Cannot belive the way u put musical theory into ways average people should understand it !!! Thanks for the viewing pleasure
@danlaxer5144 жыл бұрын
You, Shellist, Leckie, and Wilde are my go-to online harmonica teachers. Watching this video reminds me why I enjoy yours so much. You're a lot of fun. Your videos are entertaining, and your passion helps to make it interesting. I watch as much for you as for the lessons that you impart.
@andydunn56734 жыл бұрын
Dan Laxer I completely agree And in that order Blues harmonica has changed my life And I’m crap.....
@jstone87003 жыл бұрын
Dan's a progressionist.. Ah hell what do I know?.. I've actually never seen that explained.. Adam the enthusiast.. That undrawed bridge.. I left the n out.. Adam's the bomb.. Or blow.. The unblowed bridge.. But likeke no other Adam covers it.. Adaam is my most favorite improvisational listen.. He's still in that car doinn the best practice place.. I still need to get that practice place to practice more.. This lesson is a gem.. Adam I don't know where you got the the inspiration to teach this one.... But I'd do do myself a disfavor to not look this one over again and a few times over....
@jstone87003 жыл бұрын
I'm thinkinking about getting one of those 12 hole sonny williamson bye. Bye birdie marine bands.. None the less.. Not by your words but by what I truly like.. Marine band is no doudt what I like the very most.. The sound.. Yes.. That's it!!.. I've been a Hohner from birth.. My friends more than not hate that MB Hi sound??? Special 20 a good one.. But you and I are the same.. 1896 rules.. Hohner?? Haven't got a bad one yet..
@torineg.8472 жыл бұрын
Howdy Adam.. Are you still giving lesson tutorials ? I've listened to many of your videos and one I love best is Whammer Jammer. But I also love the song TrainTime by jack Bruce of Cream... Can you please give the technique Jack uses.. It's just really fast .. If I could move my tongue that fast even my wife would enjoy it.. Ha.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWPceXWBgN-qirM
@MrSupersidewinder2 жыл бұрын
Incredible lesson!!! This should be like lesson number 3 for anyone taking this instrument seriously... I have been playing for many years and never put all of that info together, THANKS.🎵🎶👍
@gussowsclassicbluesharmoni27262 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Nice handle, btw.
@MrSupersidewinder2 жыл бұрын
@@gussowsclassicbluesharmoni2726 Thanks Adam. I have learned a lot from you over the years... Thanks for giving it all away... This single lesson had so much meat, I had to speak out.♥️👍💥
@avidkites4 жыл бұрын
Ive found myself losing joy in many things in life recently, yet here i am in my car, slowly but surely learning harmonica, thanks to you Adam. Best g o s h d a n g teacher out there
@gussowsclassicbluesharmoni27264 жыл бұрын
It's a good thing you didn't say "Best f****ng harmonica teacher on KZbin!" because they would have blocked that.
@mrtambourineman61073 жыл бұрын
I been the same bro, harmonica is definitely helping my ass through some dark times. Hope you're lifting out of it a bit man
@michaelschaefer95353 жыл бұрын
Adam, I was so sorry to hear of Mr. Satan's passing. Watching the 2 of you performing on the streets of NYC was inspiring and led me to ask you to teach me. I wish you all the best. Michael
@jamesstanley87743 жыл бұрын
A whole book of 10 chapters in one lesson. Thank you. Now to get to work!
@danielborges.4 жыл бұрын
I loved your lesson, Gussow. In fact, I've had the harmonica for a few years, but now I'm in love with that little thing, and partly thanks to your videos.
@1eddybee4 жыл бұрын
That is such a very well explained and demonstrated harmonica theory lesson, will be most useful while practicing with the ears.Such clear notes,sweet!Thanks for sharing.
@stevepethel68433 жыл бұрын
I learned something today after playin go over 40 years...the divide between 6 and 7.Thanks Adam God blessings for teaching old dogs like me new. Insights.Love that Batman halfstep approach.You get A good tone out of that Hohner.
@OmniphonProductions4 жыл бұрын
After nearly eleven years of playing, my ears have already discovered much of this. _However,_ I love the way this video makes me actually _think_ about the principles involved. In addition to helping me to fine tune what I'm already doing, I'm now inspired to really start exploring the bending potential of those _middle_ notes in the upper octave. Thanks, yet again!
@AlessiadAndreaMusic3 жыл бұрын
I love this man! He's teaching me so many things regarding harmonica and with such a simple language! Thank you! 😎
@SwingEzzZZ4 жыл бұрын
This lesson is gem. Thank you very much Mr. Gussow.
