Safe Sex with 10 Holes in 12th Position (with 3rd Position Foreplay)

[surrealIdeal]

the song really sounds full and complete, it gives you the same feeling as you get form lets say a Jazz trio. i'm gonna try some of that too I think.

[JamCamp06]

@surrealIdeal Thanks. i had a basic chord progression idea but the piece is improvisational. It's the kind of thing that can happen when the harp player and the guitarist are intimate friends!

[areedshakenbythewind]

Thanks jon, i was jamming with you on this and realised 12th pos isnt so scary at all...

do you mind sharing the guitar chords... i wish to also learn guitar & those are smooth chords...

inspiring.... when r u coming to australia?

[JamCamp06]

and Ill read your kind remark when i need a boost in mine. jon

[suzyqblues]

Safe Sex is going to be played on your cruise.

Can I come along?

[JamCamp06]

which cruise is that suzyblues?

[woodsheddin]

damn.....that is some great playing

[TzzX78]

That was nice man!!

[victorolden]

great,man!!!

[strawwoodclaw]

You should try some unsafe sex in second Position. Nice & Dirty VD Blues .I only know 2 Positions no wonder my Harp life is going down the swanny.

[Opjacard]

Did... did I just get laid..?

[JamCamp06]

Safely.

[clrn2mt]

Jon, Very very nice! You play with yourself so well! And, of course, that is safe. Thank you again for showing your students how it CAN be done. VERY inspirational!

[belleray2]

Thanks for the feedback Jon.I am slapping my tongue on the roof of my mouth behind my teeth and it sounds like a ta ta sound.Should i be using my tongue further back in my mouth to get the ka sound(the clicking sound)Really couldn't stand wasting my practice time.Thanks again Jon.

[JamCamp06]

Yes, ka, not ta. please watch my free video on tone here on YOu Tube. I also have downloads and paid videos that elaborate and brok it to life.

[harpinholley]

That is so swinging sexy,yea man!

[harpnerd]

Wow, Jon...I really like that sound! It has such a great blues/jazz quality.  Very nice!

I'm looking forward to seeing you again in the upcoming San Diego Jam Camp.

All the Best, Mike

[belleray2]

Thanks Jon,that was just beautiful.I don't know how you have so much control.Tone so sweet and tuneful.

Looks like i will be practising for a few more years yet.

You are an inspiration to a harp nut.

[JamCamp06]

Hey thanks--the control comes from my "clicking" technique, like saying "ka." Most harp players play from lips and use too much air. If you aren't practicing the "click", I am not sure you will reach your goals. Practicing wrong is worse than not practicing. So practice your click! Many thanks! Jon

[LeonStagg]

That kind of playing is what inspired me to learn how to play the harp.....very nice.

[sircharles021]

If I smoked, I'd want a cigarette after that smooth sexy piece. Way cooool Jon!

...Charlie T

[HarpDr]

It's bad enough you can play and blow at the same time, but blow in 12th!? Do you sing and play drums too?

Seriously, that was one of the first youtube videos I watched all the way through in a long while....

--Mark

[nhe00]

any overblow?

[JamCamp06]

None. That funky interval in the head is a benefit of 12th position.

[8BarBluesBoogie]

And thank you for your nice comment on one of my videos Jon..

[8BarBluesBoogie]

Hehehe, so thats the secret of your playing then, and I thought you where making that vibratto sound from your diafram, thank's for letting me in on the secret Jon, I'm going to get some gunk in my holes now..

hehehe.

[8BarBluesBoogie]

ok thanks Jon, still sounds great with gunk in the holes.

[JamCamp06]

I deliberately customize (Gindickize) them that way. Takes months of playing and lots of coffee to give them the character they need. My "curing" room is the floor of my car, with the good ones crushed behind the seat. My vibratto is actually the result of microscopic cracker crumbs flying out of the holes.

[8BarBluesBoogie]

What brand harmonica are you playing?

[JamCamp06]

Coffee stained Special 20s with crushed plates and gunk in the holes.

[kokoro86]

Groovy baby!

[Elwood441]

Hey Jon...

Once again...nice jazzy playing there! With so many harpsters playing straight Blues, I would love to learn more of this. I could see playing this at a nice venue, resturant, etc. What key harp are you playing? And do you have any back up info on this video for us aspiring Jazz harp players?

Thanks!

Big Al

[JamCamp06]

Most of what makes it jazzy is the guitar progression and the chord forms, major 7ths, minor 7ths, all placed in a I-VI-IV-V type of progression (actually two, no three chord progressions) A good way to start in on 12th position is to learn to play Amazing Grace starting from the 4 blow. (See my book, Bluesify Your Melody for tab.) It has NO BENDS on hole 4 and above. You're hear it has difference intervals, a different type of voice, than 1st, and also 2nd position. This gets you started.

[iwilsmar]

Very nice playing Jon!!

[losthills]

Very nicely done, man....

[JonHarp4]

Jon 4 ever!!!

hehehe, 5 stars (:

[DKZS]

5 *****! fantastic song!

[guitarm52]

Five Bright Stars for sure Jon ! More fun even than Good Morning Little School Girl... Thanks for sharing. Jack

[hosway18]

YA MAN YA!!! ROCKING!!!

[rghoyos]

Five stars, as usual.

This is Lydian mode?

[chrismichalek]

Great Job Jon!!!

F on a C harmonica is naturally the lydian mode IF you play the F scale starting on Draw 5 and ending on draw 9 and not playing any bends or Overblows in between.

[JamCamp06]

Thanks, Chris! For me 12th position is one of those scales, (like 4th position) that seems to work best when I initiate out of the 5th scale degree, so I actually use 1b,4b and 7b as though they were the tonic.

[chrismichalek]

it sounded great Jon!!

Thank you so much for all of your videos.