Harmonica Class Daily 11 am Mountain Time
Beginner tutorials every Monday. No musical experience or skills necessary. YouTube link will appear shortly before class. Hit reload! Classes start at 5 minutes after the hour and usually wrap up within 30 minutes except on Friday when we take the full hour. More sheet music is in our Harmonica Library. Miss a class? Visit our Video Archive.
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Playlist for February 22 through 26
Monday: Diatonic and Chromatic Harmonica Class #105 February 22 link to join: https://youtu.be/xOCBIYJCaPg
- How to Play Harmonica Mini-Lesson
- Kumbaya 4 PDF
- Diatonic Scales PDF
- REVISED! Chromatic Scales PDF
- Smile 5 PDF
Tuesday: Diatonic and Chromatic Harmonica Class #106 February 23 link to join: https://youtu.be/1KVPIDCLgeY
- Ode to Joy 5 PDF
- Diatonic Scales PDF
- Tenting Tonight 6 PDF
- Summertime 6 PDF
- Chromatic Scales PDF
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 4 PDF
Wednesday: Diatonic and Chromatic Harmonica Class #107 February 24 link to join: https://youtu.be/9beXmf9o-GU
- Reminder: Merrily We Roll Along
- Simple Gifts 6 PDF
- Diatonic Scales PDF
- Tom Dooley 6 PDF
- REVISED (Yet Again)! Summertime 6 PDF
- Chromatic Scales PDF
- This Little Light of Mine 3 PDF
Thursday: Diatonic and Chromatic Harmonica Class #108 February 25 link to join: https://youtu.be/3fekk7BiuJ8
- When the Saints Go Marching In 4 PDF
- Diatonic Scales PDF
- Wildwood Flower 5 PDF
- Chromatic Scales PDF
- Wonderful World 3 PDF
Friday: Diatonic and Chromatic Harmonica Class #109 February 26 link to join:
- You Are My Sunshine 3 PDF
- Tenting Tonight 6 PDF
- Tom Dooley 6 PDF
- Wildwood Flower 5 PDF
- Merrily We Roll Along PDF
- Leaving on a Jet Plane 5 PDF
- Summertime 8 PDF
- Smile 5 PDF
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 4 PDF
- This Little Light of Mine 3 PDF
- Wonderful World 3 PDF
Playlist for March 1 through 5
Monday: Diatonic and Chromatic Harmonica Class #110 March 1 link to join:
- How to Play Harmonica Mini-Lesson
- Kumbaya 4 PDF
- Diatonic Scales PDF
- All My Loving ~5 PDF
- Chromatic Scales PDF
- As Time Goes By ~4 PDF
Tuesday: Diatonic and Chromatic Harmonica Class #111 March 2 link to join:
- Ode to Joy 5 PDF
- Diatonic Scales PDF
- All Through the Night 7 PDF
- Chromatic Scales PDF
- Ash Grove 3 PDF
Wednesday: Diatonic and Chromatic Harmonica Class #112 March 3 link to join:
Thursday: Diatonic and Chromatic Harmonica Class #113 March 4 link to join:
- When the Saints Go Marching In 4 PDF
- Diatonic Scales PDF
- Amazing Grace 6 PDF
- Chromatic Scales PDF
- Beautiful Dreamer ~5 PDF
Friday: Diatonic and Chromatic Harmonica Class #114 March 5 link to join:
- You Are My Sunshine 3 PDF
- All My Loving ~5 PDF
- All Through the Night 7 PDF
- Aloha ‘Oe 6 PDF
- Amazing Grace 6 PDF
- As Time Goes By ~4 PDF
- Ash Grove 3 PDF
- Ashokan Farewell ~5 PDF
- Beautiful Dreamer ~5 PDF
Theory: Standard Notation
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- Resource: Diatonic Notes in C PDF
- Resource: Chromatic Notes in C PDF
- Resource: Chromatic Scales PDF
- Drunken Sailor PDF
- Frère Jacques PDF
- Go Tell Aunt Rhody PDF
- My Spaghetti Monster PDF
- NEW! Merrily We Roll Along PDF
How to Play Harmonica
- Wash your hands.
- Brush your teeth.
- Drink plenty of water.
- Sit up tall and pretty.
- Breathe from your belly. Don’t blow too hard.
- Pucker up. Gross!
- Kiss the harmonica … what?
- Be ready to “tooo.”
- Cup the harmonica with both hands.
- Move your hands, not your face.
- Harmonica tabs:
- 4 blow
- ~4 draw
- 4* blow with button in
- ~4* draw with button in
You’ll need a diatonic harmonica in the Key of C. Here are some choices in order of price our members have used successfully. The higher priced ones are better.
- Folkmaster: Amazon Price
- Special 20: Amazon Price
- Crossover: Amazon Price
To play the advanced music you’ll need a chromatic harmonica. Here are some choices in order of price our members have used successfully. The higher priced ones are better.
- Swan 1040 Amazon Price
- Super Chromonica: Amazon Price
You should visit the Harmonica Library if you’re just getting started.