Mel Bay Presents Autoharp Method in Four Easy Steps (book and CD set) Review
Posted by
Palmer Harmon
on 1/11/2013
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(More customer reviews)This book has about two and a half pages about musical theory, just over two pages of the actual four easy steps, and then a bunch of music to practice. The music is written in completely nonstandard notation, which isn't well explained: about a paragraph of explanation is given about how to read the music, but otherwise you're left to figure it out for yourself. Learning to play from this notation, which is unlike any other published autoharp music I've seen, won't help you at all when you try to read and play anything else.
Overall, while this method may work, I recommend against it for its lack of correlation to available sheet music.
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Part One of this highly regarded method includes basic music theory and details Evo's easy 4-step method. Part Two includes rhythm strumming instructions, melody chord changes, and lyrics to 18 well- known American folk songs and southern fiddle tunes in the keys of G, F, C major, and A modal (keys that are provided on standard 12, 15 and 21 bar harps). Also included are instructions for transposing to other keys. All songs are included on a solo performance CD for the purpose of ear training and accompaniment.
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