You Can Play Harmonica [With CD]

I've been through many harmonica books and videos without success in my playing. Finally I found this one. My playing is really improving because of this great method book. Other books seem to teach either single note melodies or jump right into advanced bending and blues riffs. Pickow's book is just right. It starts off getting you playing tunes using 2, 3, and 4 hole chords. Then moves into single note playing mixed with some chords. After you feel that you have a handle on first position playing he eases you into blues. It's an excellent harmonica method book with some easy to understand music theory. A perfect choice for the budding harmonica player.

I bought this book after I started learning harmonica with another book written by David Pickow. This book has many songs, including some blues, third position (b minor) blues, rock, jazz, and other kind of songs. That's what makes the book so valuable: it has a lot of songs. It could be a bit difficult for a beginner who hasn't ever had a harp in his hands, but I strongly recomend it as a second book. Now I'm looking for a more advanced book. I feel I can play about anything and the only thing I'm lacking is other musicians to jam with. The book comes with a CD recorded with the harmonica tracks on the left speaker channel, and the background music on the right one. My advice: get it!