Warm Up

Blues Harmonica Foundation

Harmonica Foundations - Week 1

Introduction (0:45)
What Kind of Harmonica Do You Need? (1:22)
How To Hold The Harmonica (1:00)
How To Breathe Correctly (2:19)
Playing Chords (1:33)
Tapping Your Foot in Time (1:01)
Train Rhythm (Play-Through) (0:40)
Train Rhythm (Nu-Ka-Tu-Ka) (3:55)
Train Whistle (2:01)
Hand Wah (1:44)
Train Whistle Breathing (2:16)
Train Rhythm (Putting It All Together) (3:02)
Train Rhythm (Ti-ka-ta Ta-ka-ta) (2:17)
Cool Train Rhythm Example!
Conclusion

Harmonica Foundations - Week 2

Introduction (1:07)
Warm Up (1:34)
Singling Out Notes By Lip Pursing (4:22)
Breathing Naturally For Clean Notes (2:54)
Moving Around With Your Hands Not Your Head (2:48)
Reading Harmonica Tab and Playing a C Major Scale (3:52)
Auld Lang Syne (Play-through) (1:03)
Auld Lang Syne - Lick 1 (1:41)
Auld Lang Syne - Lick 2 (1:09)
Auld Lang Syne - Lick 3 (0:56)
Auld Lang Syne - Lick 4 (1:00)
Auld Lang Syne - Putting It All Together (1:31)
Why Do My High Notes Not Work? (1:28)
Conclusion

Harmonica Foundations - Week 3

Introduction (0:53)
Warm Up (2:17)
Eighth Notes (2:12)
The Off Beat (1:40)
Chugging Call And Response (Play-through) (1:11)
Chugging Call And Response (Chugging) (1:30)
Chugging Call And Response - Lick 1 (1:19)
Chugging Call And Response - Lick 2 (2:03)
Chugging Call And Response - Lick 3 (2:15)
Chugging Call And Response - Lick 4 (3:19)
Chugging Call And Response - Lick 5 (2:08)
Chugging Call And Response - Lick 6 (3:33)
Chugging Call And Response (Putting it all together) (1:28)
Conclusion

Harmonica Foundations - Week 4

Introduction (0:29)
Warm Up (2:08)
What Is A 12 Bar Blues (3:22)
What Is 2nd Position? (2:58)
12 Bar Blues Foundation (Play-through) (0:57)
12 Bar Blues Foundations - Lick 1 (1:18)
12 Bar Blues Foundations - Lick 2 (1:03)
12 Bar Blues Foundations - Lick 3 (1:31)
12 Bar Blues Foundation (Putting it all together) (1:57)
Simple Blues Lick (1:05)
Simple Blues Lick Over 12 Bar Blues Backing Track (1:45)
Blues Improvisation (5:39)
Conclusion