George "Harmonica" Smith

Join me for an Artist Study of one of our four great post war Chicago Blues fathers, George "Harmonica" Smith. It's generally accepted that George was the greatest Blues chromatic harmonica player of his time, and that's what our focus is for this lesson. The majority of the licks used in this study song "Swingin' with George" comes from George Smith, providing you with great vocabulary for you to study and draw upon for your own improvising.

Artist Studies are not part of the formal lesson plans on the site... you don't send in recordings for review... but you can of course ask me any questions you may have in the forum. I provide these Artist Studies as a bonus to you for your LOA accomplishment. The study of these songs will add insight into our great players of the past and present and of course will provide you with great lick vocabulary for your improvising. Due to this being based an artist's masterworks, there may be sections that are above your current skill level, but as you continue your studies within the LOA program, you'll no doubt be able to play everything within this great song some day.

You need the C Chromatic (12 or 16-hole) for this study.