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BLUES RIFFS 101 BLUES RIFFS FOR DIATONIC HARMONICA IN C IN THE STYLE OF THE WALTERS, SONNYBOY II ,
SONNY TERRY, LEVY, CLARKE, MILTEAU, PIAZZA, MUSSELWHITE, MCCOY, POWER AND MORE... 6
A PLAYALONG
COURSE
FOR
BLUES
HARP
PLAYERS
"A real nice approach.
For everyone from
beginners to intermediates"
LEE OSKAR
THE BEN HEWLETT CD HARMONICA COURSE
INSIDE
Arranged and transcribed by Paul Lennon L.T.C.L.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page 4 CD Tracklisting
Page 5 Book Contents
Page 6 Welcome Back
Page 7 Introduction (Track 1)
Pages 8 & 9 Simple Chugging riffs (Track 2)
Pages 10 & 11 Deford Bailey (Track 3)
Pages 12 & 13 Sonny Terry (Track 4)
Pages 14 & 15 Little Walter Jacobs (Track 5)
Pages 16 & 17 Sonny Boy Williamson II (Track 6)
Pages 18 & 19 'Mannish Boy'-style riffs (Track 7)
Pages 20 & 21 Endings (Track 8)
Pages 22 & 23 William Clarke (Track 9)
Pages 24 & 25 J.J.Milteau (Track 10)
Pages 26 & 27 Brendan Power (Track 11)
Pages 28 & 29 Shakes, rattles and rolls! (Track 12)
Pages 30 & 31 Tongue-blocked riffs (Track 13)
Pages 32 & 33 Big Walter (Shakey) Horton (Track 14)
Pages 34 & 35 Charlie McCoy (Track 15)
Pages 36 & 37 Howard Levy (Track 16)
Pages 38 & 39 Rod Piazza (Track 17)
Pages 40 & 41 Third Position riffs (Track 18)
Pages 42 & 43 First Position riffs (Track 19)
Pages 44 & 45 Fast and Flashy riffs (Track 20)
Pages 46 & 47 Jazzy riffs (Track 21)
Pages 48 & 49 Sonny Terry 'Whooping' (Track 22)
Page 50-51 12-bar blues in G
Page 53 Thanks
Page 54 Chromatic harmonica tablature
Page 56 Ben Hewlett biography
Page 57 Paul Lennon biography
Page 58 The Series & Forthcoming Titles
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THE BEN HEWLETT
HARMONICA COURSE VOLUME 6
101 BLUES RIFFS
Hello and welcome to the 6th in our series in which we offer you 101 blues riffs to
learn, use, modify, and take over their ownership.
Each riff will be played for you at a fast speed, then a slower speed and then in
most cases, at an intermediate speed.
Each track contains five riffs in the style of some of my favourite players, starting
with simpler riffs to get you started and gradually getting harder.
Whilst studying with Joe Filisko I've learnt that most of the earlier players tongueblocked
most of the time. However, to make it easier, I've decided to ignore this
generally, but you should try the tongue-block style as well. Use your tongue to
cover a couple of holes to the left of the notes I've given you and it should work out!
The players on which we have based these riffs are chosen haphazardly from my
personal music collection so should not be taken as exclusively the best players -
although they are all exceptional in my opinion. We also ran out of space on the CD
so couldn't use riffs in the style of Paul Lamb, Kim Wilson, Sugar Blue, John Popper,
Paul Jones, Lee Sankey, Johnny Mars, Steve Baker and a bunch of other inspirational
players. Maybe on the next riffs album!
My playing - (although brilliant!) - is no match for the source players whose styles
I've attempted, so my best advice is to encourage you, after enjoying this CD, to go
back to the original players and to study them directly. It is much harder of course -
what we have we have tried to do here is to present the same information for you
in a half digested form - almost regurgitated, and fed from beak to open screeching
beak. Imagine us like a Mummy or Daddy bird feeding you, our fat and starving
little chicks!
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SIMPLE CHUGGING RIFFS
Track 2 Riffs 1 - 5
Hewlett & Lennon g2001
Swing = 104/70 Twice each
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GROW WITH THE RANGE...
SEARCH FOR THE
SINGLE NOTE HOW TO GET AND USE SINGLE NOTES ON THE DIATONIC HARMONICA 2
A PLAYALONG
COURSE
FOR
NEW
HARP
"A real nice approach.
For everyone from
beginners to intermediates"
LEE OSKAR PLAYERS
THE BEN HEWLETT CD
INSIDE HARMONICA COURSE L&H102
Composed and transcribed by Paul Lennon L.T.C.L.
FUNKY
NURSERY
A PLAYALONG
COURSE
FOR
HOW TO PLAY TRADITIONAL NURSERY RHYMES ON A ‘C’ HARMONICA WITH FUNKY BACKINGS 8
YOUNGER
PLAYERS
THE BEN HEWLETT CD
INSIDE HARMONICA COURSE L&H108
Arranged and sung by Paul Lennon L.T.C.L.
