Little Walter - Harmonica Play-Along Vol. 13 Book/Online Audio (Hal Leonard Harmonica Play-Along)

I really dig the play along tracks that come on the CD included with the book. Each tune in the book is represented by two tracks on the CD. One track is the "Demo Track" with harmonica, and the other is a "Play-Along" track with just the backing band and no harmonica.I disagree with the reviewer who stated the following:"on three of the tracks, which originally feature LW's vocals, the session player here plays his own lines in place of the vocals leaving a beginner to guess which are LW's original lines or the session dude's ad libs. The other five songs are fine, but this is a major oversight by the publisher. NONE of the other play-alongs for artist specific material do this. My Duane Allman play-along doesn't have some schmuck improving slide guitar over the top of the tracks. That would be ridiculous and this is RIDICULOUS."First off, the "session dude/schmuck" is none other than harmonica master Steve Cohen. Steve (who is sponsored by Hohner Harmonicas) can be heard on many albums with Leroy Airmaster, harp great Jim Liban and with guitar wiz Greg Koch. Second, I think it is great that Steve plays lines over the spots were the vocals go. This gives you more licks to add to your vacabulary, and is also great for playing instrumental versions if you don't happen to be a singer! If you want to sing the tunes, just replace the lines with vocals... it's that easy! If you are haveing troubles figuring out which lines are Little Walter's, maybe you should pick up some Little Walter albums and give them a listen?The only thing that I would change would be the tab that was used. Although the tab is completely usable, I am just used to David Barrett's tab which I find a little easier to read.

I love this book and it's play-a-long CD. It comes with the automatic slow down software so that you can listen and learn or play along at a slower speed - but, you are still playing in-time with a band. The other added benefit to the automatic slow down software is that you can change the key a song is played in. This means that if you only have a couple of harmonicas you can still play along with all of the tunes by changing the key to match the harmonicas you own. Let's face it, not everyone owns a harmonica in every key. Great selection of tunes.Why practice by yourself when you can play with these great backing tracks - this way you are always playing "in time" which is the key to successful playing when you get together with your band. Sure beats a metronome.My only complaint would be that these transcriptions are almost too detailed and include a lot of "ghost" notes and notated tongue-blocking breaths that are very subtle - things I don't really hear on the original recordings or the play-along tracks, but I am just now learning how to tongue block.The other thing I like is that on several tunes the author has written out (and played) instrumental versions of the vocals. These are done completely in the style of the artist and enable you to play complete instrumental versions of the songs for those of you that are not planning to sing or to create nice back ground parts to accompany a singer. I've really learned a lot from this book.

A great play along book of one of the greatest blues harp player of his time

Returned the book. It's pretty advanced, and you have to be Little Walter's fun to go through. It's not for beginners...

Bought this for my son. He loves it.

One of the better harp books I've bought. Extremely helpful for learning harp, learning licks and songs, and advancing your knowledge of the instrument. Learn all these and you'll be a helluva harp player.

Super job of transcribing the harmonica part!! Now comes the hard part: practice, practice, practice.

This item arrived on time, but was too advanced for my skill level.

I haven’t started working with this book yet, but buyer beware, it contains a code for sound a like audio clips but NO CD! The description is wrong!! It’s also, probably rightly, transcribed for diatonic harmonicas in keys of C, Bb,G & A.As I only have a harmonica in C & like to use a CD rather than computer audio files I’m regretting buying it.

Not an easy option for learning harmonica blues, but the transcriptions are accurate and full compared with the original recordings.Will keep me occupied for a long time to come. (It's a good idea to have the Little Walter originals as well as the included CD.)

Great, but a bit too advanced for me at the moment

Easy to follow with backing track plus performance without voice so can use as sing along or playalong with arp

Die Stücke kommen dem Original verblüffend nahe. Eine Meisterleistung dass bei Little Walter-Stücken Ton für Ton herausgehört und transscribiert wurde, sowohl in Notenschrift als auch in TAB!Ein Arbeitsbuch für alle, die mal wie Little Walter klingen wollen.Jedoch dürfte dieses Buch nur für Fortgeschrittene geeignet sein, Little Walter war nun mal einer der besten Blues- bzw. Rhytm 'n Blues-Mundharmonikaspieler!Teiweise flottes Tempo! Es wird aber ein Slow-Downer-Programm mit der CD mitgeliefert, das man dann über PC aktivieren kann, damit lässt sich die Abspielgeschwindigkeit verändern (ohne die Tonhöhe zu verändern!)! So viel ich weiß, ist dieses Programm aber zeitlich befristet, also so 'ne Art "Werbung" für dieses Programm.Du brauchst für dieses Buch eine Harp in G, A, Bb und C, gespielt wird in der 2. Position, bis auf eine Ausnahme, bei der in der 3. Position gespielt wird, alles diatonisch (Richter-Modell). Es gibt auch Programme, wo man die Abspielmusik in ihrer Tonhöhe verändern kann! Ist, glaube ich, auch auf dem Slow-Downer-Programm mit enthalten (so genau habe ich mir dieses Programm noch nicht angeschaut weil ich meine eigenen Programme habe). Dann brauchst du eigentlich nur eine (oder zwei) Harp.Ein Nachteil ist, dass ein Stück bis zu 10 Buchseiten umfasst und du beim Mitspielen gar nicht so schnell umblättern kannst!Die CD enthält eine Demoversion (Harp: Steve Cohen) und eine Playalongversion.Die Stücke: Can't Hold Out Much Longer - Crazy Legs - I Got to Go - Last Night - Mean Old World - Rocker - Sad Hours - You're So Fine