Re: [Harp-L] Tom Ball Author

[Jonathan McAnulty <mcanultj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have the Walters book. Very enjoyable, good interesting info in the 
bios and styles sections, and some great licks to study in terms of 
adding some new material to your bag of tricks. If you envision yourself 
as a student of the art, this is an excellent resource to add to your 
collection. Most of the licks are very accessible but a few are over my 
head right now, giving me something to try to stretch myself with. There 
is also some great material on playing percussion with a 1/4 full, 
plastic barrel of animal crackers. ;-)
I don't have Tom's Sonny Terry book but expect to pick it up when I am 
ready to focus on Sonny Terry's style of playing.
cheers.
Jon

Tom Ball wrote:
> Todd Dahl wrote:
> To Tom or anyone who can answer this,
>
> I have been lurking on websites that have some of Tom's books. Namely:
>
> *Sourcebook of Little Walter/Big Walter Licks for Blues
> Harmonica*<http://www.amazon.com/Sourcebook-Little-Walter-Licks-Harmonica/dp/157424096X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202235532&sr=8-2> 
>
>
> and specifically
>
> *The Sourcebook of Sonny Terry Licks for
> Harmonica*<http://www.amazon.com/Sourcebook-Sonny-Terry-Licks-Harmonica/dp/1574240188/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1202235532&sr=8-3> 
>
>
> I have never physically seen either of these so I am hesitant to buy 
> being I
> don't know what the contents of them are. Is there any websites out there
> show or anybody who could list the table of contents of what these books
> cover? Any information would be great.
> -----------------------------------------
>
> Hi Todd,
>
> Thanks for asking about these. In both cases, the books start out with 
> short bios, a remedial overview of basic harp, a discussion of the 
> artist's styles, equipment, harps, etc;  then it gets into licks 
> themselves. There are also discographies.
>
> The tablature used in mapping out the licks is the simple 
> numbers-and-arrows tab. (There is no standard sheet music.) All the 
> licks are played on the accompanying CD so you can hear how they're 
> supposed to sound.  Because these are Hal Leonard titles, they're 
> well-distributed, so I'd suggest checking them out first at your local 
> music shop.
>
> Due to a rather obvious conflict-of-interest, I really can't comment 
> much further on these. <g>  If there's anybody out there who liked 
> 'em, I thank you.  If there's anybody out there who didn't, ummm..... 
> remember what your mother told you: "If you can't say something nice 
> about somebody......."      :)
>
> cheers and beers,
> TB
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