@madm20823 жыл бұрын
Hi , just starting harmonica , I was a sax player but because of teeth problems I need another instrument for a while , I still get very strung out on theory though , I like your lessons, very clear and one step at a time
@caniican2 жыл бұрын
I really think you're the best harmonica teacher on KZbin. I'm a professional guitar player and I totally love blues harp Allah Kim Wilson from The Fabulous Thunderbirds Style. And you are helping me greatly by your great communication to understand framework and a general outline the same way I learned guitar 35 years ago. Thanks dude you're awesome! Love that clip in the U-2 movie. That's great
@gussowsclassicbluesharmoni27262 жыл бұрын
Very nice! I'll take it.
@airmojo4 жыл бұрын
Great info ! Heck, it took a harmonica lesson to teach me the proper pronunciation of "primer" ! Thank you !
@AdventureMan072 жыл бұрын
I just picked up the Harmonica and I’m loving it
@curryblackwell17694 жыл бұрын
Great lesson.Especially liked the 3rd position comparison to cross harp blues scale using the 7 bend.
@myjames484 жыл бұрын
I am going on 72. Been playing since the age of 7. One thing I do know is one is never to old to learn. Your in put is amazing to say the least. Most of my playing has been in the first position all of my life.
@hibixby57774 жыл бұрын
Awesome man! from S.Korea 👍👍👍
@EagleM164 жыл бұрын
For some reason I have the hardest time with the bends on the 3-hole. The batman song tip is definitely going to be helpful, so thanks for that!
@VangeliRock2 жыл бұрын
I too just bought myself an mouth organ. Downloaded this man training vids, hope to add some harmonic to some of my own recordings soon.
@micahslobcrud59583 жыл бұрын
Good dissection of the mysteries! I gotta go thru it again and really take THE notes! (Need I say I was attracted to chromatic harmonica first, being blind to the possibilities of the 10 hole diatonic?) As a piano player and teacher, this is GOLD, cuz sadly I SOMETIMES think in a limited way. Ovarb! Ovarb! My idiolectic way of saying Bravo!
@amir.zolghadr Жыл бұрын
V E R Y GOOD!! Thanks Adam!
@Justus_Patrick2 жыл бұрын
Holy shit I was just thinking about the blow/draw higher/lower thing. You're an amazing teacher
@mightyluv3 жыл бұрын
I’m one step closer to knowing what the hell I’m doing! Thanks, keep them vids coming.
@alboeck56414 жыл бұрын
AG, Very instructive; a succinct summary which I had never fully thought out myself. Again, sir, I always find your vids helpful to my playing. Thanx!
@ElderHiker4 жыл бұрын
Good lesson. Thanks. I'll think about that all night.
@stellaSOreal4 жыл бұрын
You're one cool dude! Loved the documentary, love the lessons. ✌💖 Such an awesome guy. Thank you 💕
@MarcoGarineiWriterOfficial2 жыл бұрын
This was really insightful for a beginner, thanks Adam!
@chrisbarkerguitar4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for that Adam, great lesson! :-)
@danielluke41392 жыл бұрын
This is really good. Very insightful
@nickgrantartist4 жыл бұрын
Old Gus. Lol. Really interesting video Adam, thank you! Regards.Old Nick
@despairnation90474 жыл бұрын
Just got done with your first lesson, loving it. Even though bending is giving me a hard time
@Kryynism4 жыл бұрын
It will for a while. Keep at it. I played for nearly a year before getting decent at bending. Took another year to get good at it.
@HuiyenManton Жыл бұрын
thank you 💖
@olegivanov734 жыл бұрын
Thank you)
@yoschieschmitt19294 жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks. I definitely learned a lot.
@johnwoods12312 жыл бұрын
Mr Gussow,I ran across your music on your harmonica and I was amazed on what I was listening too.I gota problem with COPD. No I'm not on oxygen but I do take my medication every morning My wife told me that if I could learn to play the harp that it would be good for me.What do you think?I'm going to try and learn how to play it.Maybe with a little help from you now and then. What do you think?And by the way my Mother was a great harmonica player right up till God called her home.Thank you very much. John
@TCS_Aquatics4 жыл бұрын
Great lesson!! Hope you are enjoying this rainy Mississippi day like I am. I would love to see you do a video on breaking in harmonicas and your opinion on it.
@mimas74503 жыл бұрын
awesome lesson
@shoechild68134 жыл бұрын
this is a goldmine for thats what she said jokes
@andydunn56734 жыл бұрын
Ohhh good one
@TheGetorix4 жыл бұрын
curious about bending a blow note ?
@CarlitosMayo2 ай бұрын
Boss!
@jantonisito3 жыл бұрын
Diatonic zen. Please correct me if I am wrong. The higher the pitch the smaller the difference between mouth configuration for the separate notes. When I try to blow bend the 7-10 notes the the very small change of shape of resonant “chamber r” in your mouth results in note “sliding” thorough the bend. So trick to me is to catch and hold it there.
