How to Hold the Harmonica
Hold your harmonica in your left hand. Your thumb should be on the bottom. Your four fingers should be on top. Keep all four fingers of your left hand straight, and pressed gently but closely together.
Look at the two pictures to see that you are holding your harmonica correctly.
Don’t squeeze your harmonica too tightly or your hand will get tired.
Class Sessions
1- INTRODUCTION
2- An Easy Way to Know Which Hole to Play
3- The Note D
4- The Half Note
5- The Note F
6- The Note G
7- Staccato
8- How Much Air to Use
9- The Three Four Time Signature
10- The Hand Tremolo
11- The Whole Note
12- Parts of the Harmonica
13- Playing Chords on Purpose
14- When to Breathe
15- How to Play a Hand Tremolo
16- The Trill
17- The Lead-In (or Pickup)
18- Now You Try It!
19- Note to Teachers: "Key of C" Harmonica
20- How to Hold the Harmonica
21- What to Do with Your Nose
22- How to Make Sounds on the Harmonica
23- How to Read Music
24- Music Notes
25- A Lip Lesson
26- The Note C
27- The Musical Alphabet
28- Two Ways of Playing Notes
29- How to Play "Chords" on the Harmonica
30- Bars
31- A Warning to Beginning Harmonica Players and Their Teachers
32- Double Bar Line
33- Low Sounds, Middle Sounds, High Sounds
34- The "Pucker" Method of Playing Notes
35- Same Holes, Different Sounds
36- Hordes of Chords
37- Playing Notes on Hole Number 1
38- Playing a Note on Hole Number 2
39- The Note Middle C
40- Playing Other Notes
41- Notes We Will Use