The Harmonica

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The Harmonica-Player from Alley Tunes: Three Scenes from the South (Guion David W.)

Contents: Albeniz: Orientale-Tango, Op. 164, No. 2 • Bartok: Bagatelle, Bear Dance, Valse (Ma mie qui danse), Op. 6, No. 14 • Bellini: Pinocchio • Bloch: Chanty (Poems of the Sea) • John Alden Carpenter: Impromptu • Chabrier: Habanera • Chavez: Prelude (Ten Preludes) • Debussy: Reverie, Valse Romantique • D'Indy: Aarau (Waltz from Helvetia), Op. 17, No. 1; Laufenburg (Waltz from Helvetia), Op. 17, No. 3; Le Chant des Bruyeres (The Song of the Heath) • de Falla: Serenata Andaluza • Farwell: Sourwood Mountain, Op. 78, No. 3 • Faure: Berceuse, Op. 56, No. 1; Impromptu, Op. 31, No. 2 • Fibich: Impression, Op. 44, No. 32 • Lukas Foss: Grotesque Dance • Godowsky: Nocturnal Tangier • Grainger: Spoon River • Granados: Rondalla Aragonesa • Griffes: The White Peacock • Guion: The Harmonica, Player (Alley Tunes) • Roy Harris: Little Suite • Krenek: The Moon Rises, Op. 83, No. 4 • Palmgren: Spring Night, Op. 22, No. 8 • Pinto: Marcha do Pequeno Polegar (Tom Thumb's March) • Prokofiev; Gavotte, Op. 12, No. 2; Marche, Op. 12, No. 1; Vision Fugitive, Op. 22, No. 16 • Rachmaninoff: Elegie, Op. 3, No. 1; Prelude in E Flat, Op. 23, No. 6 • Ravel: Jeux d'Eau; Pavane Pour une Infante defunte • Rebikov: Les Demons s'amusent • Reger: Humoresque, Op. 79a, No. 2 • Respighi: Notturno • Satie: Gymnopedie • Scriabin: Mazurka, Op. 25, No. 4; Poeme, Op. 69, No. 1 • Shostakovitch: Polka (L'Age d'or, Op. 22) • Sibelius: Romance, Op. 24, No. 9 • Soro: La Hiladora (The Spinner) • R. Strauss: An einsamer Quelle (By the Lonely Spring), Op. 9, No. 2; Traumerei (Revery), Op. 9, No. 4 • Stravinsky: Etude, Op. 7, No. 2 • Szymanowski: Etude, Op. 4, No. 3 • Thuille: Gavot.

There's no easier way for people of any age to get started playing popular folksongs and campfire favorites on the harmonica. Madcat demonstrates the proper way to hold the instrument for good tone, vibrato and wah wah sounds that are typical of good technique. 40-MIN. • INCLUDES MUSIC • NOVICE LEVEL

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.

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.

Reminiscences of the Cattle Country is a reminiscence of my early days on the ranch, which my father managed and where i worked after school and summers as a cowhand. In the evenings my father often played the harmonica (cowboy style) and my mother played the piano (classical style). These two diverse traditions produced in me a jazz style that was individual, and a compositional style that is an amalgam of a variety of early influences. These compositions, written in 1946, were my first pieces for piano not in the jazz idiom of the blues or popular song form. I was then a student of Darius Milhaud at Mills College in Oakland, California.

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Sun Up (Brubeck Dave)
Breaking a Wild Horse (Brubeck Dave)
The Fairgrounds (Brubeck Dave)
Look at My Pony (Brubeck Dave)
The Chickens and the Ducklings (Brubeck Dave)
Dad Plays the Harmonica (Brubeck Dave)

Contents: Brubeck: Dad Plays the Harmonica • Cowell: Exultation, The Lilt of the Reel • Dello Joio: Salute to Scarlatti (No. 1 from A Suite of Sonatas) • Harris: Andante Ostinato from Sonata for Piano • Helps: Song (from In Retrospect) • Hovhaness: Mountain Idylls (Moon Dance, Mountain Lullaby) • Husa: Allegretto moderato from Sonatina • Ives: The Alcotts from Piano Sonata No. 2 (Concord) • Jenni: A Game of Dates, Nos. 1 and 3 • Johnson: Spaces • Wyner: Short Fantasy No. 3.