Product Number:
94713EB
Format:
eBook
Skill Level:
Multiple Levels
Notation Type:
Standard Notation
Pages:
240
Binding:
eBook
ISBN:
1-5134-5959-7
ISBN13:
978-15134-5959-2
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
6/30/2021
A masterful study of all aspects of harmonica performance, this text addresses various harmonica solo styles including: blues harp, power/rock harp, sacred music, jazz harp, and classical styles. This book also contains informative segments on chromatic harp, chord harmonica, and bass harmonica making it one of the most comprehensive volumes available for this instrument.
Diatonic Harmonica Method
- Introduction
- How to Hold the Harmonica
- Producing the Single Tone
- Hand Vibrato
- Throat or Diaphragm Vibrato
- Breathing
- Music for the 10-Hole Harmonica
Blues Harp
- Cross Harp
- "Bending" Tones
- The Blues Scale
- Upper Octave and the Blow Bend
- Tremolo (Shake)
- Train Whistle
- Improvising
- Glissando
Rock Harp
- Lip Blocking
- Second Position
- The Blues Scale
- Chord Playing (Rhythm)
- Riffs
- Octave Playing
- Amplification
Bluegrass and Country
- Tongue Blocking
- Fixed Harmonica
- Diatonic Harmonica
Gospel Harp
- Introduction
- General Information
Chromatic Harmonica Method
- Preface
- How to Hold the Harmonica
- Producing the Single Tone
- Breathing
- Articulation
- Dynamics
- Phrases
- Rests (Signs of Silence)
- Dotted Notes
- Tonal Shading
- Note Values
- Time Signature
- Tied Notes
- Musical Patterns
- Eighth Notes
- More Dotted Notes
- C Major Scale
- Chromatic Scale
- C Blues Scale
- Sharps
- Flats
- Naturals
- Sixteenth Notes
- Upper-Octave Chromatic
- Names of Lines and Spaces
- 16-Hole Chromatic Harmonica
- Trill
- Grace Note
- Glissando
- Listening
- Examination
- Dictionary
Harmonica Classics
Jazz Harp
- Preface
- Chromatic Harmonica
- Minor Keys
- Pentatonic Scales
- Playing Tips to Think About
- The Triad
- Melody Development
- Progressions
- General Scale Information
- Examination
- Dictionary
Chord and Bass Harmonica
- The Chord Harmonica
- Chord Rhythms
- The Bass Harmonica
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