Teachers
Norfolk (UK)
Steve Fordington - http://www.stevefordington.co.uk/
Steve teaches both diatonic and chromatic harmonicas. Steve does not teach tongue blocking. Steve was also my tutor.
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Norfolk/Suffolk (UK)
Paul Gillings - 01502 589439
Scotland (UK)
​Tomlin Leckie - http://tomlinharmonicalessons.com/
Based in Scotland. Tomlin does free lessons via his website. In addition he does lessons via skype. Highly recommended.
Manchester (UK)
Mat Walklate
Mat plays diatonic, chromatic and tremolo in all styles of music, but predominantly Blues and Irish traditional music. For one to one lessons go to http://www.matwalklate.co.uk/ Mat also has some lessons posted on Music Guru’s https://www.musicgurus.com/tutors/matwalklate
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Cambridgeshire (UK)
Steve Lockwood
Steve teaches diatonic in all styles of music. He is avaiable for private or skype lessons. More info can be found on his website. http://steve-lockwood.com/
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Sussex (UK)
Richard Taylor website www.harpsurgery.com
07525 256954. Richard also does Skype lesson. His website is well worth checking out, as he has loads of useful information about harmonica topics.
National Harmonica League (UK): http://harmonica.co.uk/index.htm
Based in the UK the NHL has members around the world. They would also be able to recommend a tutor in you area.
SPAH (Society For The Preservation & Advancement Of The Harmonica) (USA) - http://www.spah.org/
For all American based players and beyond.
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Annie Raines' Blues Harmonica Blueprint (Truefire) - http://www.paulandannie.com/mojorodeo/lessons
This is an excellent course for beginners, and one I’ve used myself. The course comes with videos/tabs/backing tracks. For me one of the best reasons for purchasing this is you get to keep it. No more logging on or subscriptions. Go to Annie’s and Paul’s website for more info.
David Barrett - http://www.bluesharmonica.com/home
If you’re in blues harmonica you will have probably heard or know of David. He is a recording artist, and author of countless books. Some of which I own.
David’s website is one stop shop for harmonica lessons and is suitable for beginners to advanced. I was lucky enough to try out the website, when I purchased a Hohner special 20, which gave a month’s free trial. Each lesson comes with video/tab/backing track.
The only downside to this for me is that you have to pay a monthly subscription, which those on a tight budget might find expensive? More info can be found on his website.
Davis is also available for lessons.
David Barrett
LOA Teaching Rank: Master Instructor
Teaching Location: School of the Blues, 5328 Ste D Monterey Hwy, San Jose, CA 95111
Phone: 408-224-2936
Type of Harmonica Taught: Blues Diatonic & Chromatic
Website(s): http://www.schooloftheblues.com, https://www.bluesharmonica.com, https://www.harmonicamasterclass.com & http://www.melbay.com/Author/Default.aspx?AuthorId=37451
David Barrett Accredited Harmonica Instructors
Australia - New South Wales
Julian Conrad
LOA Teaching Rank: Beginning Diatonic Instructor
Teaching Location: Brisbane to Byron Bay
Type of Harmonica Taught: Beginning Blues Diatonic
Phone: 0407027475 (Mobile)
Email: julesconrad@gmail.com
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Belgium - Hainaut
Eddy Vanschepdael
LOA Teaching Rank: Beginning Diatonic Instructor
Teaching Location: In and around Enghien
Type of Harmonica Taught: Beginning Blues Diatonic & Chromatic
Phone : +32-473-606933
Email: eddy.vanschepdael@skynet.be
Languages : French or English
Canada - British Columbia Victoria
Hank Stefaniak
LOA Teaching Rank: Intermediate Diatonic Instructor
Teaching Location: In and around Victoria, British Columbia
Phone: (250) 589-0770
Type of Harmonica Taught: Beginning/Intermediate Blues Diatonic and Chromatic
Email: hjstefaniak@me.com
Canada - Ontario
Krzysztof Sibiga
LOA Teaching Rank: Beginning Diatonic Instructor
Teaching Location: Kitchener
Type of Harmonica Taught: Beginning Blues Diatonic
Phone: 519-648 9501
Email: krissibiga@yahoo.com
Canada - Quebec
Iman Rahimipour
LOA Teaching Rank: Beginning Diatonic Instructor
