best warmup routine for beginning harmonica players 

Thank you, Adam. Fifty-six and just got my first harmonica. Basics. Yes.

Your lessons are a ton of fun. Feels like you´re talking to each one of us personally in a way which feels comfortable, motivating and at times unexpectedly hilarious. Thank you so much!

I notice you have your middle finger behind the harp when holding it in your left. That’s a great idea to stabilize the harp You are the man. Thanks Gusso!!’

Love to have a warm-up routine from you for intermediate/advanced whenever you get to it!

it’s impossible to not love this dude

I was one of those who struggled for quite a while trying to play the high notes. For me it required two years of persistence playing at least a couple of hours each day before the high notes began to play naturally. Throughout my life I enjoyed learning new things and began the "Harmonica Project" on March 7, 2015 with the goal of playing proficiently in a short amount of time partly because my father played on occasion leading me to believe it was a simple instrument. On my journey I purchased at least 30 professional grade Hohners and wore out one of the reeds on ten of them making them unplayable. Although I now have mics, pedals and amps and really enjoy playing I have to admit I am no where close to mastering it compared to great players including you and Christille . Thank you for your videos Adam as they provided a lot of guidance and inspiration for me.

Like a real instrument teacher, just as it should be, I can tell from my personal experience.

I'm so glad you covered this.

Thanks for sharing everything, very much appreciated!

Thanks for your tips, really helpful information.

That playing at the beginning was great!

You are an amazing teacher Sir. Cheers!

Oh finally you are back maestro!!!! Thanks from Italy

Top lesson!

Thanks, maestro. 🙏

Keep it up boss, this is amazing. The blues will help us through pain.

Loved it, thanks for sharing and showing how to have a relationship with harmonica.

You're a very good teacher Adam, thanks so much for your videos. God Bless You.

Your lessons have helped me SO much ! A total beginner here, 71 years old.

sounds like blind melon chitlin may have been an influence ;) Thanks for your time and influence

Man like Adam Gussow keepin it real on that Marine Band ! Respect big man 🤘😎

this is a dope and easy to remember warm up. Thank you.

Good point on the hole theory. When you get intimate with the instrument, no two holes are alike.

A few friends and I are just learning how to play. This is the perfect beginners' lesson and I just shared your video with them. I now subscribe to your channel and look forward to learning more! Cheers.

Thanks for the video! Stay safe ya

I love you Adam. After 2 billion yrs of not blowing, I bought a bunch & almost daily play along to the same beloved tune-Neil Young's Out in the Country. Maybe not the best way to evolve my playing but it is to me. Never ever gets old & I imagine, maybe you endorse this approach & can relate. Many examples as we all know but 1 is Oscar Peterson's stunning virtuosic rendition of Jobim's Wave. If I could play as well as him, I'd feel it & play it exactly as he does. Every single note, nuance. SRV's Riviera another of many 1000's of hitting my "chord core" to it's deepest bone. I hope you're as healthy as you look. If so, I wish you another harmoniously peaceful 223 yrs.

Have been a guitar player for many years, scales are the building blocks for playing many instruments.

Not in the least laboriously bang on essential ! Pour moi especially !!

I'm still working on getting clean single notes. I've been praciticing with your guide to Oh Susana but I really like doing the C scale as a way to start off and find my positioning. I like the added exercises before doing the whole scale, though, and your reasoning for using every hole. I appreciate all of the tips and guides you have on your channel. The beginner riffs are really fun when I just want to switch it up a bit and have some fun near the end of a day of practice.

Hi Adam. You are an amazing teacher. I love your videos. I am a new beginner from south america. Thank you very much.

74 and still standing/learning, thanks Adam, looking forward to your next lesson 👍 be standing, can't wait for your next vid

Very nice video of your's ... i've watched it in the middle of the night.. because i'm a beginner .. i've got a Blues Harp Ms and a Big River.. i cannot fully bend .. i can bend but not all the three step on the third hole.. sorry i will do you exercise from 1D 1B on the first hole to the 10B 10D on the 10Th hole.. i already tryed it .. it is a little demanding that's why you told us to do that .. when you arrive to the 9 and 10 holes you have really to use more diaphramatic force to blow and draw and also the embochure control is demanding (for a newbie ) .

Yes that's sa,re ga ma pa dha ni saa 9:57

Literally just wondering about this

Male 82 just a beginner I have a big river harp key of c

Why so many old man like us like to learn blues harmonica at this age?😜😝😍

Ace.

Ok. MY question for you is: Where and How did you learn to TEACH? Because you're wonderful at it. :-) (yes, I play harmonica; but I do more teaching...)

good advice adam...do you have a recording of nat and larry johnson doing "big boss man"..i loved the way they did that song...i had never played a harmonica in my life but i was a blues junkie way before that...i finally got up enough courage to ask nat for lessons one night when he was playing down in shockoe slip,richmond..he taught me to tongue block right away...it seemed like forever to play a clear 2 hole draw..thanks adam and my brother says hello...

👍🍻😎🇬🇧

could you do a video on cleaning your harmonica??

Hey a new player have a problem with my lips not sliding and dry out fast what am I doing wrong and how to correct. Haven't seen you mention it in your videos. Thanks!

Title don't give enough credit to this video - I learned how to play single notes & how to practice playing

Great lesson! Best on the web. So why are you always taping your videos in a car? Does your wife act like mine when I play my harmonica. She doesn’t appreciate me playing . She tells me it’s too loud no matter what volume I play at.