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Your C Major Diatonic Harmonica uses the C Major Diatonic Scale for its construction. This Major scale is built with 5 whole steps and 2 half steps. The half steps are placed between the 2nd and 3rd as well as 7th and 8th scale degrees. The scale is C D E F G A B C. A piano player would play all white keys. For the piano to play the B Major Diatonic Scale they would start on the B key on the piano and make sure to use all of the whole steps and half steps in their proper order, which would equal B C# D# E F# G# A# B. A harmonica player just grabs the B Harmonica. continue reading...

Joe Filisko is one of the great blues harmonica educators of our modern time (ever really). As you watch each of his 18 Harmonica Insights write down the main ideas, making a list for yourself to save, print out, and review on a regular basis to get the most out of what Joe is teaching.

While whistling a medium-pitched note (like 4 draw) you'll notice your tongue in the middle of the mouth, with the pitch created near the middle-front of the tongue. Note that the tip as well as the back of the tongue is not humped up. Experiment with this... more tomorrow...

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