30+ exercises
Fundamentals
Clean single notes, breathing and tone, then moving with confidence across the harmonica.
For example: First Notes · Melodic Patterns · Expanding the Harmonica Range
Diatonic harmonica
Learn the diatonic harmonica, from your first note to the blues
The 10-hole harmonica of blues, folk and rock. Follow the Fundamentals path for clean notes, range and songs, and the Blues path for the scale, the 12-bar form and improvisation.
You need a 10-hole diatonic harmonica in C.
- exercises
- 100+
- modules
- 12
- topics
- 5
- courses
- 5
Your path
- Beginner
First notes and songs
One clean note at a time, short melodic patterns, then five easy songs. In Blues, the blues scale and the 12-bar form.
- Intermediate
The whole harmonica
Low and high notes, more expressive songs, scales and arpeggios across the instrument, and your first blues improvisations.
- Advanced
Your own voice
Expressive blues improvisation. The advanced blues course is coming soon.
What you will practise
10 exercises
Melodies and songs
Well-known songs to practise rhythm, timing and reading tabs, from easy to more expressive.
For example: Early Melodies · More Melodies
30+ exercises
Blues
The blues scale, the 12-bar form and a step-by-step path to your own improvisations.
For example: Path to Blues Improvisation 1 · The Scale and the 12 Bars · Path to Blues Improvisation 3
15 exercises
Scales
Major, minor, pentatonic, blues and bebop scales, across the whole instrument and in every key.
For example: Exploring Scales
10 exercises
Arpeggios
Major, minor, seventh and diminished arpeggios, to understand harmony and improvise over chords.
For example: Exploring Arpeggios
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