Thomas Balinger Harmonica Songbook American Folk Songs A collection of American Folk Songs, arranged for easy Blues Harp (10-channel diatonic harp, system Richter) in C. You'll find the "classics", but you'll also encounter songs not as common and maybe even some you might never have heard before. This book is aimed at the beginning to intermediate player. The songs have been transposed and arranged for easy playing - you can play all of them without having to master advanced playing techniques like bending and overblowing first. Whether you're a complete beginner or have been playing for some time: these songs you can play right away. All songs feature additional harmonica tablature. This system of graphical notation tells you exactly what to play, making it ideally suited for beginners and players who don't read standard notation. Plus chord symbols and guitar chord diagrams. If you happen to have any guitar playing friend(s), you can start playing these songs together right away! Songs 1. A cowboy's life 2. Acres of clams 3. A horse named Bill 4. All the good times are past and gone 5. Angel Band 6. Arkansas Traveler 7. Aura Lee 8. Beautiful brown eyes 9. Billy Boy 10. Billy the kid 11. Blood on the saddle 12. Boil them cabbage down 13. Buffalo gals 14. Bury me not on the lone prairie 15. Carry me back to old Virginny 16. Cluck old hen 17. Colorado trail 18. Cotton-eyed Joe 19. Cumberland Gap 20. Danville girl 21. Dixie 22. Down to the river to pray 23. East Virginia Blues 24. Engine 143 25. Erie Canal 26. Frankie and Johnny 27. Git along, little dogies 28. Goin' across the mountain 29. I'm sad and I'm lonely 30. In the pines 31. I ride an old Paint 32. Jack of diamonds 33. Lakes of Ponchartrain 34. Little brown jug 35. Make me down a pallet 36. My home's across the smoky mountains 37. My old Kentucky home 38. Oh! Susanna 39. Old Dan Tucker 40. Shady Grove 41. Shortnin' bread 42. Simple gifts 43. The cruel war 44. The golden Vanity 45. Tom Dooley 46. When Johnny comes marching home 47. Wildwood flower 48. Wind and rain 49. Worried man Blues 50. Yankee Doodle

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

(Harmonica). The songbook no harmonica player should be without! Features 45 pop, rock, Broadway, movie hits and standards: Brown Eyed Girl * Daydream Believer * Dust in the Wind * Edelweiss * Heart and Soul * Imagine * Let It Be * Maggie May * Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head * Stand by Me * We Will Rock You * What a Wonderful World * Yellow Submarine * You Are My Sunshine * Your Cheatin' Heart * and more.

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

Thomas Balinger Harmonica Songbook Shanties & Songs of the Sea A collection of shanties and songs of the sea, arranged for easy Blues Harp (10-channel diatonic harp, system Richter) in C. You'll find the classics" like Banks of Sacramento, Good night, ladies or What shall we do with the drunken sailor, but you'll also encounter songs not as common and maybe even some you might never have heard before. This book is aimed at the beginning to intermediate player. The songs have been transposed and arranged for easy playing - you can play all of them without having to master advanced playing techniques like bending and overblowing first. Whether you're a complete beginner or have been playing for some time: these songs you can play right away. All songs feature additional harmonica tablature. This system of graphical notation tells you exactly what to play, making it ideally suited for beginners and players who don't read standard notation. Plus chord symbols and guitar chord diagrams. If you happen to have any guitar playing friend(s), you can start playing these songs together right away! Songs 1. A drop of Nelson's blood 2. All for me grog 3. Banks of Sacramento 4. Banks of the Ohio 5. Blow the man down 6. Boney was a warrior 7. Boston Harbour 8. Botany Bay 9. Bound for South Australia 10. (Bound for the) Rio Grande 11. Bully in the alley 12. Cape Cod girls 13. Essequibo river 14. Good night, Ladies 15. Handsome Molly 16. Harbour Grace 17. Haul away, boys 18. Jack the Sailor (Jackie Monroe) 19. John Kanaka 20. Lowlands away 21. Maggie May 22. Miss Lucy Long 23. Molly Malone 24. My Bonnie lies over the ocean 25. New York girls 26. On board of the Kangaroo 27. Paddy lay back 28. Roll, Alabama, roll 29. Roller Bowler 30. Sailor on the deep blues sea 31. Santiana (Across the plains of Mexico) 32. Shenandoah 33. Spanish Ladies 34. The bottle-o 35. The coast of High Barbaree 36. The dead horse 37. The flying durchman 38. The forsaken mermaid 39. The Glendy Burk 40. The John B. sails 41. The mermaid 42. The Shanty Boy on the Big Eau Claire 43. What shall we do with the drunken sailor 44. Whip Jamboree 45. Whiskey Johnny

