Weekly Harmonica Lesson: Tip #2

http://www.Harmonica123.com Using the tah effect with your tongue to become faster, more articulate and to separate ideas.

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• Ronnie
• Shellist
• blues
• harmonica
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• tip
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[lewisdjames]

@RonnieShellist hey, thanku for replying. Apologies if I sounded a bit rude on my first post I just read it back to myself and i didn't mean it to come across like that at all! I'm merely an amateur trying to learn :) well it seems to me that when you are explaining which notes to play you don't mention blow notes at all. Eg at 3:25 you say 2 bend with the tah, is that not a 2 blow?

[RonnieShellist]

@lewisdjames that's because on holes 1-6, you can only bend on draw notes so it's implied.

[lewisdjames]

I've just watched ur first two videos, I was wondering why do you keep referring to a blow as a bend?! From watching and listening it looks as if this is what you are doing as I know what a bend is. Thanx, ur very good

[RonnieShellist]

@lewisdjames hmm, i don't see where I've done this. If you care to point it out, time of video..I can explain.

[MattCingari3]

how do you bend the 2 all the way down?

[RonnieShellist]

@MattCingari3 when you bend a note, your tongue goes back and up in the mouth..to get a bend to go further down, simply continue the motion up and back to go lower in the bend. your jaw will drop slightly in the process to get those lower bends.

[TheBadboysdream]

@RonnieShellist I believe some of us got confused about it:) As Lewisdjames asked also, you said bend when you meant blow so we thought you just bend when you blow in 2. It also almost sound like a bend.

It's 3.27 - 3.28

[TheBadboysdream]

Hey Ronnie, again great work but I got an issue here. You say bend when you blow 2 tah, but You said we cant bend when we blow, only 6-10. How can we bend while we blow in 2 here? Confused

thanks!

[Yellowknight888]

I get the tah helps getting the draw notes clearer, but what about the blow notes? Any technique to make it clear? Thanks.

[lewisdjames]

*draw

[lewisdjames]

@RonnieShellist so are you not playing any blow notes at all, they are all drew notes?

[greenowl2]

look at me playing!!