How To Play Single Notes On Harmonica
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- This week's harmonica lesson will show you how to play clean single notes on the harmonica. It's one of the hardest things to learn at the beginning.
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0:16 How to Play Single Notes on Harmonica
0:40 Importance of Playing Clean Single Notes
1:55 How to Play Clean Single Notes
4:22 Draw Notes
5:00 Moving Up the Harmonica and Changing Position
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Who else decidet to start playing Harmonica during the quarantine?
meeeee haha
same
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Hahaha me 4 !!!! ISO instrument
me!!
He's so good at playing the harmonica that his jaw's shape became chad
He's the average harmonica enjoyer
XD
I came here after my 1st harmonica arrive 10 minutes ago
Your lessons are much appreciated. I've always wanted to learn to play the harmonica. my grandparents played it great but we never found good times together for them to teach me
Maybe you can teach your grandkids
THANK YOU! I've watched several videos on how to play isolated notes and this is the first time I've been able to do it consistently!
Hi there Tomlin. Thanks so much for this beginner lession. :)
I didn't find playing single notes hard because I've previously gotten 7 years of training as a flutist.
However the draw notes were significantly harder than the blow notes, will have to practise more on those to get it.
Playing easy songs and simplified versions of songs from my favorite artists is off to a great start! Will be watching more of your videos.
And if anyone else who've played the flute happens to see this comment - I strongly urge you to learn to play the harmonica as well, it's a natural & easy transition from the flute. :)
That was kinda funny... i started learning three days ago and i tried to isolate one note since. Took less than three minutes of your video to be able to do that, thank you.
Thank you so much for all of your lectures and advices. I'm so glad I have found your channel. Grazie mille! Che bravo!
I've always played with two fingers blocking the holes on the sides 😅. For the lip pursing, I find it hard to suck in air without getting multiple notes, blowing is pretty easy though.
Same lmao 😂
Just ordered 3 Harmonicas for my daughter, son and for myself. Should arrive in 2 days. Your methods are easy to follow and understand. As we got lock down due to lovely Covid-19, this is good way to spend the day together as a family :)
Who knows ??? we may even become Pros in this :)
Keep the good work bro
God bless and keep you safe from this pandemic!
Whoever puts their thumbs down on you is not good enough people.
Hi Tomlin Leckie
Please please could you please share Harmonica C notes for 10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord Oh My Soul song)??
Much appreciated.
3 years later, did you stick to it? How good are you at it now?
@tosa1052 what a coincidence, 1 day later and I was gonna ask for an update too
@@L4ngyAgesame I want an update too lol
How are y'all at it now?
Finally someone that explains how to properly do it. Everyone else i saw juts said bite it, which was stupid as you need to single out a tone
I'm currently in AIT and have been in a VERY strict quarentine after HBL, so I got a harmonica and am trynna learn for the past couple days.
I uploaded this to Reddit in the Harmonica room. I rarely do this but damn man I thought this was very important lesson for most harp players new and seasoned like me. Thanks Tomlin, I am Amcanblues
I just started playing the harmonica after seeing Robert Plant live, where he killed a harp solo on when the levee breaks! I’m finding your lessons very useful , thank you!
"You need to be intimate with your harmonica"
Bro this is legit what I thought 😂
This is the best explanation I've come across, for learning to play single notes cleanly. Thank you.
Thank you so much!! This really helped, I just got a harmonica from my dad and I really wanna learn how to play it. Thank you 🙌🏻
You are THE best teacher! Thank you!
Always a good lesson, and a pleasure to watch... Thanks Tomlin....
a big real THANK YOU! your are so helpfull!
Thank you so much for all the tips! You're a great teacher!
haha...I just left the SAME comment...you and me?..:brothers!
VERY awesome videos! Thanks so much for your free course. That is most generous of you!
I am 68 and started playing about a week ago.
Already got my Special 20 in C from Ebay.
Looking forward to learning how to play this thing!
Amazing instrument.
was moving my head haha, your tips already made things sound much clearer! thanks a ton!
You are an amazing instructor. Thanks for sharing.
Amazon finally delivered my first harmonica, day one is today. Working on trying to isolate single notes. I'm a trumpet player for 20 years and trying harp. the books say to use tongue blocking, which i find difficult to figure out from a book lol. Thanks Tomlin for this one, works well for trumpet players who are used to tight amishers. Hohner Special 20 in C and A is what I bought to learn on.
I am also trumpet player who started to learn on harmonica Hohner Blues Harp in C, 3 days ago. For now I am struggling with single notes and proper breathing.
Worked wonders thank you so much!!!
Just what I needed to get started. Thanks.
Very helpful, much love!
I CANT STRESS ENOUGH HOW GOOD THESE TIPS ARE
Thank you so much for the info!
Speaking as a total novice this is the clearest explanation I’ve seen of playing a single note. Thank you.
Now THAT is an excellent video for beginners. Thanks!
Excellent Guidance . Thanks .
Thank you very much, you are naturally great teacher!
You are the best teacher, this is priceless
I just had reconstructive surgery on my left wrist. I can't do anything with my left hand for few months. So I guess it's finally time to learn how to play the harmonica, and properly to. Definitely going to take advantage of that free course!!
great lesson, many thanks
just went through several beginners videos on lip-blocking. everywhere the "rules" were set in a quite strict way (relaxed upper lip, 30 degrees angle, etc.). after 30min had my lower jaw hurting... and here you are saying we don't need to actually eat the whole harmonica, and i can suddenly get a clean note!
Very nicely described
Thanks a lot for the video. Really helped me
Most helpful thank you
Thank you. Am just about to start on my journey 😊
I've learned how to play single notes now without too much difficulty. Challenge at the mo is how to make my notes sound more 'bluesy'. Thanks to your previous video (EASY Train Harmonica Blues) am feeling hopeful I can get there. Many Thanks 👍🏼
Way to go! :-)
Thank you! This is very helpful.