VOLUME
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BLUES JAM FACTORY
AN INTRODUCTION TO PLAYING BLUES ON A DIATONIC HARMONICA IN THE KEY OF C
A PLAYALONG
COURSE
FOR
NEW
BLUES
"A real nice approach.
For everyone from
beginners to intermediates"
LEE OSKAR PLAYERS
2CDs
THE BEN HEWLETT INSIDE HARMONICA COURSE
Arranged and sung by Paul Lennon L.T.C.L.
L&H103
VOLUME
3
M HOHNER
what we need"
"This course is just
FUNKY
CHRISTMAS HOW TO PLAY CLASSIC XMAS TUNES ON A ‘C’ HARMONICA WITH FUNKY BACKINGS 9
A PLAYALONG
COURSE
FOR
NEW
HARP
PLAYERS
THE BEN HEWLETT CD
INSIDE HARMONICA COURSE L&H109
Arranged and sung by Paul Lennon L.T.C.L.
VOLUME
HARPSCOOL
MASTERMIX1 HOW TO PLAY CLASSIC TUNES, CHUGS & RIFFS ON A ‘C’ HARMONICA WITHOUT BENDING NOTES 4
A PLAYALONG
COURSE
FOR
NEW
HARP
"A real nice approach.
For everyone from
beginners to intermediates"
LEE OSKAR PLAYERS
THE BEN HEWLETT CD
INSIDE HARMONICA COURSE L&H104
Arranged and composed by Paul Lennon L.T.C.L.
NASTY CHUGS RHYTHM HARMONICA FOR KIDS 10
A PLAYALONG
COURSE
FOR
NEW
HARP
"A real nice approach.
For everyone from
beginners to intermediates"
LEE OSKAR PLAYERS
THE BEN HEWLETT CD
INSIDE HARMONICA COURSE L&H110
Composed and performed by Paul Lennon L.T.C.L.
VOLUME
VOLUME
BONES OF
THE BLUES
A PLAYALONG
COURSE
FOR
NEW
HARP
"A real nice approach.
For everyone from
beginners to intermediates"
LEE OSKAR PLAYERS
HOW TO PLAY BLUES TUNES & IMPROVISE IN 5 KEYS ON ONE ‘C’ HARMONICA WITHOUT BENDING NOTES 5
THE BEN HEWLETT CD
INSIDE HARMONICA COURSE L&H102
Composed and transcribed by Paul Lennon L.T.C.L.
50 AWESOME
BLUES RIFFS
A PLAYALONG
COURSE FOR
FOR DIATONIC HARMONICA IN 6 KEYS A, Bb, C, D, F PLUS G MINOR 17
DEVELOPING HARP
"A real nice approach.
For everyone from
beginners to intermediates"
LEE OSKAR PLAYERS
THE BEN HEWLETT CD
INSIDE HARMONICA COURSE
Arranged and recorded by Paul Lennon L.T.C.L.
VOLUME
VOLUME
M HOHNER
"This course is just
what we need"
101
BLUES RIFFS 6
101 BLUES RIFFS FOR DIATONIC HARMONICA IN C IN THE STYLE OF THE WALTERS, SONNYBOY II ,
SONNY TERRY, LEVY, CLARKE, MILTEAU, PIAZZA, MUSSELWHITE, MCCOY, POWER AND MORE...
A PLAYALONG
COURSE
FOR
BLUES
HARP
"A real nice approach.
For everyone from
beginners to intermediates"
LEE OSKAR PLAYERS
THE BEN HEWLETT CD
INSIDE HARMONICA COURSE L&H106
Arranged and transcribed by Paul Lennon L.T.C.L.
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SONNY TERRY
BLUES RIFFS 60 SONNY TERRY BLUES RIFFS FOR INTERMEDIATE HARP PLAYERS 18
A PLAYALONG
COURSE
FOR
INTERMEDIATE
HARP
PLAYERS
THE BEN HEWLETT CD
INSIDE HARMONICA COURSE L&H118
Arranged and transcribed by Paul Lennon L.T.C.L.
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Ben Hewlett became a musician at the age of ten in 1969 learning the
trumpet. He went through the school system of exams and performances,
finally escaping the mandatory classical repertoire with the discovery of
Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie. He was a minor third addict at
fourteen and still has a passion for jazz and blues. Godfather Dennis
Corble gave Ben a harmonica at the age of 7 thus unknowingly sowing
the seeds of a lifelong love of this instrument!
Paul is a composer/arranger, multi-instrumentalist and teacher. He is a
former pupil of Bishop Wordsworth School, Salisbury and former member
and leader of the Wiltshire Youth and Salisbury Junior Orchestras on violin.
He also played in rock and folk bands in the Salisbury areas from the age
of 15 onwards and later graduated from Trinity College of Music, London in
violin, piano and composition (1976-80).
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101 Blues Riffs
Hewlett & Lennon
ISBN: 978-1-907058-09-7
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