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Just released today... think of it as earning a Black Belt for the Blues Harmonica. Two years of work has gone into this... my focus is to help students of BluesHarmonica navigate the material through the site and motivate you along the way. Best wishes to everyone as you advance through the levels! http://www.bluesharmonica.com/levels-of-achievement

In this submission I ask Mark to share his experiences writing the book "Big Road Blues."

Joe Filisko has three more videos for you on the Train Imitation...

Train Imitation: Rhythm, Part 2 - Cruising Speed (A Harmonica)
Train Imitation: Train Example - Basic (A Harmonica)
Train Imitation: Train Example - Including Effects (A Harmonica)

In this lesson we study how to approach playing horn lines and organ padding on the harmonica. This study brings a new slow blues jam track and full-length study song, this time a uptempo boogie with vocals and extended solos (solo based on Little Walter-style phrasing). This lesson is for intermediate skill level players. You'll need an A Harmonica for this study. continue reading...

Good morning everyone in BluesHarmonica.com land! You may have noticed the cool looking harmonica badges below your profile picture, both in forum posts and on your control panel. You might also run across some fellow members that have some of the holes colored in on their harmonicas. These are volunteer students going through and testing all that's involved for a new system called Levels of Achievement. In about a month's time the program will officially release and I'll share in full detail what the system involves at that time. continue reading...

I just posted Ryan's first series of videos for Lesson 17. He'll be in again next week for the rest of his lesson, but I thought you would enjoy seeing this part since I've finished editing it.

Lesson 17 - Equipment: Lone Wolf Delay
Lesson 17 - Equipment: Lone Wolf Harp Attack
Lesson 17 - Equipment: Harp Amp
Lesson 17 - Equipment: Kay Amp
Lesson 17 - Equipment: Final Thoughts

Join Gary Smith and I as we dig into the accompaniment study song "Used To Be My Baby." This will be our study song for horn lines and organ padding down to the road. Videos include:

Gary Smith Submission #38 - Acc Lessons: Intro
Gary Smith Submission #38 - Acc Lessons: More on Approach
Gary Smith Submission #38 - Acc Lessons: Used To Be My Baby, Part 1
Gary Smith Submission #38 - Acc Lessons: Used To Be My Baby, Part 2
Gary Smith Submission #38 - Acc Lessons: Used To Be My Baby, Part 3
Gary Smith Submission #38 - Acc Lessons: Used To Be My Baby, Gary Plays continue reading...

In this video Joe outlines the rules/guidelines of Train Imitations

Joe Filisko continues his lessons on the train imitation with two videos today.

In this lesson we continue our studies of Hole Changes, this time with the use of bending to make our harmonica more complete across its range. We'll also spend time on how to use the bluesy flat-7th of each chord... as well as the less-common 6th. "Blues Creapin' Over Me" comes back again, this time as Version 2 with very bluesy bends, fills and a solo influenced by our Bending Study 4 song, "My Blues." This lesson is for intermediate skill level players. You'll need an A and C Harmonica for this study. continue reading...