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Peg O My Heart is a harmonica classic made famous by the Harmonicats and originally played on the chromatic harmonica. Heres a really jazzy version of it that Sandy arranged for the diatonic harmonica in 12th position. If youve never played in ......

This is a very beautiful Irish melody written by the famous 17th century composer, Turlough OCarolyn. Ive included three different variations of the melody in different positions and octaves for beginner and intermediate level players and also a s......

This is a really cool and challenging little tune that sounds great when played up tempo. Its also a really good breathing exercise to warm up with. It also includes some fun patterns and exercises. Comes with tablature. Click preview above to v......

This is a fun Irish jig with 3 sections and played in 2nd position on the harmonica. The melody of each section is demonstrated at various slow tempos to make it easier to learn and play along with. Sandy also shows different techniques for orname......

Heres a great little bluegrass fiddle tune Ive arranged for harmonica. Ive included the A and B sections along with a few variations for each section. The different parts of the variations can also be used as hot bluegrass licks. Ive included a Te......

A blues classic with a newly revised title. Whatever you want to call it, sounds great on the harmonica. Complete with melody and some nifty fills. Bending and 2nd position familiarity is important. Includes tablature. Click on preview above t......

Adding pentatonic ideas to your playing is fairly easy to get started with. Its fun and sounds great with a variety of musical genres including blues, jazz, country, rock etc...
This lesson features 20 hot pentatonic, licks and exercises to ......

If you can overblow notes on a harmonica and are looking for a musical way to incorporate them into your playing, here are 15 tasteful and challenging licks. They are grouped in different categories (from the 5 chord, chromatic ascending etc..) Ea......

Heres another lesson in my series of Hot Licks for harmonica. Being able to play over a 2-5-1 chord progression is essential for playing jazz. Here are 10 hot licks of varying degrees of difficulty along with some great exercises to get you up and......

Take your blues playing and improvisational skills to a whole new level by adding these blues patterns into your daily practice routine. Here are 25 fun and challenging harmonica patterns derived from the blues scale. These patterns work great ......

Are you feeling a bit stuck on the harmonica? Need some brand new inspiration? Ive written, collected and compiled these licks over many years. Theyre fun, challenging and sound great. Included with this pdf are mp3 files that correspond to eac......

If youre challenged to find some fun bluesy stuff to play that doesnt involve bending notes, then this is the lesson for you. This lesson introduces you to an easy technique that I like to call lip smacking. Along with learning the Lip Smacking ......

This lesson is jam packed with lots of blues goodies for the novice harmonica player. Well learn a blues tune called the Harmonica Boogie and also a blues scale and five great licks to go along with it. Well look at a 12 bar blues progression, lea......

This is an absolute must for any serious harmonica player wanting to move into the blues, country, jazz or most any other musical genre. Sandy first slowly explains about what draw bending is, what notes can be bent, and then how to actually draw ......

In the last twenty years, overblowing has taken the harmonica world by storm while creating a new paradigm shift for the instrument. Overblow notes allow us to chromaticize the harmonica while adding on a completely new musical dimension. The most......

Heres another in my series of Groove Things. A couple of the ending licks on the A sections are in triplets and are especially fun and challenging to play. Ive included backing tracks at three different tempos to practice along. Its a nice groove......

This is the second in a series of fun melodic and rhythmic grooves for the harmonica. Its a cool little tune based off of a technique I call lip smacking (see my video lesson called Lip Smackin Blues). Also included is a number of nicely syncopat......

This is the first in a series of melodic and rhythmic grooves for the harmonica. Its a fun little groove with a bunch cool melodic motifs. The grooves arent too difficult, but they provide a good challenge for getting them up tempo . Best of all, ......

Over the years, many of my students have asked about ways they can increase lung capacity and also about good places to take a breath when they begin to run out of air during a song. Ive always recommended playing fiddle tunes to learn how to regu......

This is a collection of some very fun and useful licks for country and bluegrass. There are five long 2 measure phrases that can be divided up into 10 or 15 one measure licks. A pretty good command of 2nd position and note bending is helpful. I......