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This lively and comprehensive course by a world-class player and teacher reveals Norton Buffalo´s "bag of tricks," a wealth of important information that will give your harmonica playing power and excitement.
Norton covers all the basics: breathing, tonguing, single-note and chordal playing, bending, vibrato and other essentials. He demonstrates powerful exercises for breath control that will help you develop complex rhythmic patterns for blues, R&B and rock accompaniment. You´ll learn how to dress up melodies and improvise on a variety of songs, such as Las Mañanitas and The Yellow Rose of Texas. More advanced techniques - chord blocking, octave and harmony playing - are also covered to give you a well-rounded technical knowledge of the harmonica´s possibilities.
As a bonus, you´ll get Norton´s prescription for "harmonica survival" - how to keep your instrument playing in tune and make it last for years.
(about 90 minutes)
"Play the blues from your heart" is great advice, but you´ve got to have chops and skill to be able to lay it all down. Join this harmonica master as he shares invaluable advice and passes on his formidable techniques to learning players.
Norton Buffalo shows you everything you need to become a real blues harp player. He details many topics, including note bending, playing and using octaves, the intricacies and etiquette of rhythm harmonica, combining breath and hands to create vibrato and more.
Switching on the power, Norton outlines various electric blues styles and discusses the proper use of amplification. He offers important suggestions about microphones, amps and speakers and demonstrates his ideas about power, tone and reverb. You´ll also add the shuffle, the boogie-woogie walk, double-stops, the "tongue teaser" and trills to your bag of tricks.
Norton performs and teaches five classic blues tunes: Chicken Shack, Hoochie Coochie Man, Help Me, My Babe and You Can´t Judge a Book by its Cover. As a bonus, you´ll get Norton´s prescription for "harmonica survival" - how to keep your instrument playing in tune and make it last for years.
(about 80 minutes)
This video was added to our catalog on August 25, 2005 in Musical Instruction::Harmonica.
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Norton Buffalo never stops amazing me. Ever since I first saw him in 1980. This is the first of his DVD set from Smart Flix. I have played harmonica since 1981 and this is very informative. His exercise methods can help you on any style of music. I have to rent the next series now. This one was super.
Norton explains all types of important information. It really doesn't matter what your style is; his breathing exercises and rhythm techniques will increase your ability to play with anyone. Both DVD's are great.
