Wail on your harmonica!

The harmonica is one of the most popular and versatile instruments in the world. There are several reasons harmonicas are awesome―you can play them anywhere, they’re inexpensive, and you can show off in dozens of musical styles. The friendly and pleasingly tuneful Harmonica For Dummies is the fastest and best way to learn for yourself!

You’ll find an easy-to-follow format that takes you from the basics to specialized techniques, with accompanying audio and video content included to make learning even more simple and fun. Before you know it, you’ll be playing jazz in your living room and the blues on your way to work or school―and that’s just the prelude to mastering classical riffs. That’s right, the humble harmonica has graced some of the grandest concert halls on planet Earth!

• Choose the right harmonica 
• Enhance your sound with tongue technique 
• Develop your own style
• Perfect your live performance

The harmonica is awesome to learn, but even more awesome to&nlearn well, and Harmonica For Dummies will get you on the road from being an occasional entertainer to becoming an accomplished live performer.

P.S. If you think this book seems familiar, you’re probably right. The Dummies team updated the cover and design to give the book a fresh feel, but the content is the same as the previous release of Harmonica For Dummies (9781118880760). The book you see here shouldn’t be considered a new or updated product. But if you’re in the mood to learn something new, check out some of our other books. We’re always writing about new topics!

Table of Contents

Part 1: Getting Started with Harmonica

CHAPTER 1: What Is This Thing Called Harp?

CHAPTER 2: Becoming a Harmonica Owner

CHAPTER 3: Making Your First Harmonica Sounds

CHAPTER 4: Relating to Notes, Scales, and Chords

Part 2: Starting to Make Some Music

CHAPTER 5: I Hear a Melody: Playing Single Notes

CHAPTER 6: Shaping Your Sound

CHAPTER 7: Enhancing Your Sound with Your Tongue on the Harp

CHAPTER 8: Bending Notes

CHAPTER 9: Positions: Playing One Harp in Many Keys

Part 3: Growing Beyond the Basics

CHAPTER 10: Fancy Playing: Developing Flair and Speed

CHAPTER 11: Mastering New Songs

CHAPTER 12: Behind the Hidden Treasure: Bending Notes Up

Part 4: Developing Your Style

CHAPTER 13: Rockin’ and Bluesin’

CHAPTER 14: Expressing Yourself with Some Folk and Gospel Melodies

CHAPTER 15: Fiddlin’ the Night Away with Traditional Dance Tunes

Part 5: Taking It to the World

CHAPTER 16: Putting It All Together — Your Tunes, Your Band, Your Listeners

CHAPTER 17: Amplifying Your Sound

CHAPTER 18: Improving Your Harmonica with Repairs and Upgrades

Part 6: The Part of Tens

CHAPTER 19: Ten (Or More) Ways to Connect in the Harmonica World

CHAPTER 20: Way More Than Ten Harmonica Albums You Should Hear

Part 7: Appendixes

APPENDIX A: Tuning Layouts for All Keys

APPENDIX B: Audio Tracks and Video Clips

About the Author

Winslow Yerxa is a widely known and admired harmonica player, teacher, lecturer, and author. He has written, produced, and starred in many harmonica books and video projects. He provides private harmonica instruction both online and in person in the San Francisco Bay area. He also offers classes, interviews, and lectures via the Harmonica Collective.