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This Repertoire Builder song "Passin’ Time" does not teach you any new techniques, but places into context what you've worked hard to learn in Bending and Tongue Blocking studies 3 (after LOA-L4). This song will continue to work these techniques, along with giving you a fun song to play that contains valuable lick vocabulary for your improvising. The groove of this song is based on Jimmy Reed's "Big Boss Man" and Tommy Tucker's "Hi-Heel Sneakers." There are some very cool speed licks that traverse the range of the harmonica in this very melodic song. continue reading...