Some off-site recommended links including harmonica sites of interest, purchases, MIDI files, music theory, and additional links of interest.
Harmonica Related Links
- Harmonica Store.com - "Great Prices and Professional Recommendations" is the motto. Although most sales are made through linked affiliate vendors, Harmonica Store.com carries and ships out some products which are only available through this website. The pro recommendations are honest and help you weed out the redundant and less useful harmonica-related products.
- Dave Gage's Home Page- Dave is the author and founder of Harmonica Lessons.com. He's played professionally over 25 years and has taught over 2000 classes and 7000 private lessons for all styles and levels on diatonic and chromatic harmonica. "Dave plays very powerfully and fast, clearly treading the territory of an electric rock guitar, using a variety of effects and distortions to get a dynamite sound... His technique of 'tongue-switching' is the closest you will find, to duplicating on harmonica, the guitar playing style of 'tapping' (a la Eddie Van Halen)." Pickup his band's newest rock-blues release, 'Love You Just The Same'. The website also features a full biography, available CDs, and streaming sound files. Hear more free harmonica samples at his Dave Gage Band website.
- Harmonica 4 Kids.com - A great place to get kids started playing harmonica. Suggestions and tips for parents and teachers to assist in children learning and having fun with harmonica. Free songs, playing tips, and instruction are included.
- Lee Oskar Home Page - Aside from manufacturing one of the better diatonic harmonicas available, Lee is also a great player and an original member of the group War.
- Hohner USA - Everything you wanted to know about the biggest harmonica manufacturer in the world, and more.
- Harp-L Mailing List Sign-up - "Harp-L is a world wide electronic mailing list for harmonipaths. A forum for harmonica players the world over to discuss, argue and wax lyrical about the world's most portable and fun instrument."
- SPAH- Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica.
- Harmonica.tv - Harmonica & Blues harp video instruction, lessons, tabs, harmonica players, harmonica playing tips.
- Harmonica Club - "Offers a song and tab archive for blues harmonica. Also provides introductory lessons, message board, jokes, members area, and more."
- Harmonica Gigs Site - a very complete list of harmonica players' gigs from all over the world.
- Harmonica Players of the World - An extensive listing of all the Harmonica Players found on the Web with links to their sites. You will find both pro and amatuer players, male and female, diatonic and chromatic players; plus the various groups, trios, and harmonica bands. These talented players and groups represent all styles of music from all eras.
Harmonica Purchases
- Buy Harmonicas & more - You can buy harmonicas, amps, mics, guitars, recording equipment, etc. When you click through on any links (from this link) to make a purchase, we receive a small percentage of the sale price for our referral. Your price is the same.
- Harmonica Tab/Songbooks - Looking for harmonica tab or harmonica songbooks? You can order it here online plus all kinds of music song books and miscellaneous sheet music. See the section below for recommended tab/songbooks. When you click through on any links (from this link) to make a purchase, we receive a small percentage of the sale price for our referral. Your price is the same.
- Harmonica Central - Jon Gindick's established webstore / publishing company. Instructional books, CDs, cassette lessons, and videos are available here.
Harmonica Tab/Songbooks
- The Harp Styles of Bob Dylan - A Bob Dylan harmonica tab book. Along with lyrics and music, his solos are included in harmonica tablature.
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Sourcebook of Little Walter/Big Walter Licks for Blues Harmonica - In this essential collection for blues harp players, author Tom Ball sets out to discuss, understand and demystify some of the playing of the phenomenal Walters: the legendary 'Big Walter' Horton and 'Little Walter' Jacobs. Includes a sampling of the best licks from each artist's repertoire, mapped out in easy-to-read harmonica tablature and played on CD by Ball.
- Sourcebook of Sonny Terry Licks for Blues Harmonica - By Tom Ball. As performed by Sonny Terry. Tab book and CD package.
- Masters Of The Chicago Blues Harp (book/CD) - "By David Barrett and Mel Bay. For diatonic harmonica. Classic Chicago Blues Harp. Level: Intermediate. Book/CD package. Transcribed solos for Charlie Musselwhite, William Clarke, James Cotton, and more."
- Harmonica Americana (2 CDs/book) - "Pull up a chair, pull out a harpoon, 'cause Jon "Doc" Gindick is going to teach you to beautifully play the American classics. 176 page book and two CDs make this a great way to learn to play songs and the harmonica."
