Welcome to PlayHarmonica.co.uk
Whether you’re a beginner starting out on the journey, an improver, or someone looking to expand on their repertoire, PlayHarmonica.co.uk has something for you
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Each course is steered towards a specific level of player.
What level are you? Always tricky to answer. I don’t like to put people in boxes so this is just a rough guide and will steer you towards the right courses. Having said that, each course starts out nice and easy and gradually introduces you to progressive challenges as you increase your capacity to learn.
I have been teaching live groups of harmonica students for over 20 years and try to make the video courses feel as ‘live’ as possible - they feel live to me when I'm teaching to the camera! I am expecting you to progress as we go along.
You will see them in the cover pictures and can search by going to:
VIEW-ALL-COURSES > CATEGORY - SELECT
Beginners are deemed to be people who have ever played before or not played much. You will be expected to ‘have a go’ at playing single notes and chords but you don’t need to perfect it - just try. You will get some challenges but you will overcome them!
Intermediates are deemed to be people who have been playing a while.
People who:
- Can play single notes most of the time
- Have started bending some notes
- Know something about the chords
- Have some musical knowledge
- May know about tongue blocking
- Hiding in the corners at jam sessions not joining in much
Intermediates Plus is everything written above plus...
You are:
- Pretty good on single notes and most bending
- Can pucker, tongue-block and U-block
- Knowledgeable about 12 bar blues structure
- Independent rhythm makers
- Independent tune players
- Knowledgeable about and can play in different styles
- Knowledgeable about and can play in the styles of different harmonica players
- Maybe starting to teach harmonica
- Good at improvising in many styles of music
- Knowledgeable in the workings and engineering of the instrument
- Often attending harmonica events and jams
- Comfortable performing in public
Which order should you take these courses?
All new players should go through the BEGINNERS courses first before progressing to INTERMEDIATE level and finally INTERMEDIATE PLUS.
Here is the initial recommended order of courses:
- 30-day challenge
- Dummies - some of this doubles up with the first course but gives you a different slant
- Zero to hero in 7 days - another slant on the basics, the thread is similar but filmed fresh
- How to practice
- Train sounds
- Tone masterclass
- Blues level 1 (Learn to play blues with a band)
- Blues level 2 (Blues basslines)
- Love me do
- How to hack your harmonica
- Impro from scratch
- Harmonica hooks and hits
- Note-bending basics
- Tunes - learn 11 great tunes
- Basic 12 bar blues
- 19 Sonny Terry licks
- Blues chromatic (no Chrom? We can send you one)
- One harp, 2 tunes, 3 positions
- Songs from the British Isles
- Yesterday
- Blues 12 bar bassline
- Note-bending advanced
- Fresh simple blues
- Blues licks 101 new riffs
- Sugar Mama - Sonnyboy 1
- Spokey Dokey
- Tongue-blocking
- Fox Chase - Deford Bailey, Henry Witter
- Minor tune, major harmonica
- Just play
- Country music
- Tramp groove
- Easy - Big Walter
- Hallelujah
- Trouble in Mind
- Seven showstopping tricks
- Turbocharge your harmonica
- Twenty awesomely different ways
- All my love in vain - Sonnyboy 2
- Reggae harmonica
- Seven tips on improvising
- Nine smart ways to play with a band
- My Babe - Little Walter
- Music workout
- Seven amazing skills
- 1st position
- 2nd position
- 3rd position
- Whammer Jammer
- Orange Blossom Special
- Bluegrass skills
- Learning Lost John