Heres a deconstructed harmonica so you can see the inner workings. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Annies consistently excellent, deep, traditionally blue harp work has earned her a steadily growing following for the last several years. Blues harmonica blueprint dvd by dvd sheet music for. Blues harmonica blueprint annie raines harmonica lessons. You will need a harmonica in the key of c played in position ke. Ill be happy to interview phil, weve worked together before. Annie raines has a perfect teaching personality for this, and progresses through the numerous lessons at a steady, logical. Great instructions with superb detail covering all aspects harmonica playing. A complete guide for absolute beginners kindle edition by parker, ben. Annie raines born july 3, 1969 in boston, massachusetts is an american musician, best known as a harmonicist. Annie raines born in massachusetts on july 3, 1969 is an american blues harmonica player who mostly plays in a downhome country blues duo with guitarist paul rishell. In fact, she is one of the best harmonica players, period. Whatever level you occupy now, be prepared to move up.
Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. The blues harmonica blueprint will indeed spark many lifealtering effects, all of them. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Some people claim that annie raines is one of the best female harmonica players in the acoustic blues, which is not true at all. She picked up the blues harp at 17 and made her stage debut at the 69 jazz club in cambridge a few months before her high school graduation. The new, comprehensive and interactive harmonica video from annie raines. As a freshman, she left antioch college to pursue a musical career. Harmonica lessons blues harmonica blueprint annie raines. Annie raines was born in 1969 in boston and grew up in the suburb of newton, massachusetts. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Log in or join free to see your price, which includes available truefire cash. Hear alex use both the 2nd position blues scale and the country scales and lots of bent notes.
Over two years in the making, with hundreds of hours dedicated just to the visual notation guides and animations, the blues harmonica blueprint and its interactive video format sets a new standard for harmonica instruction. Watch the straight harp online guitar lesson by annie raines from blues harmonica blueprint straight harp, or first position, is designed for playing classical and oldtime folk melodies, and has been used heavily by folk and pop artists like bob dylan, neil young and billy joel. This video course is designed to help you bring your harmonica playing to another level, whether youre a beginning player or an experienced one. Ive now reached lesson i did go through all the preceding ones quickly because that was the basic intro. Here are some free harmonica tabs for songs ive taught my students. Learn to play 12 slow blues riffs by sonny terry on your harmonica, the tab is below. She plays true blues to the style and has even shared. Try improving your single notes and bends first with these easy video lessons.
Annie raines is a young blues harmonica player whose initial training was with jerry portnoy of muddy waters and eric claptons bands. Annies interview will be edited and up in november. These 14 free guitar lessons are from annie raines blues harmonica blueprint, the definitive learning system for blues harmonica. At lesson and even in the earlier ones, i was already being taught some basic blues chords and rhythms. Harmonica began being created in the early 19th century in europe. The definitive learning system for blues harmonica. When it really starts to sound like a blues scale is when we play it going back down, starting on 6 blow, then 5 draw, 4 draw. Rock n roll in g cary attends at least one harmonica class a week with dave gage. About annie raines blues harmonica blueprint the definitive learning.
Watch the mixolydianpentatonic online guitar lesson by annie raines from blues harmonica blueprint this is a very simple blues scale with a scary name. Join facebook to connect with annie raines and others you may know. The next time hes in my neck of the woods, or he mine, ill contact him and see if hes interested. Harmonica is made up of the main body comb, reed plates which is nothing but the group of reeds and the cover plates. Free harmonica lessons samples watch video lesson free. She plays true blues to the style and has even shared the stage with the late, great james cotton. Watch the anatomy lesson online guitar lesson by annie raines from blues harmonica blueprint the modern harmonica is thought to have been invented in germany in the mid1800s. Hohner blues harp harmonica key of c sound of music, music is life, old. Jp allen gives a harmonica lesson on the basic blues scale. Blues harmonica blueprint the new, comprehensive and interactive harmonica video from annie raines. Part 1 lesson of annie raines blues harmonica blue. Free harmonica lessons samples watch video lesson free songs, tabs, blues jamming examples.
At lesson and even in the earlier ones, i was already. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading how to play harmonica. Struggling to make 12 slow blues riffs by sonny terry sound awesome. I downloaded the blues harmonica blueprint as delivered by the famous annie raines. Paul rishell is as perfect a guitaristsinger as they come, a raging slide monster on the national resonator. The brainkeyboard lessonsdownload sheet musickalimbaukulele songsmusic sing.
Blues harmonica blueprint annie raines youtube a fun way to learn the blues scale on harmonica the lower twothirds duration. The term harp comes from an earlier incarnation of the harmonica called an aeolian, or windharp. This is a practice track for the sonny terry countryfied rhythm presented by annie raines in her blues harmonica blueprint series of lessons. Download all multiangle video guitar lessons with tab, notation, jam tracks, slomo, looping, synced tab, and much more. Together, they are one of the most potent blues duos in the world today, and it is fair to say. A complete guide for absolute beginners 9781908707284. If you love the sound of blues harmonica and would like to advance your skill set of techniques, discover how to get big tone, learn some new unique blues riffsphrasing, work on ear training, receive some direct feedback in a small group setting, and enjoy a mini vacation all at. Free reed instruments were created in the early 18th century. Watch the blues harmonica blueprint online guitar lesson by annie raines from blues harmonica blueprint welcome to blues harmonica blueprint. Annie rainess favorite harmonica things hunter harp. Blues harmonica blueprint introduction annie raines.
In the final section of the course, raines teaches you an impressive range of blues tunage, all visually notated, thus equipping you with a repertoire guaranteed to win new friends, influence good people and get those nods from the kids. The blues harmonica blueprint will indeed spark many lifealtering effects, all of them wondrous, magical. Click here to download free harp tab and access au. Blues harmonica lessons blues harmonica chromatic for diatonic players by winslow yerxa the slide mechanism is what separates the chromatic from other types of harmonica. Harmonica is mostly rectangular in shape with many free reeds present at the top. How to play harmonica and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle.