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In this submission Gary Smith answers questions from students of BluesHarmonica.com

If you have the opportunity to join me in Trossingen, Germany this year for the 9th Annual Harmonica Masters Workshops I’ll be teaching classes on: Blues Jam Training; Blues Openings, Endings and Breaks; and Blues Harmonica Instrumental Songwriting. Besides classes with myself, Steve Baker, Joe Filisko and others, you’ll have the opportunity to participate in the Hohner Service Workshop, Jam Sessions, evening Concerts and tour both the German Harmonica & Accordion Museum and the Hohner Factory. For more information visit harmonica-masters.de. See you there! continue reading...

It was fantastic to see so many of you from BluesHarmonica.com at the 20th Anniversary Workshop! I enjoyed getting to know each of you and having you in my classes and performances. I look forward to seeing all that can come to SPAH (http://spah.org) in August. Have a great week!

In this submission Gary Smith brings up and answers the questions he's commonly asked by harp players. Gary does a call-out for more questions, so you can now ask him in the "Ask Gary" portion of the website and he'll answer these questions on camera.

Submission #45 – Common Questions: Tone
Submission #45 – Common Questions: Two Types of Tone
Submission #45 – Common Questions: Bullet Mic Technique
Submission #45 – Common Questions: Vibrato & Flutter
Submission #45 – Common Questions: Band

To make Joe Filisko's increasing series of lessons easier to navigate we've given him his own section, accessible by clicking on his photo at top-center. His latest lesson is on D.H. Bert Bilbro, found in the "Train Imitation Study 2 - Artist Studies" lesson.

Join me for Intermediate Student Ryan Walker's latest lesson, where we cover chord qualities, solo harmonica playing, V-IV-I licks, the Blues Break and his new study song "The Split," where we focus on octaves,

Lesson 24 - Theory Study 3: Chord Qualities, Part 1
Lesson 24 - Theory Study 3: Chord Qualities, Part 2
Lesson 24 - Theory Study 3: Chord Qualities, Part 3
Lesson 24 - Theory Study 3: Chord Qualities, Part 4
Lesson 24 - Solo Harmonica Study 3: Ex. 1.5
Lesson 24 - Improvising Study 4: Section 4, Ex. 9-13
Lesson 24 - Improvising Study 4: Section 4, Ex. 14-17 continue reading...

Born in 1945 in New London, Connecticut, Magic Dick arrived in post-war America to the Atomic Bomb, World Peace, Bebop and Rhythm & Blues. Dynamic change and growth in the arts and technology would be the hallmark of this era and by the time he was eight Dick knew that music, painting and physics would be his primary interests. continue reading...

Join Joe Filisko for his latest lesson on train imitations. In this video series he goes into a detailed artist study of the great DeFord Bailey.

In this newsletter we dig into Kim Wilson’s most requested blues harmonica instrumental “Lowdown,” count down the weeks to the 20th Anniversary Harmonica Masterclass Workshop (hope to see you there!) and look at my new MRI Bending Study with Stanford University.

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Harmonica customizing classes with Kinya Pollard (The HarpSmith), Richard Sleigh and Jon M. Harl at the 20th Anniversary Harmonica Masterclass Workshop (4/10-13/2014) http://youtu.be/UYD4JQrrCxU