Howard Levy - HOHNER Masters of the Harmonica

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  • Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024

Комментарии • 137

  • @stickman33
    @stickman33 5 лет назад +13

    I knew a harmonica player named Bruce from Philadelphia back in the early 1970's who could play chromatically on a diatonic harp. I remember he was jamming with a jazz pianist who stopped in surprise and said "Those notes aren't on the harp!" Until a few years ago I'd never heard anyone else who could do that.

  • @dgunde13
    @dgunde13 9 лет назад +31

    The GREAT HOWARD LEVY - My College roommate when he took up this instrument.......
    Never stopped playing it.......He's a little understated in his pre- 18 yr old career as he played
    the great Bach organ music and a bunch of other instrument, in fact, whatever he picked up
    he somehow mastered in a few weeks. Congrats and Kudos and much respect Mr Levy.....
    Kind regards Douglas Gunderson, violist, pianist, organist, guitarist etc.......

    • @319J03
      @319J03 6 лет назад

      I would like a better understanding of "custom harmonica" by your definition, Howard.
      I get the "mongrel" reference and wonder if there are reed and valve mods as well.
      I am interested in insight and lessons from a master .
      You Howard Levy or someone like you, if such a one exists.
      Amazing chromatic work on a diatonic 10 reed thanks for this post.
      G_or_g

    • @rustyc8994
      @rustyc8994 6 лет назад

      dgunde13 7

    • @rustyc8994
      @rustyc8994 6 лет назад

      dgunde13 ‘’::;;;/////= =rssusty

  • @velvamerrick846
    @velvamerrick846 8 лет назад +8

    I love your Harmonica playing!!! I started playing harmonica when I was 17 years old, back in 1971...I am self taught... I have been playing Harmonica for 45 years... My stage name is: Velva Hot Lips on Harmonica... I now live in Santa Fe, N.Mexico...8-13-16

  • @HarmonicaJamz
    @HarmonicaJamz 8 месяцев назад +1

    What he said about how harmonica is a FEEL more than anything was inspiring

  • @musamor75
    @musamor75 11 лет назад +7

    Howard is a true genius. His immense ease is very daunting. He is a great authoriy on the instrument, while managing to remain amusing, witty, and just plain bloody talented.
    Bravo Maestro. A friend of mine- PIerre Charrial in Paris, first introduced me to this exceptional musician. One of God's chosen angels.

  • @toddzillathakilla
    @toddzillathakilla 11 лет назад +14

    now a hohner costs 44 dollars

    • @kylewhitehead1684
      @kylewhitehead1684 7 лет назад +1

      Yep, and the quality isn't really better, either. At least not on the Marine Band. It's a travesty.

    • @michaelpaul2353
      @michaelpaul2353 5 лет назад

      So the price more than doubled in 5 years..... Stock Up! Not on Wall Street stock, Hohner has outperformed Wall Street!

  • @andyginterblues2961
    @andyginterblues2961 8 лет назад +6

    Listen to Howard's recordings with Be'la Fleck, the jazz banjo player! Truly unique!

  • @dan32113
    @dan32113 12 лет назад +9

    what Levy said is the answer to his craft, "i worked real hard!" thats how you get good. As the great golfer, Gary Player famously said, the harder I practice the luckier I get!

  • @chrishumphries1516
    @chrishumphries1516 Год назад +2

    Howard, you are a treasure for the people who love the pocket piano..✌️

  • @vale9488
    @vale9488 11 лет назад +5

    i'm in love with my golden melody ...

  • @vincentl4691
    @vincentl4691 8 лет назад +5

    6:25 changing keys on an A flat blues harmonica by bending on the fly. That is sick.

  • @sheilabarron7206
    @sheilabarron7206 5 лет назад +4

    Haven't heard about Howard Levy for along time He is such a Great Harp player Thank you for the info ✌️♥️

  • @ross-carlson
    @ross-carlson 3 года назад +13

    @6:25 I don't really think non-musicians can appreciate how incredible that progressive chromatic lick he's playing there is. I've played saxophone for 35 years and for me/us that's not easy but it's not hard as the saxophone is a fully chromatic instrument and the harmonica, at least what he's playing there, is NOT. Mind blowing.

