Golden Slumbers appears on the Abbey Road album. The melody plays well on the diatonic harmonica. In this lesson, I demonstrate how to play Golden Slumbers using a C harmonica. There are no sharps or flats and no bending is required.
Imagine by John Lennon is simply one of the greatest songs of all time. Learn this classic on your C harmonica All the tabs are there. No bending required with this one.
Learn how to play Daniel by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. I go through the process of choosing a harmonica and then demonstrate and tab out the melody. There is one note in the melody that can't be found on the harmonica chosen. So I'll also show you how to handle this situation.
Let It Be has a fabulous though pretty simple melody that is quite easy to learn on harmonica. You can play the melody on the bottom of the harp as well as up an octave on the high end of the harp. Both places have their difficulties and I'll go through both with tabs and suggestions to help learn this great tune. Grab your C harmonica and let's play some Beatles
I am an old woman named after my mother. My old man is another child that's grown old. If dreams were thunder and lightning was desire this old house would've burnt down a long time ago. The opening lines to John Prine's classic Angel From Montgomery. Grab your guitar and harmonica and learn my rendition of this fabulous song.
The song Harvest Moon is the title track from the album Harvest Moon, released in October, 1992. The album Harvest Moon is often thought of as a sequel to Harvest due to the fact the album was recorded in Nashville with many of the musicians that played on Harvest including Ben Keith on pedal steel guitar, Kenny Buttrey on drums, and Tim Drummond on bass. Grab your guitar and G harmonica and learn how to play this great Neil Young classic.
Bob Dylan's classic Knockin' On Heaven's Door is covered in this video. I take you through the guitar chords, strumming patterns, harmonica key and tabs, followed by a jam along. So get your guitar in tune, strap in your G harmonica and let's do this.
I remember hearing a ton of Gordon Lightfoot as a kid growing up in Canada and The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was one of the first songs I learned on guitar. It has a beautiful, haunting sound with an easy repeating chord progression. I demonstrate the chords as well as the rhythm on acoustic guitar in the first video of this three part series. Add in some harmonica in the second video as well as a complete play through in the third to complete the series. If you're looking for a guitar backing track, guitar chords, lyrics, harmonica tabs, you'll find them too. Find it here: Edmund Fitzgerald
Yet another great JJ Cale song, Cocaine. There is a video lesson covering the rhythm guitar part including chords and strumming. There is also a video covering what to do for harmonica when the original recording doesn't have any harmonica. I talk about chord tones and scales as well as picking some riffs out of the melody. The final video is to jam along. There's also chords, lyrics, harmonica tabs, backing track, and lots of fun.
The Friday afternoon song - Shanty. Learn it with me on guitar, throw on some harp, jam through it and put a good buzz on...
Neil Young's Long May You Run - Neil wrote this song about his first car, Mort, a 1948 Buick Roadmaster Hearse. Kind of gives new meaning to the lyrics. This is a video lesson for guitar and harmonica of this great old song and demonstrates guitar chords, strumming rhythms, harmonica key and tabs followed by a complete play-through/jam-along. There is also a guitar backing track to practice with (without the vocals or harmonica). I hope you enjoy.
The Weight, from The Band's 1968 album, "Music From Big Pink". Learn to play this classic on guitar and harmonica. There's chords, rhythm, harmonica tabs, jam track and so on and so forth.
Neil Young's Harvest - in this video I go through this great old song and demonstrate guitar chords, strumming rhythms, harmonica key and tabs and finally play through it. I hope you enjoy.
The Rolling Stones Salt of the Earth - in this video I go through this great old song and demonstrate guitar chords, strumming rhythms, harmonica key and tabs and finally play through it. I hope you enjoy.
Neil Young's After The Gold Rush - in this video I go through this great old song and demonstrate guitar chords, strumming rhythms, harmonica key and tabs and finally play through it. I hope you enjoy.
Bob Dylan's classic Like A Rolling Stone is covered in this video. I take you through the guitar chords, strumming patterns, harmonica key and tabs, followed by a jam along. So get your guitar in tune, strap in your G harmonica and let's do this.
Here's a lesson on guitar and harmonica of JJ Cale's Call The Doctor. For the guitarist there are guitar chords and a suggested strumming pattern. I also go over the choice of key for harmonica and why as well as the tabs for the melody. Finally, it's all put together to jam along
In Low Rider Harmonica Lesson, I look at Lee Oskar's harmonica part in the classic, Low Rider by War from the 1975 album, Why Can't We Be Friends
How to play Neil Young's Heart Of Gold on harmonica. This is probably the most recognizable song on guitar and harmonica. This video concentrates on the 3 harmonica solos as recorded on the Harvest album.
