Re: [Harp-L] where to begin with bluegrass harp?

[John Kerkhoven <solo_danswer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'll put my two cents in here. I borrowed Mike Stevens' book from a musician friend a couple of years back. It helped me learn Red Haired Boy. The harp tab is not a simplified version of the song, though. It is, rather, Stevens' version. Which is not to say that it's bad or wrong, just that he presents it the way he plays it. On the whole, I was not terribly impressed with the book and returned it before getting much further. 

What I think is a much better book is Glenn Weiser's Irish and American Fiddle Tunes for the Harmonica. Not bluegrass per se, but he includes Red Haired Boy among many others. Over 100 tunes with tabs. In the opening pages he has some very useful notes on rhythm, among other things. 

Check out as well Cara Cooke's web page:
http://harmonica2.tripod.com/

Scroll down to the sample fiddle tunes and tabs. These few little samples were a great inspiration to me. She plays so well.

John


> If I remember right, this book even had tab for simplified versions of songs like Red Haired Boy.
> Steve in Minn.
> Sent from my iPad
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>> On Mar 30, 2014, at 9:58 AM, Ken Hildebrand <airmojoken@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Mike Stevens has a Bluegrass Harmonica tutorial book and CD... available at his website or Amazon...
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>> http://www.mikestevensmusic.com/home
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>> http://www.amazon.com/Bluegrass-Harmonica-Mike-Stevens/dp/1574240455/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396191319&sr=8-1&keywords=mike+stevens+harmonica
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>> On Sunday, March 30, 2014 10:21 AM, Robert Piscura <bpiscura@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Thanks for all the replies on my bluegrass harp question. Now... does anyone have a suggestion for a simple song that I could start learning with a "fiddle line" style of harp and a couple with a chugging style of harp.  At best I'm an early stages intermediate ( just implementing tongue blocking) so something early would be good.  Any tab that would accompany would be good. Thanks again for all the help. 
>> Bob Piscura
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