    • @bits-of-bass
      @bits-of-bass 2 года назад +1

      Just watched this section and then read this comment. You are 100% correct. Absolutely stunning!

    • @kpra.2pro590
      @kpra.2pro590 2 года назад

      YES I WAS BLOWN AWAY

  • @Guitareben
    @Guitareben 12 лет назад +3

    well you could be as good as him, if you practised ^^

  • @landztranz
    @landztranz 11 лет назад +4

    Yeah!!! I started 5 years ago, at the age of 56, and I've come a long way -- and have every intention of becoming very good, on both diatonics and chromatics!

    • @chipperP
      @chipperP 5 лет назад +2

      landztranz Inspiring!! Keep rocking it!!

    • @landztranz
      @landztranz 2 года назад +1

      @OnceTheyNamedMEiWasn't I'm in two bands.

  • @DinseeNuffin
    @DinseeNuffin 8 лет назад +2

    Great player, but can he play "She'll be coming round the Mountains when she comes"

  • @Voltanaut
    @Voltanaut 5 лет назад +2

    Dude, $2.50 in 1969 inflates to less than $17 in modern US currency. Hohner harps are at least 3 or 4 times that nowadays.

    • @Muzikman127
      @Muzikman127 5 лет назад +2

      Made in Germany- Germany is a lot more successful today than it was, and it’s reflected in the price of labour and the currency value (deutschmarks then, euro now). Not saying that explains all of it, but I imagine it explains a lot of it

  • @markwathen8438
    @markwathen8438 3 года назад +1

    Will bring it up today great stuff 👍 Master Howard Levy.01/28/2021.. January 30th is the anniversary of the Marine band hohner 1896

  • @stickman33
    @stickman33 5 лет назад +1

    I knew a harmonica player named Bruce from Philadelphia back in the early 1970's who could play chromatically on a diatonic harp. I remember he was jamming with a jazz pianist who stopped in surprise and said "Those notes aren't on the harp!" Until a few years ago I'd never heard anyone else who could do that.

  • @MrJOHNMICHAELVEGA
    @MrJOHNMICHAELVEGA Месяц назад

    I find it would have been better to play the guitar along with the harmonica !

  • @noerivera9159
    @noerivera9159 2 года назад +1

    Wow is all I can say….Esteban Jordan did the same thing with the accordion 🪗…truly amazing is all I can say…

  • @phelanmcdonald1635
    @phelanmcdonald1635 3 года назад +1

    Very nice Howard. I have been playing harmonica since age 11 almost 60 years ago. Unfortunately, I never learned to read music. I play by ear. My Forte is the chromatic. I play crisp clean notes. I play rock, pop, jazz, and traditional and folk tunes. The first songs I learned was Oh Suzanna and Moon River. I also can play blues on the Hohner special 20's. I have yet to learn the diatonic scale and want to learn to bend notes better. I love joining in with other musicians. One of these days, I want to have somebody help me do a video recording. I might not be the best of the best, but I'm pretty good!

  • @Momz0r
    @Momz0r 10 лет назад +1

    WOW! I am doing research because I nee to sell my Hohner sextet harmonica and stumbled on this......amazing!! Makes me want to play again!

  • @MrCrusherbob
    @MrCrusherbob 10 лет назад +1

    HOWARD IS A WIZARD. He's an absolutely one of a kind maestro of the diatonic. I used to think Corky Seagal was the only master of "classical" diatonic. Not so since I've studied Howard Levy's sound. Joe Philisco tuned harps are a must have.

  • @KaiTiura
    @KaiTiura 10 лет назад +1

    Howard's comment on the ability to learn how to bend a note being an "invisible" technique makes me think of sucking spaghetti off a fork... if you can suck spaghetti from a fork, you can bend a note on a harmonica.
    Howard Levy, I have only recently found, is one of our absolute masters of the harp. And obviously a nice guy, as noted to me by a friend who is in the know and a like talent. Very happy to have found out about Howard today. Just not sure why it took this long to hear of him...

