Use the following links to visit websites containing at least some MIDI and audio sound files. You can also visit our Harmonica Store to purchase recommended CDs, videos, DVDs, and other harmonica related items.
(Some links to pages with midi files that you can download and jam to)
Five sets of free downloadable MIDI files in 12-Bar blues form (in common 2nd postion harmonica keys) with different feels and tempos to practice your improv and riffs to. There is also a link available for tips on improvisation and jamming to 12-Bar blues (plus additional instruction).
Streaming sound files are found throughout the free site and downloadable MP3s are available in the Members Area as audio examples of the instructional techniques, riffs, and songs taught.
"Sound files from Dave Gage and the GAGE Band. Examples of his rock and blues harmonica playing with a very cool use of the "tongue-switching" technique on diatonic and chromatic."
A very complete listing of sites featuring streaming blues radio and RealAudio blues files.
If you have a harmonica-related website and would like it listed here, please email us with the web address, site title (or player's name), brief description, and the page it should be included on. Also, if you find any 'dead' links or have changed the URL to your site, let us know so we can make the update.
To open any of the pages in a new browser window, right-click and select "OPEN LINK IN NEW WINDOW" ("NEW WINDOW WITH THIS LINK" in Netscape). Macintosh users should click and hold on the link until you can select the same option.
Dave explains the value of not just learning a scale up and down, but dividing it into smaller "bite-size" chunks, which can then be used as blues riffs.
Here are Dave Gage's sons, Brody and Alex, now called the Brothers Gage, back when they were 10 and 12 year old kids. This video shot in 2015, is an unedited take playing an improvised blues and country based jam and having a bunch of fun.
One plays rhythm beatbox harmonica while the other takes a solo. They are both playing a standard key of "C" 10-hole diatonic in 2nd Position (which is also known as "Crossharp"). They both learned to play harmonica around age 5 and now also sing, play guitar, bass, drums, and keyboards. The key to getting good is consistency. They still practice every single day.
