2024 and I’m studying this! big shout out to my patron fam 💙😎🎸

These videos are timeless

Coffee, half dozen bagels and this awesome lesson all before work! I got it! Thanks Jason!

I've seen some teachers of the harp just seem to say "do this and then do that". But I sensed your love for the harp and that you want your student to "get it". Very instructive... very thorough... very patient... I learned alot from this!!

@jasonricci

9 жыл бұрын

David Clifton Thank you 4 Watching! A Moon Cat Love and Appreciate You too!!! Keep rocking!

Absolutely astounding lesson. But initimidating at the same time, as we mere mortals realise just how much there is to learn. Eternal thanks to The Maestro for giving us so much that would otherwise be impossible to find. Heartfelt admiration from the UK.

You have a great way of getting across your point that alot of others seem to have a harder time teaching.Your not afraid to get in there show the faces and make the sounds that are needed to actually succeed at the exercise. Thanks a hole hell of alot man. Love just hearing you play also.

Every time I watch this video, I'm learning something new! You're an inspiration Jason! Thank you very much!! 💯✌🎶

you are an excellent teacher as you go into great detail an break it down in an easy-to-understand,step-by-step approach. you have helped me lot in my own playing and teaching! thank you Jason.

@jasonricci

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you Klaus!!!

You are a natural born teacher and one bad ass harmonica player. Thank you for sharing your hard earned knowledge. You are frighteningly brilliant when in comes to technical artistry and you are operating at a level that very few mortals can operate at. Massive thankyou from the UK.

Jason Ricci is an excellent person. In all ways he is an extraordinary human being.

Its why he is the best.. great playing and teaching. Good stuff

Awesome fun video. Love to just experiment with sounds on the harp. But I learn a lot from each lesson you have on KZread.93

I've been working on this for about two weeks now and I decided to try a Sonny Terry rhythm that AG did in a video years ago.. I can now actually play that groove the way its supposed to be played due to this video. Thanks again!

wow , this lesson is great, I just realised my playing was vastly influenced by not exhaling properly or fully, Instead of exhaling the air I didnt needed I started playing blow notes or chords just to release not needed air. That made my playing very choppy and my ideas limited, oh harp you devil instrument :) thank you Jason you are my hero

Man, I love the way you teach!! I tried other videos and classes and couldn't understand some of the stuff. You make it easy to understand.

@jasonricci

Жыл бұрын

Thank you my bro!

11.04, Quote...."you hear that as making these noises and shit......", Your tutorial delivery is just brilliant fella, puts it right on the level of easy understanding. Great video Jason Ricci...pure great and very helpful, Scotland calling (thumbs in the air)

Uh, uh, where's the cute redhead? Ah, fuck it. This is still a good lesson.

@jasonricci

9 жыл бұрын

She's flattered and thank you!

@RanaRandom

8 жыл бұрын

/Train emote... Chugga Chugga Chugga Chugga CHOO CHOO :D

Outstanding ...must add to repertoire - great instruction by one of the very best. Thank you Jason.

Wow! completely awestruck Jason, I pickked up my first Harp about a year ago and was self teaching...really slow going...but decided to go for lessons and that is speeding up the learning process. I expect i will connect with you at some point for some online teaching/coaching. I was turned onto to your youtube page by my teacher Catriona who tells me that she has been dow to the states for one on one lessons with you and now i understand why.

Another great harmonica lesson by one of my favorite harp players, Jason Ricci.

Awesome lesson sir! I love those fox chase and whooping things.love prewar harmonica.More lessons like this would be great.

Wow. Such a full raspy sound from that Manji!! Looks like i should give it another chance :) Thanks so much for these lessons Jason. You're an amazing inspiration to all striving harmonica players out there!! It's been 5 years since i started playing the blues/harmonica and your lessons are the best they can get. Without your videos there's no way i'd be on KZread today. Thank you so much. Hope to meet you someday!! =]

@JimStanfield1978

10 жыл бұрын

***** Jason. Thanks SO much for all you do for aspiring harp players. Do you typically gap & otherwise tweak your harps? I'm still a little afraid of breaking a new one by working on it.

@JimStanfield1978

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for getting back to me! I guess I'll google it & try it.

Best chugging video yet lots of hints to add on's

Brilliant! This is exactly what I was looking for to add more rhythm and texture to my playing. Fantastic teaching approach, as well... Enthusiastic, fun and so obviously from the heart!

@alexmc69

7 жыл бұрын

A day later I'm finally beginning to get it... keeping it tight and on the beat is tough, and my mouth is TIRED!

