When & Where

Quick Facts

  • Availability Late starts accepted
  • Tutor Jonathan Watkins
  • Course Code W23JPMC02C
  • Suitable For 19 year olds and up are permitted on this course

What you will learn

Learn to play tunes, improvise on various styles of music, advanced harmonica techniques, how to play through an amplifier, and play different genres of music. Suitable for intermediate players. Please bring your own ten-hole diatonic harmonicas in C major and A major.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Develop your harmonica technique to a advanced level
  • Improvise over various types of chord sequences
  • Study the great players and the techniques they used
  • Play and improvise in first position to an advanced level
  • Play jazz style harmonica
  • Be able to play in multiple keys on one harmonica

Cost

  • Full fee
    £150
  • Concession fee
    £115
  • Class format and activities

    Learning from tutor demonstration and explanation., Playing as a part of a group and individually, Learning a repertoire of suitable material , Learning various harmonica techniques

    Entry requirements

    The course is for intermediate players who are proficient at bending notes..

    What you need to know before you enrol

    This is the third term of lessons

    What you need

    Four ten hole diatonic harmonicas; in the keys of A,C,B flat, and D, pen/pencil, paper

    What you can do next

    Jazz Workshop 1, one of the Morley Jazz ensembles