This book is divided into 15 highly-structured chapters introducing
note-reading principles and individual notes on the diatonic harmonica through
carefully graded, well-known songs. Tunes include Mary's Lamb, When the Saints
Go Marching In, Beautiful Brown Eyes, Long Long Ago, Bach In Four, Joy to the
World, The Drunken Sailor, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, and dozens of other
titles. The author gradually introduces various concepts essential to good
sight-reading, including note and rest values, dotted rhythms, time signatures,
and harmonica chords. The same song may occur a second time in a more complex
arrangement, building on previously established musical skills.