How to Play "Heart Of Gold" on Harmonica part 1

[ashy99999]

Nick. Thanks for all your vids very helpful. Please can you help? ...Need the harmocia tab for David Bowie's Jean Genie. I especially need to know the key used on this track as all the harps i have (A, B, C, D, E, F, G) sound nothing like the original?!?!?

[moondoggyJ55]

why do all harmonica players have fedoras

[DaAt0miKniPpLe]

Beatles hair and a Seth Rogan voice lol

[CashCash57]

TERRIBLE

[sakajom]

hi. my name is oliver . now i can play heart of gold from you and can you show me and give tuition song of john lennon imagine thank you

[FLIPPITYFLOOP]

Right on bro! I couldn't make this stupid rectangle sound like a goddamn thing a little while ago. Need more practice of course. Been playing drums for 7 years so I know a little bit about sticking with something. Thanks man! Cheers!

[yooitschili]

lol at cheesy smile at end

[StuON22]

is it raining?

[kingiam91]

@StuON22 maybe he's just filming beside a waterfall :()

[udiweizman]

Thanks very much dude, well done, just a small question.. the last part should't be - 4draw, 4blow, 3blow? I will highly appreciate your comment.

Cheers

[brydon10]

You are good man, how long have you been playing? I just started about a week ago and I'm wondering how long it will take to get me to actually be good, if I practice every day

[papypop1]

@brydon10 About myself,I've been playing for 3 months,but I've played 2 or 3 hours everyday.I've started with "sweet virginia" with harptabs but now I can play only in hearing a song 5it's interesting for me cause my voice is not very good.Jean Paul from France

[occyceballos]

blow me

[occyceballos]

can you play bongos

[345tennis]

Hey! nick can you please bro show me step by step, how to play the harmonica solo version of mountain of love. By johnny rivers Thanks bro.

[justonefix69]

@buwwshat yea this is true but I can't complain cause he Tought me how to play it

[buwwshat]

THANK YOU!! keep posting videos please, this is perfect. i like the way you write your tabs. thank you so much again.

[justonefix69]

Why are you showing people how to play heart of gold in the key of C when the song is originally played in G

[buwwshat]

@justonefix69

probably because thats what he has to work with...? i only have a c and its close enough for me.

[evilcasmigiel]

do you have the second harmonica solo?

[Libelluulee]

Thanks for your good classes, you're really funny and that helps more to understand ;) Keep up the great work :)

[simonpollock23]

i love how this video is a back alley and he's doin the shifty eye while playing , under cover harp lessons @ sethrogen,com

[chadssurfin]

hey can u play: out on a weekend by neil young and put it on youtube beacuse there is not one video showing how to play it.

[revolution1940]

stinky.stinky.

[TheDux09]

nick thanx man

my brother in law and i played righ away after seeing ur video he on the guitar and i in the harmonica

thanx man XD

good and easy tutorial (H)

[tenkuunokage]

hey man thax bunch i play it similar myself or maybe same but got it from ear and watching Steven tyler haha play harmonica

[spiritryu31]

this guy doesn't know what hes talking about, heart of gold is played in "G" not "C"

[theprisoner3]

Interesting,i had problems bending at the beginning when i first started playing on the harmonica,now i can't stop doing it...

[YourBestDroog]

pause at seven seconds lol

[Demans666]

Glad your around.

Fuck!

[wah12111]

Thanks for the great lesson Dude.. Your the Man.. Keep up the great work 

[nataliedas]

you rock!! :D you have the best harmonica tutorials ever.

[davisdevil45]

that sucked

[AcrylicGoblin]

I tried to send you a couple bucks...Paypal said you are unable to receive payments.

[disiper360]

"awh shit that was the second solo" - looks closly to the screen - "fuck"

[fr0z3nsky]

you have a negro nose

[umhewow]

dude thanks so much! you're awesome

[MRR0B0T0123]

THANKS SO MUCH i like come here every day to practice keep it up

[shijujabbarn]

you are a life saver when it comes to learning harmonica online

[shijujabbarn]

you are life saver when it comes to learning harmonica online

[rasmusmansson]

Thank you Nick.