Thomas Balinger Chromatic Harmonica Songbook Christmas Carols We all love to spend the Christmas days amidst the people close to our heart. To celebrate, to laugh and to sing with family and friends. To lean back and let go of the hustle and bustle of everyday life. And we all love to share our joy with others - so why not pick up your harmonica and play some Christmas songs? This book is a collection of 50 Christmas Carols known and loved all over the world, arranged for easy chromatic harmonica in C and aimed at the beginning to intermediate player. To make playing them as easy as possible all songs feature additional harmonica tablature for 12 channel models. This handy form of notation enables you to start playing right away even if you don't know how to read music. Chord symbols (and chord diagrams for guitar) are included, so you can have a friend playing guitar, piano or ukulele join in. Songs: 1. Angels from the realms of glory 2. Angels we have heard on high 3. Auld lang syne 4. Away in a manger 5. Bring a torch, Jeanette, Isabella 6. Christ was born on Christmas Day 7. Coventry Carol 8. Deck the halls 9. Ding Dong! Merrily on high 10. Gather around the Christmas tree 11. God rest you merry, gentlemen 12. Good King Wenceslas 13. Go, tell it on the mountain 14. Hark! The herald angels sing 15. He is born, the holy child 16. Here we come a-wassailing 17. In dulci jubilo 18. Infant holy, infant lowly 19. In the bleak midwinter 20. I saw three ships 21. It came upon a midnight clear 22. Jesu, joy of man's desiring 23. Jingle bells 24. Jolly old Saint Nicholas 25. Joy to the world 26. Les anges dans nos campagnes 27. O Christmas tree 28. O come, all ye faithful 29. O come, little children 30. O come, O come Emanuel 31. O holy night 32. O little town of Bethlehem 33. Once in royal David's city 34. O Sanctissima 35. Over the river and through the woods 36. Rise up, shepherd, and follow 37. Silent night 38. Still, still, still 39. The boar's head carol 40. The first Noel 41. The friendly beasts 42. The Holly and the Ivy 43. Toyland 44. Up on the housetop 45. Wassail, wassail 46. We three kings of Orient are 47. We wish you a merry Christmas 48. What child is this? 49. While by my sheep 50. While shepherds watched

(Harmonica). 50 top pop songs every harmonica player should know, including: All My Loving * Blowin' in the Wind * Bye Bye Love * Happy Birthday to You * Isn't She Lovely * Leaving on a Jet Plane * Let It Be * Moon River * My Girl * Puff the Magic Dragon * Ring of Fire * Stand by Me * Sweet Caroline * Take Me Home, Country Roads * This Land Is Your Land * What a Wonderful World * When the Saints Go Marching In * With a Little Help from My Friends * Your Cheatin' Heart * and many more.

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

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.

Thomas Balinger Happy Harmonica Children's Songs for Blues Harp in C A collection of 90 popular children's songs, arranged for Blues Harp (10-channel diatonic harp, system Richter). All the songs have been carefully selected and arranged to be easily playable, without having to master advanced playing techniques like bending and overblowing first. Whether you're a complete beginner or have been playing for some time: All you need is a single Blues Harp in C! All songs feature additional Harp tablature. This system of graphical notation tells you exactly what to play and where to play, making it especially suited for beginners, children and players who don't read standard notation. To make playing these songs even more fun, you'll find chord symbols for Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard so you can play them together with a friend. There are chord diagrams for Guitar right next to each song, while the chord diagrams for Ukulele and (easy) Keyboard have been moved to the appendix to avoid cluttered pages. There's also a handy selection of easy strumming and picking patterns you can use for (guitar) accompanigment. Songs: 1. 99 Bottles 2. Alice the camel 3. Animal fair 4. A-tisket, a-tasket 5. Baa, baa, black sheep 6. Bill Grogan's goat 7. Bluebird, Bluebird 8. Bobby Shafto 9. Boys and girls, come out to play 10. Brahms' Lullaby 11. Brother John 12. Camptown races 13. Christmas is coming 14. Cock a doodle do 15. Down by the station 16. Five fat turkeys 17. Five little speckled frogs 18. Good morning 19. Good night, Ladies 20. Hark, hark, the dogs do bark 21. Here we go, looby loo 22. He's got the whole world in his hands 23. Hickety, pickety, my black hen 24. Hickory dickory dock 25. Humpty Dumpty 26. Hush, little baby 27. If all the world were paper 28. I had a little nut tree 29. I love little kitty 30. It's raining, it's pouring 31. Itsy-bitsy spider 32. Jack and Jill 33. Kum ba yah 34. Lavender's blue 35. Lazy Mary 36. Little Bo-Peep 37. Little brown jug 38. Little Miss Muffet 39. Little Polly Flinders 40. London Bridge is falling down 41. Marianne 42. Mary had a little lamb 43. Mary, Mary 44. Michael, row the boat ashore 45. Mother, may I go out to swim 46. My Bonnie lies over the ocean 47. Nobody likes me 48. Old MacDonald had a farm 49. Old mother Hubbard 50. One elephant went out 51. One, two, buckle my shoe 52. One, two, three, four, five 53. Over in the meadow 54. Over the river 55. Pease porridge hot 56. Polly wolly doodle 57. Pop! Goes the weasel 58. Punchinello 59. Rain, rain go away 60. Ride a cock-horse 61. Ring around the rosy 62. Row, row, row 63. Rub-a-dub-dub 64. Sing a song of sixpence 65. Skip to my Lou 66. Sleep, baby, sleep 67. Star light, star bright 68. Sweetly sings the donkey 69. Teddy bear 70. Ten green bottles 71. Ten in a bed 72. Ten little Indians 73. The alphabet song 74. The bear went over the mountain 75. The farmer in the dell 76. The fox 77. The grand old Duke of York 78. There's a hole in the bucket 79. There was a crooked man 80. The riddle song 81. This little pig went to market 82. This old man 83. Three blind mice 84. Three little kittens 85. To market, to market 86. Tom Dooley 87. Twinkle, twinkle little Star 88. What shall we do with the drunken sailor 89. When the saints go marchin' in 90. Yankee Doodle