Practicing Music in Revolutionary Times Today I have some tools for you that may help you cut through the noise and distraction that swirls around you so you can find more time to practice and play music. I read a lot and listen to interviews with people who seem to
Tag: Blues harp
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Today I have some ideas for you that can help take the fear out of taking solos on stage with a band. Believe me, I’ve crashed and burned plenty of times when taking solos. Here is one thing I’ve learned: you can get over it. And if you spend a
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Picture what your life would be like if you could not read the words you are now reading. It’s hard to imagine, right? Reading words gives you the power to sift through thousands of ideas in a fraction of the time it would take you if you were learning them
I’ve been preaching the gospel of going beyond 1st, 2nd and 3rd position by using pentatonic scales in 4th, 5th, and 12th position for years. It’s exciting and frustrating. Exciting to see people light up when they get the idea and run with it. Frustrating because most people give up before
The strange magic of the blues harmonica has a lot to do with the way you can make it cry by bending notes. The way the little metal harmonica reeds respond to your breath creates a new voice, part machine and part flesh and blood. There are two main ways
Wouldn’t it be cool to be able to think and talk about music like a pro? To be able to name intervals or scale degrees and be able to sing them, hear them in your head? This skill, also known as relative pitch, is really not that hard to develop.
Yesterday I was reminded of a practice strategy that i think you will find very useful. One of the names for my website is Harmonica Mastery Tools, and this morning I was struck by the way you can use thoughts as tools. I’ve been doing something I stubbornly call “Musical
If you never heard of D. H. “Bert” Bilbro, I’d like to introduce you to one of the most fascinating harmonica players I have ever heard. In 1928 Bert recorded a steam train imitation on the harmonica that was done in one take, that at times sounds like two