Ending the Blues (Gussow.mov)

INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED INTERMEDIATE, although ADVANCED BEGINNERS will be able to get something from this lesson. A QuickTime video tutorial focused on a series of ten different endings to 12-bar blues songs, worked through at regular and slow speed by Adam Gussow of Satan and Adam. Some of these are Gussow's own adaptations of classic cadences; others are drawn from recordings by Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Big Walter Horton, Nat Riddles, Jason Ricci, and Gussow himself.

Technical challenges include lots of tricky timing, a fair bit of tongue blocking, and 2, 3, and 4 draw bends.

Harp keys: C (4 or 5 of the endings), A, B-flat, and D.

Note: a PDF tab is also available for $2.

Running time: more than 25 minutes. This is a LOT of material to work on!

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