Chromatic harmonica

Learn the chromatic harmonica, the instrument of jazz and tango

Start with clean notes, the C major scale and simple melodies, then build your technique with a large library of scales and arpeggios in every key.

You need a 12-hole chromatic harmonica in C.

Your path

Beginner
First notes and melodies
Clean single notes, the C major scale, melodic patterns and your first songs.
Intermediate
Scales in every key
Major, minor, pentatonic, blues and bebop scales, one key at a time and then four at a time.
Advanced
Harmony under your fingers
Seventh, half-diminished and diminished arpeggios, and full practice routines to improvise over chords.

20+ exercises

Clean single notes, breathing and tone, then moving with confidence across the harmonica.

For example: First Notes · Melodic Patterns

10 exercises

Well-known songs to practise rhythm, timing and reading tabs, from easy to more expressive.

For example: Early Melodies · More Melodies

110+ exercises

Major, minor, pentatonic, blues and bebop scales, across the whole instrument and in every key.

For example: Major scales · Harmonic and melodic minor · Bebop scales

90+ exercises

Major, minor, seventh and diminished arpeggios, to understand harmony and improvise over chords.

For example: Major seventh · Minor seventh flat five · Diminished seventh

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