How to Play Hallelujah on Harmonica (A Step-By-Step Guide)
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This is a Harmonica cover of Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, based off of Jeff Buckley’s arrangement. For this harmonica lesson we’re gonna play it in the common key of C, on our trusty C harmonicas, in 1st position. Here’s the harmonica tabs in C for Hallelujah:
Well I heard there was a secret chord
5 5 6 6 6 6 -6 -6 -6
That David played and it pleased the Lord
5 6 6 6 5 6 -6 -6 -6
But you don’t really care for music do ya
6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 6 -5 6 6
Well it goes like this, the fourth the fifth
5 5 6 6 6 6 -6 -6 -7
The minor fall and the major lift
6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 -8
The baffled king composing hallelujah
7 -8 -8 -8 7 8 8 8 -8 -8 7
Hallelujah
5 6 -6 -6
Hallelujah
-6 6 5 5
Hallelujah
5 6 -6 -6
Hallelu-u-u-u-jah
-6 6 5 -5 5 -4 4
You can hear me playing it like this here.
Interestingly, when the Canadian singer Leonard Cohen first released Hallelujah in 1984, it didn’t achieve commercial success. Rather it was John Cale’s 1991 cover that began to bring popularity to the song.
Cale’s cover inspired the young singer Jeff Buckley to record it in 1994, which catapulted it into the limelight. John Cale’s cover also later appeared in the movie Shrek in 2001.
Since then, many artists have covered immensely popular versions of the song.
Fun fact: Cohen spent 5 years writing this song and is reported to have had between 80 and 180 verses for it. He recounts the end of the process, sitting in a hotel room with notebook paper everywhere, banging his head on the floor.
As always, instructive, interesting and enlightening! Thank you, Luke!
Glad you enjoyed it David! Thank you for your kind words. I really appreciate it!
Another great lesson ! Bravoooooo ! Thank you for sharing your knowledge 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
My pleasure.
As always Luke, your playing and instructions are always top notch, thanks so much! Now, I am finally getting to play this song with the feelings and techniques I've wanted. Thanks again! Also, really nice setting for your recording, nice touch!
Awesome! Thank you, Skip! Glad to hear you're feeling like you can express yourself on the instrument. And, yeah, it's amazing what $100 worth of candles will do for an ambience. 😉
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Thank you Luke! You're teaching is the best!!
Current student 😊
🙌🏼 Mahalo nui loa.
Well, like your tuition so much I bought your full course ☺️
Awesome! Thank you! See you in the course!
One of the best! From Russia with love!
Mahalo and aloha from Hawaii! 🏝️
Beautiful lesson. And I also love the rock version by Christelle Berthon
You are my hero, Luke.
You are too kind Paul. Thank you for watching! Rock on! 😎
Can you play or make a video on how to play "Lose Control" by Teddy Swims Please!!!
Great lesson. I like the low C harp rendition. Easy on the ears. Current student. Thanks!
Cool. Thanks for sharing. You're very welcome!
Luke... Let me take a breath here... That was a great lesson/instruction and you played with such emotion! I had read the Leonard Cohen biography and Hallelujah took him over 5 years to write and he had over 150 versions and variations. You did him justice with your rendition! I have to ask, can you provide:Tower of Song and or Closing Time, to Leonard's harmonica tabs ? Thank you and Bless you! Slick
Glad you enjoyed it! I always check harptabs.com for tabs. Bless you too Slick!
Your the best bro ❤️
No YOU are. ;-)
Awesome as always. 🤝
🙏🏼 Maximilian. I appreciate it.
That was awesome! Thanks so much✌
🙌🏼 My pleasure
Thank you very much❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
You're very welcome!!!!
Which harmonica are you using???
I am new and I am having hard time trying to find a good right harmonica. I like “Trochiu” harmonicas. I purchased melody maker C but didn’t sound clear.
For Trochiu harmonica is type G with Pop a good harmonica?
I think Type C is too high tone for Church.
I say in the video what key I'm using.
Yeah Melody Maker C is very high that like an F harmonica.
You want pop tuning, not solo (if you want it to be like a standard diatonic harmonica.)
But I think you'd like a G Melody Maker? That's comprable to the C harp I'm using here.
Love it
❤ thank you
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Nice!
