How to play easy tunes on the harmonica - just the basics

Summary:

• Single notes, how to pucker up
• How to play C and D on hole 1
• How to play C and A on hole 10
• Fat Tone - how to achieve it

ASSIGNMENT = WORK ON GETTING SINGLE NOTES WITH CLARITY, ACCURACY AND TONE

TRY PLAYING THE TWO BLUES TRACKS ATTACHED - THEY ARE FROM 'SEARCH FROM THE SINGLE NOTE' WHICH I WROTE A WHILE AGO WITH PAUL LENNON

Summary:

Single notes extension

Scale of C

Holes 4, 5, 6, 7 as well as 1 and 10

ASSIGNMENT = TRY TO GET CLEAR SINGLE NOTES ON THE SCALE OF C

Summary:

• Tone - remember the five point about tone from Beginners level 1 course
• Single notes
• Tonguing - ha, ta, ka, cha, la, sa
• Double tonguing taka, taka
• Triple tonguing tataka, tataka

ASSIGNMENT = PRACTICE THE ABOVE WITH THE SCALE OF C AS TAUGHT ON THE VIDEO

Summary:

Learning box patterns and extending them

CEGD first one. Blow hole 1, blow hole 2, draw hole 2, draw hole 1 and repeat all this.

Next start the same pattern from hole 2, then hole three and upwards.

ASSIGNMENT = TRY PATTERNS WITH TA AND TAKA

Summary:

• Faster box patterns
• Starting on different holes
• 3, 4, 5 and 6 note box patterns
• Using tonguing as well co-ordinating tonguing and movement

(OOPS - on the video at 5:05 I say we'll play some 4 note patterns and then play some 3 note patterns - never could count very well!)

ASSIGNMENT = HAVE A GO AT THE PATTERNS AND SEE HOW GOOD/FAST/ACCURATE YOU GAN GET

Summary:

Looping in 7 beats or 8

On the video I get confused! I don't actually play the version with 8 notes on the video but you can have a go. It should be like this: going up CDEFGABCD and coming down like this: CBAGFEDC

Breathing patterns

Leapfrog

in 3s, 4s

ASSIGNMENT = PRACTICE THESE PATTERNS EVERY DAY

Summary:

Learning simple tunes - Twinkle Twinkle

From the downloadable CD/Book 'Funky Nursery'

ASSIGNMENT = USE THE FOUR ATTACHED MP3S TO LEARN TWINKLE.

1. SING ALONG

2. PLAY ALONG V E R Y ... S L O W L Y

3. PLAY ALONG A LITTLE QUICKER

4. PLAY AT FULL SPEED IF YOU CAN!

Summary:

Learning Dminor scale (dorian) 3rd position

Improvise with the notes of this scale on 'John Wintergreen'

This tune was composed for Mastermix (on HarmonicaWorld.net)

ASSIGNMENT = LEARN THE D SCALE.

HAVE A LITTLE GO AT IMPROVISATION WITH 'JOHN WINTERGREEN'

HAVE A LOOK AT PLAYING SCARBOROUGH FAIR - WE RETURN TO THIS IN LECTURE 11 WITH A PLAYALONG TRACK AND WRITTEN MUSIC - BUT TRY TO FIND IT WITHOUT ANY HELP JUST NOW

Summary:

1. Playing E phrygian minor
2. 5th position
3. belly dancing music
4. adding the missing notes
5. learning to play all seven modal scales

All 7 Modal scales:

CDEFGABC

DEFGABCD

EFGABCDE

FGABCDEF

GABCDEFG

ABCDEFGA

BCDEFGAB (start on hole 3)

ASSIGNMENT = LEARN THESE SCALES

PLAY 3 BLOW, 2 DRAW REPEATEDLY - BOTH ARE THE NOTE OF 'G'

I thought I'd share a cool video I did many years ago on a mini harmonica.

Nothing to do here - just so you can see what you can do with a 4 hole instrument. It has just the notes of the Scale of C - CDEFGABC and is the equivalent of holes 4-7 on the normal 10 hole instrument. Enjoy!

Wait - could you pick out some of those tunes and try to play them?

Starting to learn Scarborough Fair

This tune, and When the Saints in lecture 12, were also arranged for Mastermix (on HarmonicaWorld.net)

ASSIGNMENT = PLAY SCARBOROUGH FAIR WITH THE PLAYALONG TRACK

Starting to learn When the Saints

ASSIGNMENT = PLAY WHEN THE SAINTS WITH THE PLAYALONG TRACK. IT'S A BIT FAST SO YOU MIGHT NEED TO WORK UP TO IT!

NOW IS THE TIME TO GIVE ME SOME FEEDBACK PLEASE - A REVIEW ON UDEMY AND AS MANY STARTS AS YOU CAN MANAGE!