The simple licks and chord structures of Part One can be played after the beginning student has completed Lessons One through Nine of Progressive Blues Harmonica. The number of notes used in each song is limited. They are rhythmically simple, with only one note per beat. Often licks and solos will be demonstrated both with and without single note technique. This will help you begin to develope the ability to obtain clear single notes, beginning with the easily isolated notes at each end of the harmonica, in holes No.1 and No. 10.
In many of the following pages, a lick or licks will be presented first, and then a solo composed of that lick or licks will follow. Both the solo and its attendent licks will share the same exercise number, with the licks also having letter names. Thus the licks used to create solo No.7 would be referred to as licks 7a, 7b, and 7c. Practice the lick or licks first, until you feel able to play them competently, before attempting the entire solo.
For ease of reading, vertical lines known as "bar lines" divide the musical notation into short, easily readable segments known as "bars". When a repeat sign 
follows a single bar of music, repeat that preceding bar one time more. When a repeat sign follows two bars of music, repeat both preceding bars one more time. When a repeat sign follows a longer sequence of bars or an entire solo, repeat the entire sequence or solo one more time.
As in Progressive Blues Harmonica, the chords that a guitarist or keyboard player would use to accompany you when you are playing a key of C harmonica are written beneath the harmonica notation.
- For your playing enjoyment, nine "Play-Along" sections have been distributed throughout the recording that accompanies this book. A boxed discussion of each "Play-Along" section is included at the appropriate point in the book.
