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Mouth Organ For Everyone
Learn Chromatic Harmonica - Beginners to Advanced Level
Author: Riddhi Sanyal
Editor: Priyanka Sanyal
This book is designed in such a way that, readers across the world will be able to learn Harmonica. The book covers all levels of learners – Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced. Even if someone is learning this book without any knowledge of music, he or she can quickly pickup the techniques, notes, rhythms on Harmonica. The book follows unique way of 3 notation system – Staff Notes, Harmonica Tabs and Indian Notes. Biggest advantage of this book is it contains around 40 exercises in 3 notations and with key learning from each of these notes.
Milestone on timeline to learn -
Preliminary - 10 lessons ~ 1 month
Beginners - 10 lessons on songs or tunes ~ 2 months
Intermediate - 10 lessons on songs or tunes ~ 2 – 3 months
Advanced - 10 lessons on songs or tunes ~ 3 – 4 months
Every section has further learnings to start on additional 15 songs. You can tag your Audio / Video recording with hash tag #MouthOrganForEveryoneBook in any social media so that hard work of book can be illustrated.
Songs & Tunes are on various genre like Children Music, Bollywood songs, jazz, rhythmic, folk, pop, Indian folk, waltz, Romantic, Soft Rock, classical, Christmas songs, marching music and lot more.
READ, PRACTICE, PLAY & LEARN... Happy Learning...
Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/author/riddhi
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/musicaljourneys
Riddhi Sanyal
Riddhi has been in the music industry for more than 22 years. Apart from Harmonica, he plays Flute, Piano, Guitar, Ukulele, Melodica, Sarod, Mandolin & Tabla. His mother, Smt. Gargi Sanyal is a well-known Rabindra Sangeet singer and learnt from Legendary Suchitra Mitra at Rabithirtha. Grandmother, Smt Tripti Saraswati was a classical singer and had taken coaching to Pt. Jamini Ganguly and Legendary Sri Manabendra Mukherjee. Sister, Smt Madhupa Sanyal (student of Pt. Ajay Chakraborty at Shrutinandan). Musical gathering (Ganer Ashor) is very much common at home and sometimes everyone is deeply tuned into music, that even time passes from evening to late night on those homely musical occasions.
During childhood, Riddhi has learned Tabla from famous teacher Sri Abhijit Barhouri at Malda. During those days, famous singer & Harmonium maestro, Sri Alok Bhadhury, used to come at our home at teach music. During this time Riddhi has learned Harmonica by practicing the Bollywood Songs, Tagore Songs on Harmonica. During his college life, Riddhi has started to learn Flute from his friend Sri Sajal Banerjee. Later on Riddhi has learned to play the Bamboo flute by self-practicing and performed in the college functions.
During staying at USA (2007 – 2010), studying at various library at Minneapolis, he has learnt sheet music. He has performed at US, at the Minneapolis during Durga Puja festival organized by BAM. There he has played Rabindra Sangeet and North Eastern Bhatiali Music. Everyone has appreciated with the type of music and especially on Larger Flute (F#) they have first time observed at US. Feedback - "It's rare to have Indian flute in the US functions and it was awesome to listen to the Indian & North Eastern tunes". His wife Priyanka had accompanied on that function with Keyboard.
Finally, he has made with musical Guruji, Sri D. Madhusudan at Jadavpur class during 2010. Since then it is all Guruji's guidance. Riddhi has performed classical music, Raga, Light classical music, Rabindra Sangeet, Bollywood Golden Era songs, Patriotic songs etc. on Flute & Harmonica in lot of places - Kolkata, Malda, Varanasi, Bangalore, Mangalore, Minneapolis - US etc.
Riddhi has started coaching on Flute and Harmonica since last 7 – 8 years. Post Covid days, he has started online classes. Interested learners may contact him on WhatsApp or Facebook for further learning.
Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/author/riddhi
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/musicaljourneys