  • @stalkingwolf2421
    @stalkingwolf2421 12 лет назад +1

    Highly informative regarding musical theory. Very needed. Jammed on bass with local dudes, but knowing octaves, arpeggios, root notes...so over looked by aspiring musicians.

  • @bertwerbrouck
    @bertwerbrouck 11 лет назад +1

    Determination and passion will always be able to overcome life. Listen to petrucciani playing piano with his little fingers, Reinhardt playing with 3 left fingers, Isaac stern tearing the shit out of a violin with his truckdriver fingers. It's a true lesson. Those guys are examples, not just exceptionnal musicians. For example not that I have the "talent" of these guys, but hours and hours of pratice got me overblowing (with control) after 4 months and my "given" breath abilities were just awful

  • @Prabhath_the_Dawn
    @Prabhath_the_Dawn 9 лет назад +1

    Wow, its so inspiring to hear from one of the legends in Harmonica players' history :)
    Cheers from Bangalore, India.

  • @kpra.2pro590
    @kpra.2pro590 2 года назад

    hearing jazz chromatic licks on that thing jfc

  • @digitalboomer
    @digitalboomer 12 лет назад +1

    Best in the world, if there is such a thing. Amazing.

  • @GentileFineArt
    @GentileFineArt 8 лет назад +6

    40 years of playing, and this guy just turns it all upside down. SUPER

  • @theboheeka
    @theboheeka 11 лет назад +2

    I would like to see him play "The Black Page".

  • @bethwilton8075
    @bethwilton8075 Год назад

    Howard inspired me through his videos to purchase my new B Flat Horner Special 20. It's very different than my Super Chromonicas or the Butterfly I learned on when I started not very many years ago, but recently I discovered Howard on You Tube which has been of tremendous benefit. Just wanted to share my gratitude and excitement about Howard& Harmonicas.Thanks!🎶❤️

  • @Silverdaay
    @Silverdaay 12 лет назад +1

    What it the name of the song he starts at @9:55 ?

  • @b4lor
    @b4lor 11 лет назад +1

    invisible instrument!!!

  • @wobbsorc
    @wobbsorc 11 лет назад +2

    It's never too late.

  • @MrJuanca2909
    @MrJuanca2909 10 лет назад +6

    he is very good, i know... but he seems too "modest" too

    • @pierrelacazotte8376
      @pierrelacazotte8376 7 лет назад +2

      How can a person be "too modest" - do you mean like, "too patient"? Waouw, I'm truly convinced now, that this world has simply become about, "Me, Myself and What About Me". Howard Levy didn't get to where he's at by being a loud mouth. Carlos Santana is exceedingly humble or is it "too humble"? Man, like they say, "Wisdom comes with age" I'm getting a lot of examples these days that, yeah - "an' sometimes age arrives alone."

  • @rodrodriguez460
    @rodrodriguez460 Год назад

    I can drink soda using a straw!

  • @GaitaGospel
    @GaitaGospel Год назад

    Faz até parecer fácil cromatizar assim, referencia mundial na harmônica ,👍 congratulações, do Rio de Janeiro 👍

  • @jimmyofaden
    @jimmyofaden 12 лет назад

    @fatgonzo
    Hey man. I picked up a harp when I was 16.. I'm 54 now and I still learning. Listen to what you like to hear and try to play it. Levy says people close they eyes and go inside to play harp. I agree. I started at a party one night, never put it back down. It does help to plunk about on a piano ..because the notes for harp are there too. Heres a good referance.. " Champayne and Reefer.. Buddy Guy and the Rolling Stones. live < Sinister minister is ...beyond incredible , < Bella Fleck

  • @Basis213
    @Basis213 11 лет назад +1

    Wow at 11:30 didn't know that was possible on a harp!

