Harmonica for Beginners
Code: MT22001
Dates: September 17 - October 29, 2019
Meets: 7:45 PM to 9:00 PM
Sessions: 6
Location: Lower Merion High School
Course Fee: $94.00
Sorry, we are no longer accepting registrations for this course. Please contact our office to find out if it will be rescheduled, or if alternative classes are available.
Learn to play simple traditional folk songs and elementary blues on one of America's most popular, portable instruments. Basic techniques such as bending, trilling, tongue-blocking, vibrato and wah-wah will be covered. No musical background required. Bring a 10-hole diatonic key of C-major harmonica
(such as the Hohner Special 20) to class. Textbook fee ($9) payable to instructor.
Seth Holzman
Seth Holzman, (BA Music, Syracuse University) has been playing harmonica since 1965, teaching harmonica since 1975, and has performed with Muddy Waters, Koko Taylor, Ronnie Earl, Roomful of Blues, Magic Slim & The Teardrops, and many others. Seth was inspired to play by (and eventually studied with) the great blues harmonica player Sonny Terry. He is a caring and thoughtful instructor who teaches the techniques and musical knowledge he wishes he had known when he began his own studies. Seth currently performs with Stevie and the Bluescasters in the greater Philadelphia area.zepharpo@aol.com
