How to play "Long Train Running" on harmonica part 1/2 + free harp tab!

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In today's harmonica lesson, I look at how to play the 1st half of “Long Train Running" By the Doobie brothers. You will need a harmonica in the key of C and will be playing in 2nd position in the key of G. (I'm using my super sexy new Dortel Harmonica!)
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0:00 How to Play Long Train Running on Harmonica
1:08 Lick 1
4:40 Playing All Together
5:04 Lick 2
7:40 Playing Through Lick 1 and Lick 2
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@TomlinHarmonica 4 месяца назад

✏ Get your FREE harmonica tab PDF and audio clips here 👉 foxly.link/nTe9xg

@rebeccadayreynolds876 7 лет назад

Thank you, Tom! This is tough, but you're a great teacher. My lips are numb, and my lungs are empty.

@serggusak 2 года назад

Great videos, Tom, this and the other ones. You've made my day, literally. Thanks to you, man, I managed to learn to make sounds on harmonica and play that solo more or less recognisably for my lockdown project in less than a day.

@mauigh89 4 года назад

This is the only way I would've learned this. Thank you for your great teaching.

@marybethhempel9101 5 лет назад

SUPER HELPFUL TOMLIN! TONS OF IMPORTANCE IN THIS VIDEO! THANK YOU!! :)

@dovlandzbaum5036 9 лет назад

Excellent tutorial! Thank you!

@robertmessina6962 2 года назад

Thank you for this instruction video...I'm getting better at it Trying to put it all together You are great!

@davidbooth5428 8 лет назад

Thanks for putting this out there. Fantastic how you slowed it down, it made the whole thing much easier to follow.

@TomlinHarmonica 8 лет назад

+David Booth I'm glad it was helpful for you David. Any chance of you posting a video of you playing?

@billygilmusic5072 6 лет назад

I need to perform this song with my band today for the first time and I'll be playing the keyboard + harmonica. Thank you so much for this tutorial you are godsent!!

@TomlinHarmonica 6 лет назад

That's awesome Billy - I hope it went well :-)

@conniebryan 7 лет назад

Thanks for the lesson Tomlin, very nice instruction:)

@ulihaeussler1311 Год назад

Thank you sooo much for this gerat tutorial for playing this nice harp solo. you are a very sympatic teacher as well and all my best I got your channel 🙂

@67gt390dq 7 лет назад

I LOVE THIS SONG. SO I TOOK YOUR LESSON AND MADE A VIDEO PLAYING THE SOLO TO LONG TRAIN RUNNIN MYSELF. HAVE A LOOK AND SEE FIRST HAND IF YOUR LESSONS ARE PAYING OFF FOR YOUR SUBSCRIBERS. THANKS FOR THE LESSON TOMLIN

@TheCfender 8 лет назад

I've been toying with the idea of playing this solo for years! We play this song in my band without a harp, just a guitar solo. I'm the singer, so it's up to me. Problem is, I don't play harmonica. I am taking lessons online, but this is a great thing for me. It's an epiphany! I know being able to imitate this solo doesn't make me a harmonica player, but it's great for the song and great for me because I just learned a hell of a lot about the instrument in one fell swoop! Thank you. Don't worry, I will still practice my tongue block embrouchure, but this is awesome! Great lesson!

@TomlinHarmonica 8 лет назад

Excellent news!

@TomlinHarmonica 9 лет назад

thanks Jorge!

@samevans1005 7 лет назад

What the heck am i doing here i have a spanish test tomorrow and i dont even have a harmonica.

@TomlinHarmonica 7 лет назад

+Sam Evans hope the Spanish test went alright!

@SmoothRuffian 6 лет назад

How did the exam go? Or should I say, "Como te fue?"

@jeffreyvanhorn1996 6 лет назад

That's hysterical!

@luv2jive 6 лет назад

priorities !!

@gla3951 6 лет назад

a few years ago someone suggested since the song is in b flat an f harmonica is required, shouldn't it be an e flat harmonica?

@lorenvguitar614 4 года назад

Thanks, you are a really great player and teacher.

@davxbeau Год назад

Thank you! - brilliant

@fabioricci7508 9 лет назад

awesome channel and awesome job here ! big up for you man

@TomlinHarmonica 9 лет назад

Thanks Fabio!

@wayneleitch7492 5 лет назад

Great stuff!! Any chance of a lesson in Orange Blossom Special please!! Pretty please?

@walterschultz1074 3 года назад

Tom love your lessons I am a newbie. Can you include the same notes and draw blows you had for piano man.?

@ivapetrak45 6 лет назад

Thank you!❤

@justinburnettemusic 3 года назад

This is great! I really need to work on bending the notes better. This song requires it. Any tips for a clean bend on the 4 draw?

@blindbegger44 8 лет назад

great lesson, and well explained , thanks

@TomlinHarmonica 8 лет назад

+Michael Marston thanks Michael :-)

@henkjekel4081 2 года назад

Amigo! Thank you for the lesson! Concerning breathing, you can see in the doobie brothers music clip, that he switches between 2 draw and 3 blow, that should make the breathing a lot easier:)

@marcellukacic7311 7 лет назад

Do you have any tips on how to breathe during playing? I always have to stop in the middle of the solo because I'm running out of air. But great tutorial, keep up the good work!