  • @gnamp
    @gnamp 12 лет назад

    This man seems very silly to me. I thought this was a joke at first, but no- he really does take himself far too seriously. Imagine a man saying "...and as if the planets had aligned to bestow the gift of double-jointedness on one single mortal man that very moment, I knew my life would be changed forever. From that day forth I could pull my thumb right back to touch my wrist. Here, watch this...". That's how silly this man seems to me.

  • @unklbuk1
    @unklbuk1 12 лет назад

    What is silly is your comment. This is a man who is a MASTER at what he does and enjoys every second of it. Sounds to me you are just envious and jealous of this mans
    accomplishments......get over it, maybe someday you will find yourself.

  • @abrahamgamboa
    @abrahamgamboa 5 лет назад +3

    my friend, new teacher and mentor/coach "u my boy" kkkkk yes I have practiced the harp many times while driving on a hwy in Brasil in 5th gear smooth.....thanks man!!!!

  • @gnamp
    @gnamp 12 лет назад

    I'll never find myself- I am hopelessly adrift on a sea of thwarted ambition and jealousy. Seriously though- I feel certain I could never hope to be as good as this guy- but I'd sure as hell know to show more humility than this guy if I was. You can't tell me you didn't find this remotely cringey? Probably not because it sounds to me as though your mouth is full.

  • @gnamp
    @gnamp 12 лет назад

    Yes- certain things can be improved. Now, I didn't say that 'I' needed to be concerned about any of those things- in fact the main things preventing me from getting this good are that I have neither the patience nor the desire to. The piano is my thing- and at this stage in my life I have no intention of limiting myself in any way. I avoid self-fulfilling prophesies. Practice is very important- but it's not everything. cf Adam Gusso and Sonny Boy Williamson.

  • @gnamp
    @gnamp 12 лет назад

    Well- they may have the 'hope' of being this good- but think of those who lack the necessary intellectual ability, lung-capacity, hearing or co-ordination required to get this good. Sadly, that's life. Practice isn't everything; Inherent ability counts for a good deal. But you're right, if you have none of the major barriers that would prevent you from achieving your potential (in any aspect of life), you have no excuse for not doing just that. Cowardice and laziness are harder to overlook.

  • @gnamp
    @gnamp 12 лет назад

    maybe. But he has set the bar rather high- You know, there are people who practice very hard every day who have no hope of ever being this good- but it could be that they are approaching it the wrong way. I think it's probably best not to limit ourselves- even by the standards of the masters and instead make the thing our own.

  • @stevepethel6843
    @stevepethel6843 2 года назад

    Love your honest human truths explanations...also that jazzy bluesy fast version of Amazing Grace was so awesome...thanks for great lessons inspiration God bless you even more in your life and gifts and performance and instructional gifts to us.

  • @Guitareben
    @Guitareben 12 лет назад

    What do you mean there are people who practice every day with no hope of being this good? Anyone can achieve this level, they just need to put the work in. Howard levy doesn't have some form of harmonica genes in his DNA, he just practised lots.
    Anyone who practices lots at ANYTHING gets good at it ^^
    Sometimes I think people, are just trying to make excuses for themselves not being as good as they could ^^ :)

  • @onethumbpicker
    @onethumbpicker 11 лет назад

    Chromatic harmonicas can be bent, but not to the extent that diatonics can be. But on a chromatic you don't need to overbend, since the sharps and flats can be accessed by using the button. I have some instructional vids on my channel-not by me-I'm studying the chromatic as well. Some of the vids include tabs.

