This has been around for a while but it’s an absolute treasure trove of early harmonica recordings so I felt it worth posting. Joe Filisko…
I had the massive pleasure of supporting The Small Change Diaries at the launch of their new album a couple of weeks ago. I did…
I’ve been playing with Music Note Sight Reading Trainer. It’s a very simple and very effective app for iOS that “gamifys” the often daunting task…
So far we’ve been looking at playing the major scale. We’ve been playing in the key of C on a C harmonica – exactly what…
In previous posts we’ve looked at the major scale and how it’s built out of notes in the chromatic scale. We’ve also seen that we…
(Note: The purpose of this post is not to teach about five hole octaves. It’s simply a tip for those already starting to use them…
We’ve been working this traditional gospel tune up as a High Hollers number but I think it works quite well as a solo harmonica piece…
This morning I’ve rebuilt an old Special 20 of mine for a student. A multitude of issues can be solved by simply disassembling, cleaning and…
Grant Dermody is absolutely one of my favourite living harmonica players and – by all accounts – fine gentleman. I’ve watched this clip with Frank…
Last time we defined the major scale and discussed how it’s built. Now we’re going to add another way of thinking about and referring to…