Been looking for that great first lesson. This was it. Thanks tomlin!
Thanks Tomlin. Great lesson to help people learn play blues teaching how to isolate each note cleanly.
Thanks Franko :-)
Thanks Buddy for Helping Me Through the Correct Beginnings of Playing Type C Blue Harp... 🙏🏼
Really well done tutorial
This helped SO much! Thank you!
HELPED WITH WHAT??..TOOTING ON YOUR GUYS FLUTE EH?...
Just getting started and just subscribed, thanks for the great video 👍.
Excellent lesson
very helpful !!! Thanks
Thank you very much very helpful to us beginners.
You are a superb teacher..thank you
perfectly demonstrated n advised
Subbed and liked man. I just got my Hohner special 20 today, and I’ll be using your videos only to learn!
Very well explained👍👍
Great lesson
I just got my new Hohner 20. This is great lesson. Thank you!
Great lesson given with pedagogy!!!
I would have loved to have a math and chemistry teacher as you !!!
Thanks for this tutorial
Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to ‘Subscribe’ and turn on notifications to never miss another Harmonica video. :-)
It's funny... you can hear someone explain something you already know in a slightly different way and suddenly you realize something about playing... I'd never really thought about it but when I'm playing simple chords for a song I'm usually not playing say, 3-4-5 around the 4 hole, I almost always instinctively play the 4-5-6 first inversion C chord. Now I'm going to have to think about whether I do that when I might have some better options for harmony. I do seem to emphasize the 4 hole in that scenario, blowing harder into it than the other two.
I like the whistling analogy but I actually open my lips farther than one hole but the whistling kind of fits how I shape my tongue behind it. I had a big debate with Larry Eisenberg on MBH once about whether it was possible to shape air farther back in the mouth with your tongue. I do a weird thing where I angle the harp back and forth to hit the note to the left or right of the hole I'm on with 3 holes open at the same time and when you mentioned whistling I for the first time realized that the way I shape my tongue to do that is the same way I shape it to whistle.
/Old Maid Lips... I remember that line.
Me
what is the different between the harmonica that have 8holes and 10 holes and 2x14=28 holes? and how compare, with my 2x14 holes 2-8 number with others
single notes are coming alright but when I move the harmonica my lips are sticking to it and i can't really move up. or down the harmonica without opening lips
Kindly Update the Notes for
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great am ready to start
Hi Tomlin. Awhile back I came across one of your videos where you played each draw bend note to help us learn exactly how they should sound. I can’t find it and was hoping you would provide the link. Your videos are the absolute best on RUclips! Thanks!
Thanks amigo very nice
Finally got it mate. Thanks a bunch
Thanks you
Amazing. Thank you. I subscribed
i'm gonna tell you i struggle alot with this for weeks
but after trying your method
geesh, i finally did it!, for the first time when i actually followed you method in this video!
Thx so much h,God bless youu!
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thank you love
Thank you tomlin
This guy is a fabulous teacher man
Thanks a lot for this! I thought I was having my mouth shape wrong, but turns out I just keep blowing off-center. Gotta practice getting it right each time I guess
So nice!
OMG I just learned how to play single notes!!!! Thanks for this tutorial!!!!!!!!!!
Great teacher
Thanks
Thank You. Sir. Very very Nice
These lessons are realy good
Good stuff mate!
Thank you very much. Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪👍🏼
This lesson is awesome! I learned so much! Big help! Been struggling as a beginner getting the single notes, doing so much better now!
LIAR!!!
I’m a beginner & your video helped me a lot. Thanks
Appreciate the video! I was wanting to learn and found a used Hohner Chromonica 16 hole at Goodwill! Works great although I'm thinking a diatonic might be easier to learn on.
I just got myself a harmonica on my trip to St. Louis last week, and I've been trying to learn this technique! I heard that there are at least 3 ways to do this! #1, I can cover certain holes with my fingers! #2, I can pucker my lips on the instrument! Or #3, I can cover certain holes with my tongue while playing!
awesome lesson!!! subscribed!!
Thanks for the sub!
These tutorials are outstandingly coherent. Thank you!
This is just what this African Lion needs. I want to see if this old man can learn. Thanks.
Thanks!
Thank you so much!!
Great lesson good during Covid-19’s better player now as an beginner
Great subbed.
Hey Tom, new sub here and new student, hopefully. You seem like a good teacher. That's what I'm looking for, so we'll give this a try. Thank you for the free lessons! I can't tell you how much I really appreciate that. We're kind of "at ends" right now and that's just what I need. Looking forward to it, Tom. See you soon.
brilliant thank you so much now I can enjoy my harmonica
Thank you! Got single notes right away yay!
One trick that can help is to make the whistle pucker as usual, but tilt the harmonica up towards the nose so that the single hole will be easier to hit as it goes into the crease in The middle of the lower lip- kinda hard to explain properly, but tilt the back of the harmonica up till you are hitting just one note instead of two or more. You are c,owing down the hole of the whistle position even more by doing this.
For me it works some time, but almost every song is destroyed by one moment of ,, two holes " 😆
@PolishArkadas true, me too. I'll be ripping along and thinking it sounds pretty good and then hit several notes at once lol. I'm not,quite ready f9r the stage - won't be for several years I guess, but it's still fun to learn
youre a good teacher 🤠🤘
Like corn on the cob 😂 thank you for your video and a good laugh👏
good afternoon. thank you for the lessons. I live in Russia and do not understand English. but I will try to learn from our lessons.
Ok wait that actually worked, I got all the notes almost the middle ones are a bit harder but the pursing lips out works amazing