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Solo Harmonica Study 1

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Fri, 02/06/2015 - 13:40
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Hello, I have been playing the guitar for 12 years and decided to learn to play the harmonica, got a Hohner J.J. Milteau blues harmonica as a gift from my girlfriend which contained a free 1 month membership for your site and decided it was definitely worth to contitnue the subscription. Keep it up!

 

As for the question- how do you positon your tongue to play the examples 1-9 for SHS 1?

 

Edit: Specifically i was thinking of one note examples- 1,3 and 8.

 

Thanks!

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Fri, 02/06/2015 - 13:47
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Great to have you on the site. For the chords, your tongue is off of the harmonica. To play the single notes place your tongue to the left (open hole to the right). Skip Examples 1.1 and 1.3, those are just to give you an idea of what the single note melody looks/sounds like.

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