Beginner to Boss
LESSONS OVERVIEW
Beginner to Boss is 30+ hours of complete beginner lessons. This includes 100+ lessons and over 8+ hours of songs (with backing tracks), with each lesson and song focusing on a specific element of beginner harmonica playing. Here’s some of what you’ll learn:
Module 1: Fundamentals
Intro: About this course
Lesson 1: How To Read Harmonica Tabs
Lesson 2: FAQ’s & Tips
Module 2: Chords
Lesson 1: Blowing and Drawing Over 1st Position
Lesson 2: Drawing and Blowing Over 2nd Position
Lesson 3: Simple Swamp Blues
Lesson 4: Folk Improvisation
Lesson 5: 3/4 Time with Sweet Soulful Gospel
Lesson 6: 1/4 Notes Over 2nd Position
Lesson 7: 1/8 Notes Over 2nd Position
Lesson 8: Syncopation with Catchy Pop Tune
Lesson 9: 1/8 Note Triplets
Lesson 10: Intermediate Swamp Blues
Lesson 11: Badass Swamp Blues
Lesson 12: Playing The Train (Part 1)
Lesson 13: Playing the Train (Part 2)
Lesson 14: Playing the Train (Part 3)
Lesson 15: A Great Blues Riff
Lesson 16: Fun Country Riff
Lesson 17: Classic Blues Standard
Lesson 18: Classic Blues Standard with Swung 1/8 Chugging
Lesson 19: Ideas from Chart-Topping Country Number (Part 1)
Lesson 20: Ideas from Chart-Topping Country Number (Part 2)
Lesson 21: Iconic Jazz with 12-Bar Blues Progression
Lesson 22: Inspirational Soul Groove
Lesson 23: Moody Soft-Rock Riff
Lesson 24: A Country Rock Jam
Lesson 25: Intro Riff from Legendary Pop-Rock Song
Lesson 26: Haunting Folk Ballad Riff (Part 1)
Lesson 27: Haunting Folk Ballad Riff (Part 2)
Module 3: Single Notes
Lesson 1: The Semi-Pucker Technique
Lesson 2: Super Cool Funk Riff (Part 1)
Lesson 3: Super Cool Funk Riff (Part 2)
Lesson 4: Practicing the -2 and -3 Draw in Tune
Lesson 5: Sliding Up to a Note
Lesson 6: The “Almost” Blues Scale
Lesson 7: Why Play a Scale?
Lesson 8: Learning a Real Blues Head!
Lesson 9: Popular 1960’s Bluesy Tune (Part 1)
Lesson 10: Popular 1960’s Bluesy Tune (Part 2)
Lesson 11: Playing a Trill
Lesson 12: More Trills through a Whole 12-Bar Blues
Lesson 13: Even More Trills
Lesson 14: Back to 1st Position
Lesson 15: Playing a Song in the Major Scale
Lesson 16: You Are My Sunshine
Lesson 17: Arpeggios with Oh Susanna
Lesson 18: More Arpeggios with Ska-Style Riff
Lesson 19: The 1st Position C Major Pentatonic Scale
Lesson 20: Emotional and Soulful Pop Ballad
Lesson 21: Melodic Irish Folk Riff
Lesson 22: A Widely Beloved Country Tune
Lesson 23: Joy to the World (Part 1)
Lesson 24: Beautiful and Melancholy 1960’s Riff
Lesson 25: Dreamy Folk Rock Song
Lesson 26: Spirited Mexican Rock and Roll Groove
Lesson 27: Simple Gifts
Lesson 28: Dark 1980’s Soft Rock Jam
Lesson 29: Powerful and Bittersweet Gospel Song (Part 1)
Lesson 30: Powerful and Bittersweet Gospel Song (Part 2)
Lesson 31: Intro to 3rd Position, Key of D Minor
Lesson 32: An Iconic Hard Rock Riff (Part 1)
Lesson 33: Boogie Blues Groove
Lesson 34: Epic Rock Masterpiece
Lesson 35: Sassy 1970’s Disco Number
Lesson 36: Bluesy Gospel Riff (Part 1)
Lesson 37: Bluesy Gospel Riff (Part 2)
Lesson 38: Fun Jazz Call and Response (Part 1)
Lesson 39: Fun Jazz Call and Response (Part 2)
Lesson 40: Cool Reggae-Feel Riff
Lesson 41: Intro to 4th Position, Key of A Minor
Lesson 42: Anthemic Rock Jam
Lesson 43: 4th Position Minor Pentatonic Scale
Lesson 44: Evocative and Classic 1930’s Jazz (Part 1)
Lesson 45: Evocative and Classic 1930’s Jazz (Part 2)
Lesson 46: Joy to the World (Part 2 Full Song)
Lesson 47: Difficult Skips with a Classic Movie Theme
Lesson 48: More Difficult Skips with Happy Birthday
Lesson 49: Back to 2nd Position with Amazing Grace
Lesson 50: The Q&A Blues
Lesson 51: A Great Lick to End a Blues
Module 4: Octaves
Lesson 1: Split-Chord Tongue Block
Lesson 2: Using -14 for the V Chord in a 12 Bar Blues
Lesson 3: Playing the Train Part 4
Lesson 4: The 36 for the I Chord 12 Bar Blues
Lesson 5: -25 Over the 12 Bar Blues
Lesson 6: A Great Ending to a Blues Using Octaves
Lesson 7: Jump Chorus with Octaves (Part 1)
Lesson 8: Jump Chorus with Octaves (Part 2)
Module 5: Tongue Blocking
Lesson 1: Why Learn How to Tongue Block?
Lesson 2: Isolating Holes 3 and 4 by Tongue Blocking
Lesson 3: Tongue Lifting Holes 2 through 6
Lesson 4: Tongue Slapping (Part 1)
Lesson 5: Tongue Slapping (Part 2)
Lesson 6: Tongue Rake
Lesson 7: The Chord Hammer (Part 1)
Lesson 8: The Chord Hammer (Part 2)
Lesson 9: The Shimmer
Lesson 10: Flutters
Module 6: Intro to Bending
Lesson 1: Learning to Bend the -4’
Lesson 2: Psychedelic Chicago Blues Riff
Lesson 3: An Iconic Hard Rock Riff (Part 2)
Lesson 4: Learning the Actual Blues Scale
Lesson 5: Killer Blues Vocabulary
Module 7: One Man Banding
Lesson 1: Blow Draw, Draw Blow (Part 2)
Lesson 2: Classic Blues Standard (Part 2)
Lesson 3: Backing Yourself Up with Catchy Pop Tune
Lesson 4: Learning the Boogie Woogie
Module 8: Congrats!
Congrats & What’s Next
Appendix / Music Theory
Lesson 1: The Musical Alphabet
Lesson 2: The Major Scale
Lesson 3: Melody, Harmony, Chords
Lesson 4: Numbering Chords
Lesson 5: Chord Inversions
Lesson 6: Relative Major and Minor
Lesson 7: Introduction to Modes
Lesson 8: Introduction to Modes Part 2