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Join Gary Smith and I as we explore the subject of Movement Exercises in the form of Patterns. Videos Include: Submission #33 - Movement Exercises: Patterns Introduction; Submission #33 - Movement Exercises: Pattern 1; Submission #33 - Movement Exercises: Pattern 2; Submission #33 - Movement Exercises: Pattern 3

Join Mark Hummel for his latest submission focusing on how to use the hands.

Contributor Mark Hummel at BluesHarmonica.com just released his book "Big Road Blues - 12 Bars on I-80" and it's a real fun read. Mark shares his stories of the road and insights about the artists he's shared the stage and greenroom with. For more information visit http://www.markhummel.com/book.html To purchase a copy, go to Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Big-Road-Blues-12-Bars-I-80/dp/0578097672

In this lesson you'll learn how to move around the entire range of your harmonica using your home scale (A Major Scale on your A Major Harmonica). We'll dig into Movement and Breath Patterns as well as how you can use your jaw to facilitate greater ease of motion and speed in your playing. This is lesson will benefit all skill levels of players. You'll need an Harmonica for this study (advanced players will also need the B-Flat Harmonica). continue reading...

Join me for our sixth lesson on Music Theory for the Blues Harmonica Player, where we explore how to deal with non-12 Bar Blues Changes. In this lesson we cover Chord Voicings, 12 Bar Blues, 8 Bar Blues, 16 Bar Blues, 20 bar Blues, 24 Bar Blues and how to figure out and deal with songs that are outside the standard form. For your convenience I've pulled some of the audio from the video examples and saved them as MP3s for you to practice with on your own. I hope you enjoy and get as much out of this lesson as I did! continue reading...

AllMusic.com states about Tad, "Tad Robinson would have fit in snugly with the blue-eyed soul singers of the 1960s. His vocals virtually reeking of soul, he's capable of delving into a straight-ahead Little Walter shuffle or delivering a vintage O.V. Wright R&B ballad. Add his songwriting skills and exceptional harp technique and you have quite the total package. Robinson grew up in New York City on a nutritious diet of Stax, Motown, and Top 40, digging everyone from Otis Redding and Arthur Alexander to Eric Burdon and Joe Cocker. continue reading...

Join Intermediate Student Ryan Walker as we practice all of the elements to prepare him for performance of his three tunes. At the end of the lesson we have actual footage of his rehearsal with the School of the Blues Student House Band. In this lesson we also get to know holes 4 and 5 on the chromatic harmonica.

Videos Include:
Lesson 10 - Introduction
Lesson 10 - Opening & Ending Practice: The Strut, Part 1
Lesson 10 - Opening & Ending Practice: The Strut, Part 2
Lesson 10 - Opening & Ending Practice: Take It Easy Now
Lesson 10 - Opening & Ending Practice: Gary’s Blues continue reading...

Welcome harp mic expert Greg Heumann to the BluesHarmonica.com community! Greg is highly knowledgeable about classic microphones, their customizations and has shown innovation for years in the designing and manufacturing of new solutions for the amplified harmonica. If you would like to ask him a question, post a question to him on his portion of the forum. You can learn more about Greg at his company website Blows Me Away Productions http://blowsmeaway.com

Join me for an interview with respected blues harmonica player and customizer Joe Spiers. In this interview we speak of what's commonly done to a harmonica to make it play better, the levels of customization and the "do's and "dont's" of playing a finely adjusted instrument. Joe also speaks of being certified by Joe Filisko through the HOHNER AFFILIATED CUSTOMIZERS PROGRAM. This interview was held in August of 2012 in Dallas, Texas.

Videos Include:
Introduction to Joe Spiers
What Makes a Good Playing Harmonica, Part 1
What Makes a Good Playing Harmonica, Part 2 continue reading...

Join Mark Hummel for his latest submission covering how to construct a balanced set list.