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Learn Country Music on harmonica, play the tunes you love!
162 students
Learn Country Music on harmonica, play the tunes you love!
By taking this course you will be able to play harp with guitar, fiddle, banjo players and singers in the early CM style
Created byBen Hewlett
Last updated 11/2019
English
What you'll learn
- You will learn how to play Hey Good Looking and Will the Circle be Unbroken
- You will get a new feeling of confidence as you learn new to sing and improvise on these classic Country tunes
- You will learn to improvise in 1st and 2nd position in Country Music
- You will learn how the most famous Country Music harmonica session man works his craft
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Course content
3 sections • 14 lectures • 1h 14m total length
Requirements
- You just need a diatonic harmonica in the key of C
- Try to watch Ken Burns Country Music documentary if you want the big picture
Description
This is the first in what I expect will be a mini series on Country Music. It is such a huge subject I can't begin to cover it in one course so if you like Country Music take this course, watch this space for more coming your way soon, and tell me what you would like to see in the next Country Music course
In this course you will learn to play Will The Circle Be Unbroken by AP Carter and The Carter Family and also Hank Williams' Hey Good Looking on your harmonica.
The start will be easy and then you may find the end part gets a bit tasty!
You will learn:
the tunes - note for note
some chords so play rhythmic chugs with
some improvising scales
two different harmonica positions
how Charlie McCoy approaches playing
some of the wonderful riffs Charlie McCoy uses
Who this course is for:
- It's for everyone. Beginners will love it and find some parts challenging. Intermediates will love all of it and get challenged right at the end.