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Harmonica School - Beginner Level
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Beginner Practice Guide Index
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Harmonica Foundations - Week 1
Introduction (0:45)
What Kind of Harmonica Do You Need? (1:22)
How To Hold The Harmonica (1:00)
How To Breathe Correctly (2:19)
Playing Chords (1:33)
Tapping Your Foot in Time (1:01)
Train Rhythm (Play-Through) (0:40)
Train Rhythm (Nu-Ka-Tu-Ka) (3:55)
Train Whistle (2:01)
Hand Wah (1:44)
Train Whistle Breathing (2:16)
Train Rhythm (Putting It All Together) (3:02)
Train Rhythm (Ti-ka-ta Ta-ka-ta) (2:17)
How To Practice and Conclusion (2:33)
What You Need To Practice
Challenge
Harmonica Foundations - Week 2
Introduction (1:07)
Warm Up (1:34)
Singling Out Notes By Lip Pursing (4:22)
Breathing Naturally For Clean Notes (2:53)
Moving Around With Your Hands Not Your Head (2:48)
Reading Harmonica Tab and Playing a C Major Scale (3:51)
Auld Lang Syne (Play-through) (1:03)
Auld Lang Syne - Lick 1 (1:41)
Auld Lang Syne - Lick 2 (1:09)
Auld Lang Syne - Lick 3 (0:55)
Auld Lang Syne - Lick 4 (1:00)
Auld Lang Syne - Putting It All Together (1:31)
Why Do My High Notes Not Work? (1:28)
Conclusion (1:07)
What You Need To Practice
Challenge
Harmonica Foundations - Week 3
Introduction (0:53)
Warm Up (2:17)
Eighth Notes (2:12)
The Off Beat (1:40)
Chugging Call And Response (Play-through) (1:11)
Chugging Call And Response (Chugging) (1:30)
Chugging Call And Response - Lick 1 (1:19)
Chugging Call And Response - Lick 2 (2:02)
Chugging Call And Response - Lick 3 (2:15)
Chugging Call And Response - Lick 4 (3:19)
Chugging Call And Response - Lick 5 (2:08)
Chugging Call And Response - Lick 6 (3:33)
Chugging Call And Response (Putting it all together) (1:28)
Conclusion And Listening Guide (0:50)
What You Need To Practice
Challenge
Harmonica Foundations - Week 4
Introduction (0:29)
Warm Up (2:08)
What Is A 12 Bar Blues (3:22)
What Is 2nd Position? (2:58)
12 Bar Blues Foundation (Play-through) (0:57)
12 Bar Blues Foundations - Lick 1 (1:18)
12 Bar Blues Foundations - Lick 2 (1:02)
12 Bar Blues Foundations - Lick 3 (1:31)
12 Bar Blues Foundation (Putting it all together) (1:57)
Simple Blues Lick (1:05)
Simple Blues Lick Over 12 Bar Blues Backing Track (1:45)
Blues Improvisation (5:39)
Conclusion (1:09)
What You Need To Practice
Challenge
Month 2
Introduction (0:57)
Warm Up (2:55)
Playing a clean 2 hole draw (6:25)
Articulating 1/4 notes (4:08)
How to count through a 12 Bar Blues (2:08)
12 Bar Blues Counting Exercise Number 1 (7:09)
12 Bar Blues Counting Exercise Number 2 (3:32)
12 Bar Blues Counting Exercise Number 3 (5:09)
How the I, IV, V relates to the harmonica (2:12)
12 Bar Blues Number 1 - Play-through and what you will learn (0:59)
12 Bar Blues Number 1 - Lick 1 (3:15)
12 Bar Blues Number 1 - Lick 2 (1:50)
12 Bar Blues Number 1 - Lick 3 (2:14)
12 Bar Blues Number 1 - Lick 4 (1:47)
12 Bar Blues Number 1 - Putting it all together (2:55)
Conclusion and homework (2:04)
What You Need To Practice
Challenge
Month 3
Introduction (0:41)
Warm Up (2:48)
