Tenor Madness (Gussow.mov)

ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE. A QuickTime video tutorial focused on Sonny Rollins's "Tenor Madness," a 12-bar blues adapted for harmonica by Adam Gussow of Satan and Adam. Warning: this song contains overblows! Order at your own risk--if you're prepared for a challenge. Other technical challenges include swing timing and one tricky sixteenth-note passage that moves from 6 draw half-step bend to 3 draw whole step bend.

Harp key: C, with one demo on an E-flat.

Running time: 19:56

Note: two tab sheets are available for this lesson at a price of $1 each: "basic" and "advanced/hard swing." The video covers both. The latter, which incorporates swing timing at the beginning of very bar, offers a slightly more challenging version of the song.

Another Modern Blues Harmonica production (www.modernbluesharmonica.com)