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
Gussow demos and dissects the head for Muddy Waters’s “Walking Through the Park,” which is played on an E harp–an uncommon key–and which modulates from a cha-cha groove to a shuffle groove near the end. If you’re interested in learning more about the blues harp from a player/teacher who knows how to explain tricky concepts in straightforward language, please check out “the store” at Modern Blues Harmonica: www.modernbluesharmonica.com
Adam Gussow talks about how one professional deals with the professional challenge posed by the presence of other, better players–and how you, too, can allow yourself to be inspired rather than depressed by the superior talents that surround you. Also: Gussow debuts an unreleased Satan & Adam track from the HARLEM BLUES sessions and shows you the harp part. The Store at Modern Blues Harmonica: www.modernbluesharmonica.com
Part II of a two-part analysis of a song from Satan and Adam’s 1991 album HARLEM BLUES. Gussow plays the head, slows and dissects the second chorus, discusses the proximity effect, and notes the importance of “cough” articulations. Power harp for the new millennium. 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
After losing the beat while improvising along with Herbie Hancock’s hard-bop classic, Gussow–tragically diminished harp prodigy from blues duo Satan and Adam–offers a lesson on how to steal soloing ideas from other horn players, and how to develop the technique needed to fully realize them. Phrasing, sixteenth notes, and chord tones. 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, including “Watermelon Man,” please visit: www.modernbluesharmonica.com
The first of a multi-part series in which Adam Gussow (of Satan and Adam) shows you how to rip keys, grooves, and melodic ideas off of CDs. (www.crossroadsblues.net) 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
Final installment of a four-part series. Harpist Gussow, working with Herbie Hancock’s original recording, shows how intensitve listening–in this case, to trumpet and sax–can benefit the blues harmonicist in search of new directions. 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, including “Watermelon Man,” please visit: www.modernbluesharmonica.com
Adding holes 7-10 to your melodic repertoire. Basic boogie-woogie blues patterns on the upper octave. 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
Final tune-up before Gussow takes the show on the road. Quick-hit lesson on how to use the 3 blow like a juke-joint pro. 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