Articulating 1-8 Notes (2:36)
Reading Sheet Music (3:15)
Play-through and What You Will Learn (0:51)
12 Bar Blues Number 2 - Lick 1 (3:04)
12 Bar Blues Number 2 - Lick 2 (2:28)
12 Bar Blues Number 2 - Lick 3 (2:20)
What is a Turnaround? (1:35)
12 Bar Blues Number 2 - Turnaround (1:44)
12 Bar Blues Number 2 - Putting it all together (4:12)
Melodic Repertoire - Amazing Grace (1:20)
Melodic Repertoire - Amazing Grace - Lick 1 (4:25)
Melodic Repertoire Amazing Grace - Lick 2 (2:11)
Melodic Repertoire - Amazing Grace - Lick 3 (2:00)
Melodic Repertoire - Amazing Grace - Lick 4 (2:10)
Melodic Repertoire Amazing Grace - Putting It Altogether (2:12)
Conclusion and Homework (0:51)
What You Need To Practice
Challenge
Month 4
Introduction (0:41)
C Major Scale With 1/8th notes (2:05)
Warm Up (3:12)
Practicing With a Metronome (4:48)
Where Does The Music Start? (5:25)
12 Bar Blues Number 3 - Play-Through and What You Will Learn (1:08)
12 Bar Blues Number 3 - Lick 1 (1:58)
12 Bar Blues Number 3 - Lick 2 (1:36)
12 Bar Blues Number 3 - Lick 3 (1:31)
12 Bar Blues Number 3 - Lick 4 (1:34)
12 Bar Blues Number 3 - Lick 5 (1:30)
12 Bar Blues Number 3 - Lick 6 (1:34)
12 Bar Blues Number 3 - Putting it All Together (3:28)
The Most Efficient Way to Practice (3:16)
When Do You Start the Repeat? (6:19)
Conclusion (2:08)
What You Need To Practice
Challenge
Month 5
Introduction (0:54)
Warm Up With Metronome (3:17)
Learning to Play in Different Scenarios (2:00)
Playing 12 Bar Blues Number 2 over Slow Blues (3:21)
Playing 12 Bar Blues Number 2 over Fast Swing (2:13)
12 Bar Blues Number 4 - Play-Through and What You Will Learn (1:08)
Straight Versus Shuffled Chugging (4:17)
Starting Chugging on the Off-Beat (2:27)
12 Bar Blues Number 4 - Lick 1 (3:30)
Root Notes in the Lower Octave (1:48)
12 Bar Blues Number 4 - Lick 2 (3:52)
12 Bar Blues Number 4 - Lick 3 (2:30)
12 Bar Blues Number 4 - Turnaround (2:47)
12 Bar Blues Number 4 - Putting it All Together (3:01)
Conclusion and Homework (1:37)
What You Need To Practice
Challenge
Month 6
Introduction (0:39)
Warm Up (2:58)
Are You Playing Too Hard? (Ideas for Relaxing) (5:31)
Opening Up the Middle Range of the Harmonica (2:48)
Building Up Speed With a Tricky Lick [Guided Practice] (6:22)
12 Bar Blues Number 5 - Play-Through and What You Will Learn (0:43)
12 Bar Blues Number 5 - Lick 1 (1:42)
12 Bar Blues Number 5 - Lick 2 (1:38)
12 Bar Blues Number 5 - Lick 3 (3:08)
12 Bar Blues Number 5 - Lick 4 (2:14)
12 Bar Blues Number 5 - Turnaround (1:40)
12 Bar Blues Number 5 - Putting it All Together (2:38)
The Bell Curve of Practice (2:26)
Conclusion and Homework (0:41)
Challenge
Month 7
Introduction (0:55)
Warm Up (3:25)
Counting Through a Slow Blues (2:35)
Triplets (3:56)
12 Bar Blues Number 6 - Play-Through and What You Will Learn (1:12)
12 Bar Blues Number 6 - Lick 1 (3:10)
12 Bar Blues Number 6 - Lick 2 (1:54)
12 Bar Blues Number 6 - Lick 3 (2:43)
12 Bar Blues Number 6 - Lick 4 (3:05)
I-IV-I-V Turnaround (1:43)
12 Bar Blues Number 6 - Turnaround (2:44)
12 Bar Blues Number 6 - Putting it All Together (2:59)
Are You Rushing? (1:45)
Conclusion and Homework (1:32)
Challenge
Month 8
