Modern Blues Harmonica - First Position 2 (Gussow.072)

Second in a four-part series. Gussow demos a boogie-woogie blues that works through the chord changes with the help of a 4 overblow and several full-step bends. You'll need an A harp for this one.

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• harp
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• Adam
• Gussow

[1651022]

hi adam. i have been following your lessons for a couple of months now....you are great! with regards to your last video...i cant seem to get the 3 draw bend...i can bend the 2 draw full and half but the three seems to be eludeing me! any idea what im doing wrong?

[KudzuRunner]

I've got a lesson specifically focusing on the 3 draw bend at Modern Blues Harmonica (see "the store")

[gsunblues]

Hi, Adam. My name is G from Korea. It was my first visit to your show and it was awesome!! Could you be a little more specific

on the 4th overblow? I find it pretty hard to do so. Anyways, keep up your good work. I will tell my buddy about you.(There are 2 professional blues harp players here in Korea, believe it or not)

You rock!!

[KudzuRunner]

Visit overblow dot com, where you'll find a discussion of how to create overblows. I discuss how to create overblows in an earlier video.

[lubitel11]

Hey, man, great method!

Could you do/say something about the Big Walter's "sound"

(like Annie Raines, in example)?

Thanks, keep the good work.

[KudzuRunner]

Big Walter played fairly simple stuff brilliantly. His sense of time and swing were fantastic. Sometimes he hits bang! right on the downbeat; sometimes he anticipates (the early 50s stuff from Memphis). BW's "blue third" is the one I modeled my own after. ("Have a Good Time," w/Carey Bell)

[casu3]

can you throw all draw bends in first position? whats makes it diferent then to 2nd?

[conor30000]

Hey man, do you ever play the whole, guitar and harmonica at the same time sorta thing? It would be great to see a lesson as detailed and insightful as these on the multitasking techniques

[gussowclone]

hi adam

[jharmonyx]

bravo super merci de votre visite

[ollyhock]

ilove the little wildlife interludes takes the seriousnes out of the lesson and makes it fun

adam its all good

steve,cleveland england