@terryhartness4771 7 лет назад

Thank you so much for your teachings!! Ive sang lead on this with the legendary John Popper, while he sings back ups and plays harmonica. However he is not available everytime I need him, lol! This is really helping me a lot, soon, I'll be able to play it myself. I'm sure I'll be playing it at the Big blues bender show in Las Vegas this September. BTW, why did you switch from your new, fully wooden harmonica in the second part? haha, just curious. 🙂

@edwardrivers1560 Год назад

Good morning Tomlin. Thank you for the lesson. Very well presented and easy to follow. I have a request. Would you please prepare a lesson explaining how to play "Lazy" by Deep Purple. Thank you. 😊

@jorgeelfurioso2203 9 лет назад

Good job

@cat1dog5075 6 лет назад

Good lesson- Thanks man 👍

@TomlinHarmonica 6 лет назад

My pleasure :-)

@keokisaylon7917 2 года назад

Dude, I really appreciate that you do this. I am a beginner using RU-vid as a guide. And I see you regularly covering almost every song I search for on harmonica. Thank you for your work! Check out Moses Concas if you haven't already.

@davidschwartz2670 8 лет назад

Hi Tomlin, thanks for posting this tutorial. I found it quite helpful. I also thought I'd need an F harp to play this song (I guess I read too many articles instead of actually playing :-) but the C harp works fine.

@TomlinHarmonica 8 лет назад

+David Schwartz Im glad that you are happy on the C harp with it - we all get excited about reading/studying but not necessarily practicing :-)

@josephriotta9386 9 лет назад

This is awesome...thanks for making it so clear...where is part 2? thank you so much!

@TomlinHarmonica 9 лет назад

Hi Joseph - glad you like it. Here is part 2 - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JSdTJc79tBU.html

@mayuradoolwela9717 2 года назад

Excellent video Tom. Could I use a C note harmonica for this?

@derickmaciver7749 6 лет назад

Excellent tutorial! Is there any chance of doing the harp part for Van Morrison "Bright side of the road"?

@TomlinHarmonica 6 лет назад

Thanks Derick - I'll check it out :-)

@trusso11783 2 года назад

How do you get the notes to bend like you did? Is it a special kind of harmonica. I have a Bandmaster Harmonica in the key of C and I cannot get those notes you are getting.

@johnscott8625 2 года назад

Hi Tomlin, I meant what brand of harmonica are you playing? I’ve never seen a wooden one. BTW, your videos are great!

@magnifeyevideos 5 лет назад

Do you have a link(video) where you show how to do the first note trick? Like down and high 4? Or its my harmonica that is just too cheap to manage that trick? I think I'll just binge-watch all your tuts. Thanks for sharing your tips ans tricks with us! I really love playing it now!

@TomlinHarmonica 5 лет назад

HIya, you can check out my bending lesson here - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cbiOtr_pNyk.html

@lisabovino6193 Год назад

Thanks!

@TomlinHarmonica Год назад

Thank you so much!!

@johnscott8625 2 года назад

Tomlin, what kind of harmonica are you playing in this video? Thanks

@Donna_the_harpy 3 года назад

Tomlin if the band is playing in the key of Dm , would I play the solo in F#m?

@iga279 2 года назад

If I may ask, where did you purchase your Dortel harmonica? I've searched the Internet but couldn't find a single shop selling them. Amazon falsely advertises for having them but they don't.

@mlalakela426 4 года назад

With regards, I would be pleased if you could share the notation of come September tune in sa re ga ma. I'm from India. I'm having tower chromatic harmonica of 48 holes. Thanking you in anticipation.

@muller1198 8 лет назад

Hello, your channel is great!! If you ever have time any chance of doing the harmonica lick from Swamp Snake by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

@TomlinHarmonica 8 лет назад

+muller I will add it to my list :-)

@ulihaeussler1311 Год назад

Is the breathing technique in the long parts same playing Didg?

@pedaphelps 4 года назад

hey Tom maybe I missed it but what key is the harmonica

@davidwalsh2123 4 года назад

Great lesson as always. Playing this soon with a big 13 piece band. But...I have a request. We're also playing the Bonnie Raitt version of "Runaway," and I've been charged with playing that legendary Buffalo Norton solo, in which he uses four different harps: F, Eb, Db, and C, making a total of EIGHT harp changes in the midst of the solo. Can you do a lesson on that, pretty please?

@TomlinHarmonica 4 года назад

Fantastic news, David! I'm really glad you are enjoying the lessons. Thank you also for thinking of me to make a lesson for you. I'm afraid the Harmonica School takes up all the time I have so I can't do specific lessons. But if you're looking for tabs, I can recommend Liam Ward for writing them out though. Best wishes, Tomlin

@luv2jive 6 лет назад

the song just came across the radio .. and I thought, ummm I wonder ... YaY ! Thanks

@iris-bianca4680 2 года назад

Hi Tom, im german and sorry for my bad english....it´s only shool englisch ;) How do I breathe between all the drawing notes?

