Harmonica Methods for Children

Harmonica Instruction for Children!

David has taught more than 100,000 children to be musical, with his books, recordings, and school workshops. His study of the world's great music methods, such as the Suzuki, Yamaha, and Orff-Schulwerk pedagogies combine with his experience in teaching to produce great results.

As David puts it: "I'm not really interested in teaching kids to play
the harmonica. I'm interested in teaching them how to be musical."

Make Me Musical: The Video

Over 100,000 satisfied customers — every child should have the lifelong gift of music! This entertaining and user-friendly video teaches simple blues and rock riffs and improvisation, and some folk songs as well, plus the train, of course! All using David's amazingly easy Harmonica Hand Signal Method™ so your kids or grandkids will play instantly! Lots of costumes and fun! 33 minute VHS video and high quality “C” harmonica only $11.95, with harmonica $16.95!

Children as young as three enjoy watching the video and tootling along with David and the "HarpKids Band." Children of five or six can use it with just a tiny bit (maybe ten or twenty minutes) of adult or older sibling help. And kids of six or seven and up to nine or ten can use it entirely on their own. After nine or ten? They're ready to use any of David's methods!

(MMM-V) Video only $12.95
(IMMM-V-H) Video, and "C" Harp only $17.95

Note: Any of David's "non-child" methods can be used successfully by children of age 8 or 9 and up!

Make Me Musical: The Book and Tape

This package is a complete, experiential musical education for children, covering music history, the physics of music music theory, music styles, and reading standard musical notation.

All of these subjects are taught and illustrated using the harmonica, so the reader can demonstrate each concept for him or her self. Each chapter of the book is accompanied by a “chapter” of the tape recording, to be used while or after reading that chapter.

The book is written on three levels. Each chapter has a large type/small word section for younger readers (grades 1/2), an expanded section written at a harder level for older readers (grades 3/5), and a “Grown-up Helper” section, for adults who are helping younger children (non-readers) to use the method.

(MMM-IH-BC) Make Me Musical Book and Tape $12.95
(MMM-IH-BC-H) Book and Tape with Harmonica $17.95