In 8 Roadhouse Riffs, I look at John Sebastian's harmonica part in the classic, The Doors Roadhouse Blues
Here's a lesson on guitar and harmonica of JJ Cale's classic, After Midnight. For the guitarist there are guitar chords and a suggested strumming pattern. I also go over the choice of key for harmonica and why. Finally, it's all put together to jam along
Here's a guitar harmonica cover of the classic Blue Christmas. Just a quick little dose of holiday cheer!
Cover of the Rolling Stone is a classic old song recorded by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show on the Sloppy Seconds album. In this video, I give a quick lesson on covering the song on guitar and then play through it showing the guitar chords so you can follow along. Enjoy.
Welcome to this video where I show you how I play Alice Cooper's Eighteen on guitar and harmonica. I'm going to go through the guitar chords, go through that signature riff and the rhythm to how that's played. There's 2 different vocal parts to the chorus and I'll show you each of those. Then I'll go through the harmonica, the key I'm using and what I'm doing on that. Then finally we'll play through the whole thing. Check It Out...
Sweet Virginia is a classic old Rolling Stones song from the Exile On Mainstreet album. Bobby Keys has been the main Stones sax player for decades. In this video, I play through my rendition of Bobby Keys' solo with transcription to follow along. Check it out. Cheers, George
You Can't Always Get What You Want, the classic Stones song from Let It Bleed, lesson on guitar and harmonica. There's chords, lyrics, harmonica tabs and more. Check it out.
All Along The Watchtower - Bob Dylan's classic from the album John Wesley Harding. In the video lesson, I cover guitar chords, strumming pattern, harmonica key and tabs as well as going through a jam-along version. Enjoy.
Magnolia's a great old JJ Cale song from the album Naturally. In this video, I go through the guitar chords, lyrics, and harmonica tabs. There's a cool little run that's easy to learn on both guitar and harmonica. Give it a try and have fun. Cheers, George
The House Of The Rising Sun - video lesson on guitar and harmonica.
Learn how to play Billy Joel's Piano Man on guitar and harmonica as I take you through this classic and go over the guitar chords, picking pattern, time signature, harmonica and tabs and then play through a verse and chorus to give you a feel for the song. Enjoy.
Bob Dylan's I Shall Be Released is covered in this post. Guitar chords, strumming patterns, harmonica tabs and a play along version is included. Recorded while camping on Vancouver Island. Enjoy. Cheers, George
Don't Think Twice It's All Right is a classic Bob Dylan song from his Freewheelin' Bob Dylan album. In this post, I show how to play Don't Think Twice on guitar, harmonica and vocals. Also included is guitar chords, lyrics, harmonica tabs, sheet music, mp3 downloads and more. I hope you enjoy.
In this video I teach how to play Bruce Springsteen's The River on guitar and harmonica. Harmonica tabs, guitar chords, strumming patterns and more is displayed and demonstrated. Also find MP3 downloads of the original as well as Sheet Music and more
Alright, Dead Flowers by The Rolling Stones from Sticky Fingers. Here's how I play it on guitar and harmonica. Jam along
Change Chords, Lyrics, and Harmonica Tabs Blind Melon - Change A G D G A A G D G A HARMONICA SOLO A -4 3 -3-4 4-3 3 G D…
Learn how to play Jethro Tull's classic Locomotive Breath as I take you through an easy to learn rhythm guitar and harmonica lesson.
Sweet Virginia is a classic old Rolling Stones song that's great to learn on acoustic guitar and harmonica. In this video, I go through an easy to learn guitar part and harmonica tabs. There's also mp3 downloads, sheet music and more
Cover of Neil Young's The Needle and the Damage Done, yet another fabulous song from the Harvest album of 1972. Also find lyrics, guitar chords, harmonica tabs and more
The Only Thing is a political love song that subtly provides commentary on humanity's plight. Common people just want peace, to live their lives and to love. This important message is delivered bare-bones on guitar, harmonica and vocals.
The Only Thing is a political love song that subtly provides commentary on humanity's plight. Common people just want peace, to live their lives and to love. This important message is delivered bare-bones on guitar, harmonica and vocals.
From A Mile Away is the first single from musician George Goodman and tells the story of one family's fight against Chronic Lyme Disease.