Lesson 5: Bending Notes

[dsoto3705]

KIP!!!!

[udiweizman]

Thanks dude

[coconut4you]

Hey, thanks for this. I've been watching videos on bending notes and yours is by far the best explanation yet. I could actually do it after watching your video. :D

[twanghopper]

the simplest explanation i have ever found, thanks, by the way my boss is a seal

[Sage80]

I club seals. LOL!

[moopaforce]

Are you reading a script? More direct eye contact would be good.

[roelhazenberg]

Thank you for the clear post. I just got myself a C harmonica from my dad (to learn to play it for my son). I realy like the blues style bending. Thanks I will keep practice my ass off!

[Ermacshow]

i agree, once you get the technique even himself god couldnt take it back !

[funkybd]

Good explanation and I like your advice on mixing it in with playing rather than sitting there making it tedious.

[joranderaaff]

this is the first time somebody actually told me what the technique is about. Slowing down the airflow. With your help I managed to bend a few notes i couldnt do before. Thanks.

[CapitalJoe101]

agreed, bent my first note first time i tried after watching this 5 star

[VVista]

dude shave your mustach

[ashandblake]

i seem to run out of breath just as im getting the bend done

[spikerollerqueen12]

I club seals.... lol!

[kobac]

nice mustaches ;)

[madiisaysmeow]

thanks so much.

it helped. i thnk.

you're the Dylan of the decade :}<3

[DJDuke679]

awesome bro! this really helped...thanx!

[trsak114]

you look like your reading it from wikipedia lol:D

[trsak114]

take a shave funky m8 _

[abooniverse]

Thanks for explaining the physical mechanics of bending, I think I might actually be able to do this now, with some practice. Thank you!

[djsweete]

looks like your reading from a cue card

[tjfees]

Great Video. I was finally able to get a bend. Do you use a partial tip of the tongue just over the hole? I put the back of my tongue to the top, but that was the only way I could get the note to bend. thanks!

[enrikejs]

how bout if u U-block¿?¿? how can u Ublock and arch at the same timee¿??¿¿?

[Bennognome]

is your tounge in your top jaw or buttom jaw?

Like is it in your buttom jaw when you whistle?

[Ni9hem]

Top of your jaw as if you were whistling.

[bassoneman]

I posted some Jam Tracks for your vciewers to practice with. The G blues Jam track In in the key of G ( Key of C harp)(duh). You Lied to Me Key= E (harp key A) The sky is Fallen Key = A (harp key D) have fun all and post your videos....Ni9hem show us what you got...

[enzoisfat]

should a chromatic harp be bent? I tried doing so in my Suzuki Chrom and it didn't sound as good, in fact, there was no sound coming from it when I bent the note. Is it because of some certain mechanism w/ in the diatonic?

[Ni9hem]

Honestly, I've never actually played a chromatic before, I'd say if it ain't working I'd say it might not be a technique for the chromatic, though I'd recomend talking to an experianced chromatic player.

[draggajustin]

thx. this worked straight away. but how come its harder to bend higher notes. do i still use the same technique

[Cyclonebg]

You Club Seals! Awesome! An Adventurer is You!

[Ni9hem]

Actually my roommate clubs seals, I steal accordians.

[BrandNewToYou]

hahaha! :)

[nighttrainjames]

Hoodle-diddle.

[Ni9hem]

Damn, I gotta say I did love that hoodle-diddle, I almost stole that tip for this lesson, I've been using it to teach my private students, thanks for it, it really helps out beginers.

[nighttrainjames]

Adam Gussow says "steal everything, but tell everybody where you got it." I think that's extremely fair. I am happy you did not take my post as an intrusion. NTJ

[leimana808]

what key is that harmonica? Awesome sound

[Ni9hem]

I used a key of C, Hohner "Pro Harp" MS model.

[leimana808]

Thanks

As for arching the toungue does the tip point towards the top? how are you arching maybe a video that shows your mouth open without harmonica so it's easy to see..

Thanks

[hmmmstuffs]

i second this notion, please show the arch movement, cheers.

[hawkssens]

I have a question, when you're arching the tongue, do you use it to block you mouth or to block your throat?

I still couldn't get a consistent bend on holes 2,3 and 4.

Thanks!

[Ni9hem]

You don't completely block either, you want your toungue arched in the middle of your mouthbut not touching the roof of your mouth. The goal is to block some of the air you draw in. So you want a block in your mouth but, still should allow air to pass by. Hope this helps, bending the 2nd can be hard, 3 and 4 should come with a little more practice.