Bending Notes. Step by Step Harmonica Lessons - Lesson 5. 

This is the best note bending lesson I came across after viewing close to 10 bending videos. Thx 🙏

🎉 Thank you for the lesson. I play the harmonica by my ear playing along with RU-vid videos (cover version of harmonica, violin, saxophone etc.) for 5 years already. Your lesson is easy to understand. Good instructor 🎉😃

Can't thank you enough my tongue game has improved so dramatically I've had several people gushing over my technique. I mean I definitely take them over the top on the 1hole and the blow their minds on the 2hole

Thanks mate, I'm 62 and I've watched your video 1st time today, and today I've done my 1st bend on 4 draw . Cheers Jack

After a month fighting with this thing my bends FINALLY clicked! I was just not relaxing enough. The. Suddenly a light bulb came on. It almost feels automatic now. I feel my Adams Apple drop real low. Awesome lesson man

draw bends: 8:47 - 1 hole 9:17 - 2 hole 9:51 - 3 hole 10:47 - 4 hole 5 hole skip - could damage harp (10:56) 11:23 - 6 hole

Isn't it interesting how each of us must develop his "own" technique for bending? I tried several: eeeeyooou, wee-woo, tilting the harp - nothing worked even slightly. Only after I tried Vaders breathing (which I can imitate very well) it finally bend!! I still struggle from the 4th hole up, in finding the sweet spot but at least I finally learned how to do it. Thank you very much! Subscribed

Thanks have got a few harmonica’s inspired by your easy to follow lessons. From Fremantle Western Australia.

Really appreciating the lessons. They are so well presented. Without them I would be nowhere. Just an old 60’s rock drummer. Thanks so much.

BRO GREAT VIDEOS My little nieces and nephews bought me a hohner Blues harp diatonic C I can't believe how dramatic the sound is, I got it as a present. I can't play The harmonica YET,but I promised them I will practice and play them a song,but give me 12 months. Thank you for the awesome videos and you have encouraged me to learn and play this harmonica and I am actually having fun too.

YOURREEE GREEAATTT MAAN! THE MOMENT YOU SAID TAKING CONTROL OVER THAT READ, AND I GOT MY FIRST BEND! THANKYOU SOOO MUCH MAN LOVE YOU! ❤

Great analogy about a manual car on a hill and the gas and clutch working together to find the sweet spot!

Just got started Your tips are Great stuff thanks Mate

Thank you so much man! Your lessons are excellent. I see you get a lot of messages like this but seriously! Thank you so much, I've had a c and d harmonica for years but these lessons are really making me understand it a lot better. I'm still shit but I know what I'm trying to do

The word balance is very important in painting and also in harmonica..play. Sir , i am following.....thank you so much

Eagerly waiting for the next lesson❤

Waiting for the next lesson!!!! 🙌🙌🙌🙌

Excellent

Thanks for the lessons!!

the darth vader thing helped me so much LOL. shoutout from Brazil!

no way keanu reaves just taught me to play the harmonica

BEST lesson on harmonica draw bending

Thank you! Gone from frustrated and failing to 'got it'! Bit rough, but on my way!!

I'm just glad that as I am starting with my harmonica this video series is progressing! Hoping that once I reach this level there's more for me to go ahead! :) Loved this series!

Not sure if it's anatomy or just my harp (Special 20 I know has slightly different bending characteristics), but I found the 1 draw super easy and natural to bend way before the other holes. Btw your videos are amazing and very helpful!

Grande 👀👀👍👍👏👏

holy shit buddy, i love you so much! You actually were the one that could explain it that i understood it!! I tried so many guides but youre one was it! I love you, dude!!! Great work!

Lesson 6 is gonna be uploaded after 8 years.

I don't know if anyone will see this comment, but I found a comment on a forum that just let EVERYTING just click, especially with the tongue position: Take a straw or imagine a straw in your mouth > imagine sucking air through it, but be thorough with your imagination as your brain needs to take this position > now imagine sucking as if it's icecream/milkshake in it. This change in your tongue is exactly how you'll be altering the air stream. I wasn't able to conceptualize it before FIRST doing the sucking air through the "straw" and THEN moving to the sucking position for a milkshake. After this, I had a perfect bend in about an hour.

stay safe

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I only manage to do it on the 1rst hole ...

Mitch is that the taking the trash out blues? Thanks for the lessons buddy.

