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Harmonica School - Intermediate Level
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Intermediate Practice Guide Index
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Month 1
Introduction (0:38)
Technique: Blues scale revision (5:32)
Technique: Rhythm Revision (3:56)
Technique: Warm Up (5:15)
Theory: 12 Bar Blues Revision (3:04)
Music: Playing Root Notes Over A 12 Bar Blues (2:14)
Music: Playing A 12 Bar Blues Unaccompanied - Simple (2:19)
Music: Playing A 12 Bar Blues Unaccompanied - With Improvisation (1:56)
Music: 12 Bar Blues - Alternative Root Notes (2:50)
Conclusion (2:18)
What You Need To Practice
Challenge
Month 2
Introduction (1:21)
Technique: Warm-up (3:12)
Technique: Triplet Blocks (4:21)
Technique: Using A Metronome To Practice Speed (4:06)
Technique: Bendy Lick 1 (2:35)
Technique: Bendy Lick 2 (3:05)
Technique: Bendy Lick 3 (3:18)
Technique: Bendy Lick 4 (2:39)
Technique: Bendy Lick 5 (3:45)
Music: Create Your Own Triplet Based Licks (2:20)
Theory: Why Are Triplets Useful For Blues Music (3:13)
Music - PlayingMusic: A 12 Bar Blues With A 3-Draw Half Step Bend As A Pivot Note (4:31)
Conclusion (1:08)
What You Need To Practice
Challenge
Month 3
Introduction (1:03)
Technique: Technique - Hole-skipping (4:46)
Technique: Warm-up (3:19)
Music: Lick Discovery Using The Blues Scale (4:32)
Music: Turn One Lick Into Six - Original (1:44)
Music: Turn One Lick Into Six - Different Ending (2:36)
Music: Turn One Lick Into Six - Stretch (2:53)
Music: Turn One Lick Into Six - Contract (1:59)
Music: Turn One Lick Into Six - Double Notes (2:03)
Music: Turn One Lick Into Six - Chop And Repeat (2:14)
Theory: Different Style Of Blues; One Chord Blues (4:12)
Music: 'Hip Shake' Slim Harpo (2:09)
Music: Improvising Around 'Hip Shake' (2:10)
Music: Bad To The Bone' George Thorogood (1:58)
Music: Improvising Around 'Bad To The Bone' (2:32)
Music: Rollercoaster' Little Walter (1:57)
Music: Improvising Around 'Rollercoaster' (4:02)
Conclusion (0:40)
What You Need To Practice
Challenge
Month 4
Introduction (0:34)
Technique - Warm Up (3:09)
Technique - How to transcribe by ear (4:42)
Music - (Hook-based) Hoochie Coochie Style Blues & Playthrough (1:55)
Music - Hook riff (2:09)
Music - Lick 1 (1:23)
Music - Lick 2 (1:32)
Music - Lick 3 (1:42)
Music - Lick 4 (1:17)
Music - Lick 5 (2:07)
Music - Lick 6 (1:53)
Music - Lick 7 (1:42)
Music - Lick 8 (4:03)
Music - Lick 9 (2:52)
Music - Lick 10 (1:24)
Music - Lick 11 (1:24)
Music - Lick 12 (1:44)
Music - Turnaround (1:34)
Music - Putting it all together (3:59)
Music - Improvise Around Hoochie Coochie Blues (5:18)
Conclusion (1:04)
Bonus - How to write your own tab (2:07)
What You Need To Practice
Challenge
Month 5
Introduction (0:52)
Music - Show Whether Ear Training Licks Were Correct Or Not (4:17)
Music - More Ear Training Licks (0:53)
Technique - Inside Out Blues Scale (3:40)
Technique - Warm Up (3:10)
Technique - How To Play Tongue Blocked Octaves (6:12)
Music - 12 Bar Blues With Tongue-blocked Octave Root Notes (5:25)
Music - Easiest Way To Start Using Tongue-blocked Octaves (1:47)
Music - 8 Bar Blues (Key To The Highway Style) (1:57)
