blues harmonica

In this lesson Joe Tartaglia learns how to apply the licks he's learning. We also review the study songs Gary's Blues and Take It Easy Now.

- Checking in after Lesson 26 Video
- Lesson 27 - Introduction and Lesson 26 Review Video
- How to Apply a Lick - Part 1: AAA and AAA with Fills Video
- How to Apply a Lick - Part 2: Hints for Dealing with the I7 and IV7 Video
- How to Apply a Lick - Part 3: AAB and AAB with Fills Video
- How to Apply a Lick - Part 4: A BA C and IV7 Chord Ideas Video
- How to Apply a Lick - Part 5: Review Video
- Review: Take it Easy Now, Chorus 1 Video continue reading...

In this lesson Joe Tartaglia learns how to apply the licks he's learning. We also review the study songs Gary's Blues and Take It Easy Now.

- Checking in after Lesson 26 Video
- Lesson 27 - Introduction and Lesson 26 Review Video
- How to Apply a Lick - Part 1: AAA and AAA with Fills Video
- How to Apply a Lick - Part 2: Hints for Dealing with the I7 and IV7 Video
- How to Apply a Lick - Part 3: AAB and AAB with Fills Video
- How to Apply a Lick - Part 4: A BA C and IV7 Chord Ideas Video
- How to Apply a Lick - Part 5: Review Video
- Review: Take it Easy Now, Chorus 1 Video continue reading...

Your C Major Diatonic Harmonica only contains the notes of the C Major Scale... nothing else (unless you bend... which the harmonica was intended to do). You can play any note and still be staying away from "bad" notes. On top of that, even if you're going for a specific note and miss it, the note to the left and to the right of it are harmonies of what you meant to play... it still sounds great! This also means that if you can't even play a single note well... or you're just a little off on your aim... you're playing in harmony... two notes played together sound great... continue reading...

Join Brandon O. Bailey and I for a journey into the new harmonica style Harpboxing. This is outside the traditional blues focus of BluesHarmonica.com, but I thought you would enjoy this lesson into something completely different. Grab your B-flat harmonica and let's get started! Videos include: Introducing Brandon O. continue reading...

When playing multiple holes on the harmonica, such as holes 1 2 3 in common chugging passages, you have many articulation options to use. Let's start with an awareness of what you use... not everyone has an awareness of what they use to articulate notes or chords. Open the PDF for Solo Harmonica Study 1 and play Ex. 1.2 with any harmonica of choice. What are you using to separate these two chords?

Here's how I'd change the lick that we've been looking at...

D Harmonica (2nd Position): 3' 3" 2 2" 2 = Even more bluesy now (2" is the flat-7th... a bluesy note) and keeps all the notes in a draw (good for speed)

G Harmonica (3rd Position): 5 5+ 4 4+ 4 = More bluesy and WAY easier to play... you can also play a two-hole split (octaves for some) the entire time

A Harmonica (1st Position): messes this lick up... sorry 1st Position, you're out of contention for this lick!

The Repertoire Builder song "Take It Easy Now" does not teach any new techniques, but places into context what you've worked hard to learn in Bending and Tongue Blocking Studies 2. This song will continue to work these techniques and give you a fun song to play that contains valuable lick vocabulary for your improvising down the road.Contributor Joe Tartaglia also just started to learn this song in Lesson 26, check it out. This study is for intermediate skill level players. You'll need a C Harmonica for this study. continue reading...

Let's now talk about your new lick in for position...

D Harmonica (2nd Position): 3' 3" 2 1 2 = This is a very doable lick... standard bluesy bending on the harmonica... using all draw notes to achieve maximum bluesy potential with bending... your skill level in bending needs to be high though, so it may not be the right choice. continue reading...

Repertoire Builders are new original instrumentals that I wrote to go between your tongue blocking and bending studies. These songs don't teach any new techniques, but places into context what you've learned in the previous Bending and Tongue Blocking Studies. These songs continue to work technique along with giving you a fun songs to play that contain valuable lick vocabulary for your improvising.

Contributor Joe Tartaglia just started to learn the newest song (found in Bending Study 2.5) in Lesson 26, check it out when you get a moment