The Wizard The Wizard is a song by Black Sabbath (released in 1970) featuring Ozzy Osbourne on the harmonica. It starts off with long restless notes and is followed by an aggressive riff played with a band. The title refers to Ozzy Osbourne himself. He became known as “The Wizard” shortly after the release of [&hellip...

Robert Bonfiglio (Pennsylvania) is an American classical harmonica player. Bonfiglio has been a concerto soloist with leading orchestras around the world, premiering major works written for harmonica. His first recording was with the New York Chamber Orchestra and featured the Villa-Lobos Harmonica Concerto, which was released to critical acclaim...

So you’ve got a harmonica, now what? Well, certainly some fun is to be had just blowing and drawing on a harmonica (check out my lesson Harmonica Chords for Beginners for some ideas about this). But eventually, if you really want to be able to rock hard, you’re gonna have to learn how to play [&hellip...

In the harmonica world, PT Gazell is perhaps best known for inventing a “half-valved” system for the diatonic harmonica that allows players to access every note in the chromatic scale via bending but not overblowing. While much attention has been paid to the technology and techniques of half-valved harmonicas, there’s been little discussion of why [&hellip...

In this lesson, I’m going to teach you how to play Blues harmonica to back up singers and soloists, as well as take an awesome solo. For this lesson, I am playing a C harmonica in 2nd position, so we are playing in the key of G. This lesson assumes that you already know how [&hellip...

Here’s the hot hit by Maroon 5 Girls Like You played on the harmonica, with tabs for the chorus so that you can play the song on your harmonica. Tabs and the original song are below the video. Girls Like You by Maroon 5 F Harmonica, 2nd position, Key of C Here’s how I played [&hellip...