I think not only you are a great instructor and musician but also a good person which is even far more important.I am sure music lovers and especially harmonica players, we all appreciate your sharing your knowledge and experience with us.Thank you very much indeed.
I just did corner switching without knowing how to play tongue blocking which seems very hard.😹😹😹 But the explanation regarding the tongue and muscle memory… absolutely amazing!👍🏻
Thanks Sarah, much appreciated!! I talk a lot and sometimes I guess some of my videos can be a little longwinded, I am just trying Not just to Tell you what to do, but WHY to do things in a certain way. It just sticks a lot better. Thanks for your encouragement!!
@@kazhilly I'm new to the harmomica and I've watched a few videos on here but just like your approach. Is it just the 5 tutorial videos you've made or are there more?
Hi Sarah, I am planning to do more videos, but I have been on holiday, and after that I have been ridiculously busy with writing out a total of 19 complete tunes for an event for the NHL, that has taken the last 4 weeks to complete and was Only finished earlier Today. So Hopefully I now have more time again to record some videos......
@@wendywood4719 yes, of course! A 10-hole chromatic is basically the same as a 12-hole, only the last 2 holes are missing but your harmonica is exactly the same as the first 10 holes on a 12-hole.
Hi Pinaki. Thanks for your question. My harmonica is the Suzuki SCT-128 tremolo chromatic. It is a very intricate and Lovely instrument, I had mine for 10 years now and I absolutely Love it.
@@kazhilly Sir, Thanks for your Response. And I am so delighted to know about your beautiful Harmonica. I am in doubt, if it's available now or not. Once again thanks for your concern. Regards 😇🙏
@@pinakidey7172 the harmonica is certainly still available, have a look online and I’m sure you will find it. I’m sure you will enjoy it just as much as I do, it really is a Beautiful instrument. Look Very carefully to find the best deal available, but if you buy it, I advise you to please make sure you get a Full Warranty!!
Dear Sir, I am a Harmonica player from India. And I have a good collection of it. Yes, your model is available in Amazon. But before ordering it. I need to think twice. Because it's too expensive. In Indian money it's around 1 lakh. ( 1 us dollar is about ₹ 77. Only Because you have been using this, your reference values a lot to me. Please, Suggest 😇🙏
Hi I never realised till recently that I have a tongue tie which affects the way I play the harmonica, i sort of pucker but use my tongue on the hole ,but not U block which I thought I did ,it's not possible for me to do a U block ,so I am not sure what is happening.
@@martinlee8057 hi Martin, Great to hear from you again, I hope Jane and you are both Okay!! Some people, like you, just develop your own way of playing and it happens totally automatically without any idea what it is that you are actually doing. And of course that’s absolutely fine. What I would say is that your mouth is actually the sound chamber for your harmonica, and I find that if I keep my tongue away from the harmonica, I feel like I can get more volume and I get a much deeper sound from my harmonica. But just like you, I find it difficult to break my lifetime habit of tongue blocking.
Dear hilvert, do you live in holland? Your accent sounds so dutch but it sounds like you’ve lived in england for a while haha 😅 and if you live around the randstad do you do lessons??
how do you change embouchure for the lower notes on the 16 hole ,especially if you have to go from draw note to a low draw note ,it doesn't seem a very easy technique to me
Hi Martin, how nice to see your comment here, I hope Jane and Yourself are both all right! I must say I don’t quite understand your question, I’m sorry. I don’t see how you would change your Embouchure between octaves? I keep my Embouchure pretty much the same anywhere on my harmonica, I guess in the lower octave you would breathe differently, a little harder maybe, but I’m not aware of changing my Embouchure between octaves. Sorry if my answer disappoints you, my apologies.
@@kazhilly hi hope you are all well. the problem I have is me because no matter which harmonica I have is common to all of them, one of them things you must be doing something right and I am not, it could be to do with my breathing control. Thanks anyway
Hi Sabyasachi, it seems that you have just deleted your comment here...?? what do you mean by lip blocking...?? Lip blocking is not used on a chromatic harmonica, but you use lip blocking on other harmonicas, like chord harmonicas without valves. I have demonstrated lip blocking here in another one of my videos on my chord harmonica, but I don’t see any use for lip blocking on a chromatic harmonica??
I think not only you are a great instructor and musician but also a good person which is even far more important.I am sure music lovers and especially harmonica players, we all appreciate your sharing your knowledge and experience with us.Thank you very much indeed.
Sir, I play the mouth harp, have for years with the guitar. You are giving great instructions.
Better than I could ever do. I just play.
Thank you Very much, I really appreciate your comment very much!!
I just did corner switching without knowing how to play tongue blocking which seems very hard.😹😹😹 But the explanation regarding the tongue and muscle memory… absolutely amazing!👍🏻
Just started playing chromatic harmonica and this video is very helpful. Thanks!
Thanks to the U block advice you where very right about this.
Beste Hilvert, bedankt voor deze video, heldere uitleg. Tongueblocking bewaar ik nog even voor later.........
Cheers mate you helped me immensely to get my head and tongue around tongue blocking.
That’s Great to know, Thanks Lez!
