2008 Augusta Class Description


Week 2
Blues Week
Beginning and Intermediate/Advanced Blues
Harmonica
Gary Allegretto


Gary Allegretto will be teaching beginner and intermediate-advanced harmonica classes including (but not limited to) the following topics: single note embouchures, blues riffs, I-IV-V twelve-bar blues basics and techniques to build and elaborate, positions, bending, soloing, octaves, shakes, train songs and chugging exercises, equipment (harps, mics, amps, accessories), accompaniment (duo and band), dynamics, harp etiquette, and songwriting. Minimally, beginner attendees will need a diatonic harmonica in the key of C. Intermediate and advanced attendees should bring C, G, A, D and optionally, a chromatic harmonica in the key of C.

All interested participants, please email gallegretto@earthlink.net to discuss your areas of interest, goals and needs.