( 5 reviews )
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Posted: Dec 31 2007
If when searching for this book you typed "Bob Dylan" before you typed "harmonica", this is not the book for you. It isn't the quality of the book that is at issue -- that seems fine. It's clearly the choices that were made -- most notably the aforementioned decision to transpose all the songs to C. Anyone who wants to learn to play harmonica, even as simply as Dylan does, will probably be willing to buy more than one harmonica -- and changing the keys renders the ability to play along with the records useless. Changing keys (to make it easy for piano I guess) is a common problem with simple music and tab books. I usually only buy books that say "Authentic Recorded Versions" on them -- and even then I am often disappointed.
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( 1 of 3 found this review helpful ) Posted: Dec 12 2005
I borrowed the book from a friend thinking I was going to go home and learn some great dylan solos. the truth is it was a little dissappointing. the great thing about dylan and the harp is the rhythm he uses. I think you could pick apart the chords that he plays without the book. But we also cannot expect too much from tab books. the only way to learn some good solos is by the good old fashioned ear, and it really makes you a better harmonica player. The book is very simplistic, if you are a beginner than maybe look into it, but I have faith that you could jsut as easily go step by step and pick apart the melodies of bob dylan.
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( 15 of 19 found this review helpful ) Posted: Sep 8 2003
I realize those of you professional players like to bite down on these beginner books to show off your skills, or whatever it is that you do. But the key to writing a review is to rate something for what it is, not what you wish to make out of it. If you want a professional Dylan harmonica book, they're out there. This book is meant for begginers and I give it five stars as a begginer book. Your showing off is not going to help customers with their product choices.