Love your tutorials. Thankyou very much
Thanks Sarah, much appreciated!! I talk a lot and sometimes I guess some of my videos can be a little longwinded, I am just trying Not just to Tell you what to do, but WHY to do things in a certain way. It just sticks a lot better. Thanks for your encouragement!!
@@kazhilly I'm new to the harmomica and I've watched a few videos on here but just like your approach. Is it just the 5 tutorial videos you've made or are there more?
Hi Sarah, I am planning to do more videos, but I have been on holiday, and after that I have been ridiculously busy with writing out a total of 19 complete tunes for an event for the NHL, that has taken the last 4 weeks to complete and was Only finished earlier Today. So Hopefully I now have more time again to record some videos......
@@kazhilly that's great news for me!! 😁 I much appreciate the time it takes to make these great videos
I have a 10 hole chromatic. It was a gift can i still adapt your lessons?
@@wendywood4719 yes, of course! A 10-hole chromatic is basically the same as a 12-hole, only the last 2 holes are missing but your harmonica is exactly the same as the first 10 holes on a 12-hole.
Dear Sir, would you please give some information about the Harmonica that you are using. It looks so cool
Hi Pinaki. Thanks for your question. My harmonica is the Suzuki SCT-128 tremolo chromatic. It is a very intricate and Lovely instrument, I had mine for 10 years now and I absolutely Love it.
@@kazhilly Sir, Thanks for your Response. And I am so delighted to know about your beautiful Harmonica. I am in doubt, if it's available now or not. Once again thanks for your concern. Regards 😇🙏
@@pinakidey7172 the harmonica is certainly still available, have a look online and I’m sure you will find it. I’m sure you will enjoy it just as much as I do, it really is a Beautiful instrument. Look Very carefully to find the best deal available, but if you buy it, I advise you to please make sure you get a Full Warranty!!
@@kazhilly Sir, I really appreciate you for your helping guidance. Love and regards. 🇮🇳😊🙏
Dear Sir, I am a Harmonica player from India. And I have a good collection of it. Yes, your model is available in Amazon. But before ordering it. I need to think twice. Because it's too expensive. In Indian money it's around 1 lakh. ( 1 us dollar is about ₹ 77.
Only Because you have been using this, your reference values a lot to me. Please, Suggest 😇🙏
Do you like the tremolo?
Yes, I Love the double-Reed tremolo sound, just love it.....
Hi I never realised till recently that I have a tongue tie which affects the way I play the harmonica, i sort of pucker but use my tongue on the hole ,but not U block which I thought I did ,it's not possible for me to do a U block ,so I am not sure what is happening.
@@martinlee8057 hi Martin, Great to hear from you again, I hope Jane and you are both Okay!!
Some people, like you, just develop your own way of playing and it happens totally automatically without any idea what it is that you are actually doing. And of course that’s absolutely fine. What I would say is that your mouth is actually the sound chamber for your harmonica, and I find that if I keep my tongue away from the harmonica, I feel like I can get more volume and I get a much deeper sound from my harmonica. But just like you, I find it difficult to break my lifetime habit of tongue blocking.
Merry Christmas
@@martinlee8057 thank You, Merry Christmas to You Both!!
Dear hilvert, do you live in holland? Your accent sounds so dutch but it sounds like you’ve lived in england for a while haha 😅 and if you live around the randstad do you do lessons??
Ik ben Nederlander, maar ik woon al 20 jaar in Engeland. We kunnen Skypen…???
@@kazhilly dat kunnen we doen! Hoe zullen we verder contact houden?
@@rtxf stuur me even een e-mail?? hilvertscheper@gmail.com
how do you change embouchure for the lower notes on the 16 hole ,especially if you have to go from draw note to a low draw note ,it doesn't seem a very easy technique to me
Hi Martin, how nice to see your comment here, I hope Jane and Yourself are both all right!
I must say I don’t quite understand your question, I’m sorry. I don’t see how you would change your Embouchure between octaves? I keep my Embouchure pretty much the same anywhere on my harmonica, I guess in the lower octave you would breathe differently, a little harder maybe, but I’m not aware of changing my Embouchure between octaves.
Sorry if my answer disappoints you, my apologies.
@@kazhilly hi hope you are all well. the problem I have is me because no matter which harmonica I have is common to all of them, one of them things you must be doing something right and I am not, it could be to do with my breathing control. Thanks anyway
Hi Sabyasachi, it seems that you have just deleted your comment here...??
what do you mean by lip blocking...?? Lip blocking is not used on a chromatic harmonica, but you use lip blocking on other harmonicas, like chord harmonicas without valves. I have demonstrated lip blocking here in another one of my videos on my chord harmonica, but I don’t see any use for lip blocking on a chromatic harmonica??
You could confuse beginners by playing your TREMOLO Suzuki - they will always hear are least two reeds!
Why are you using a tremolo harmonica-- not exactly a standard chromatic.
Hi Charles, mainly because it was the only chromatic harmonica I had at that time when this video was recorded, as I explained in the video.
What harmonica are you using in the videos?
Hi Chris, thanks for asking. my harmonica is the Suzuki SCT-128 Double reed tremolo.
@@kazhilly your videos have helped quite a bit. Thank you for making them!
@@chrisluciano5871 Thank you so much, I am glad you found them helpful.
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