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Fast Track Harmonica Method: Book 1 for Diatonic Harmonica

by Blake Neely and Doug Downing

Book with CD:  48 pages
Level: Beginner
Publisher: Hal Leonard

Does this describe you? You get a harmonica, read the little instruction insert that comes in the case, learn one or two songs, lose interest, put it down and never learn the real art of playing. It's what happens to most people. That's where a good harmonica method book comes in.

Fast Track Harmonica Method is very user-friendly. It is written in a style which is a lot of fun. In addition to teaching you what you need to know -- music notation, single notes and chords, scales, syncopation, it includes lots of stuff you want to know -- riffs, licks, rock and blues styles, and more.

Each music example in the book is included on the accompanying CD, so you can hear how it sounds and play along when you're ready. Turn the balance knob on your stereo to the right to hear the harmonica part emphasized, or turn the balance to the left to hear the accompaniment only. Each example is preceded by one measure of "clicks" to indicate the tempo.

There's an added bonus: the last section of all the "FastTrack" series of books (Harmonica, Guitar, Bass, Keyboard, Drums, Lead Singer, Alto Saxophone) are the same so that you and your friends can form a band and jam together!

Song List:

Brother Jacques Rock, Ode To Joyful Rock, From C To Shining C, Mary Had A Little Band, Ta-Ta For Now, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Rock Star, Take A Load Off, This Old Man, When The Saints Go Marching In, Kum-Bah-Yah, Harp Waltz, Camptown Races, For He's A Jolly Good Fellow, Joy To The World, Blow And Draw, Jam Time, Spice Up The Jam, Folk Jam, Rock Jam, Home On The Range, The Streets Of Laredo, Taps, Oh Susannah, Rock To My Lou, Chord Rhythm Jam, Amazing Grace, Rockin', On Old Smokey, Yankee Doodle, Down In The Valley, Auld Lang Syne, Roadkill Blues, Blues Chord Riff, Red River Valley, Tom Dooley, Bendy Blues, Worried Man Blues, By The Wobbly C, Battle Hymn Of The Republic, Train Whistle #1, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, St. James Infirmary, Scarborough Fair, Exit For Freedom, Unplugged Ballad, Billy B. Badd

Also Available:

FastTrack Harmonica Method Songbook 1

This companion to FastTrack Harmonica Method features 8 songs plus a great play-along CD recorded with a professional back-up band. It can be used in conjunction with Harmonica Method or independently.

Song List

Back At The Chicken Shack
Blowin' In The Wind
I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
Love Me Do
Miss You
Piano Man
Wonderful Tonight
You Really Got Me

 
 

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