Blues Bends in G on C Chromatic
The key of G is a good place for diatonic blues players to get used to bending notes on the chromatic it’s also generally a good key for blues players to improvise in since at least part of it should feel familiar.
My Top Four Living Jazz Harmonica Players
I say living because Jean Toots Thielmans has passed away. There are three guys that I instantly think of and then there was one I almost forgot about and have added him to the list. I refer to these guys as the Spanish guy, the Swiss guy, the French guy, and the British guy. All…
A Jazz Lesson with Yvonnick Prene
On January 9th, 2017 I braved the New York Subway system and navigated my way to Manhattan from Queens in 2o degree weather for a lesson with the awe-inspiring Yvonnick Prene. Yvonnick first came on my radar way back in 2004 or 2005 when I discovered him on myspace. We corresponded a bit. He was…
Check Out the Key of F
F is one of my favorite keys to jam in. I call F the friendly key. The major scale, the dominant, and dorian scales are all real nice and ergonomic and have a nice flow on the harmonica. Also the minor pentatonic scale is my favorite in this key with an intuitive breathing pattern and…
A 12 hole or 16 hole chromatic harmonica?
So that is a good question and I’m not going to answer it right now because this is just a test blog post but I will say I am pretty adamant about my students starting on a 12 hole instrument and I have a list of reasons why: sdfa ga fgae aweef awe