Music - Map Of The Road - Lick 1 (1:51)
Music - Map Of The Road - Lick 2 (2:04)
Music - Map Of The Road - Lick 3 (2:52)
Music - Map Of The Road - Turnaround (1:41)
Music - Map Of The Road - Putting It All Together (4:01)
Music - Improvising Over An 8 Bar Blues (3:06)
Conclusion (1:23)
What You Need To Practice
Challenge
Month 6
Introduction (0:37)
Technique - Inside Out Blues Scale With Eighth Notes (3:53)
Technique - Warm Up (3:09)
Music - Ear Training Licks From Last Month (4:28)
Music - Playing With A Singer (Demo And Initial Thoughts) (2:08)
Music - Playing With A Singer (Listening For The Gaps) (6:20)
Music - Playing With A Singer (Call And Response) (6:32)
Music - Playing Underneath A Singer (3:41)
Music - Playing With A Singer (Improvisation) (2:40)
Theory - How To Turn Single Notes Into Octaves (1:46)
Music - Converting Single Note Licks Into Octave Licks (Lick 1) (1:44)
Music - Converting Single Note Licks Into Octave Licks (Lick 2) (2:00)
Music - Converting Single Note Licks Into Octave Licks (Lick 3) (2:14)
Theory - The b7 Tongue Split (2:26)
Theory - How To Work Out What Key The Band Are Playing In (8:26)
Conclusion (1:25)
What You Need To Practice
Challenge
Month 7
Introduction (1:15)
Music - Answers To Last Month's Key Finding Challenge (3:46)
Technique - Hand Wah (5:38)
Technique - How To Practice Hand Wah (5:18)
Technique - Warm Up (4:17)
Theory - Thinking In Numbers And What Does The I, IV, V Actually Mean? (3:16)
Theory - Introduction to Chord Tones (2:53)
Music - Chord Tone Bassline (The Box Shuffle) (1:04)
Music - Chord Tone Bassline (I Chord) (2:03)
Music - Chord Tone Bassline (IV Chord) (1:39)
Music - Chord Tone Bassline (V Chord) (1:08)
Music - Chord Tone Bassline (Putting It All Together) (4:34)
Music - Slow Blues (Introduction) (2:08)
Music - Slow Blues (Lick 1) (4:30)
Music - Slow Blues (Lick 2) (3:55)
Music - Slow Blues (Lick 3) (3:45)
Music - Slow Blues (Turnaround) (2:48)
Music - Slow Blues (Putting It All Together) (4:13)
Conclusion (2:07)
What You Need To Practice
Challenge
Month 8
Introduction (1:03)
Technique - Practicing Your 3 Draw Whole Step Bend (7:10)
Theory - Major Pentatonic Scale (4:10)
Technique - Warm Up (1:59)
Music - I've Got Some Major Blues (Introduction) (1:04)
Music - I've Got Some Major Blues (Lick 1) (2:54)
Music - I've Got Some Major Blues (Lick 2) (2:34)
Music - I've Got Some Major Blues (Lick 3) (3:02)
Music - I've Got Some Major Blues (Turnaround) (1:49)
Music - I've Got Some Major Blues (Putting It All Together) (3:29)
Music - Boogie Bass Line (Introduction) (0:55)
Music - Boogie Bass Line (I Chord) (2:57)
Music - Boogie Bass Line (IV Chord) (2:40)
Music - Boogie Bass Line (V Chord & IV Chord) (2:51)
Music - Boogie Bass Line (Putting It All Together) (3:43)
Music - Boogie Bass Line Improvisation (Introduction) (2:04)
Music - Boogie Bass Line (Play Together) (3:34)
Conclusion (1:42)
What You Need To Practice
Challenge
Month 9
Introduction (1:15)
Theory - 1:16th Notes (6:07)
Music - Fast 1:16th Note Patterns (Lick 1) (3:01)
Music - Fast 1:16th Note Patterns (Lick 2) (2:11)
Music - Fast 1:16th Note Patterns (Lick 3) (1:50)
Music - Fast 1:16th Note Patterns (Lick 4) (5:23)
