Advanced Intermediate Practice Guides
Advanced Intermediate
Advanced Intermediate Month 1 (Click to go straight there now)
- Opening up upper octave in 2nd position using Major Pentatonic Scale
- Memorise Root Notes of I, IV, V in Upper Octave
- Memorise Note Names of Major Pentatonic Scale across whole range of harmonica
- Get Comfortable jumping between lower and upper octave using call and response licks
- Practice 1/4 note blow tremolos
- Able to play 1/4 note triplets
Advanced Intermediate Month 2 (Click to go straight there now)
- Comfortable playing 1/8th note blow tremolos
- Building up speed using sliding licks in the upper octave
- Jumping I, IV and V chord root notes across whole range of harmonica
Advanced Intermediate Month 3 (Click to go straight there now)
- Triplet Blow Tremolos
- Increased comfort moving around the Major Pentatonic Scale in 2nd position in the upper octave
- Learning how to use the Major Pentatonic Scales and Blues Scales to create sweet melodic phrases contrasted with dark bluesy ones
Advanced Intermediate Month 4 (Click to go straight there now)
Advanced Intermediate Month 5 (Click to go straight there now)
- Ghost chugging
- 1/8th note draw tremolos
- 12 Bar Blues shuffle chugging improvisation as an accompanist and soloist
Advanced Intermediate Month 6 (Click to go straight there now)
- 1/16th Note Major Pentatonic Scale
- Triplet note draw tremolos
- Country Blues Rhythm and Improvisation
Advanced Intermediate Month 7 (Click to go straight there now)
- Tongue-blocking single notes
- Triplet note draw vibrato
Advanced Intermediate Month 8 (Click to go straight there now)
- Switching embouchures at hole 4
- Tongue-blocked bends
- 1/16th note draw vibrato
- Improvising around a hook riff
Advanced Intermediate Month 9 (Click to go straight there now)
- Tongue Slaps
- Tongue Switching
- Reverse Glissandos
Advanced Intermediate Month 10 (Click to go straight there now)
Advanced Intermediate Month 11 (Click to go straight there now)
Advanced Intermediate Month 12 (Click to go straight there now)
- Advanced Intermediate Test Piece