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Play 'COMPLETE UNKNOWN' Bob Dylan's Blowing in the Wind
Rating: 4.6 out of 5(9 ratings)
106 students
Created byBen Hewlett
Last updated 1/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • play Blowing In The Wind on your harmonica. You will also be able to learn all the songs in the INSTANT HARMONICA series so look out for the courses coming up

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Course content

8 sections • 14 lectures • 58m total length

  • Introduction4:52

    Today we are going to learn to play Blowing in the Wind on the C harmonica - that's the 'diatonic' harmonica.

    If you need a harmonica you can get one locally or if you would like one by post you are welcome to use my mail order shop - www.sonnyboysmusicstore.co.uk and I would recommend the Sonnyboys Special as a good harmonica of quality and value.

    In this lecture I discuss the piece, tell you about the most famous players of the tune.

    Then I show you how it will be easy for you to learn and what teaching methods I use.

    I use a program called transcribe! to slow down the music and you can search for this and get a free evaluation copy to check out. I have no affiliate links with the author although he is a friend of Paul Lennon, my writing collaborator.

    Here's the link:

    http://www.seventhstring.com/xscribe/download.html

    The main mission in this lecture is to get you to sing the tune until you really know it.

    Move to the lecture called 'First line, first half' next or - if you are having trouble playing single notes go to the 'Single Notes' lecture.

  • Getting single notes (skip if you know how)2:07

    Any course in my INSTANT HARMONICA series needs only two things:

    a harmonica (key of C, 10 holes, diatonic)

    and the ability to play single notes - but I'll show you how to do that now in this lecture

    Make your mouth into the shape you might use if you whistle - it's known as the pucker, pursed lip or kiss shape. Allow your lower lip to drop and push the harmonica in a little; the further it goes in the better it will sound! Relax your lips to let the harmonica in and gradually try to get the shape that gives you a single note.

    Some people use a pencil or straw to model the shape you need so try that as well.

    I have a bigger course with five lectures on this subject if you want to go deeper - it's called 'INSTANT HARMONICA - how to get single notes in 5 easy steps' so dive in and take that one if you like

    The more complicated way is called 'tongue blocking' but I will not go into it here except to say you use your tongue to block the holes to the left (or sometimes the right) side of the hole you want to play. Here's another of my courses that explores the use of the tongue in harmonica playing - 'Killer Harmonica sounds using the tongue and bending notes'

Requirements

  • all you need is a ten hole diatonic harmonica in the key of C. You can get one locally or from my mail order shop sonnyboysmusicstore (link is on the last page of the course, in my profile or google it) - I'd recommend the Sonnyboys Special in C as a good all-round harmonica with low cost and great quality.

Description

INSTANT HARMONICA – play the wonderful Blowing in the Wind right now!

Respect and thanks to Bob for writing this amazing song.

If you have a tune that you would like me to teach please message me.

Take this course and play the tune instantly. No musical experience needed.

You will pick it up straight away without needing any music skills. This is easy to play and really fun to learn. You will be proud of your achievements and happy with the results.

'INSTANT HARMONICA' is a new series of courses where you learn one tune per course. You will find it is taught in a friendly and encouraging manner and most importantly is it taught v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y. 

Ben Hewlett is a very experienced music teacher who is able to be very patient and methodical. Each lecture will introduce you to the next group of notes – usually just 4 new notes and that's it.

This method is very easy for you to pick up the tunes as they are repeated over and over again until you have got it. You can even re-run the video if you find it useful.

Take one course and learn your favourite tune. The try another. Remember you can always get your money back if you wish but otherwise you have lifetime access to the course.

Imagine how amazing it will feel when you whip out your harmonica and play this tune – your friends and family will carry you shoulder high in triumph. Hopefully they don't carry you out of town and dump you in the river, but hey, swimming's good as well.

The health benefits of playing the harmonica are well documented – google it. Your lungs get exercised, your lung capacity increases, aerobic movement is good for you, playing music makes you smarter they say. 

You will have fun on your own and with your friends, and more oxygen to the brain will make you think you are having a good time so it's all good.


Who this course is for:

  • This course is for complete beginners; you don't need any musical experience, I'll walk you through the whole thing very slowly step by step. If you are an advanced player you will cover the whole thing very fast and you may find it is too slow for you

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