  • @Guitareben
    @Guitareben 12 лет назад

    Ear, co-ordination, and intellect can all be increased simply through practice. You are the barrier stopping you achieving his levels of awesome. You indeed won't be able ever get that good, because you fool yourself into believing that talented people have some form of innate ability, and this acts as your excuse for why you aren't that good, putting your mind at rest.
    Everyone who is good at there instrument practised and played it lots. Every time. Read about the 10,000 hour rule ^^

  • @JoeSchultzMusic
    @JoeSchultzMusic 12 лет назад

    he should not be encouraging people to play while they drive. You get good by practicing, not by getting to an accident and dying lol

  • @fatgonzo
    @fatgonzo 12 лет назад

    @jimmyofaden Thanks for the tips. I am hoping to get good enough to go busking if not this summer, at least in 2013. It's fun to play with the guitar having the harmonica in the neck stand, but not knowing harmonica, it takes so much concentration that when I focus on either instrument, the other one suffers. Anyway, learning to better myself and have fun so I'm not really worried..just hopeful that I can learn fast. =)

  • @fatgonzo
    @fatgonzo 12 лет назад

    This kind of excellence makes me feel so inferior. Just picked up the harp a month or so ago and I'm 32. But I know a few other instruments so maybe it's not too late to learn. That's good advice that becoming a pro needs work and not just talent.

  • @irishbeerchamp
    @irishbeerchamp 4 года назад

    I just want to say for the people who disliked this video, clearly you don't play harmonica.Well spoken, and spot on Howard Levy, you are a master of your instrument.

  • @ClayAlchemist
    @ClayAlchemist 12 лет назад

    Invisible instrument--summed up what I have been trying to say for years, it's just such a beautiful thing.

  • @jeffbowers01
    @jeffbowers01 11 лет назад

    If you play U block don't try and learn something different. I like the U block too and was told if that feels natural, just go with it.

  • @bertwerbrouck
    @bertwerbrouck 11 лет назад

    true words of a true master of the instrument. He just took diatonic harp in outer space, and it's not just playing everything in every key fast. He found a lot of effects I don't even have the slightliest idea of how it's made. And his tone is just... bam. He's a true influence to many others masters and regular guys like me, making this tiny 10-hole "fake instrument" a life-working real instrument. Genius.

  • @Drewster58
    @Drewster58 12 лет назад

    @harmonicajohn Yeah, that was cool and a great tip. I've always been a guitarist and when I'm thinking about music, figuring out harmonies and finding the ones nobody is singing but could, or choices of ways to grab certain chords, I'm thinking intervals and to keep melodies in tune (a hell of a lot less than Mr. Levy) I think treble clef written out per guitar, an octave higher than they sound, but notes and where they are on the fingerboard. I also carry a couple harmonicas around always.

  • @InweTaralom
    @InweTaralom 12 лет назад

    This guy's a better musician than my dad.
    He only plays stuff that's written; he can't improvise to save his life.

  • @tnysteph
    @tnysteph 11 лет назад

    Man you are so good. I am trying to learn. I know nothing about music theory. Having fun trying to learn. I play by u blocking but trying to learn to pucker. Tons of stuff to learn.

  • @oldschool7207
    @oldschool7207 6 лет назад

    A great harmonica player. Not sure I’d like to drink a beer with him......

  • @bluspider200861
    @bluspider200861 11 лет назад

    Only been playing 3 yrs. I really enjoyed this video. After trying alot of different harps I'm stuck on the Horner chromatic,

  • @gnamp
    @gnamp 12 лет назад

    OK- let's get real for just a second here. I'm a good harp player- though not as good as him, but I'm a lot younger than him. I'm not a competitive sort (not at things like that, anyway), but the simple fact remains that NEITHER of us can say I'll never be as good as him. That's also just plain silly. However, I simply don't care. The piano is my musical instrument of choice- and that's what I work hardest at mastering. I just find this particular man a bit obnoxious & daft- that's all.

  • @ez420clinic
    @ez420clinic 12 лет назад

    i have been playing the harp for 40 years, I really enjoyed this video, i am going to practice...harder than ever.....Ed

  • @bertwerbrouck
    @bertwerbrouck 11 лет назад

    Can anobody tell me what's the name of the song or performance around 0:50? Thanks

  • @sonnyjohna
    @sonnyjohna 9 лет назад

    The Harmonica player of the .....Praise GOD for his gift.

