The concluding installment of a two-part lesson on the archetypal foundations of deep blues harmonica by Satan & Adam harpist Adam Gussow. Not just a warrior, you’re also a lover and a painter. If you’d like to purchase a copy of my new solo album, KICK AND STOMP (2010), please hit the following link. Only for 14 tracks of harp-powered one-man band music, all for instant download. Liner notes included!: www.modernbluesharmonica.com For a series of skill-graded video tutorials and tabs focusing on classic blues harmonica repertoire by Sonny Terry, Little Walter, Paul Butterfield, and others, please visit: www.modernbluesharmonica.com
Last in a mini-series, most likely. PLEASE NOTE: You can purchase the CD at www.crossroadsblues.net. If you’d like to purchase a copy of my new solo album, KICK AND STOMP (2010), please hit the following link. Only for 14 tracks of harp-powered one-man band music, all for instant download. Liner notes included!: www.modernbluesharmonica.com For a series of skill-graded video tutorials and tabs focusing on classic blues harmonica repertoire by Sonny Terry, Little Walter, Paul Butterfield, and others, please visit: www.modernbluesharmonica.com
Jungle rhythms, bathtub gin, and white girls gone bad: harpist Adam Gussow evokes the origins of “sinful syncopation,” using analogies from stock car racing, and shows you how to “advance the spark” to boost the horsepower on your own harp playing. www.modernbluesharmonica.com Blues Harmonica Secrets Revealed! DVD www.modernbluesharmonica.com
Note to my subscribers and others who stumble across this self-indulgent blow-fest + shameless commercial pitch: I have mixed feelings about allowing this video to remain public. I took it out of circulation over the weekend. But I’ve decided to keep it up for the time being, as an object lesson in what happens when the trickster-energies run riot. Let this be a warning to bluesmen-in-training. Be cool, baby. Be cool. Here’s my website: www.modernbluesharmonica.com
In this video I show you a way of changing the 12 bar blues sequence and using passing chords to add some interest. Hope this help and please leave a comment
www.fastpianolessons.com The first clip should be the first blues pattern anyone learns because its fairly simple and the pattern gets used over and over in many songs. It also covers 4 variations and how to play some blues notes at the end! Feel free to ask any questions or make suggestions on my blog!
This is a piece of basic blues put together with the more popular riffs out there, melted together in one piece of music for you to learn. Use this as something basic and once you get the hang of it, try improvising on it, people!
First of a two-part series introducing beginning and intermediate players to a central point of discussion within blues harmonica circles. With Adam Gussow. If you’re interested in learning how to play blues harmonica, please visit Gussow’s website: www.modernbluesharmonica.com Gussow’s new solo album, KICK AND STOMP, can be purchased at iTunes, Amazon mp3s, and CD Baby. It’s also available as a download from Gussow’s website http:///www.modernbluesharmonica.com/kick_and_stomp.html
Everything you’ve always wanted to know about glissandos. Gussow (from the duo Satan and Adam) works from the bottom of the harp to the top, offering one or two cool glissed licks for each hole. For a tab sheet that transcribes the glissandos that Gussow demonstrates in this video, go to: www.tradebit.com For a large selection of skill-graded video tutorials focusing on classic blues harmonica repertoire and techniques, please visit: www.modernbluesharmonica.com
Second in a four-part series. Gussow demos a boogie-woogie blues that works through the chord changes with the help of a 4 overblow and several full-step bends. You’ll need an A harp for this one. If you’d like to purchase a copy of my new solo album, KICK AND STOMP (2010), please hit the following link. Only for 14 tracks of harp-powered one-man band music, all for instant download. Liner notes included!: www.modernbluesharmonica.com For a series of skill-graded video tutorials and tabs focusing on classic blues harmonica repertoire by Sonny Terry, Little Walter, Paul Butterfield, and others, please visit: www.modernbluesharmonica.com
