How to Play the Harmonica

1 · First notes

01Blow 4 02Blow and Draw 4 03Holes 4 and 5 04Holes 4, 5 and 6

2 · Rhythm

05Long and Short 06Rests and Breath 07Three-Four Time

3 · The middle scale

08The Hole 7 Switch 09The C Major Scale 10Skipping Up the Scale 11Eighth Notes

4 · Chords

12The Blow Chord 13Low Chords 14Chord and Melody

5 · Low and high holes

15The Low Holes 16Two Ways to G 17The High Holes 18Octave Jumps

6 · Listen and answer

19Echo 1 20Echo 2 21Echo 3

7 · Blues (second position)

22Draw 2 Is Home 23The 12-Bar Riff 24Train Rhythm 25A 12-Bar Blues Melody 26Blues Turnaround

8 · First bends

27Bend Draw 4 28Bend Draw 1 29Bend Draw 6 30Blue Notes on 2 and 3

9 · Etudes

31Morning Song 32Little March 33Harmonica Waltz 34Evening Hymn 35Broken Chords 36Song of the Low Holes 37High Holes Tune 38Blues in G 39Shuffle Walk 40Final Etude

Songs

01Hot Cross Buns 02Mary Had a Little Lamb 03Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star 04Ode to Joy 05Jingle Bells 06Silent Night 07Joy to the World 08We Wish You a Merry Christmas 09The First Noel 10Good King Wenceslas 11Row, Row, Row Your Boat 12London Bridge 13Lightly Row 14Are You Sleeping (Frère Jacques)15Three Blind Mice 16Rock-a-bye Baby 17Brahms' Lullaby 18Yankee Doodle 19When the Saints Go Marching In 20Amazing Grace 21Jolly Old St. Nicholas 22Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 23We Three Kings 24God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen 25Auld Lang Syne 26My Bonnie 27The Mulberry Bush 28Home, Sweet Home 29All Through the Night 30Minuet in G (Petzold)

3 · The middle scale

Skipping Up the Scale

Skip one note, step back: C E, D F, E G, F A, G B, A C. Every pair moves up one note.

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Holes

C · 4 · blow

Notation

Beat by beat

66bpm

40110

Harmonica sound: Versilian Studios (VCSL)

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