Step-By-Step Harmonica
This page hosts all 30 steps in my Step-by-Step Harmonica lesson course, which will take you all the way from a beginner, through to intermediate, and advanced playing levels.
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Beginners Harmonica Lessons
Step #1
In this lesson we learn how to hold the harmonica, how to play single notes and a breathing exercise called "The Train."
Step #2
In this lesson we discover how and why the diatonic harmonica was designed the way it was. We then learn the diatonic major scale and also tidy up the pucker technique on our low notes.
Step #3
This lesson improves our single hole technique on the low notes and gives us our first tune to play; "She'll Be Coming Round The Mountain."
Step #4
This lesson introduces improvisation. Then using our diatonic major scale we play our first improvised piece of music.
Step #5
This lesson introduces the all important technique of draw bending.
Step #6
In this lesson we gain further insight into our draw bending technique.
Intermediate Harmonica Lessons
Step #11
In this step we learn "Hoochie Thang," a 12 Bar Blues example that uses our 2nd position blues scale, and the head wobble technique.
Step #12
This lesson introduces octave tongue blocking. We then put our new skill straight into use in "Hoochie Thang," and "Chug #2."
Step #13
In this lessons we introduce improvising with chugs and a new chug called "Shuffle Chug."
Advanced Harmonica Lessons
Step #21
In this lesson we learn how a major diatonic scale is created in terms of Intervals. We also learn our 1st position diatonic major scale in the first octave of our diatonic harmonica.
Step #22
In this lesson we find out why the interval of a 3rd is so important and then we use it to hone our speed and accuracy with an exercise that breaks our major diatonic scale into 3rds.
Step #23
In this lesson we learn our 2nd position major diatonic scale and compare that to our 1st position major diatonic scale. We then improvise with the provided jam tracks, in the same key, using two different harmonicas.