Harmonica Workshop with Jason Ricci at the 443 Social Club
Schedule
Sat, 20 Jun, 2026 at 01:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
443 Burnet Ave, Syracuse, NY, United States, New York 13203 | Syracuse, NY
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Four-time blues music award winner and educator JASON RICCI will be holding another harmonica seminar this time in Syracuse, New York!The seminar will be open to all ability levels, and recording, photographing, and note-taking are strongly encouraged and recommended. Participants are encouraged to bring recording devices, note pads, and at least one harmonica in the key of C.
The seminar will be two 90-minute, interactive classes that focus on the following topics:
I : Playing Alone
A.) Tone, achieving single notes, embouchure, rhythm, bending, and overblows ( I will only briefly breeze over these subjects. It is recommended that students YouTube search these subjects prior to the seminar, but I WILL discuss them and gladly answer questions.)
B.) Root notes, the 12-bar blues structure, timing, and phrasing.
C. Listening, incorporating licks/riffs into improvisation, and the importance of playing with the Putva band and practice routines.
II: Basic Harmony
A.) Scales.
B.) Major Triads and 6th and 7th Chord arpeggios.
C.) Approach Tones, enclosures, chromaticism and very basic jazz improvisational approaches to blues improvisation.
Q & A is encouraged THROUGHOUT the seminar and students are ENCOURAGED to interrupt with raised hands and questions at ANY time in the presentation.
This will be a TON of fun and Im looking forward to seeing yall, getting to know you and making new friends! - Jason
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