Like pretty much everything this year, plans for the annual Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica (SPAH) conference were thrown into turmoil…
During the last few weeks I’ve put a huge amount of time into writing an “introduction” to harp mics. As usually happens, something I think…
We are living in a golden age of harmonica teaching. I know I bang on about Joe Filisko a lot (and posted a link to…
I’ve put together a PDF (I suppose you could call it an ebook, if you wanted to be fancy) of “easy” folk songs for beginner…
Here’s the first installment of a short series of beginners guide to the 12 bar blues. This one discusses counting through the form and identifying…
It’s conventional for beginner harmonica players to start with a C harmonica. There are some good reasons for this, which I’ll explore below. Often people…
I’ve written a little guide to practicing effectively called Practicing for Success. I say “little”, but as usual with this sort of thing it started…
Part five of the Chromatic Chronicles series in which I apply David Barrett’s chorus form concept to lick from the study song No Sweat. Please…
Since I have a few days away from the day job I’ve had time to throw this together. A little explanation of three different approaches…
This is another resource for players who already have a bit of knowledge and experience under their belts (I will do some beginner stuff soon…