Harmonica Lessons

10 Steps to Becoming a Harmonica Super Star

Playing a harmonica is one of the easiest things in the world to do. It is the only instrument that you play just by breathing. Playing harmonica well, being a Harmonica Super Star, is very difficult, but not impossible. Whether you want to play li...

Beginners' Guide To Playing The Harmonica

What image comes to mind when you think of the harmonica?  Maybe you picture a scene from an old movie with a hobo or convict slumped against a wall playing a sad, lonely tune or you see a blues musician on stage giving it all he's got to produc...

Great Harmonica Players

Little Walter

In any conversation about blues harp music or playing the harmonica, one name is sure to come up as the musician all others are compared to...Little Walter. During his short life, this blues legend revolutionized how the harmonica is played and impact...

Gary Primich

Gary Primich was an amazing blues singer and harmonica player.  A native of the midwest, he began playing the harmonica as a child and mastered playing the blues in Chicago. Whether playing with his own band or in gigs with other musicians, Gary...

Kim Wilson

In 1969, Kim Wilson put aside his trombone and guitar, picked up a harmonica, and the blues haven't been the same since. After getting started in the Bay area, he moved to Austin, where he and Jimmy Vaughan founded The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Last nig...

Jerry Portnoy

Jerry Portnoy was born in 1943 and grew up in the blues rich atmosphere of Chicago's famous Maxwell Street Market during the golden age of Chicago Blues. He began his professional career in the late 60's and since that time has performed, live and on...

Rick Estrin

Rick Estrin started playing harmonica in San Francisco in the 1960's. By age 18 he was opening for Z.Z. Hill at San Francisco's premier black night club, the Club Long Island in the Hunter's Point district. During this engagement he met soul singer/s...

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Harmonica Fun

Best Harmonica Beatbox Videos

Harmonica Beatboxing is a cool new musical style that blends harmonica riffs with the percussion of beatbox at the same time, by the same performer. Videos of harmonica beatbox performances are gaining in number and popularity on YouTube.  Below...

Harmonica Movies

Pocket Full of Soul: A Harmonica Documentary

Pocket Full of Soul is a film that explores the mythos surrounding the harmonica, bringing you the unvarnished and exciting world of harmonica players as never seen before!

Why are you a harmonica fan?

MelissaLim I can put it in my pocket and make music wherever i go. Plus did you know harmonica players make the best kisser? But the harmonica is so much more than a simple music instrument. It is THE "people's instrument". Pocket Full of Soul, a harmonica documentary, does a better job at explaining why this instrument is so revolutionary. Check out my lens on the the documentary if you're interested and then share the love. http://www.squidoo.com/pocketfullofsoul Posted July 06, 2008

chemrat Hard to say- it is mostly emotional. The sound of a blues harp is totally captivating. Posted April 17, 2008