- Complete Classic Chicago Blues Harp-CD Package - By David Barrett and Mel Bay. Instructional for blues diatonic harmonica. Classic Chicago blues harp style. Level: all levels. Book/CD package.
- Bob Dylan for Harmonica - Thirty all-time great songs by Bob Dylan arranged for harmonica. As you go through the book, the music is progressively more challenging. Please note that this book only has the melodies to his songs and does not include the tab for his solos and harmonica parts.
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Blues Harmonica Collection - Over 40 classics from blues greats Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin' Wolf, James Dalton, Elmore James, John Brim, and Lester Davenport. Complete with an extensive introduction on how to play the pieces in this book. Pieces include: Boom, Boom (Out Go The Lights) * Blues With A Feeling * Help Me * Juke * I'm A Man * and many more.
- Irish and American Fiddle Tunes for 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. Features over 100 songs, along with a CD that demonstrates several of the tunes. Ability to read music is not necessary. By Glenn Weiser.
- Beatles Greatest Hits for Chromatic Harmonica - 27 songs arranged for Chromatic harmonica, including: Hey Jude * Michelle * Yesterday * Eleanor Rigby * And I Love Her * Norwegian Wood * and more. Please note that this book only has the melodies to their songs and does not include the tab for harmonica parts.
Music Theory Sites
- Gary Ewer's "Easy Music Theory" - "This course is FREE, it's EASY, and is designed to give you some rudimentary knowledge of the basic concepts of music. There is no registration, no logging in, no passwords or user names... All you need is an interest in how music works."
- Ricci Adams' MusicTheory.net - Animated Music Theory Lessons - "Learn the basics of music theory in fun animated lessons. Site also includes staff and ear trainers for improving musicianship".
- MIDI-Based Ear Training Site - "This program randomly generates ear training exercises (as MIDI files) for intervals, chords, and scales. There are various degrees of difficulty. A list of possible answers is provided as an optional hint, and the correct answer is revealed within selection boxes".
- Music Theory - "Every musician needs to know the basics of music theory. Here you can learn about note reading, intervals, scales, and much more."
- Prakash's Music Theory Page - "The purpose of this page is to give you an understanding of music theory."
- MiBAC Music Theory Reference - "This Music Theory Reference manual is an online version of the music theory help that is built in to the MiBAC MUSIC LESSONS software program."
- The Outside Shore- Jazz Education - "Outside Shore Music has been a leading source of music education on the Internet since 1992. In fact, my Jazz Improvisation Primer was probably the very first example of online jazz instruction to be made freely available via the Web. We believe it is still the best, and it is still free."
- eMusicTheory.com - "eMusicTheory.com is an online tool for teachers and students of basic music theory, everywhere."
- Introduction to Reading Music - "Some people think trying to read music is hard and difficult. The following set of pages will try to introduce the most important topics in reading music in a very easy to understand way. Don't expect to fly through all the lessons and understand. As with anything new, it'll appear complicated and complex but as you look at the examples and read the explanations it will make sense."
MIDI File Sites
- Doc Doc's Place - "This site consists of Quality Blues, Rock and Roll, Ez Listening, Drum Patterns, and Jam Track MIDI files. Plus, a few extras."
- Jim's MIDI Links (midimaven.com) - "The best place to find midi files for 2500+++ artists in Rock, Alternative, Pop, R&B, Rap, Jazz, Blues, Dance, Hard Rock, Metal, Country, and more."
- Midi File Search Engine
- The MIDI Farm - Many MIDI files, many links to other MIDI file sites, and links to downloadable MIDI software for both Macs and PCs.
- Just Jazz MIDI Files - A well laid out site with a very complete selection of jazz and jazz-blues MIDI files.
Other Links Of Interest
- Time Zones of the World - If you are trying to hook up with someone in the Chat Room from a different part of the world, you may find this helpful.
- Guitar Noise - "Free Online Guitar Lessons, Tablature, Exclusive Interviews, Advice on Careers, Songwriting, and much more (since 1995)."
- Free Web Page Translation - "Translate any page of Harmonicalessons.com from English to 'Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, etc'."
- Pet Doors and More - "Pet doors and flaps for the smallest cats to the largest dog breeds."
- WinAmp Plugin- slow down solos (PaceMaker 1.x) - PaceMaker is a free DSP plug-in for Winamp (or any other program that supports Winamp plug-ins). It lets you change the tempo of the music without affecting the pitch.
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