Learn how to play strong, clear single notes. Also covers vibrato.
How to play root notes on the harmonica. A look at the three root notes that make up the rudiments of a standard 12 bar blues and how they ...more
How to play Advanced Bending on the Harmonica (A Harp played in 2nd position). An overview of which draw holes bend,how much and the ...more
How to play train songs and the fox chase on the harmonica. (G Harmonica) The best guys for this are Joe filisko, Richard Sleigh, Grant ...more
How to play the harmonica in the third position/Dorian 014. C harp played in D minor and discussed.
In a two-part lesson on a drone-blues riff from the streets of Harlem. Also, news about the FIRST extended Satan and Adam recording made on ...more
In a two part series Gussow gives an introduction to the fine art of singing, blowing harp fills, and keeping a strong beat, on a key of C ...more
Satan and Adam harpist Gussow discusses the importance of slowing down, counting time with your foot, leaving space for the out breath ...more
Adam Gussow (of Satan and Adam) plays the opening riff of Mr. Satan's "Mother Mojo," then slows and dissects it, with side notes on how to ...more
A three-part lesson in how to count and play your way through 12-bar blues changes on your harmonica. Required: a copy of "Harp Attack," a ...more
Overblows! A quick-hit lesson on what they are, how to play them, and how to set up your harmonica to make them easier to play. Brief demo ...more
Adam Gussow (of Satan and Adam) explains the blues scale and offers practice tips and inspiration to the harp player in search of ...more
After a little "free blowing" warm-up, Gussow (of Satan and Adam) puts his harmonica under the spotlights and explains how to adjust and ...more
Ten key principles for blues harmonica improvisation, offered by harpist Adam Gussow. The first 8 are discussed here; the final 2 will be ...more
An intensive analysis of the "blue third," a quarter-tone that lies somewhere between the major and minor third and is a key constituent of ...more
Jungle rhythms, bathtub gin, and white girls gone bad: harpist Adam Gussow evokes the origins of "sinful syncopation," using analogies from ...more
In a three part series on how to blow harp through 12-bar blues changes, moving one particular riff--root, fifth, flat seventh, octave--up a ...more
In a five-part how-to series on the classic blues harmonica instrumental by Magic Dick and the J. Geils Band. Your guide, Adam Gussow, has ...more
On a hot and sultry July afternoon in Mississippi, Gussow shows you how to play blues in B on an A harp in a two part series. The second ...more
This is a two part series that goes over the: core principles for the developing blues harpist drawn from Jungian depth psychology and New ...more