[stothek2]

I really enjoyed this tutorial keep it up

[Siryoyales]

you play like my ass

[frankyhockeybantamBB]

tank you man, you have make my day

[foofighters9999]

Hey thank's a lot dude. I've had a harmonica for ages but never used it or learned how to play songs, and this help me loads. Thanks again

[falkooooo]

your ugly

[foofighters9999]

@falkooooo Idiot, why do you not show your face in your vids?! 

[Trashleyable]

@foofighters9999

why would you write that? There is no point, he was nice enough to post this and you have no motive for being an asshole

[foofighters9999]

@Trashleyable are you being serious? Who is my comment directed at??? the person who made this video or a person who said "your ugly" to him, i was sticking up for playharmonicaeasily. The guy who called him ugly, 'falkooooo', has videos but doesn't show his face, that's who the comment was directed at..... You really should learn how to read, before commenting.

[foofighters9999]

@Trashleyable Sorry about my tone, and smugness at the end of the message. It's a misunderstanding. I left a comment praising him and thanking him for this video months ago, why on earth would i be rude towards him. Peaceeee :)

[TopJimmyWinn]

So if your gonna play this on the guitar with the harp, would it just be better to get a "key of G harp"? Thanks

[auraofteal]

Great vid... helped a lot. So did your one for Love Me Do. I'm hooked! ;D

[MR2Fast2Catch]

Good video. This sounds pretty close. I guess I'll have to get a G Harmonica for it to sound perfect though.

[assassin616]

it sounds way better on a g harp

[joebobKING]

at least use a G harp the C isnt proper tone for heart of gold G harp is the best

[enjoimikeA]

hey man great job this was awsome

[segman12345]

he sucks

[vjudd68]

Will you show us how to play Southern Voice by Tim Mcgraw?

[coeliacman1523]

Cheers thanks for your time man

[efpierpo]

what a dumbass stupid bitch

[leopip12]

you sound like a young seth rogen

[ashy99999]

@leopip12 HoG is key of G.

[two77v]

Dude, thanks for the tabs. You make it way easy for this beginner to understand whats up. Thanks again

[MrXontros]

absolutely bullshits!!!!!!!!

[HDSportster883R]

Thank' You !!! You are Great !!! Thanks !!!

[Al420WeedSmoker]

thats so wrong dude

[maicmarc14]

how do you play i'm yours by jason mraz

[bearblaster420]

actually the tabs r.

("-" means draw and regular numbers r blow, "b" means add a bend to that note)

4 6 -5 5 -4 4 3 6 7 -6 6 -6b 6 5

next part of first solo goes

432 432 43 555 5 5 -5 5 4

(and then add very quiet bluesy part that goes with the song right after, then neil's vocals kick in)

P.S. numbers spaced close together mean chords and the "next part" has lots of 8th notes

HOPE THIS HELPED

[sabrejacker]

funnest?

nice vid

[giantfan85]

Thank you

[daytripper1427]

shut up and play

[4westerns]

learn soul man by the blues brothers

[skiminy92]

i have that same quiksilver hat

[newspringz1988]

cheers mate u been a big help

[wmidol]

mediocre

[Gioooo04]

Thanks man, that was very helpful :)

do you know how to play the "I hate you Kyle!" tune, by Eric Cartman...I wanna go annoy all my mates >:D put up a video if you do!!

[SpaceForAName]

do you not have a house where you can just sit in a chair at a table? do you really have to do it outside where it sounds like it's raining? hahah

[chrissept21]

soryy for cussing but FUCK MAN this helped ALOT

thank you somuch

[bananahannah333]

thanks

[grasseater108]

Nuh disrespeck but why'd you use key if C when It's clearly key of G.

Good Lesson, regardless. Thanks bro.

[imman033190]

hey, what if you have a key of C harmonica? can you play a song in different key? i'm planning to buy a harmonica, i like to learn playing it.. tnx

[grasseater108]

Sure, you can play a song in a different key, it will sound different though. Therefore the more songs you want to play on a harp you have to buy more harps in different keys.

