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20 awesomely different ways to play a tune on your harmonica
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20 awesomely different ways to play a tune on your harmonica

This course shows you more than 20 different ways to play a melody to give your playing variety, interest and dynamics
Created byBen Hewlett
Last updated 2/2020
English

What you'll learn

  • Playing a tune using these different methods: Chordal playing
  • Single notes puckered in all octaves using second position
  • Playing in first position in all octaves
  • Playing in fourth and twelfth positions
  • Using tongue block single notes in different octaves - tongue right and left
  • Playing in intervals like octaves - split 3,4,5
  • Using techniques like the bagpipe drone, the mandolin, and the Sonnyboy Williamson 'pull slap'
  • Playing it with a bluesey, gospel style
  • You could also learn to play this (or any) tune in the same key but on ALL 12 harmonicas.

Course content

3 sections • 16 lectures • 1h 16m total length

  • Promotion movie/trailer1:58

    This is the promo - please watch it

  • Introduction to the course2:44

    Let me introduce the course to you

  • What's in it for me? I hear you ask7:32

    Here's why you should take the course, I think this will really help you.

Requirements

  • No, just that you need a 10-hole C diatonic harmonica

Description

Have you ever played a tune a couple of times and thought - hmm, what next? How can I make this interesting?

Me too. Let me imagine you have to play a tune 20 times - can you make it different every time? And I'm not talking about improvising - that would also make it different.

No, just the melody without embellishments.

So here's how we will do it.

  • Chordal playing

  • Single notes puckered in the middle octave using second position

  • Single notes puckered in the low octave using second position

  • Single notes puckered in the top octave using second position

  • Playing in first position in the middle octave

  • Playing in first position in the low octave

  • Playing in first position in the top octave

  • Playing in fourth position in the middle octave

  • Playing in fourth position in the other octaves

  • Playing in twelfth position in the low octave

  • Using tongue block (TB) single notes in different octaves

  • Using TB with rhythm and TB to the left in different octaves

  • Using TB with rhythm and TB to the right in different octaves

  • Sonnyboy Williamson 'pull slap' style in different octaves

  • Yikes - how many's that?

  • Using the 'mandolin flutter' in different octaves

  • Using a 'bagpipe drone' - playing one note constantly whilst playing the tune

  • Playing octaves

  • Playing split 3s in different octaves

  • Playing it with a bluesey, gospel style

  • You could add other positions but let's stop there!

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Who this course is for:

  • This is designed for intermediate players who would like to stretch their playing. Total beginners will struggle to get through this, advanced players will breeze through.

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