Online blues harmonica lessons

Now play the same starting note at a...

1) Medium volume... going to a very loud volume and then very soft volume

2) Soft volume... going to a very loud volume and finishing at a medium volume

3) Loud volume... going to a soft volume and finishing at a medium volume

4) Soft volume... going to a very loud volume and back down to very soft

5) Loud volume... going to a very soft volume and back to a very loud volume continue reading...

For those of you using an iPad or iPod and want to watch lesson videos on BluesHarmonica,com, the Puffin Web Browser App By CloudMosa, Inc is a good solution. We're in the process of encoding videos to be iPod and iPad friendly at BluesHarmonica.com, but it's still going to be some time (working on it every night), and this is a good solution until then.

What can I say... the harmonica is portable. Throw it in your shirt pocket and away you go! continue reading...

In this lesson Joe Tartaglia learns how to apply the licks he's learning. We also review the study songs Gary's Blues and Take It Easy Now.

- Checking in after Lesson 26 Video
- Lesson 27 - Introduction and Lesson 26 Review Video
- How to Apply a Lick - Part 1: AAA and AAA with Fills Video
- How to Apply a Lick - Part 2: Hints for Dealing with the I7 and IV7 Video
- How to Apply a Lick - Part 3: AAB and AAB with Fills Video
- How to Apply a Lick - Part 4: A BA C and IV7 Chord Ideas Video
- How to Apply a Lick - Part 5: Review Video
- Review: Take it Easy Now, Chorus 1 Video continue reading...

Your C Major Diatonic Harmonica only contains the notes of the C Major Scale... nothing else (unless you bend... which the harmonica was intended to do). You can play any note and still be staying away from "bad" notes. On top of that, even if you're going for a specific note and miss it, the note to the left and to the right of it are harmonies of what you meant to play... it still sounds great! This also means that if you can't even play a single note well... or you're just a little off on your aim... you're playing in harmony... two notes played together sound great... continue reading...

Join Brandon O. Bailey and I for a journey into the new harmonica style Harpboxing. This is outside the traditional blues focus of BluesHarmonica.com, but I thought you would enjoy this lesson into something completely different. Grab your B-flat harmonica and let's get started! Videos include: Introducing Brandon O. continue reading...

When playing multiple holes on the harmonica, such as holes 1 2 3 in common chugging passages, you have many articulation options to use. Let's start with an awareness of what you use... not everyone has an awareness of what they use to articulate notes or chords. Open the PDF for Solo Harmonica Study 1 and play Ex. 1.2 with any harmonica of choice. What are you using to separate these two chords?

Let's now talk about your new lick in for position...

D Harmonica (2nd Position): 3' 3" 2 1 2 = This is a very doable lick... standard bluesy bending on the harmonica... using all draw notes to achieve maximum bluesy potential with bending... your skill level in bending needs to be high though, so it may not be the right choice. continue reading...