This terrific method book/CD pack specific to the diatonic harmonica covers all six positions! It contains more than 20 songs and musical examples that 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 (demonstrated on the CD) 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. Includes information on: posture, breathing, hand positions, music reading, vibrato, playing amplified harmonica with a mic, note-bending, modes and more! Musical styles covered include traditional, blues, country and folk, with convenient cross-references to other Hal Leonard harmonica publications.

Lista utworów:
Ah'w Baby (Walter Jacobs) All My Love In Vain (Sonny Boy Williamson) Baby, What You Want Me To Do (Etta James, Jimmy Reed) Blues With A Feeling (Walter Jacobs) Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights) (Little Walter, Pat Travers) Bright Lights, Big City (Jimmy Reed) Can't Hold Out Much Longer (Walter Jacobs) Checkin' Up On My Baby (Sonny Boy Williamson) Cool Disposition (Williamson) Cross My Heart (Eric Tagg, Lee Ritenour) Don't Lose Your Eye (Williamson) Don't Start Me To Talkin' (Sonny Boy Williamson) Down Child (Sonny Boy Williamson) Fattening Frogs For Snakes (Sonny Boy Williamson) Help Me (Joni Mitchell, Sonny Boy Williamson) Honest I Do (Jimmy Reed) I Don't Know (Carole King, Ozzy Osbourne, Usher) I Hate To See You Go (Gone And Left Me) (Walter Jacobs) Ice Cream Man (Van Halen) I'm A Man (Bo Diddley, Chicago, Spencer Davis Group, The Yardbirds) Juke (Walter Jacobs) Just Your Fool (Jacobs) Keep It To Yourself (Sonny Boy Williamson) Key, The (Williamson) Let Me Explain (Williamson) Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide (Sonny Boy Williamson) Mean Old World (Eric Clapton, T-Bone Walker) Nine Below Zero (Sonny Boy Williamson) Ninety Nine (Sonny Boy Williamson) Off The Wall (Michael Jackson) One Way Out (The Allman Brothers Band) Passe Ton Chemin (Back Track!) Rattlesnake (Brim) Sitting On Top Of The World (Amanda Marshall, Doc Watson, Howlin' Wolf) Smokestack Lightning (Howlin' Wolf) Too Close Together (Williamson) Unseen Eye (Sonny Boy Williamson) Walkin' By Myself (James A. Lane) You Killing Me (Sonny Boy Williamson) Your Funeral My Trial (Sonny Boy Williamson) You're So Fine (Williamson)

There is a vast amount of knowledge throughout the world about how to make the harmonica sound better and play better, but little of it is written down. This fully illustrated book solves the problem. It contains sections on: how to buy a harmonica, common problems, advice about tools and techniques for using them, the basic parts of the chromatic harmonica, solutions to improve sound and functionality, experimenting on old harmonicas, tuning, and much more. For chromatic players, but diatonic players will learn just as much.