Qwikguide: Basic Chromatic Harmonica Book Paperback – March 16, 2000

I really did like Phil Duncan's book and his basic teaching on playing the Chromatic. Most of the book is just play along and read the music. I found the CD and accompanyment with the guitar made for a very enjoyable lesson. I plan on getting more of his books and CD's.

I wasn't expecting much for only $5.95. However, I was blown away at the quality of just the CD alone. It contains 27 songs with soft acoustic guitar accompaniment to Phil's clear harmonica playing. He does not blow you away by showing off his harmonica skills. It is a pleasant CD to just listen to if you like the sound of the harmonica. It is easy to pick up your own chromatic harmonica in the key of C and play along with him. Each song is repeated three times so it gives you a good chance to practice the song. By the end of the third time through you are getting the hang of it.I would have paid $15 just to get the CD. The book includes all 27 songs with the harmonica tabs. This is a great package for anyone wanting to move up to the chromatic harmonica.

From the title of the book, I expected some sort of instructions on how to play chromatic harmonica. The book is primarily music that you can play, with only three short pages of nearly useless instruction that amounted to "blow into the harmonica to make a noise; inhale to make a different noise; and push the little button to make still other noises." They didn't give much information about how to produce actual music, nor how to follow the written music.I suppose I should have used the option that Amazon has of looking inside of the book, before I clicked to buy it. Live and learn.

good book

There are not many books for chromatic harmonica so I was pleased to find this intro. It covers music notation and has well paced exercises even for those who already know how to read music. I did not give it 5 stars because I think it could have benefitted from having more well known tunes to practice besides the music drills. I am sorry I did not know there was the possibility of purchasing the version with a CD.

Cracks the code on the transition to Chromatic harmonica playing.Guides you through the basics scales with some fun to play songs

Very good