Blues Harmonica #3 Owning the 12-Bar Blues Progression Part 3 of a 3-part, Intermediate Blues series

Do you want to accelerate you ability to play Blues harmonica?

Would you like to learn some really cool-sounding, advanced Blues techniques that will give your playing soul and color?

This video harmonica lesson will teach you the secrets to playing mind-boggling sound effects such as:

1. Hand techniques
2. Head Shakes and Octave Shakes (Little Walter style)
3. The Tongue Switch Shimmer 
4. Bent Throat Vibrato
5. The Growl

When you play harmonica, do you ever have the experience of feeling lost and not knowing what to do next? One of the biggest shortcomings of the majority of intermediate level harmonica players is that they don’t understand how chord progressions work. They find themselves playing the same thing over and over again and often become bored and frustrated.

This video will teach you how to improvise, to create an infinite number of Blues riffs and phrases. First, you will learn to easily play and memorize the most common Blues chord progressions. By doing this, you will create an inner map that will accelerate your progress as a lead harmonica player because you will finally understand how to adapt your soloing to the chord progression.

After completing this video: You will be able to easily play the 10-Bar Blues You will master the 12-Bar Blues and the 12-Bar Blues with a Quick 4 You will play upper register and lower register horn lines in a Blues Boogie You will understand the power of notes of tension and notes of resolution for “climaxing your solo”. You will develop your ability to play the “blue note” as well as the eight available draw bends hidden in the lower register You will know which key harmonica to play for all 12 Blues keys You will play Dominant 7 Arpeggios and understand their importance in improvisation