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Improvise Blues Harmonica!
Week 1 - Understanding Rhythm
Introduction (1:56)
Playing On The Beat (2:23)
Playing on the Off-Beat (2:16)
Subdivisions of the beat (1/8th notes) (1:21)
Subdivisions of the beat (Shuffled 1/8th notes) (2:12)
Subdivisions of the beat (Triplets) (1:56)
How To Find the Pulse in a Backing Track (3:28)
Why are we playing the 2 draw? (1:45)
Rhythm Lick 1 (2:18)
Rhythm Lick 2 (1:40)
Rhythm Lick 3 (1:29)
Rhythm Lick 4 (1:59)
Rhythm Lick 5 (1:14)
Rhythm Lick 6 (2:05)
Improvising Rhythmically Using One Note (8:22)
Conclusion (1:30)
Week 1 Challenge
Week 2 - Understanding a 12 Bar Blues Structure
Introduction - Understanding the 12 Bar Blues Structure (1:19)
What is the Structure of a 12 Bar Blues? (2:38)
Practice counting through a 12 Bar Blues - Medium Shuffle in G (6:50)
Practice counting through a 12 Bar Blues - Fast Swing in G (3:04)
Practice counting through a 12 Bar Blues - Slow Blues in G (9:24)
How does the 12 Bar Blues Relate To The Harmonica? (1:17)
Practice the 12 Bar Blues Root Notes (3:07)
Practice the 12 Bar Blues Root Notes over a Fast Swing in G (0:36)
Practice the 12 Bar Blues Root Notes over a Slow Blues in G (1:03)
Improvising Over a 12 Bar Blues Using Root Notes (1:30)
Improvising Over a 12 Bar Blues Using Root Notes - Medium Shuffle in G (5:56)
Improvising Over a 12 Bar Blues Using Root Notes - Fast Swing in G (2:42)
Improvising Over a 12 Bar Blues Using Root Notes - Slow Blues in G (9:04)
Conclusion (1:03)
Week 2 Challenge
Week 3 - Using the Blues Scale
Using The Blues Scale (2:25)
How Does the Blues Scale Relate to the 12 Bar Blues Structure (1:24)
Practicing the Blues Scale (2:48)
Using Notes From the Blues Scale to Pivot Between Chord Tones (3:19)
Improvising Using Small Chunks of the Blues Scale (1:19)
Improvising Using Small Chunks of the Blues Scale - Exercise 1 (5:57)
Improvising Using Small Chunks of the Blues Scale - Exercise 2 (5:57)
Improvising Using Small Chunks of the Blues Scale - Exercise 3 (5:57)
Playing the Blues Scale over a 12 Bar Blues (1:21)
Playing the Blues Scale With Interesting Rhythms (4:23)
Playing the Blues Scale With Interesting Rhythms over Medium Shuffle in G (5:57)
Playing the Blues Scale With Interesting Rhythms over Fast Swing in G (2:42)
Playing the Blues Scale With Interesting Rhythms over Slow Blues in G (9:31)
Conclusion and Homework (0:46)
Week 3 Challenge
Week 4 - Ear Training
Why is it Important to Learn Licks By Ear? (2:02)
Chugging Imitation Exercise (4:38)
Chugging Improvisation Practice (2:37)
One Chord Blues Improvisation (3:13)
Call and Response (1:28)
Call and Response Lick 1 (1:19)
Call and Response Lick 2 (1:07)
Call and Response Lick 3 (1:15)
Call and Response Lick 4 (1:38)
Call and Response Lick 5 (1:13)
Call and Response Lick 6 (1:31)
Practice Call and Response Chugging (2:41)
Transcribing Licks by Ear (2:18)
Ear Training Lick 1 (1:02)
Ear Training Lick 2 (0:32)
Ear Training Lick 3 (0:30)
Ear Training Lick 4 (0:40)
Ear Training Lick 5 (0:31)
Conclusion (1:31)
Week 4 Challenge
Week 5 - Using Licks to Build a Solo
Introduction (3:56)
The Importance of Phrasing (2:02)
Basic 50-50 Phrasing (2:59)
Example Lick 1 (2:11)
Example Lick 2 (1:35)
Example Lick 3 (1:32)
Making Licks Fit the Backing Track (2:06)
AAB Solo Structure (2:23)
ABC Solo Structure (2:40)
Maximising One Lick - Different Ending (2:26)
Maximising One Lick - Chord Tones (2:54)
What’s Going On in the Last Two Bars?? (1:36)
Basic Turnaround 1 (1:29)
Basic Turnaround 2 (1:36)
How to practice Improvisation (2:36)
Week 5 Challenge
How To Find the Pulse in a Backing Track
Ex. Listen to the tracks below and try to count the beat as they play
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