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How to bend notes on the harmonica

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How to bend notes on the harmonica

874,808 views October 25, 2014 14:08

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This lesson deals with the technique for draw bends, as well as the uses and advantages of bending notes on the harmonica. You'll need a C harmonica to take part (I'm using a Hohner Marine Band, but any ten hole diatonic harmonica will do just fine).

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The video is aimed at beginners who are able to get good clean single notes on the harmonica and want to learn to bend them (change their pitch).

It is also possible to blow bend and overblow notes on the harmonica but these techniques are beyond the scope of this lesson. You might also like my lesson on blow-bending: youtu.be/RhhWvb-mNp4

Want to know which harmonica is easiest to bend? youtu.be/3YuKWQL5BJk

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  • HOW TO BEND DRAW NOTES ON HARMONICA harmonicalearning.com

    • The more you work at the back of the oral cavity, toward the throat, the more you get bending of low notes – for example, on hole 3, the bending of 1 and a half-tones. • For half-tone bending, you can push the harmoni…

  • How to Bend Notes on Harmonica - Bending Masterclass for ... harmonica.com

    Bending 4-Draw: This Note Wails! Once you learn how to bend one hole, it is only a matter of time before you learn how to bend all the holes of the harmonica. The majority of harmonica students find learning to bend 1-D…

  • 3 Ways to Bend a Note on Harmonica - wikiHow wikihow.com

    Bending a note on a harmonica is an advanced technique that makes a wobbling sound with each note you play. To bend notes 1 through 6, you’ll need to narrow your mouth or block off the other holes with your tongue so yo…

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