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David's Tip of the Day: Laws of Blues Harmonica - 4 Draw Shake (Hole 4 with 5)

Posted Mon, 08/31/2015 - 07:53 by David Barrett Admin
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When it doubt, shake.

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What's New: Beginning Student Hob Bosold - Lesson 3

Posted Fri, 08/21/2015 - 08:10 by David Barrett Admin
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Beginning Student Hob Bosold's latest lesson is now up (http://www.bluesharmonica.com/contributor/hob_bosold). In this lesson we review tongue switching, sliding on the face of the harmonica with one breath and solo harmonica study material. Hob learns how bending works, how to play two-note combinations, shakes, speed licks and how to approach playing with good tone on the high end.

Videos include:
Lesson 3 – Intro
Lesson 3 – Tongue Block Study 1: Walk With Me, Choruses 1-3 Review, Part 1
Lesson 3 – Tongue Block Study 1: Walk With Me, Choruses 1-3 Review, Part 2 continue reading...

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David's Tip of the Day: When in Doubt, Shake

Posted Tue, 08/05/2014 - 07:47 by David Barrett Admin
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The 4 draw shake (alternating between 4 draw and 5 draw) is a sound that universally works anywhere in the blues. So, when in doubt of what to play, shake!

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David's Tip of the Day: Shake, Flutter, Tremolo & Vibrato Frequency - Part 2

Posted Mon, 06/17/2013 - 08:25 by David Barrett Admin
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If you listened to "My Blues" (Bending Study 4) very carefully you would have noticed that the tremolo, vibrato and flutter techniques did not lock to the beat in a simple way... like 2, 3 or 4 pieces to the beat. In other words, if a transcription artist didn't know anything about the harmonica, if you were to play your tremolo, vibrato or flutter as a triplet rhythm for example, they may actuality write the pitch that you're doing a tremolo, vibrato or flutter on as individual notes. continue reading...

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