reading music

["KARL OLSON" <OLSON@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just want to concur with the recent recommendation of the book, "Learn 
to Read Music" (1956 Simon & Schuster), by Howard Shanet.  

Two other suggested books are "The Basic Guide to How to Read Music", 
by Helen Cooper (1982 Putnam Publ), and "Start Reading Music", by Amy 
Appleby (1992 Amsco publ).  

These books offer great information for persons learning to sight 
read musical notation.  Often times harmonica players (especially 
diatonic) may overlook this aspect of playing music.  Learning to 
sight read can be an overwhelming exercise for anyone just 
starting out, but the books mentioned above are fairly effective in 
easing this intimidation factor.