Hello Tomlin ! I'm a very old french boy, and since some month, I have the benefit of your lessons. So I could become a "beginner +", and I want to thank you very sincerely for the quality of your pedagogy and the kindly way you teach. As you see, my english is bad, similar as my harping talent. Amicalement, JYC
Thank you so much for all these amazing videos you upload on RUclips! I first bought a harmonica during my working holiday in Australia because everyone I met on the road was playing an instrument and jamming together in the evenings and I always wished to be able to join in. One and a half years later I finally started to seriously try learn to play and it`s so much fun! Greetings from Germany
Muy bien Sr.Leckie. O Vd. aprende español o yo aprendo inglés, por lo demás una excelente demostración para aprender a tocar la armónica de blues. Le seguiré en sus clases. Muchas gracias.
@TomlinHarmonica hello! I think i found a little mistake in he video edit. If ⬇️ means air intake, and ⬆️ means air out... Then the first lick is wrong. The single note 2D it's ok. But the chords are wrote backwards. What's in should be out, and what's out , should be in. If im right.... Please gift me some free pass course, as reward. Pretty please? 😂👍
I'm a fairly new player (8 months or so), but in the beginning I had this same problem because I was kind of forcing it and not breathing deep from my gut. As long as there isn't a problem with your harp, I'd say maybe work on breathing.... I hope that helps some!
@Dale Falgate The draw pressure should be placed in the back of your mouth. You might be feeling a suave stream of air touching the far back of your tounge in your throat when doing it. I do feel it. As an exercise of breathing to get closer to the idea, get your lips together as you want to give a peak kiss, or slurp something from your plate or table (or as you position themselves to create a single sound on a single hole on harmonica) and draw air in. Naturally, the pressure should be felt in front of your lips when drawing air in. Get the feeling of it ! Now, do the next thing. As you draw air again, drop your jaw together wtih your tounge, retract tounge a bit, shift the pressure from front lips on the far back of your tounge or as close to your vocal cords (imagine you gasp for air but not agressively). side note: For those who play jawharp, there's a technique to open the throat to create different sounds. That open throat technique can easily be used in 2 draw technique. I know since I do play jawharp too. Apply this to your 2 draw. As you play around with your breath, there will be moments in which you will hit the bend then lose it again. Persist ! Have fun !
Hi, just a Quick question. Today a bought Hohner Marine Band harp and I found out it is a 12 hole harp. I wanna play blues, so is there a big diference, or it just adds a couple of tones? Thanks
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Hello Tomlin ! I'm a very old french boy, and since some month, I have the benefit of your lessons. So I could become a "beginner +", and I want to thank you very sincerely for the quality of your pedagogy and the kindly way you teach. As you see, my english is bad, similar as my harping talent. Amicalement, JYC
That was fun! I'm in week 1 of your course! Thanks for all the great, well-planned lessons, tips, and resources!
Thank you so much for all these amazing videos you upload on RUclips! I first bought a harmonica during my working holiday in Australia because everyone I met on the road was playing an instrument and jamming together in the evenings and I always wished to be able to join in. One and a half years later I finally started to seriously try learn to play and it`s so much fun!
Greetings from Germany
I am happy you joined the fun. :-)
Your 4 week foundation course helped me a lot
Thank you Tomlin sir
Awesome, I'm glad it did! :-)
Great stuff. Well explained!
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can you learn me how to play this old indian song please ruclips.net/video/75kqe8r5-rY/видео.html
I'm just working a chicago C and marine g
Thank you for your lessons, Tomlin. Great teacher!!
Awesome lesson Tomlin! Thanks a million
it is a very goog lesson for a geginer like me. Thank you
Eric (France)
love this! Working hard on playing it! Thank You Sir!!
I really enjoy those video using single note and chord Tomlin. Thank you. 👏 ✅
Sounds like this is from your advance beginners course...I had fun with it...Brendan Power has just put out a cool video ...thanks Tomlin
I enjoy the lessons, thank you 😃
I need more G lick tutorials hahaha
Thanks Tomlin👍😀
Muy bien Sr.Leckie.
O Vd. aprende español o yo aprendo inglés, por lo demás una excelente demostración para aprender a tocar la armónica de blues.
Le seguiré en sus clases.
Muchas gracias.
Never dissapointing
Thanks you
VERY need chugging lick as on the seydel site (describing low harmonicas - first melody)
very nice! if you put caption of your English videos in Portuguese-Brazil wanted more range too
Muito legal!!! Se colocasse tradução de seus vídeos em português. Teria mais alcance. Abraços.
@TomlinHarmonica hello! I think i found a little mistake in he video edit. If ⬇️ means air intake, and ⬆️ means air out... Then the first lick is wrong. The single note 2D it's ok. But the chords are wrote backwards. What's in should be out, and what's out , should be in.
If im right.... Please gift me some free pass course, as reward. Pretty please? 😂👍
Any tips on why I keep struggling on the 2 hole draw. I hit all other single notes fairly accurately but really find the 2 draw a problem
I'm a fairly new player (8 months or so), but in the beginning I had this same problem because I was kind of forcing it and not breathing deep from my gut. As long as there isn't a problem with your harp, I'd say maybe work on breathing.... I hope that helps some!
@Dale Falgate
The draw pressure should be placed in the back of your mouth. You might be feeling a suave stream of air touching the far back of your tounge in your throat when doing it. I do feel it.
As an exercise of breathing to get closer to the idea, get your lips together as you want to give a peak kiss, or slurp something from your plate or table (or as you position themselves to create a single sound on a single hole on harmonica) and draw air in. Naturally, the pressure should be felt in front of your lips when drawing air in. Get the feeling of it !
Now, do the next thing. As you draw air again, drop your jaw together wtih your tounge, retract tounge a bit, shift the pressure from front lips on the far back of your tounge or as close to your vocal cords (imagine you gasp for air but not agressively).
side note: For those who play jawharp, there's a technique to open the throat to create different sounds. That open throat technique can easily be used in 2 draw technique. I know since I do play jawharp too.
Apply this to your 2 draw. As you play around with your breath, there will be moments in which you will hit the bend then lose it again. Persist !
Have fun !
Thanks Tomlin. Why is the 10th bar not a IVth cord (=lick2)?
Hi Sandro, I decided that it flowed more naturally after the V chord root note to just play the IV chord root note. :-)
Hi, just a Quick question. Today a bought Hohner Marine Band harp and I found out it is a 12 hole harp. I wanna play blues, so is there a big diference, or it just adds a couple of tones? Thanks
Your right. So if your following tabs treat hole 3 as your hole one and bobs your uncle. Best wishes Brian.