A great way for beginners to learn seven popular folksongs and campfire favorites. Madcat teaches how to hold the instrument for good tone, vibrato, and wah-wah sounds, then moves on to tonguing, and how to combine melody notes with chord accompaniment. Songs include "Oh! Susanna," "Go Tell Aunt Rhody," "Shenandoah," "Down in the Valley," "On Top of Old Smoky," "Polly Wolly Doodle," and "Camptown Races." You'll need a 10-hole harp in the key of C. Includes note/tab booklet. 40 min.
300-DVD195
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$17.95
DVD - BEGINNING BLUES HARP
with Don Baker
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From mastery of the C scale and learning how to play single notes clearly and distinctly to riffs, note bending, triplet tonguing, head rolls, more. Amplification and effects are also covered. The 32 page note/tab booklet contains fully-diagrammed music for each of the 27 exercises, from "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore" to "When the Saints Go Marching In," "Oh Susannah," "Frankie and Johnny," "Kansas City Blues," "Chicago Blues Stomp," more. 88 min.
01-DVD241
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$13.45
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DVD - BEGINNING HARMONICA
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Clear, simple instruction for the beginning/intermediate player. Covers: care & maintenance, proper holding, scales, theory, note bending, flashy licks and endings. Using tab and familiar tunes you will progress to cross harp playing. Learn to add feeling and wail the blues like a pro. Guitar accompaniment for playing along. Several months worth of lessons. Key of "C" ten hole diatonic harmonica. Includes tab booklet. 60 min.
out-of-stock, more coming soon
515-DVD8
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DVD - BUILDING HARMONICA TECHNIQUE, VOLUME 3 & 4
taught by David Barrett
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Includes: 12-bar blues, construction, the IV chord, the V-IV-I transition, turnarounds, constructing your solo, soloing blocks, soloing themes, song forms, phrasing, breath balance, breath patterns, scale combinations, soloing positions, tone, and music theory. Intermediate/advanced. 143 min.
02-DVD99113
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$17.95
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DVD - HARMONICA OF DAVID "HURRICANE" HOERL
taught by David Hoerl
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Let Canada's top harp blower introduce you to some important basic concepts in soloing and backup techniques for the beginner/intermediate harmonica player. Covers: cupping & tone control, vibrato, blowing & drawing chords, single note blocking, tongue blocking, bending notes, warbles, back-up harmonica, cross harp, jam tracks, much more. 60 min.
457-DVD124
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$26.95
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DVD - HARMONICA POWER!: TWO DVD SET - NORTON BUFFALO'S BAG OF TRICKS & BLUES TECHNIQUES
taught by Norton Buffalo
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Contains 300-DVD208 and 300-DVD209. DVD 1 covers the basics for all styles: breathing, tonguing, single-note and chordal playing, bending, vibrato, rhythmic patterns, more. Includes advanced techniques - chord blocking, octave and harmony playing. DVD 2 shows you everything you need to become a blues harp player including note bending, playing and using octaves, intricacies and etiquette of rhythm harmonica, how to use amplification with suggestions about mics, amps, speakers, more. Includes two booklets. 90 & 80 min.
300-DVD209SET
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$44.95
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DVD - INTRODUCTION TO HARMONICA
by Tom Wolf
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From the fundamentals of correct hand and mouth positions Wolf moves on to techniques like vibrato, bending, and crossharp. Teaches scales, chords and songs. 60 min.
56-DVD108
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$8.95
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DVD - JOHN HAMMOND
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John Hammond is one of the most prolific and outstanding solo acoustic blues guitarists on the scene today. In this in-depth interview taped in 1991, you get an inside glimpse of his aspirations, style and technique. In four performances, John demonstrates and discusses his slide guitar technique, finger picking, string dampening, and his unique use of string effects, open tuning and time shifts. He also discusses his vocals and harmonica playing and demonstrates in live performances his riveting vibrato, dynamic voicing, bending and phrasing. Includes note/tab booklet. 60 min.
25-DVD320722
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$17.95
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DVD - JOHN SEBASTIAN TEACHES BLUES HARMONICA
with Jimmy Vivino, guitar
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The Lovin' Spoonful founder teaches all the basics in this jam-along lesson. Starts with how to hold the instrument, then you'll learn your first notes using both the "straight" scale and the blues "cross-harp" mode. Before long you'll be practicing vibrato, note-bending, tonguing, rhythm, train effects, more. At the end of the DVD John sits out while you take over the solos. Beginning/intermediate. Includes note/tab booklet. 80 min.
300-DVD90
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$26.95
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DVD - JUNIOR WELLS - BLUES HARMONICA
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A classic Hot Licks title available once again! Although there's little actual instruction here, you'll enjoy watching Junior sing, play and shout through some of his classic blues songs. He demonstrates cross-harp technique, changing keys, bending, cupping, octaves, vibrato, more, plus assorted advice and stories. A rewarding video that not only teaches blues harp, or "Mississippi Saxophone," as Junior likes to call it, but gives a well-rounded lesson in the blues. 50 min.
01-DVD517
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$22.45
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DVD - PLAY HARMONICA IN ONE HOUR
featuring Bobby Joe Holman
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Gives the clearest and easiest instructions ever for learning the basics of harmonica playing. Covers: holding the harmonica, playing a melody, using chords to enhance your playing, and folk, country and blues styles. No music reading required. You're just an hour away from playing the harmonica! 60 min.
49-DVD320435
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$17.95
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DVD - THE BLUES GUITAR (AND HARMONICA) OF JOHN HAMMOND
hosted by Happy Traum
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Guitarists and harmonica players can now learn how John plays the songs, licks, grooves and soulful solos that make up his dynamic style. He breaks down nearly a dozen songs showing the scales, chords, licks and turnarounds that define country blues, plus how to use the slide and integrate harp into your songs. Songs: "Just Your Fool," "Phonograph Blues," "Hellhound on My Trail," "Terraplane Blues," "Come on in My Kitchen," "Untrue Blues," "Honest I Do," "Drop Down Mama," "Jitterbug Swing," "Come to Find Out" and "Slick Crown Vic." Includes note/tab booklet. 110 min.
300-DVD289
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$26.95
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DVD - THE INS AND OUTS OF RHYTHM HARP - PERCUSSIVE TECHNIQUES FOR BLUES PLAYERS
taught by Peter Madcat Ruth
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Learn the driving rhythms, percussive sounds, and other techniques that help you achieve an authentic sound. Using a series of interactive exercises, Madcat breaks down the complexities of breath control, teaching his own unique system of spoken syllables that will help you create the foot-stomping drive that characterizes so many of the great harmonica players. Beginning/intermediate. Includes note/tab booklet. 60 min.
300-DVD196
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$26.95
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DVD - TOOTS THIELEMANS - THE JAZZ MASTER CLASS SERIES FROM NYU
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The jazz harmonicat in a unique master class setting. Toots performs, talks about his life and work, and instructs and comments on the playing of students. Recorded live on March 16, 2006 at the Museum of Jewish History in New York City. Toots performs: "In Your Own Sweet Way," "The Days of Wine and Roses," "The Dolphin," "Autumn Leaves," "Dolphin Dance" and "Bluesette." 139 min.
49-DVD320786
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$17.95
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