Introduction (0:52)
Warm Up (2:29)
Warbles (4:09)
12 Bar Blues Number 7 - Play-Through and What You Will Learn (0:54)
12 Bar Blues Number 7 - Lick 1 (2:53)
12 Bar Blues Number 7 - Lick 2 (2:46)
Blow Warbles (1:19)
12 Bar Blues Number 7 - Lick 3 (2:38)
12 Bar Blues Number 7 - Lick 4 (1:54)
12 Bar Blues Number 7 - Lick 5 (2:20)
12 Bar Blues Number 7 - Turnaround (1:24)
12 Bar Blues Number 7 - Putting it All Together (2:44)
Recording Your Practice (3:57)
Conclusion and Homework (0:47)
Challenge
Month 9
Introduction (0:50)
Warm Up (3:17)
What is a Bend? (2:51)
Tilt Bends? (2:29)
Real Bends? (2:31)
Potential Bending Problems (4:47)
12 Bar Blues Number 8 - Play-Through and What You Will Learn (1:18)
12 Bar Blues Number 8 - Lick 1 (2:21)
12 Bar Blues Number 8 - Lick 2 (1:59)
12 Bar Blues Number 8 - Lick 3 (2:56)
12 Bar Blues Number 8 - Turnaround (1:45)
12 Bar Blues Number 8 - Putting it All Together (2:59)
Setting Goals for Your Practice (4:16)
Conclusion and Homework (1:59)
Challenge
Month 10
Introduction (0:40)
Warm Up (3:14)
Glissandos (3:17)
3 Draw 1/2 Step Bend (3:05)
12 Bar Blues Number 9 - Play-Through and What You Will Learn (0:51)
12 Bar Blues Number 9 - Lick 1 (2:07)
12 Bar Blues Number 9 - Lick 2 (1:48)
12 Bar Blues Number 9 - Lick 3 (2:13)
12 Bar Blues Number 9 - Lick 4 (1:37)
12 Bar Blues Number 9 - Lick 5 (3:34)
12 Bar Blues Number 9 - Turnaround (1:20)
12 Bar Blues Number 9 - Putting it All Together (2:28)
What Are Positions? (5:43)
Conclusion and Homework (1:03)
Challenge
Month 11
Introduction (1:08)
Warm Up (3:21)
Comping (4:30)
12 Bar Blues Number 10 - Play-Through and What You Will Learn (0:39)
12 Bar Blues Number 10 - Lick 1 (2:44)
12 Bar Blues Number 10 - Lick 2 (2:10)
12 Bar Blues Number 10 - Lick 3 (3:58)
12 Bar Blues Number 10 - Lick 4 (2:18)
12 Bar Blues Number 10 - Lick 5 (3:23)
12 Bar Blues Number 10 - Turnaround (1:32)
12 Bar Blues Number 10 - Putting it All Together (3:03)
Your Next Harmonica Keys (7:52)
Conclusion and Homework (0:53)
Challenge
Month 12
Introduction (0:53)
Warm Up (2:38)
Quick Change (2:28)
12 Bar Blues Number 11 - Play-Through and What You Will Learn (0:55)
12 Bar Blues Number 11 - Lick 1 (2:42)
12 Bar Blues Number 11 - Lick 2 (1:59)
12 Bar Blues Number 11 - Lick 3 (1:33)
12 Bar Blues Number 11 - Lick 4 (3:15)
2-Draw Whole Step Bend (4:23)
12 Bar Blues Number 11 - Turnaround (2:46)
12 Bar Blues Number 11 - Putting it All Together (2:44)
Conclusion and Homework (1:26)
Challenge
Month 13
Introduction (0:52)
Warm Up (2:47)
12 Bar Blues Number 12 - Play-Through and What You Will Learn (1:12)
12 Bar Blues Number 12 - Lick 1 (2:48)
12 Bar Blues Number 12 - Lick 2 (1:33)
12 Bar Blues Number 12 - Lick 3 (2:02)
12 Bar Blues Number 12 - Lick 4 (1:46)
Inflections (1:28)
12 Bar Blues Number 12 - Lick 5 (2:11)
Hand Wah (3:47)
12 Bar Blues Number 12 - Lick 6 (3:16)
12 Bar Blues Number 12 - Turnaround (2:18)
12 Bar Blues Number 12 - Putting it All Together (3:37)
Conclusion and Homework (1:21)
Challenge
Challenge
Challenge
Post a recording of yourself playing ’12 Bar Blues Number 5’ in the Harmonica School Forum.
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