Bars
Music is divided into bars by bar lines. In your first song, Can You C?, there are two bars of music. As you play the notes and rests in each bar, try to count 1 2 3 4 in your head.
The Four Four Time Signature
In this song, you will have to play three C notes before resting. You will need to make three little exhaled breaths of air, one for each C note. Make sure that you have lots of air in your lungs when you begin. The symbol (:) will help remind you how to breathe during the rests.
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