Teaching Location: Montréal
Type of Harmonica Taught: Beginning Blues Diatonic and Chromatic
Phone: +15146614322
Email: imanrahimipour@yahoo.com
Languages: Persian, English and French
Website : www.imanrahimipour.com
Colombia - Medellín
Taylor Ward
LOA Teaching Rank: Beginning Diatonic Instructor
Teaching Location: Medellín, Colombia
Type of Harmonica Taught: Beginning Blues Diatonic and Chromatic
Email: wardtaylore@gmail.com
​Germany - Niedersachsen
Hartmut Kaestner
LOA Teaching Rank: Beginning Diatonic Instructor
Teaching Location: Bramsche near Osnabrueck
Type of Harmonica Taught: Beginning Diatonic
Phone: +49 (0) 171 5302873
Email: hjkaestner@t-online.de
Languages: German, English
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Italy - Gubbio (PG)
Riccardo “Rico” Migliarini
LOA Teaching Rank: Beginning Diatonic Instructor
Teaching Location: Gubbio (PG) - Italy
Type of Harmonica Taught: Beginning Blues Diatonic & Chromatic
Email: ricomigliarini@tiscali.it
Website: www.ricomigliarini.it
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Italy - Milan
Luciano Guida
LOA Teaching Rank: Intermediate Diatonic Instructor
Teaching Location: Milan (Italy)
Type of Harmonica Taught: Beginning/Intermediate Blues Diatonic
Phone: +39.3476410132
Email: rubino70it@yahoo.it
Languages: Italian, English, French, Spanish
Italy - Montesilvano (PE)
Gianluca De Luca
LOA Teaching Rank: Beginning Diatonic Instructor
Teaching Location: Montesilvano (PE) - Italy
Type of Harmonica Taught: Beginning Blues Diatonic & Chromatic
Phone: +39.3386208776
Email: gdeluc@gmail.com
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Sweden - Skane
Fredrik Hertzberg
LOA Teaching Rank: Beginning Diatonic Instructor
Teaching location: In and around Landskrona and Lund
Website: http://fredrikhertzberg.com
Phone: +46 706 55 87 80
e-mail: hertzberg_fredrik@yahoo.se
Language: Swedish and English
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UK - West Yorkshire
Kevin Bishop
LOA Teaching Rank: Beginning Diatonic Instructor
Teaching Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
Type of Harmonica Taught: Diatonic
Website: https://leedsharmonica.uk/
Email: kev@leedsharmonica.uk
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United States - California
Marc Graci
LOA Teaching Rank: Beginner Diatonic Harmonica Teaching
Location: San Jose, CA
Type of Harmonica Taught: Blues Diatonic
Phone: (570) 903-2339
Email: marcgraci@hotmail.com
United States - California
Ross Garren
LOA Teaching Rank: Beginning & Intermediate Diatonic Instructor
Teaching Location: Skype or from my studio in Los Angeles, California
Type of Harmonica Taught: Diatonic, Chromatic and Bass Harmonicas
Phone: 831-277-3348
Email: garren.ross@gmail.com
Languages: English
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United States - Connecticut
Steve Clark
LOA Teaching Rank: Intermediate Diatonic Harmonica Teaching
Location: Brookfield and New Milford Connecticut
Type of Harmonica Taught: Blues Diatonic
Phone: 860-946-0334
Email: stevetrumpet2@yahoo.com
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United States - North Carolina
Mark Heffington
LOA Teaching Rank: Beginning and Intermediate Diatonic Instructor
Teaching Location: In and around Chapel Hill, NC
Phone: 252-269-9756
Type of Harmonica Taught: Beginner Blues Diatonic and Chromatic
Email: mark (@bluesharpfiend.com)
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United States - Ohio
Dave Fullen
LOA Teaching Rank: Intermediate Diatonic Instructor
Teaching Location: Central Ohio, and anywhere via Skype
Type of Harmonica Taught: Blues Diatonic & Chromatic
Phone: (614) 937-1626
Email: dave@choosecpm.com
Languages: English
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United States - Wisconsin
Brian Curtis
LOA Teaching Rank: Beginning Diatonic Harmonica Instructor
Location: Waukesha, Wisconsin
Type of Harmonica: Blues Diatonic
Email: BCHarmonica @gmail.com
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United States – Massachusetts
Greg Riddle
LOA Teaching Rank: Beginning Diatonic Instructor
Teaching location: Southborough, MA
Type of Harmonica Taught: Blues Diatonic
Phone: 508-965-3232
Email: gtriddle@verizon.net
Languages: English
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