Harmonicas, Harps, and Heavy Breathers

Harmonicas, Harps, and Heavy Breathers
Author: Kim Field
Publisher: Touchstone
Total Pages: 344
Release: 1993
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780671796334

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Traces the history of the harmonica, looks at how it has been used in various types of music, including folk, country, blues, rock, and jazz, and includes profiles of leading soloists

Harmonicas, Harps, and Heavy Breathers

Harmonicas, Harps, and Heavy Breathers
Author: Kim Field
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2000
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0815410204

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The harmonica is one of the most important, yet overlooked, instruments in music. This definitive volume celebrates the history of the world's most popular musical device, its impact on various forms of music, folk, country, blues, rock, jazz and classical music. The author traces the development of the harmonica from the ancient Chinese sheng to futuristic harmonica sythesizers. Nearly seventy harmonica masters are profiled including Stevie Wonder, Little Walter, Bob Dylan, Jimmy Reed, Charlie McCoy, Sonny Terry, and John Popper. This updated edition includes an extensive new afterword, an expanded discography of the finest harmonica recordings, and a listing of the best harmonica resources on the internet.

The Blues Dream of Billy Boy Arnold

The Blues Dream of Billy Boy Arnold
Author: Billy Boy Arnold
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2021-11-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 022680920X

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"Billy Boy Arnold, born in 1935, is one of the few native Chicagoans who both cultivated a career in the blues and stayed in Chicago. His perspective on Chicago's music, people, and places is rare and valuable. Arnold has worked with generations of musicians-from Tampa Red and Howlin' Wolf and to Muddy Waters and Paul Butterfield-on countless recordings, witnessing the decline of country blues, the dawn of electric blues, the onset of blues-inspired rock, and more. Here, with writer Kim Field, he gets it all down on paper-including the story of how he named Bo Diddley Bo Diddley"--

The Encyclopedia of the Harmonica

The Encyclopedia of the Harmonica
Author: PETER KRAMPERT
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2016-03-23
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1619115778

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The Harmonica Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive book ever written on the instrument, offering over 900 articles on players, bands, techniques, resources and a discography of over 5,000 recordings by harmonica players. Originallyreleased in 1998, this new edition is profusely illustrated with over 150 photographs of the players who have made the harmonica the world's most popular musical instrument. This book has been critically acclaimed by readers in over 25 countries and is a must-have for any serious harmonica enthusiast

Harmonica Americana

Harmonica Americana
Author: Jon Gindick
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001-07
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780930948221

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"Learn to play America's 30 greatest songs, including a haunting Danny Boy, a blues-inspired America The Beautiful, and a side-splitting, lip-burning Turkey In The Straw. A compendium of harmonica lore including a special section on the blues."

A Blues Bibliography

A Blues Bibliography
Author: Robert Ford
Publisher: Bromley, England : Paul Pelletier
Total Pages: 808
Release: 1999
Genre: Blues (Music)
ISBN:

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A Blues Bibliography, Second Edition is a revised and enlarged version of the definitive blues bibliography first published in 1999. Material previously omitted from the first edition has now been included, and the bibliography has been expanded to include works published since then. In addition to biographical references, this work includes entries on the history and background of the blues, instruments, record labels, reference sources, regional variations and lyric transcriptions and musical analysis. The Blues Bibliography is an invaluable guide to the enthusiastic market among libraries specializing in music and African-American culture and among individual blues scholars.

Cumulative Book Index

Cumulative Book Index
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 2264
Release: 1995
Genre: American literature
ISBN:

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A world list of books in the English language.

Masters of the Harmonica

Masters of the Harmonica
Author: Margie Goldsmith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2019-09-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9781631836466

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Masters of the Harmonica: 30 Master Harmonica Players Share Their Craft contains revealing interviews with Kim Wilson, Charlie McCoy, Paul Oscher, Delbert McClinton, Charlie Musselwhite, Jason Ricci, Magic Dick, Rick Estrin, Howard Levy, and nearly two dozen other consummate performers. "There have been books written about how to play harmonica, books on the history of the harmonica, techniques, and resources, but never before has there been a book in which thirty harmonica masters share their knowledge of the instrument. 'Masters of the Harmonica' is a must-have for harmonica players of every level." -Gerald Mueller, Product Manager, Hohner Harmonicas

All About Piano

All About Piano
Author: Mark Harrison
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2006-11-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1476840954

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(Keyboard Instruction). Have you struggled through tedious lessons and boring instruction books in your desire to learn to play the piano? If you wish there was a fun and engaging way to motivate you in your piano playing quest, then this is it: "All About Piano" is for you. Whether it's learning to read music, playing by ear, improvising, or all of the above, this enjoyable guide will help you to finally start playing your favorite songs in many different styles. Plus, learn interesting tid-bits on piano makes & models, care and maintenance, other keyboard instruments, and other fun stuff about the piano. This fun-filled, easy-to-use guide includes: An introduction to pianos and keyboard instruments; Step-by-step music reading instruction; How to play by ear and improvise; Background on various styles of music, including dozens of favorite songs; Performing tips. Over 40 popular songs, including: All My Loving (The Beatles) * Can You Feel the Love Tonight (Elton John) * Fur Elise (Beethoven) * Imagine (John Lennon) * Linus and Lucy (Vince Guaraldi) * Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton) * Your Cheatin' Heart (Hank Williams) * and more. This e-book also includes 70 audio tracks for demo and play-along.

Bibliographic Guide to Music

Bibliographic Guide to Music
Author: New York Public Library. Music Division
Publisher:
Total Pages: 814
Release: 1994
Genre: Music
ISBN:

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