The last minit is golden

Ten years latter i find this teacher just looking around that i might find a way to learn this dang harmonica. At age 71 im still trying . Seams like out of the blue i can play something 0:03 then a day or two latter its gone . What wait where did that riff go i had the other day???? Damn It ! I got started with this frustrating instrument when I was a very young kid you might be too young to know about a cartoon called Alvin and the chipmunks Alvin was a chipmunk and so here’s his brothers but he like me fell in love with a harmonica and he would go around saying all I wanna do was play my harmonica to his human daddy who was Dave the owner of a music studio. Your lesson and how you got into detail showing every step and breaking it down was super good . I will watch n Practice over n over till i get it . I really believe this os what im missing . Sure hope your doing well and still playing . God bless you for this gift Rick Simmons

@jasonricci

8 ай бұрын

Thank you SOOO much Rick and God Bless YOU too my friend! Yes I remember that cartoon episode! Chipmunks xmas right? Check out my new videos, 400 or so in the last 4 years! Busy touring schedule to at www.mooncat.org come see the band!

Intense, thorough and excellent teaching here. Many thank yous.

@jasonricci

9 жыл бұрын

Jim Plattes Thank you 4 watching!!!

Yay for weird noises! Thanks for the video, it's very useful.

Love the detail and close up instruction Jason! This is super helpful! It is funny how I am back here in a year watching this video again. This time I can apply it! LOL! :-)

Man!, what a gem of a tutorial. Thanks yet again J. 💥

@jasonricci

Жыл бұрын

Thank YOU ❤️

Clicked for the cute girl, learned a ton and got inspired! Thanks for the click bait! SUBBED! *Edit* Dude, I just watched a bunch of your instructional videos...Wow man, you're awesome....*throws money at screen* Take my money! Let me be your padawan!!!

@jasonricci

5 жыл бұрын

HAAA!!!

HA HA You made my day! This is so good I don't even care how cold it is out there!

I love this guy, he's so good and teaches in a nice way. Great sound. Thanks man

@jasonricci

9 жыл бұрын

A Moon Cat Loves and appreciates you too!

One hell of a teacher!

@jasonricci

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks John!

Jason Ricci. Whohoa! Cool!

Great stuff good to see your back keep em coming

Thank You. I'm just learning and this is so fun to try.

You, Sir, are awesome.

I have alot of fun chugging this way to, love this!

I’m trying to combine getting proficient with 2-3 notes and learn some sweet chugging to make some cool music, you’re videos are so helpful, but it reminds me that fundamentals even as simple as these take so much time and practice to sound remotely close to how you sound.

@jasonricci

2 жыл бұрын

You got this!!!!

Brilliant. Simply brilliant. Thank you.

@jasonricci

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤️

BigBrotherMooncat you know I always heard you using that percussive/rhythmic type of exhale before - during the Indiana harmonica club meetings and jamming together in general - (which you explain starting at 08:37) and I finally started incorporating that in my playing a couple of months ago - I hope other harmonica nerds out there catch on and start studying this crucial stuff, so that we can continue to progress this instrument and keep the Blues Harp alive and kickin' :) Thanks for the incredible lesson Godfatha! - Russ -

Nice lessons!

Bloody Brilliant ! Thanks for posting !

Hey Jason, I have just started learning the harmonica and wanted to say that your videos are such an amazing resource. I was able to finally learn how to bend because of you. Thank you!

As always you sound great, even make chugging sound kinda cool, lol, thanks for sharing!

Jason, most generous of u, as always. Miss ya down here. Ron (harpin' in the FL Keys)

You are such an inspiration! Thanks for all you give so freely!

@jasonricci

2 жыл бұрын

Thank YOU ❤️

So cool Jason! I'm just starting on harp and both your and Adam's lessons are inspiring. Thanks for doing them.

Great unique take on chugging. Love the use of variation on tone on the chords and draw 2, reminds me of how sonny terry could really pierce on some of his notes

Love the chase . Keep em coming this helps .

Thank you Jason!! :) Super interesting and learned a lot from you again!! :)

Thank you so much....for me you are the best player in the world....you help me a lot with your lessons....you are so cool man !!

Hi there. Gosh, I’ve listened to a good few of your videos and this appears to have been one of your former lessons. In your more recent material my appreciation for your rhythmic method of playing wherein, you vocalise in conjunction with the harmonica brilliant. Brace yourself however because undoubtedly you have spent years or should that be decades playing. Now, that’s where sadly I struggle. This by the way is merely an observation from a player who has yearned since the mid 90’s to play rhythmically having first heard Sunny Terry then years later and most certainly very recently I come across you. That says an awful lot about how much I listen to blues music perhaps even how dedicated I am with regards to frequency of practising. I have most certainly been listening to an increasing amount of those highly skilled harmonica players who pass on those hard won skills freely to the likes of people like me. So, I extend my humble thanks to you and your peers. Getting to the crook of my perhaps unreasonable request is this, is there any chance you may in the future do 2 things? The first is that your playing and skill level is so out of this world and second nature to you that describing your method, technique etc is very clear in your mind and indeed to those like myself who are quicker of the mark. Sadly, I’m probably one of the very very few who needs spoon feeding. Thus,can you peel back what you was primed to record to a level that might appear so basic its unworthy of implementation. I ask this should there be others out there like myself who are slow at picking up what is being instructed but perhaps like myself I have had no choice but to learn by ear. This is no excuse for my lack of development with the harmonica but it is a real reason as to limiting tuition material available to those who can see. The other request is with that in mind whilst I cannot say if you use on screen tabs etc have you considered without this instruction how would you articulate the information to get it cross? Right, I’ve said my thoughts and I am really not known for my brevity when I get a listening ear. Regaardless of actioning these observations may I extend undoubtedly the gratitude of many budding harmonica players for your efforts. Even now I’m still typing so I’ll end it here.

