun 25. Jingle Bells 26. John Brown's Body 27. Kum ba yah 28. Little brown jug 29. Ma come balli bene bimba 30. Michael, row the boat ashore 31. Morning has broken 32. Muss i denn 33. My Bonnie lies over the ocean 34. Nobody knows the trouble 35. Ode an die Freude 36. Oh Susanna 37. Old black Joe 38. Old folks at home 39. Old McDonald had a farm 40. On top of Old Smokey 41. Over the river and through the woods 42. Poor Paddy works on the railroad 43. Red river valley 44. Roll in my sweet baby's arms 45. Sailor on the deep blue sea 46. She'll be coming round the mountain 47. Skip to my Lou 48. Sweet Betsy from Pike 49. Swing low, sweet chariot 50. The coast of High Barbaree 51. The first Noel 52. The last rose of summer 53. The Minstrel Boy 54. The Wabash Cannon Ball 55. Tom Dooley 56. Twinkle, twinkle little Star 57. Up on the housetop 58. Wayfaring stranger 59. What shall we do with the drunken sailor 60. When the saints go marchin' in 61. Whiskey Johnny 62. Will the circle be unbroken 63. Yankee Doodle

A master song collection of classic and obscure Chicago blues, Memphis Jug Band, folk blues and down-home styles of Sonny Boy Williamson II, Jimmy Reed, Slim Harpo, Sonny Terry, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf and others. With hints on the basics and practical harp notation.

The Harmonica Primer Book for Beginners with Video Access by Tom Wolf is designed for the beginning harmonica player. This course starts by teaching proper hand positions, mouth positions, blowing, and drawing. You'll quickly learn more advanced concepts like scales, chords, double stops, vibrato, trills, cross harp, and bends. After covering techniques, you will learn how to play over 30 songs like Amazing Grace, Oh When the Saints..., and Will the Circle Be Unbroken. All songs are demonstrated at two different speeds (slow for practicing and performance tempo).This course also includes online access to video lessons and audio tracks for each exercise and song.