Top Ten Things You'll Learn From This Book | p. x |
Introduction | p. xi |
Let's Start | p. 1 |
First Things First: Types of Harmonicas | p. 2 |
Different Keys: Highs and Lows | p. 4 |
Harmonica Brand Names | p. 4 |
What Harmonica Should You Buy? | p. 5 |
Maintenance and Repair | p. 6 |
The Basics | p. 9 |
A Look Inside | p. 10 |
The Ten Holes | p. 10 |
Twenty Reeds | p. 11 |
Blow Notes and Draw Notes | p. 12 |
The Three Octaves | p. 13 |
The Major Scale | p. 13 |
Holes 4 Through 7 | p. 14 |
Breathing Patterns | p. 14 |
Chords | p. 16 |
Understanding Rhythm | p. 19 |
When to Play | p. 20 |
Counting | p. 21 |
Time Signatures | p. 22 |
Note Length Values | p. 24 |
Tap Your Foot | p. 25 |
Metronome Usage | p. 26 |
One Note at a Time | p. 29 |
Relax and Get Comfortable | p. 30 |
Breath Control | p. 30 |
How to Hold Your Harmonica | p. 32 |
Techniques for Playing Single Notes | p. 33 |
Exercises for Playing Single Notes | p. 35 |
Bending Notes | p. 39 |
Bent and Blue Notes on Your Harmonica | p. 40 |
Draw Bends | p. 41 |
Blow Bends and Overblows | p. 43 |
Classic Riffs with Draw Bends | p. 45 |
Trills | p. 48 |
Slurs | p. 48 |
Exercises for Playing Bends | p. 49 |
Rhythm Accompaniment | p. 51 |
Advanced Tongue Techniques | p. 52 |
Articulation Syllables | p. 56 |
Simple Rhythms and Syncopated Rhythms | p. 57 |
Rhythmic Exercises | p. 59 |
Melody and Chording Together | p. 61 |
Arpeggios | p. 62 |
Harmonica Tablature | p. 65 |
Reading Music for Harmonica | p. 66 |
Counting | p. 69 |
Hole Numbers and Note Names | p. 69 |
The Arrow System | p. 70 |
Bends | p. 71 |
Simple Notation | p. 72 |
Exercises for Reading Tablature | p. 75 |
Playing in Key Positions | p. 79 |
Song Key, Harp Key Tuning | p. 80 |
First Position | p. 81 |
First-Position Licks | p. 82 |
Second Position, or Cross Harp | p. 82 |
Second-Position Licks | p. 83 |
Third Position | p. 84 |
Third-Position Licks | p. 85 |
More Positions | p. 86 |
Songs You Can Play in First Position | p. 87 |
Playing Melody | p. 88 |
Well-Known Folk Melodies You Can Play | p. 89 |
Exercises for First-Position Play | p. 92 |
Beautiful Is Better Than Loud! | p. 93 |
Playing by Ear (Picking Out Melodies in First Position) | p. 94 |
Play with Confidence | p. 95 |
Practicing | p. 97 |
Why Practice? | p. 98 |
Regular Times | p. 98 |
Get Organized, Be Prepared | p. 99 |
Relax and Focus | p. 100 |
Listening Is Practicing Too | p. 100 |
Break It Down | p. 102 |
Slow Down | p. 103 |
Evaluate Yourself Honestly, but Stay Positive | p. 104 |
Have Fun! | p. 105 |
Improvisation | p. 107 |
What Is Improvisation? | p. 108 |
Components of Improvisation | p. 109 |
Phrasing | p. 112 |
Roots and Fifths | p. 112 |
12-Bar Blues | p. 113 |
Tone | p. 119 |
Ensemble Playing | p. 120 |
Bandstand Etiquette | p. 122 |
Playing Along with Recordings | p. 122 |
Harmonica Gear and Accessories | p. 125 |
Microphones | p. 126 |
Amplifiers | p. 128 |
Effects Boxes | p. 132 |
Customizing | p. 134 |
Cables and Adapters | p. 135 |
Minor-Key Tunings | p. 136 |
Harmonica Legends | p. 137 |
Little Walter Jacobs | p. 138 |
Big Walter Horton | p. 138 |
John Lee Williamson, aka Sonny Boy Williamson I | p. 139 |
Rice Miller, aka Sonny Boy Williamson II | p. 140 |
Sonny Terry | p. 141 |
James Cotton | p. 141 |
Junior Wells | p. 142 |
George "Harmonica" Smith, aka Little George Smith, Harmonica King, Little Walter Jr. | p. 143 |
Big Mama Thornton | p. 143 |
Jimmy Reed | p. 144 |
Carey Bell | p. 144 |
Paul Oscher | p. 145 |
Modern Masters | p. 147 |
Kim Wilson | p. 148 |
Billy Branch | p. 148 |
Rod Piazza | p. 149 |
Mark Hummel | p. 149 |
Annie Raines | p. 150 |
Rick Estrin | p. 150 |
Charlie Musselwhite | p. 151 |
Gary Primich | p. 151 |
Charlie McCoy | p. 152 |
Norton Buffalo | p. 152 |
Mickey Rafael | p. 153 |
Adam Gussow | p. 153 |
Magic Dick | p. 154 |
Howard Levy | p. 154 |
William Clarke | p. 155 |
Toots Thielemans | p. 155 |
Rockers Who Popularized the Harmonica | p. 157 |
Mick Jagger | p. 158 |
John Lennon | p. 158 |
Bob Dylan | p. 159 |
Neil Young | p. 160 |
John Popper | p. 160 |
Sugar Blue | p. 161 |
Bruce Springsteen | p. 162 |
John Sebastian | p. 163 |
Stevie Wonder | p. 164 |
Bob Hite | p. 164 |
Chrissie Hynde | p. 165 |
Paul Butterfield | p. 165 |
The Essential Harmonica Recordings | p. 167 |
Resources for Further Study | p. 171 |
Glossary | p. 175 |
Index | p. 187 |
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