@danielmenchaca9963 7 лет назад

Hi Tomlin, You said that you are playing the song in the second position of G. What does that mean?

@TomlinHarmonica 7 лет назад

+daniel menchaca hi Daniel, it means that I am playing in the key that starts on the 2 hole draw. This means that I am playing in the key of G on a C harmonica

@daveanderson4060 2 года назад

When do you get a breath doing that all together?

@timgust5922 6 лет назад

How about Take the Long Way Home by Roger Hodgson in A or C. That would be greatly appreciated.

@danieltyler6165 2 года назад

It's fairly easy, I learnt it by ear, you need an F Harp to play it, I find F Harp easy to bend on

@jerrygarcia8899 5 лет назад

What harmonica does it call for is it a "C ?"

@RenatoRioBlues 8 лет назад

I would like to know: 1) Is the harp Diatonic or Chromatic? 2) The harp is a F harp?

@TomlinHarmonica 8 лет назад

It is a C major diatonic harmonica :-)

@RenatoRioBlues 8 лет назад

THANKS! I am almost making the solo well.

@therefor2 3 года назад

Tomlin, we play Long Train Running in a different key, E. What key should the harmonica be in?

@slambodianjones 5 лет назад

Oh dear god I just got a harmonica I think I'm reaching here. I can play the song on guitar but this seems hard lol. I was never good at bending I need to practice it more.

@JackSparrow-gq6en 9 лет назад

Hello mate , please give us a clue where to breath on this one.

@TomlinHarmonica 9 лет назад

Hiya - breathing is a complete pig on this I know. The only bit where you can really get a breath in is during the 2 hole draw stabs. Practice doing them slowly and them breathing out a little in between them. Then bring the speed back up when it feels natural and then you will be catching the breath at the point you can.Hope that helps!

@danielmenchaca9963 7 лет назад

I have a harmonica in the key of C. It is a Seydel. The song does not work in that key. What key do I need to play the song?

@TomlinHarmonica 7 лет назад

Hi Daniel, To play along with the original you will need a 10 hole diatonic harmonica in the key of C. Happy harping, Tomlin

@plexi7715 2 года назад

So much time has passed since Home Alone

@stephenadamsmusicalinterpr4203 2 года назад

Tomlin sounds like Tom Johnston on harmonica!

@RazaPielDeBronse 5 лет назад

is your foot hitting a cajon peruano?

@TomlinHarmonica 5 лет назад

No - I'm just hitting the floor very hard :-)

@charlesvanderwindt1384 5 месяцев назад

When do i breathe ?

@earthmoods123 5 лет назад

C harp???

@sheenamurtagh3599 6 лет назад

How do u not need to let out air? I am struggling with this.

@TomlinHarmonica 6 лет назад

Hi Sheena - everyone struggles with breathing in this kind of tune. The thing to practice is firstly playing with a lot less air than you might assume and secondly make sure that you are playing groups of notes in the same direction on the same breath. It takes time but you will get there :-)

@henkjekel4081 2 года назад

@@TomlinHarmonica Concerning breathing, you can see in the doobie brothers music clip, that he switches between 2 draw and 3 blow, that should make the breathing a lot easier:)

@bachrocktheamericahatersan5799 6 лет назад

#TheDoobieBrothersRule

@TomlinHarmonica 6 лет назад

+BachRock The Antagonist I totally agree!

@user-jh9xc7uv6p 2 года назад

Is it the harmonica in C major?

@serggusak 2 года назад

Yes, he says that in the beginning.

@erikwilkenfeldt252 5 лет назад

well done! .....and would you like to borrow my iron?

@TomlinHarmonica 5 лет назад

That would be great - thanks Erik :-)

@Servant316 Год назад

Dorcel makes Harmonicas nowadays, we live in a age of wonders...

@benangel6159 2 года назад

my man looks like Macaulay culken

@forlacroixthibaud7173 11 месяцев назад

Bonjour, bravo, merci beaucoup pur ces explications claires et précises, pourrais tu stp décortiquer ce morceau que j'adore. Merci par avance ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DdqxWpDduNc.html&start_radio=1

@DavidBerlin 8 лет назад

This isn't right at all, and I'm surprised someone selling themselves as a "harmonica teacher" can get away with it. "Long Train Runnin'", if the band is playing in the same key as the recording, is in Bb Major. What you really want is an F harp playing in the third position, G minor, or G Dorian technically which is close enough to the minor as makes no difference for rock and roll (as opposed to using G major which has a completely different tonality and sound). That's what'll really get you were you're going.

@TomlinHarmonica 8 лет назад

Hi David - thanks for your idea - great suggestion. Positions aren't major or minor though they are just a starting note. In this case it makes more sense to play on a c harmonica in g minor which is what I am show showing in the video. It would be quite hard (though not impossible) to hit the fifth and flat fifth consistently on an f harp in third position. It's a fun exercise in third position, you should definitely give it a go :-)