Technique - Testing Your Rhythmic Knowledge (4:48)
Technique - Warm Up (2:51)
Music - Rhumba Style Blues (Introduction) (0:52)
Music - Rhumba Style Blues (I Chord) (3:21)
Music - Rhumba Style Blues (IV Chord) (2:31)
Music - Rhumba Style Blues (V Chord - IV Chord) (3:44)
Music - Rhumba Style Blues (Turnaround) (1:28)
Music - Rhumba Style Blues (Putting It All Together) (3:50)
Music - Finding Space To Improvise In Between Repeating Patterns (5:12)
Strategy - Maintaining Repertoire (3:01)
Conclusion (1:29)
What You Need To Practice
Challenge
Month 10
Introduction (1:32)
Technique - Warm Up (2:57)
Strategy - Improvising Using Major Pentatonic and Blues Scales Over a 12 Bar Blues (Scales Over Specific Chords) (3:27)
Music - Blues Scale Over The I Chord, Major Over The IV Chord (Holes 4, 5 and 6) (5:27)
Music - Blues Scale Over The I Chord, Major Over The IV Chord (Holes 2, 3 and 4) (4:04)
Music - Guided Improvisation (Specific Scales Over Specific Chords) (1:03)
Theory - Notes From Each Scale In The I, IV And V Chords (3:48)
Music - Mixing Major Pentatonic And Blues Scale Over A 12 Bar Blues (Introduction) (0:56)
Music - Mixing Major Pentatonic And Blues Scale Over A 12 Bar Blues (Lick 1) (3:14)
Music - Mixing Major Pentatonic And Blues Scale Over A 12 Bar Blues (Lick 2) (3:31)
Music - Mixing Major Pentatonic And Blues Scale Over A 12 Bar Blues (Lick 3) (3:27)
Music - Mixing Major Pentatonic And Blues Scale Over A 12 Bar Blues (Turnaround) (0:57)
Music - Mixing Major Pentatonic And Blues Scale Over A 12 Bar Blues (Putting It All Together) (2:48)
Strategy - Learning An Entire Piece Off By Heart And How To Do It (6:38)
Conclusion (1:00)
What You Need To Practice
Challenge
Month 11
Introduction (0:49)
Strategy - Building Speed And Lightness Of Touch (2:59)
Technique - Fast Repeating Blocks (Lick 1) (4:13)
Technique - Fast Repeating Blocks (Lick 2) (2:09)
Technique - Fast Repeating Blocks (Lick 3) (1:51)
Technique - Fast Repeating Blocks (Lick 4) (1:55)
Technique - Triplet Blues Scale Patterns (3:40)
Technique - Warm Up (2:29)
Music - Flashy Blues (Introduction) (1:31)
Music - Flashy Blues (Lick 1) (2:36)
Music - Flashy Blues (Lick 2) (1:16)
Music - Flashy Blues (Lick 3) (2:24)
Music - Flashy Blues (Lick 4) (1:44)
Music - Flashy Blues (Lick 5) (1:23)
Music - Flashy Blues (Lick 6) (1:41)
Music - Flashy Blues (Lick 7) (1:37)
Music - Flashy Blues (Turnaround) (1:58)
Music - Flashy Blues (Putting It All Together) (3:17)
Conclusion (1:12)
What You Need To Practice
Challenge
Month 12
Introduction (0:45)
Technique - Warm Up (3:18)
Music - Test (Introduction) (2:51)
Music - Test (Lick 1) (2:26)
Music - Test (Lick 2) (2:06)
Music - Test (Lick 3) (1:44)
Music - Test (Turnaround 1) (2:16)
Music - Test (Lick 5) (2:08)
Music - Test (Lick 6) (3:27)
Music - Test (Lick 7) (3:06)
Music - Test (Lick 8) (1:58)
Music - Test (Lick 9) (2:28)
Music - Test (Turnaround 2) (2:53)
Theory - The Difference Between A Turnaround And An Ending (3:16)
Music - Test (Improvising Around The Theme) (4:39)
Music - Test (Putting It All Together) (6:26)
Conclusion (2:42)
Challenge
Theory - Notes From Each Scale In The I, IV And V Chords
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