Sonny Terry´s Key to the Highway (Gussow.mov)

INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE. A QuickTime video tutorial revolving around Sonny Terry's version of "Key to the Highway," an 8-bar blues transcribed/arranged for harmonica by Adam Gussow. Technical challenges include 4 draw bends, lots of fast triplet patterns, and lots of melody/chord interplay. If you groove to the sound of Sonny Terry's Piedmont blues style, or if you're simply looking to expand your horizons on the instrument, this is the lesson for you.

Harp key: C

Note: A PDF tab for this song is also available at Tradebit.

Running time: 19:21

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

RobertPeteWilliamsFan wrote:
Awesome lesson - great at picking up a new style (and from such an underappreciated harp master). This lesson is perfect if you can blow clean single notes and a reasonable pace - no overblows and the few bends are easy enough (4 draw only). Also, this lesson will defintely make and advanced beginner sound immediately much cooler. Hats off to you Gussow - you´ve allowed us all to bring some light into our woodsheds.