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A friend of mine let me borrow some really old harmonicas. I've never played and they look a bit bigger than what you have, but sounds amazing. Should I get a little one to first learn how to play or do all harmonicas play the same? The one I have is Echo Bell Metal Reeds by Hohner. I also have The Super Chromonica. Should I get a simpler one first?

i'm kind of struggling to bend in my harmonica, i can bend in the first hole just fine, but the 4th hole i can't and i'm doing the exact same technique, is it possible that is due to the harmonica itself? cheers

Find so much of my control on bends come near the diaphragm

I can only be accurate in my notes and bends by closing the other holes with my tongue. Please tell me if I should unlearn this and go for the actual way or just keep up licking the hell out of my harmonicas

I want to learn to play harmonica by listning to music... didn't u have another channel where there were more than 50 videos where u were teaching that every week?? I couldn't find it anymore.. can u reupload those videos plz

On the six hole bend C harp, I can tell when it hits the target note because my whole cranium is resonating! Feels weird!

Do you do one on one lessons?

Can you do bends with tongue blocking?

I have a ... E harmonica What is the best pitch. For playing. The blues ?

THIS IS HARD! I bought a harmonica today and of course thought I'd master it in under 15 minutes. Bending requires so much more effort, concerning air, the shape of the mouth, movement of the tongue, etc. Not as quick and easy as bending a guitar string, which is more mechanical, but works every time. I lack patience and am a "get it done yesterday" type of person.

I learned tongue blocking 3 of 4 holes. But not the lip pucker technique. Can I still bend using the tongue blocking technique ? Or do I need to learn to lip pucker the harmonica?

Hi. does bending work only for inhale?

Which harmonica are you using?

Saying "Eeyore" works too

Which harmonica you used in #2 tutorial please tell??

I can do this on the 1 hole instantly. Can't get it anywhere else tho haha.

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Sir I am using Rocket amp Key of C Is it right for bending Thank u ♥️🙏💐

When I try to bend hole 6 there's this high pitch sound that comes out along with the lower note. Is it safe to continue with that?

So last night while practicing my technique finally clicked. I had drastically under estimated how much lip I had to get on my harmonica. Also have to angle the harmonica up a bit. Now all of a sudden I've got really clean notes. But an issue I'm still having is that after playing for a bit, the harmonica warms up and some of the notes just don't play anymore. Especially holes 2 and 8. Is this an issue of technique or a cheap harmonica?

hello. I'm asking about the harmonica used in the video because I'm a beginner. What is the note key of which tuning?

Never been able to whistle so I’m fooked

Sir when I bend I hear my breathing sound. How can I rid of it? Another question. Did u breath out in bending?

What if you got 42 hole harmonica

Hey. Thanks for the video. I have a question can the problem be with my harmonica. I can't bend at all I tried everything. It works only when I change its angle to about 45° to my lips. Thanks in advance

What is the blues scale?

Damage the Harmonica, just from bending on the 5th? For real now? Or did he mean only when you have a cheapo harp or a very old one or whatever? Surely my shiny new Hohner Crossover would not bet an eye, would it tho? I am not going to try that now, but a clarification would be really appreciated!

Is this achievable when blowing very softly

Inhale using your throat. Genius! Thank you!!!

Just remembered I can't whistle- I hope this won't get in the way of learning how to bend! I can bend the first hole, but no luck on the fourth yet. Will try again tomorrow. Thanks so much Mitch =)

Yeah but how do you keep the top plate from ripping your moustache out ?

Does this also work on a tremelo harmonica because I can't seem to get the hang of it.

Is your harmonica really a C? Because mine is, and ı don't hear such beautiful harmony when I improvise as you do =)

Im really struggling to bend on my harmonica. It’s a really old Hohner pocket pal, so I’m wondering if my issues are due to the harmonica itself or if it’s common to struggle this much at first.

I Support You! What music do you like? Stay safe xd

One time I was bending the note so bluesie that I got a high pitch squeal out of the note, the reed broke and ended on my tongue. Thank God I didn't swallow it. So I decided not to bend the note so harsh.

I can easily bend 1st hole, second hole but not so clearly but 3rd and 4th are impossible, i've tried many ways but the note stays the same. I've struggled months, i'm bout to give up

Fwequency 😳

can u play prituri se planitata song using thissss

can you bend notes on a chromonica?

I just keep getting the same tone no bend

Waiting for 6th lesson

So hard....so frustrating....

Who the f**k is Darth Vader?? A Chicago style bluesharp player? Did i miss someone, anyone, something? Does Darth knows how to bend that damned hole 3 all 3 steps properly and strong? Come on Darth, give us some of your secret skills and put them on YT. Hole 3.... it's the wormhole on the Diatonic which makes you wanna quit.

Very useful thank you, I think your video would come over more professional if you did not keep repeating the word ‘OKAY’ all the time.