By Glenn Weiser Book/CD package for beginners to learn blues and rock improvisation. Includes explanations of scales, modes, chords & other essential elements of music. The 60-minute CD features riffs & solos plus demonstrations and a blues jam to play along with.
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| List | $19.95 |
Fully diagrammed for complete beginners, this book shows you all the techniques, including vibrato, wah-wah, note-bending and cross-playing which are necessary to become a great harmonica player in the blues style from Chicago to Mississippi.
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| List | $20.95 |
This is the third edition for this ever-popular harmonica method. Complete with CD, it is an invaluable resource, giving complete playing instructions as well as extensive information on the history, styles and techniques of harmonica playing.
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| List | $29.95 |
Until recently, jazz has been an idiom largely neglected by harp players, for several reasons. First, there haven't been many players with the technical ability needed to play modern jazz, and until very recently, most people with that ability were interested exclusively in classical styles. In addition, the harp itself is not designed in a way that makes jazz easy to play. Jazz requires a smooth, legato attack, and accents in a jazz line can fall on any part of the beat. It's hard to play the harp legato because of constant breath shifts, and even harder to accent freely. That's why some very skilled harp players have said that they doubt that it's possible to play jazz on the harp. Richard Hunter doesn't agree. He majored in music at Harvard University before working with a variety of jazz and rock bands. He says of Jazz Harp: “It was meant to inspire harmonica players to reach for the same goals as their counterparts on other instruments.” Music, exercises, theory, and technique in the jazz and pop styles of Stevie Wonder, Toots Thielemans, Tom Scott, King Curtis, and others are included in this book/CD pack, along with note-for-note solos for chromatic and marine band harmonica.
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| List | $22.99 |
The complete music instruction package. Read the easy-to-understand instruction book and watch as an expert teacher demonstrates songs and techniques on the DVD. Includes plenty of tunes to get you started. Authored for Zone 0.
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This harmonica playing guide contains a wealth of essential information for playing the harmonica, packed into a convenient and practical folding chart format. With note names for blowing and drawing at each hole, a short note on bending and selected scales and modes for the diatonic harmonica.
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| List | $4.99 |
This enjoyable introduction to harmonica lets you listen to the CD, practice the pieces in the book and then play along with the backing tracks. Starting Blues Harmonica has been created with adult beginners in mind. All the tunes have fantastic CD backing tracks recorded by a live band. As you gradually become familiar with different harp techniques, you'll progress from playing single notes and chords to performing proper blues pieces, bends and all! The book includes photographs and diagrams to make learning fast and fun. So if you're an aspiring blues musician, Starting Blues Harmonica is the number one method for you!
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| List | $9.99 |
This songbook is an excellent supplement to the FastTrack Harmonica Method Book 2. It features 8 complete songs, plus a bonus CD so you can hear the music and play along when you're ready. Includes: Bang a Gong (Get It On) • Cocaine • Knock on Wood • Let's Stay Together • Mustang Sally • No Particular Place to Go • Stuck in the Middle with You • Walk On By.
Want to form a band and play hits immediately? Remember that FastTrack is also available in editions for Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keyboard, Sax and Singers!
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| List | $12.99 |
Includes the book/CD pack John Sebastian Teaches Blues Harmonica (00841074) and the DVD John Sebastian Teaches Blues Harmonica (00641720) in one money-saving pack.
In the book/CD, John starts at the beginning, explaining the proper way to hold the instrument and make your first tones. He demonstrates essential techniques, such as reed bending, vibrato, rhythm grooves, cross harp playing and more.
In the DVD, John teaches all the basics in this friendly, jam-along lesson: how to hold the instrument and find the blues notes, then add vibrato, note-bending, wah-wahs, tonguing, rhythm playing, train effects and a variety of great licks and solos that can be used either solo or in a band.
A great value at $44.95!
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Extraordinary harpist Mike Stevens has been named Central Canadian Bluegrass Entertainer of the Year five years in a row. In this book, he teaches all the techniques, tips and inside information you need to know to play bluegrass harmonica. He covers: holding the harp, lip pursing, tongue blocking, draw bending, vibrato, attacking the notes, wind chops, and a lot more. The audio features practice tunes for beginning, intermediate and advanced players, including two versions of some of the intermediate and advanced tunes: one at standard tempo, and one slowed down for easier learning.
The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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| List | $24.99 |
Please see the Homespun Listen & Learn section of this catalog for a complete description.
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Learn blues-style harmonica with one of the world's greatest players, Don Baker. Discover the techniques of cross-playing, note bending, triplet tonguing and tone control to create all those bluesy sounds. Matching Video Available. French Edition.
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This best-selling pack contains everything you need to become a proficient blues harmonica player. Includes a 48-page book (HL00634005) by one of the world's finest harmonica players, Don Baker; a companion CD, including all the exercises and tunes in the book; and a quality Delta C harmonica.
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| List | $29.95 |
This easy-to-follow DVD will take you through the basics to playing complete songs. It includes clear demonstrations and jargon-free explanations about: basic music notation • your first notes and chords • special effects, like bends, trills and wah • playing your first song. Special features include: demonstrations and backing tracks for each song • on-screen close-ups for easy learning • an “owner's manual” approach to your harmonica that makes learning easier than ever before.
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| List | $17.99 |
An ideal pack for those wishing to learn to play basic harmonica! Includes a simple, fully diagrammed instruction book with a fine collection of tunes, an accompanying CD with all the tunes played as they should be for easy learning and a quality Delta C harmonica.
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| List | $31.95 |