What notes do you recommend if i want to do a free style with a hormonica
The train groove I show in this vid: ruclips.net/video/Zc-EcRFrxcA/видео.html&lc=UgzwEj3U9bd1Wqb4bct4AaABAg
The blues licks in this vid: ruclips.net/video/JNSfYblG1oY/видео.html
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Very great teaching 👏 May God give you strength in Jesus name and peace ;)
Thank you so much. God bless you!
Is that a Crossover? I love my Crossover in C! I REALLY want a low C!
Dommage que les commentaires ne soient pas en français, merci pour l'interprétation.
Yes, I believe the C is a crossover, customized by Joe Spiers with a Todd Parrott comb and Rocket cover plates. The Low C in this video is a Rocket LOW with the blue comb. But I prefer for the Low C a Lee Oskar which is also cheaper (I couldn't find mine when I shot the vid which. is why I used the Rocket LOW) or the Thunderbird (which is what Hohner calls low-tuned Crossovers - and they're PRICEY. 😳💰) I do have a Low C Thunderbird, but I had Boaz Kim Parrott-tune it for me (lower the -7 a half-step) so I couldn't use it for this song. I also have a Low D Thunderbird. They're AMAZING for sure. Like all Crossovers, they're very bright, so for the low tunings I find that they really cut thru the mix nicely.
Luke... great lesson my man! LOVE the B.B. King and the Albert King posters on the back wall. Have you ever been to Clarksdale, Mississippi?
If you have not, be sure to check out Hopson Plantation and Ground Zero. Two places you do not want to miss!
Been playing Hallelujah for years now and a couple little add-ons that I give it are:
At the end of the first verses (00:20) I add on a little triplet with: -5 4 -4
Then, at the end of the chorus (04:24) I add on with: 7 -7 -6 6. (The "First Noel Walkdown.")
Once again... thank you for all you do!
Nice. thanks for the note Al! Rock on! 😎
Great lesson on Hallelujah Luke...I'm ready to perform this already.... Gordon
Right on Gordon!! 🙌🏼
I never leave comments, but I feel compelled to thank you for this lesson because it helped me bend the 6th hole for the first time! I've been trying to learn to bend for a few weeks and had some success with the other holes, but the sixth seemed impossible for some reason. However, your "kyuh" made it happen immediately. Imagine my surprise! It's made my week. Almost feels like cheating lol. And now that I've learned, I'm finding it easier to bend the other holes more quickly and naturally. I'm so excited 🥳🎶
Another thing I appreciate is that you advise using X and Y vocalizations and specify which syllables they should be applied to. I think it makes a tremendous difference because many RUclips videos simply tell you which holes to draw or blow, and everything sounds so soulless when I, as a beginner, replicate it.
So yeah, thank you SO much, Luke! Keep the good work :)
Aw wow thanks so much for this note - totally made my day. That's so exciting that the world of bending is opening up for you. Glad the vids are helping. Rock on! 😎
Fantastic! Im signing up!
Beautiful lessons. Thank you . Sir ❤❤❤❤❤❤
My pleasure! Rock on! 😎
Cool
You are the best. Thank you for amazing lesson.
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So bending is just saying kyah?
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Over the last time I'm searching a tuning wich can acheave neghboring pentatonic scales of circle of fifth. I drilled few of my harmonicas reeds. First I grinded 3 blow whole step up to achieve paralel scale to main harmonica scale on low octave without bending and play a chord in that scale. That is a Paddy richter tune. Second I grinded a 5 draw reed to get a major scale on a middle octave wich mostly used in rock\pop songs. Now I figured it's a melody maker tune)
Not sure I'm on a right way, but now I can use 2 harmonicas to jam in 80% of simple pop
ock songs.
Nice!
Very good 👍
Wow thanks so much Luke amazing lesson. Practicing so as to sound half as good 👍
You got this George! 👊🏼
Cheers !!
Man, this one is really open my brain. Arigatou n Kamsahamnida
Awesome. Rock on! 😎
Thank you. I’m practicing.
Sweet! Rock on! 😎
I love you for this!
Good to see you my brother. 👊🏼
Luke, you are the best 🥰
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You’re so good, I bought my mom (94) and dad (95) harmonicas for their birthdays! It’s simply the best activity for their health (mental and physical)!! You could start a revolution w seniors - you’re an absolutely outstanding teacher‼️‼️‼️
Very beautiful
Thank you!
Great tutorial
Thank you! Cheers!