We will hold your hand and walk you through, step by step, slowly slowly!
STEP 1. Ready Steady Go... (54321) you will want to understand the basics of your harmonica so you can build your higher-level skills on a solid foundation. We teach you how to hold it, how to breathe properly, how to play and use chords, how to play simple blues straight away, how and why playing in rhythm is critical, simple maintenance, care and repair of your harmonica.
STEP 2. Game-changing baby steps:
The next step is getting single notes so you can play tunes. We teach you all the 7 ways to get single notes so you can start playing easy tunes immediately.
STEP 3. Playing music with other people - how?
Practising with backing tracks (and enjoying open mic sessions) is a great confidence booster to prepare for playing live with other people. We teach you everything you need to have fun playing music in a live group setting.
STEP 4. Turbocharge your skills:
Next you will want to gain some higher-level skills like note bending, improvising, playing in other keys, playing different styles of music, and playing more interesting tunes. We will hold your hand all the way through!
STEP 5. Finally, you will want to think about performance and musicality. Even if you are 'just’ performing Happy Birthday, or playing at a Jam Session, you will need to know how to become confident, to stand out from the crowd, and not make a complete arse of yourself. You can do it!
Please reach us at ben@harmonicamastery.com if you cannot find an answer to a less frequently asked question.
Lifetime access. Or 3 months only with an option to continue after that if you wish to - no obligation.
Sure - guaranteed success or your money back. Provided you can show how you have carried out all our Training and practised for at least 90 hours, submitted videos to the FB group, attended the live sessions, masterclasses, and open mics, and have still made no discernible progress within six months of starting, it clearly wasn't a good fit for you, and you can request a full refund. Our aim is to help you have fun achieving your harmonica aims. Nothing more.
Yes, take a look at the PROOF page
Yes, at the live sessions, you will meet the people who did those testimonials - they exist! Actually there are 29 real ones and one fake.
My address is on all my emails - come round for a beer if you like.
You can also Google 'Ben Hewlett Harmonica' and see my track record.
Nobody's confident about something they can't do, it's normal. We will teach you simple things and check to see if you understand them. After that, we will teach you more simple things and check to see if you understand them - that way you can build up your skills and confidence hand in hand with no pressure.
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HARMONICA MASTERY TRAINING 90 hours of video tuition and 20 books
Milestone 1 - Breathing, Chords, Rhythm, and Chugging
Milestone 2 - Single Notes (one note, one hole):
Milestone 3 - Bending Notes (lowering the pitch of draw notes to increase your range):
• Note-bending basics - draw bending
• Tunes - learn 11 great tunes
• Basic 12 bar blues
• Sonny Terry - 19 licks
• Dummies - this is a recap of many techniques you have learned in this section
Milestone 4 - Blues focus:
• Blues chromatic (no chrom? We can send you one)
• BLUES JAM FACTORY - BOOK 2
• One harp, 2 tunes, 3 positions
• 101 BLUES RIFFS - BOOK
• Blues 12 bar bassline
• BONES OF THE BLUES - BOOK
• Bones of the Blues - the movie
• Fresh simple blues
• Blues licks 101 new riffs
• Sugar Mama - Sonnyboy 1 (John Lee)
• Spokey Dokey
• Fox Chase - Deford Bailey, Henry Witter
• Tramp groove
• Easy - Big Walter
• Trouble in Mind - Sonny Terry
• All my love in vain - Sonnyboy 2 (Rice Miller)
• My Babe - Little Walter
• Whammer Jammer
• Learning Lost John
Milestone 5 - General techniques:
• All the basic techniques again - a quick refresh to roar through - The original title is '30 day challenge', but for you, this is just a recap to see if you missed anything -you might pick up something new
• One harp, 2 tunes, 3 positions
• Note-bending advanced - blow bending, overblow and overdraw
• Tongue-blocking
• Minor tune, major harmonica
• Just play
• Seven showstopping tricks
• Turbocharge your harmonica
• Twenty awesomely different ways to play tunes
• Seven tips on improvising
• Nine smart ways to play with a band
• Music workout
• Seven amazing new skills to learn
• 1st position
• 2nd position
• 3rd position
• Learn Harmonica Part 1 - BOOK
• Learn Harmonica Part 2 - BOOK
• Learn Harmonica Part 3 - BOOK
Milestone 6 - Increasing Repertoire; Country, Bluegrass, Cajun, Reggae, Non-Blues, Rock Tunes:
• Songs from the British Isles
• Yesterday
• Georgia On My Mind
• Cajun workshop with Aidan Sheehan
• Country music
• Rachelle Plas Country Music Masterclass
• Hallelujah
• Reggae harmonica
• Rock - Whammer Jammer
• Orange Blossom Special
• Bluegrass skills
• Fox Chase - Deford Bailey, Henry Witter
Guest Masterclasses recorded live 2021/22 - look at all the famous names! :
Harmonica Factory tours and chats:
2020 (Guests come in halfway through session mostly)
If you would like an overview of Ben and Paul's Books, and to watch a video about each one, please visit https://harmonicaworld.net/collections/all-products. There's no need to buy them as they are all included in the Harmonica Mastery 90 Day Program.
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