What's New!

I just put together a small position chart (1st, 2nd and 3rd Position) for you to print out and place into your harp case. Visit any of the 3rd Position Study lesson pages and click (or right click... or control click if you want to save it to your computer) on the bottom PDF file of the Support Material list.

For those coming to the the Harmonica Masterclass Workshop in May, we're going to do an amp blowout Thursday night! If you're coming you'll get a chance to try these amps as well all the different types of mics. Here's the list so far of the amps we'll have (and more coming)...

LARGE AMPS
Harp King 6x10 - Mark
Harp King 4x10 - Mark
Reissue Bassman (P10R) - Mark
Reissue Bassman (Original) - Kinya
MegaTone WEZO-45 - David
Sonny I 4x8 - Kinya
Sonny 4x10 - Dennis
Cruncher - Gary
Meteor - Dick/Jim
Super Reverb (Paul Butterfield's) - Kinya

MEDIUM AMPS continue reading...

Some of you may have noticed that on most of the lesson pages there's a PDF download explaining my notation system (Notation Key.pdf). I just wanted to drop you all a note that it's been updated. One of the main updates is that if a technique or concept referenced is in a bluesharmonica.com lesson, it will link to that page of the site. On the last page I have also included a C Harmonica note layout (with all bends), a chromatic harmonica note layout and a twelve bar blues progression reference. continue reading...

The new William Clarke CD is finally out. You can purchase it at: http://www.bluebeatmusic.com/product_info.php?products_id=17319&osCsid=2...

If you don't have any William Clarke, I recommend you pick up one of his Alligator releases as well. This new release is great, but the sound quality is much better on the studio releases.

Welcome to Kinya Pollard (the HarpSmith) to the BluesHarmonica.com community! Kinya is a leading expert in the education of harmonica customizing. Ask questions regarding care & maintenance, setups, tuning and customization.

I've been producing and teaching Harmonica Masterclass Workshops around the words for almost 20 years... CA, TX, FL, NY, NJ, HI, Japan, Germany... giving students the opportunity to work with the best blues harmonica instructors and artists in the world. continue reading...

You may have already noticed the new ARTIST STUDY category. Every couple of month's I'll transcribe an artist's song and teach you how to play it. This William Clarke study is for advanced players, but as time goes on you'll see studies for other skill level players. Enjoy!

3rd Position Study 3 is now up... incuding bending in 3rd Position... specifically how to use bending with a major feel on the lower four holes

Gary Smith's new Submission is up - Learn some of Gary's favorite Little Walter licks (PS, there's an issue with the backing music and amp... I can't fix it for this submission, but will record it diferently for future submissions... sorry).

Mark Hummel's new Submission is up - Listen to Mark speak of his favorite albums, tell a great uplifting story and a tip of the month.

I just posted some videos in the FAQ section on how to incorporate tongue blocking (TB) into your playing if you've already been playing a while in a pucker. Just a quick note... you can be a GREAT player only using the pucker method... but... adding TB to your playing just gives you more options to express yourself.

Welcome Expert Winslow Yerxa to the BluesHarmonica.com team! I've known Winslow for fifteen years and there's no other person in the harmonica world that comes to mind that is more knowledgeable about all things harmonica. My expertise is in blues harmonica... bringing Winslow to the team will help all of the players out there interested other styles as well.