Posts Tagged ‘First Position’
Learning To Blow A single Note Harmonica Lesson
September 22, 2010 | 
Author This Harmonica lesson for beginners shows you how to make a single note on the harmonica. This is the first ordeal for the would be harmonica player. Watch this video and with a little patience you can be blowing a single note in no time at all.
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Harmonica Set For Beginners
A begining harmonica player who has mastered the nack of nailing a single note now needs a harmonica set. Chances are you already have a diatonic harmonica in the key of ‘C’. Whilst there are advanced players who can get a full chromatic scale out of one ‘C’ harmonica this requires a lot of skill and is generally impractical, but for a modest outlay compared to buying any other form of instrument …
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Jamming To Wish You Were Here In First Position G Harmonica
When starting out on the harmonica it pays to practise jamming to a diverse number of classics. So many beginners give up in frustration because they cannot bend a note and the harmonica is put down as one of those I tried it once experiences. Alternatively they manage a couple of bends after a while and get bored of everything sounding samey ‘da da da duh’ followed by ‘Woke up this morning… etc.’. Also they hear the perfection of ‘Blues’ or ‘Country’ harmonica masters and despair of ever being or sounding original. Here is the inspirational cure.
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- Big Road Blues Show 5/12/13: Good Scuffler Blues – Sideman Blues Part IIShow Notes: Tampa Red A few months back I did a show called “Sideman Blues” where we shined the light on some superb session musicians who backed blues artists in the pre-war era. On today's sequel to that show we focus on some of the stars of the pre-war blues era who were also active […]
- Big Road Blues Show 5/5/13: Sure Makes A Man Feel Bad – Field Recordings From The 1960's & 70'sShow Notes: Read Liner Notes (PDF) On today's show we spotlight some remarkable field recordings from the 1960's and 70's. During the first hour we play recordings made in Texas prisons in the 60's by scholar Bruce Jackson. Jackson is a professor in the University of Buffalo's Department of English and has written or edited […]
- Big Road Blues Show 4/28/13: Come On Baby, Take A Little Swing With Me – Down South BluesShow Notes: Come on baby take a little swing with me (2x) We gonna jump awhile, 'cause things ain't what they used to be (Papa Lightfoot, Jump The Boogie) Read Liner Notes Today's show spotlights a batch of rough and tumble blues artists who cut some great down-home blues records in the South during the […]
- Big Road Blues Show 4/21/13: Mix ShowShow Notes: Jimmy Dawkins A wide ranging mix show on tap for today. We open up with the sad news of the passing of Jimmy Dawkins. As the years roll on and more and more blues artists pass I realize I'm grateful I am that I go to see many of them. I only saw […]
- Big Road Blues Show 4/14/13: Shake 'Em On Down – Great Out of Print Records II (Bluesville)Show Notes: Read Liner Notes From 1949 through 1971, Prestige Records, owned and run by Bob Weinstock, was among the most famous and successful of the independent jazz labels. By the late 50's the company was looking to branch out and new categories were created within the Prestige catalog. There was the Folklore series, there […]
