Irish and American Fiddle Tunes for Harmonica
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (785 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0931759102 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Ability to read music is not necessary.. Features over 100 songs, along with a CD that demonstrates several of the tunes. (Harmonica). A complete guide to playing fiddle tunes! Covers: tips on hand positions; playing instructions and techniques; rhythmic patterns for the reel, jig, hornpipe and waltz; and more
Great collection This book has a great assortment of fiddle tunes. They are well organized, with some helpful tips to start and finish the book. I would like to the give the book 5 stars, but I didn't for the following reason.I find it difficult to read each tune in its played key. I would have preferred them to all be written for a C harmonica, but then note if a different harmonica should be used. I am a beginner harmonica player, but not a beginner musician. I like to read the notes when I play. I can read the harmonica notation, but with less efficiency. I have another harmonica book, in which all the songs are written in C, but it states to use different. Long awaited fiddle tunes for harmonica instruction book Terry Hart I've been playing harp for over 40 year and I've bought many instructional "how to" primers.This easy to understand teaching book is full of great diatonic practices and exercises that provides for the teaching foundations of bluegrass style and country harmonica and is a very welcome addition for any serious diatonic,10 hole harmonica players collection. It is now finally available. Irish and Americen Fiddle Tunes for Harmonica is great informational instruction for the beginner to the accomplished harmonica player with over 100 pages of fiddle tunes of all kinds. Blow notes are indicated with numbers and draw notes are notated with a circle. Probably the most useable harmonica book of the batch, I'm into playing all kinds of music, so this book, along with the Rock n Blues Harmonica and the Blues Harmonica Collection, caught my interest. The other book of interest in this area is the Bluegrass book by Mike Stevens. That book has great tunes and techniques but like alot of harp playing involves alot of bending, which of course is an integral part of blues harp as well. So I was surprised that this book and cd of mostly Irish and American fiddle tunes for harmonica DOES NOT involve bending at all. This makes the songs more accessable especially for a beginner but what's also nice is that the tunes are not simplified or dummied down to