@jasonricci

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, first THANK You so much for your kind words and taking the time to write! im really trying to do much of the GREAT suggestions you are making in my videos since october 2020. Please keep the suggestions coming they are VERY valuable to me!

Thanks my friend ! great lesson !!!

Great lesson. Really enjoyed it!

Outstanding!

Jason, this is just what I've been looking to add into my playing, great lesson. I've been working really hard on playing my harp like other instruments, but now I need to pick up on some of the subtleties that the instrument has to offer...Thanks

At 1:53, you seemed to have this spiritual mini-moment, like just for a second you got lost in the love of even the simplest harp chord; wonderful, especially when you then talked about getting lost at 7:29. As for the lesson itself, I love hearing all the different methods for expelling the amassed air, and sound-wise yours is my favorite so far. P.S. What a great advertisement for the Manji!

That harp player "ugh" eventually comes out with time. We also humm.

Man ur incredible! Thanks for sharing ur hard work you've done to learn this with us! I've taken to the harp. You've opened my eyes!

@jasonricci

2 жыл бұрын

Thank YOU ❤️

Thanks Jason! Great lesson.

You Rock! :) An inspiring lesson, thank you !

@jasonricci

9 жыл бұрын

globulant99 TY SIR!

Love this! I'm still struggling with the exhale (without playing a note but doing "ta" sound) but I'll keep at it. Thanks for this! I always wondered how you got some of these cool sounds. Cats rule!

I'm still working on this 8 years later. There's lots in here. 🎈

just getting in to the harmonica thats works great thanks

That was SOOO much fun!!! Thanks! :D

Love it! Love your work sir! I like the way you explain your thinking. Thank you!

@jasonricci

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Gaijin!

Thanks Jason! :D

I like it. Thanks.

Fantastic presented Greetings from Germany

Thank You.... Great lesson.

sounds nice thanks

exelente ...genial me encanto ..mas videos ?

Awesome.

Nice one brotha! Been enjoying your music on Pandora!

Very good music talent

Beat box while playing!!😂... to exhale

You probably hear this enough. But thank you so much for helping.

@jasonricci

Жыл бұрын

Thank YOU!!!! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

hey finally worked thank you.

Grande Jason, you are a harmonica star, what a surprise discovering you on the net, of course I have immediately subscribe to your channel, you should travel the world doing harp seminars!! As I guess or I hope so, we share italian origin, so I'll wait for you if you may come to Rome one day! Grazie mille!!

@jasonricci

9 жыл бұрын

Alessandro Tirinnanzi Thanks man coming to Italy this year! check www.mooncat.org mostly Northern Italy though hope you can make it.

Good information as always

brilliant lesson. cheers jason

@jasonricci

9 жыл бұрын

iankev Cheers Ian!!!

great dude... thanks

great classroom

Hey! Mr.Ricci. I don't know if you remember me. I was asking you about breathing through my nose because I'm a fighter and that's how I was taught to breathe and you said you are a runner. Thanks to your video on chugging. Understand the difference now. I hope one day you can perform in Tokyo Japan one day so I can watch you play live. Thanks 😎 🙏

@jasonricci

Жыл бұрын

I think you may be thinking of my friend Adam Gussow he's the runner!

helpful, thanks

Thank you heaps- I got it!!

I've never been been very interested in Chugging. This video has changed that! Thanks man! May I be so bold as to request more footage of you playing your version of Lowrider? Very cool...

Haven't had a ricci inspired breakthrough in a while. Thanks man, this is filled with great shit. 10:47 HA

that was great, thanks

This is… exactly what I need Thanks a lot you are amazing btw it’s a bit wired to see a dark haired Jason hahahaha ❤

thanks for sharing bro

That's what the "ptah!" effect is!, Ive been wondering if that's beat boxing or something...Jason, could you do a lesson on different tones, how to vary them, and create trailing out effects? Thanks for sharing so much value with us.

@18Yoav

10 жыл бұрын

***** guess im not sure what im looking for either, back to the woodshed!

I laughed a lot at 11:00!

@jasonricci

Ай бұрын

😆 🤣 😂 😹

just so fkn inspirin lesson again

toca muito

Aha now i see. This is what you play in the song called "Jason Solo" in JJ Appelton album :)

"Harmonica makes a lot of weird noises." Haha

@jasonricci

9 жыл бұрын

kawaii meatpie t so does!

bonjours Jason vraiment extraordinaire ton jeu j'adore dommage je ne comprend pas ta langue mais trop cool