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From: Michael Will
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 16:44:45 -0700
Subject: Re: Learning to read

Steven Levine wrote:
>
> I decided recently that I want to learn how to read music. Are there any books or other
> instructional materials that teach reading and theory applied to the
> harmonica?

David Barrett's books "Mel Bay's Complete Chicago Blues Harp" and "Building Harmonica
Technique" get you in to it some. One thing that might be quite useful to you is
Dave's tab style. He writes the standard notation as part of the tab, with the
hole/blow/draw/bend indications below the staff. So, you've got a direct mapping
between what you are familiar with (i.e. the harp tab) and what you want to learn
(i.e. reading the standard notation).

I'll bet there are free/shareware programs on the net that will help you learn to
read music. If you want I can search about and see what I can find. Lemme know what
kind of computer/operating system you use.

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..Mic'l

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