  • @cyberbio17
    @cyberbio17 12 лет назад

    Hi, I want to know if its possible to bend on Hohner chromatica 64? I have never bend before and the only harmonicas i ever played before are either chromatic or tremolo ones. Sorry if i sound ignorant about this instrument because i really don't know much about this instrument at all, other than it seriously needs more people to be aware of this.

    • @Dr.Pepperdave
      @Dr.Pepperdave 3 года назад

      Yes, it is possible to bend on the 64 but harder. Nice thing about it, you shouldn't have to bend many notes to get the sound that you want

  • @uripmargono946
    @uripmargono946 5 месяцев назад

    Howard is a harp.player from other planet.

  • @burningthunder19
    @burningthunder19 12 лет назад

    I started playing at 18....but i still got a ways to go before I get that good!

  • @kpra.2pro590
    @kpra.2pro590 2 года назад

    8:14 wow !! even the guitarist ! i rarely hear that stuff

  • @clydecoffey8815
    @clydecoffey8815 6 лет назад

    most blacks did not knowhow to read music layouts

  • @JPaulHawthorne
    @JPaulHawthorne 12 лет назад

    Thanks to Bela Fleck & the Flectones for showing me this guy on Facebook!

  • @nuu735
    @nuu735 9 лет назад

    i can say anymore than great for this man.. well .. well

  • @harmonicajohn
    @harmonicajohn 12 лет назад

    I see the piano keyboard in my mind as a reference point

  • @Trollozaur
    @Trollozaur 13 лет назад

    @CrossBonesAlex Implying an alien can play like this :P

  • @tubetone74
    @tubetone74 10 лет назад

    Carey Bell did the chromatic thing too.

  • @harmonicajohn
    @harmonicajohn 12 лет назад

    An invisible instrument. Howard is such a cool guy

  • @xldh44
    @xldh44 12 лет назад

    1 dislike?!!! what is not to like?! He's a genius!

  • @darlingharbourmassage370
    @darlingharbourmassage370 8 лет назад

    but can you play "the boys light up"...

  • @charleswojciechowski3042
    @charleswojciechowski3042 2 года назад

    Wow; so accomplished!

  • @markrbaldridge2703
    @markrbaldridge2703 9 лет назад

    Great video, how inspiring.

  • @donnyob123
    @donnyob123 9 лет назад

    Best I've ever heard on diatonic!!!!!

  • @chipstern
    @chipstern 11 лет назад

    An absolute unique artist and master musician.

  • @Kbjrm4
    @Kbjrm4 10 лет назад

    A musical magician with the harmonica

  • @pratanubanerjee6329
    @pratanubanerjee6329 11 лет назад

    CONGRATULATIONS...GREAT..BRAVO...TERRIFIC..

  • @jeanlouisnguyen3977
    @jeanlouisnguyen3977 8 лет назад

    Wonderful. Thank you.

  • @jimmyofaden
    @jimmyofaden 12 лет назад

    Howard is the best there ever was/is.

  • @rcav8or
    @rcav8or 12 лет назад

    Amazing Grace...it's here on the tube, also

  • @adriburgoisburgois6175
    @adriburgoisburgois6175 11 лет назад

    Alguien que lo traduzca al castellano!!!

  • @detroitbluesguy
    @detroitbluesguy 11 лет назад

    That's so great..A ten hole Toots!!

  • @CrossBonesAlex
    @CrossBonesAlex 13 лет назад

    Harmonica from outer space ;-)

  • @TheOptionist
    @TheOptionist 11 лет назад

    Damn! ... I am nineteen...

  • @MiltonGuedesOficial
    @MiltonGuedesOficial 13 лет назад

    AMAZING!

  • @Silverdaay
    @Silverdaay 12 лет назад

    Okay, thank you :)

  • @Plazmattack
    @Plazmattack 12 лет назад

    Someone's jealous

  • @2007antopaul
    @2007antopaul 8 лет назад

    wonderful

  • @Deljeanne1
    @Deljeanne1 11 лет назад

    Greatttttter

  • @kutakentey
    @kutakentey 12 лет назад

    beast mode