@gussowsclassicbluesharmoni27263 жыл бұрын
Yep, your insight is correct.
@adamfox96514 жыл бұрын
Holy harmonica, Batman!
@andydunn56734 жыл бұрын
Yes master.......
@tannerdawson77664 жыл бұрын
Hey, Adam! Thanks for all the videos. Been watching for years. I've only talked to one other player about an overblown 6th hole to get the (on a C harp) Bb. He had heard of it but not been able to do it. Can't seem to find much about it online either. Let me know your thoughts? Hope you're well 🙏🏼
@gussowsclassicbluesharmoni27264 жыл бұрын
Yes, I've been doing that since 1987. Check out "Watermelon Man": kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6Tbd3uner6WnsU. 0:35.
@mcfreed4 жыл бұрын
Hi mate! Thank you for your videos, it's really so cool and useful! But... i have some trouble: I have only the hohner special 20 D country harmonica with a plastic box. I saw that you have the same. It doesn't sound like C harmonica. I can't find lessons for my harmonica anywhere! Please... can you make a video with your hohner D harmonica in plastic box and show how it can sound with your skills? Shuffle rhythm, blues licks... I really need a few lessons! Please do that... 💛
@andrihidayat48794 жыл бұрын
You talking like Jim Carrey, I love that accent
@graemepage37013 жыл бұрын
Adam, why are the 7-10 holes reversed? Would they still bend properly if the draw note was higher? Doesn’t this make life unnecessarily complicated? Always wondered this, feels like it’s a new instrument once I cross to hole 7.
@drtone4 жыл бұрын
Mind blown...thanks, Adam......................SATAN!!!!!!!!
@99crossy4 жыл бұрын
Gonna drive my neighbour crazy attempting to blow bend hole 10 on a C till it goes before I play one more tune 😂
@adamfox96514 жыл бұрын
Hey, Guss, do you have a video lesson about how to do blow bends? I've got draw bends figured out-although I'm still trying to perfect my technique so it doesn't sound like a dying animal-but I have no clue how to blow bend.
@gussowsclassicbluesharmoni27264 жыл бұрын
I thought that I'd done that, but it's possible that I haven't. Many other lessons on that, though: kzbin.info?search_query=gussow+blow+bend
@Harp_and_Guitar_Moving_Forward4 жыл бұрын
I may need some weeds for that to sink in....
@hh-ck6ko4 жыл бұрын
It's the wierdest instrument i know. Not only because of the way notes are placed, but because it's falsely labled as diatonic. C harp can be played in a key of F#, it's hard, but it's possible. It's possible to blow bend overblows, like holes 3-6. Just trying to understand how all of that works took me months.
@redtrychguy86763 жыл бұрын
This video is just one day after corona virus became known...
@SouravDas-ix6nn3 жыл бұрын
Hello Mr. Gussow I can bend every bendable hole but not in 4 why ? Could you please help me with that
@gussowsclassicbluesharmoni27263 жыл бұрын
I don't know why. 4 draw is the easiest bend.
@SouravDas-ix6nn3 жыл бұрын
@@gussowsclassicbluesharmoni2726 I also don't know sir , I'm still trying ..I have a request ..Sir Can u pls do a video on only how to bend hole 4 (C harmonica) ?
@kucu64374 жыл бұрын
You Harmonica ( Hohner Marine Band 1896 ?
@charliegregory41484 жыл бұрын
👏👍💥😎
@frankkerner86994 жыл бұрын
How does dental work affect playing harmonica?
@gussowsclassicbluesharmoni27264 жыл бұрын
I hate to admit this, but I think that playing the harmonica for decades contributed to the wearing down of my front teeth, especially the two on the bottom in the center. When I tongue block, I clack the harp against those teeth. Do that for several decades and some wear is bound to show up. Nothing a little Bondo can't fix, though.
@adamallisongrant3 жыл бұрын
✨🌟🎶💥🎶🌟✨
@mrtambourineman61073 жыл бұрын
I never play the 2 draw , just sounds weird to me
@gussowsclassicbluesharmoni27263 жыл бұрын
I don't know what to say. If you're playing cross harp, the 2 draw is your tonic note. I can't think of any serious blues harmonica player who doesn't use the 2 draw in every song played cross harp. It's sort of like being a writer who says, "I never use vowels." Ys, 't my b pssble t' hbble hthr & ththr, bt not gd.
@pr0fsnip3r864 жыл бұрын
second!
@mrtambourineman61073 жыл бұрын
Too advanced for me , but thanks
@tooncedup4 жыл бұрын
First!
@randho51503 жыл бұрын
Does the wife make you film your videos in the car?
@gussowsclassicbluesharmoni27263 жыл бұрын
Initially, thirteen years ago when we had an infant son who was napping, yes.
@stevepethel68433 жыл бұрын
I have played harmonica in our cars many many many hours...