Free Intermediate
Harmonica Lessons
Hello and welcome to my free lessons for Intermediate players. Someone who is starting at the Intermediate level should;
- Be able to play perfectly clean notes
- Play in time with a metronome and backing track
- Play great 4 draw 1/2 step and 2 draw whole step bends
- Be able to hit bends straight on without hitting the clean note first
- Know how to play a shuffle rhythm
- Play nice smooth and accurate warbles
- Be able to play 3 draw 1/2 and whole step bends but they could be better
- Be able to improvise comfortably over a 12 Bar Blues using root notes and licks
- Easily play 1/4 notes, 1/8th notes and triplets in time with a metronome and backing track
- Plays gently and relaxed
* If there is anything on this list that you cannot do you should start at Advanced Beginner level.
Essential Intermediate Lessons
These lessons will help you take your harmonica playing to the next level.
5 Awesome Intermediate Licks
8 Blues Harmonica Triplet Licks
Electric Blues
Chugging a Bassline Over A
12 Bar Blues
Blues Harmonica Comping
The Real Blues Scale
Recommended Gear
I highly recommend that Intermediate players have a slightly larger selection of harmonica keys. You will be ready for most scenarios with 10-hole diatonic harmonicas in the keys of G, A, Bb, C, D, F.
Songs & Licks
Georgia On My Mind
Roadhouse Blues
Most Recent Intermediate Lessons
New free lesson content every 2 weeks!
New Year Harmonica Resolution – Start As You Mean To Go On!
Hello and welcome to the first lesson of 2022! Happy New Year! I hope you had a good break over the festive period and are all excited about starting up again? Because it is the first lesson of 2022 I thought it would be a good idea to set some personal goals for your...
Harmonica Looping
Hello and welcome to this week’s lesson where I am going to give you a quick start guide for harmonica looping using a Looper Pedal. https://youtu.be/4tl3iXIUElQ You will need a C harmonica played in 2nd position in the key of G. Click here to download lesson...
Should I learn the Blues Scale over the whole range of the harmonica?
One of my students recently asked me whether they should learn the Blues Scale over the whole range of the harmonica all at once or if they should do an octave at a time. It turns out that the answer is not as simple as that. In this harmonica lesson, I'll be...
Improvise Blues Harmonica!
$197
If you are scared to improvise Blues harmonica this course will give you easy-to-follow steps and strategies to start improvising the Blues!
There are 5 different modules showing you different approaches to jamming/improvisation. A new module is made available to you each week. They will all feature tabs, videos, audio files and exercises to help you on your journey.
During the eCourse you will be given access to a new module each week for five weeks. At the end of which you will continue to have access to all the course materials.
Everything will be broken down into easy-to-follow chunks to make your practice easier!
Who is this course for?
Lifetime access
After the course is over you will retain access to the library of learning material.