[PlayHarmonicaEasily]

Agreed.

[imman033190]

It will sound different because you'll be playing it on key C instead of G? the other one will be higher or lower, right?

[grasseater108]

Correct.

[stothek2]

@grasseater108 I'm not a pro on the matter but I believe you can just use different holes if you know what you're doing. like you can play a song in the key of G on a C harmonica.

[TriangleSquare52]

what do you mean by "jaw"? if thats what you said

does that mean for like suck

sorry im new

trying to learn cool things with my harmonica

[rsmastr]

he said draw, not jaw, draw = suck

[TriangleSquare52]

lol ok

[bearblaster420]

if u wanna play some badass shit that will make ur friend go "dayum" play chord 123 and tap 2 three times with ur toungue alternating on the 4th and 5th count to 1 and 3

it sound like some neo-classical shit where 4 people r playing. try that anywhere on ur harp.

hope i described that well enough for u to understand.

[sentinell]

Dude, it is not a C Harp. It is a G Harp

[crazZynatuRal]

that last part actually goes like this

23 34 45 -34 34 -34 45 23

minus meaning draw...I'm only a month in and it seems like everyone tabs things differently...confusing at 1st...it's cool tho :)

[crazZynatuRal]

There's a clip of Neil Young playing a G harp to Heart of Gold on youtube(Neil Young Heart of Gold 1971 live) which I have practiced to: 5 6 -5 5 -4 4 3

5 5 6 7 -6 6 5

23 34 45 34 45 23

First one I learned(1st solo part)...had a blast with it.

went & got a G Harp just so I could sound just like him..

[SteefMaister619]

thanks man

[erdyskerdy]

SHIT HOT M8! btw the origonals in g 2 play along with the track

[Pinch0fSalt]

isn't the last bit wrong? it doesn't sound like what you're blowing

[Billmonnie55]

not a bad video but i think it sounds much better if you use this tab format.

4B, 6D 5D, 5B, 4D, 4B, 3B

6B, 7B, 6D, 6B, 6D, 5B, 4B thats how neil plays it i think

[thebends2554]

thats tab isnt bad but i think that second note (6) might be a blow instead of a draw

[Billmonnie55]

your right my friend

[KendrickMcMurphy]

thanks for those tabs..Great help

[KendrickMcMurphy]

Those tabs seem to fit better

[Guinard68]

He plays it on a G if it doesn't sound right to you.

[INOOT1]

Thank you so much man,just what I was looking for. Keep up the good work. ;-)

[brits73]

Hey nick good job keep the help comin

[RicheeB799]

good teaching dude, I found some tabs on a web page, but I couldnt figure out how to do the end bit because it sounded like chords in the song..but you've just clarified it..you can see where I got a bit stuck on my video lol

[cuitiepeas3345]

how do you hit only one note without bowing into the other holes?

[PlayHarmonicaEasily]

theres many techniques my friend.

really what you want to do is pucker your lips tight enough to blow into one hole.

but theres also other ways..

keep it rollin.

-Nick

[cuitiepeas3345]

thanks! =]

[HeyShinner87]

think of it as whistling through the harmonica...and if you want to bend a note, you would do the same thing with your tongue as if you were changing the pitch of a whistle..your tongue sort of curls back/up.

[cuitiepeas3345]

thanks =] heehee

[Nachooouuu]

@cuitiepeas3345

the best way is to angle the harmonica a bit highere than usual so that your lower lips create a V and therefore covering the side holes esxept the one in the middle.

This only works if you have developed the relaxed mouth position, that in my opinion is the best way to play harmonica, rather than the puckering technique

[0range0cto]

I never used to be able to blow/draw one hole either and it was seriously annoying. I can do it by rolling my tongue in a tube and blocking the holes either side of the intended hole. This did cause another problem though. the note would naturaly be bent so I had to learn to unbend a note while keeping my tongue in a tube. Hope this helps. =]

[BlackSmurfPunk]

Aha, you do not accept people who say that you wrong because as I can see, you kicked my comment.

[TravJacobs]

Thanks dude! You're great!

[zev007]

nailed it. :D 5/5