5 Blues Harmonica Bending Secrets

[@HarmonicaRevolution]

Hey guys! Consider Subscribing -> bit.ly/harmonicarevolution Need more in depth discussion on bending? Check out my previous video on bends here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZLbm5-YrbOsa9E

[@skeeterman7144]

After watching 20 Bend videos this one got me there. Your suggestion to do the reverse whistle technique worked.

[@moussaelhamidi1385]

I've discovered your channel KZbin just some days ago and your lessons helped me a lot specially banding lessons thank you so much Jonah 🙏

[@jimmymurphy7789]

You're an excellent Teacher- TY. 😊

[@robandmeldunn2589]

Best I’ve seen so far

[@curtbuchholz8139]

Hi Jonah, 1 yr player here "Over 65" from the Gateway Harmonica Club in STL. I am introducing our Blues class to your videos in hopes of furthering our abilility to play some good Blues music! Thanks for the help! 👍

[@LonelyDogBarking]

Over 60 and just started to learn with a really good teacher but these vids and tips really helped me a lot so far. I like the no nonsense and practical way you share your ‘secrets’. Great work! Keep on going. Thanks! Belgium is watching ;)

[@JLee-bi4es]

Great lesson

[@HarmonicaRevolution]

Thanks! Glad I could help! If you found me on Facebook or Reddit, a share or an upvote would help me out a lot! ✌️

[@lemanis-theoriginaldruid8530]

I do the ku all the time...but other methods are awesome thank you

[@smdh-ed7136]

Thanks Jonah

[@rebeccaabraham8652]

Damn - been playing for several years now - and having a very bad time with bending. Your first technique just worked - possibly helped by all the attempts before - but hells, it worked for me. Now maybe I can start playing some of the blues I have to go to my strat for!

[@clairerozario7442]

Hello from Wales. Watched many vids and could not get 2 to 6 to bend only 1, after watching you I get it . Cheers mate.

[@tennysongangmei2441]

Thanks Jonah you are good teacher.

[@HarmonicaRevolution]

Thanks! Glad I could help 😁

[@2010jimn]

I could not figure out how to tongue block and bend before watching this, so thanks for the tip.

[@ethanmiller7265]

Thanks, great stuff. Gappin' unveiled!

[@dorijanpavlovic7151]

Yo, I did it at draw like hell! 🤣 It was the click I needed to get that straw sucking feeling. I used a tuner and it seems I can bend the 3 draw a whole step, but still struggling to get the 4 draw right. Thanks for helping me break the ice.

[@acepu.r.7224]

Thanks

[@keelanp53]

Jonah, you're a great teacher!!!

[@kellystauffer5637]

One tip I heard that helped me get a change in pitch was tilting the front of the harmonica( that's in your mouth) down towards the floor and the other side goes up about 45 °. Yeah and I got my first bend on a G Hohner special 20, which is a pretty good one.

[@javiercarabias]

Great video, thanks

[@agriciobrazil2391]

Hi! Excellent! Congrat's!

[@NiekopTube]

Bending with a KU sound and that not on a C harmonica, but on an A... GOLD!! (extra tip: Too instead of Ku works even better for me :-)

[@lemanis-theoriginaldruid8530]

One question: can we do bends on Puck Harmonica? Because i wanna buy one puck and one blues diatonic harmonica on C and Sol .

[@ninocrudele]

great video as usual, who is playing the harmonica in the background ? please do you have the tabs? or a reference ? Thank you !

[@perelope3217]

Great vid

[@neilscorgie4058]

You are helping me through my new Harmonica Journey. I'm finding your posts really helpful thank you

[@davidsantana8623]

Respects

[@davidsantana8623]

Great

[@tennysongangmei2441]

Hi Iam a new learner

[@prodoverjeff2876]

What I remember advising was capyure a single hole, and while drawing, lower the lower jaw.

[@mauluotto]

Any free options to harpninja? I know this harmonica tuner app for android that is free, wanted to know how much better harpninja would be :) Great lessons man, I've subscribed to your channel some time ago and always watch your lessons.

[@HarmonicaRevolution]

Yeah! You really don’t need a fancy tuner. Any chromatic tuner will do, there are apps and physical ones. It won’t show you a harmonica diagram, of course. But, you can reference a note chart so you will know that note you are aiming for so you can get it in tune while using the tuner.

[@saintadjg]

When I try bending on my A & G harps they seem to get really airy ( definitely technique not harps im using Crossovers)

[@boatsandbitsandbobs]

M8 I have a problem please. Is there anyone out there playing without teeth? As I actually doesn’t have one lol. Found it straggling to follow some advice as u use your mouth differently how ever I’m not giving up or using my denatures either prepared to walk the hard way. Any advice tips or hints please do thx

[@HarmonicaRevolution]

I don’t use my teeth at all. Not sure how missing them impacts things, but I imagine the change is minor

[@azmike3572]

Learning harmonica is NOT like learning castinets...not one of the suggestions worked. Thought this would be easy, like in bending a guitar string (more mechanical).

[@Enjoy2Ride250]

Lol ya pisses us guitarist off we can't bend as easy as a string. I've picked up a lot of instruments after guitar and bending harmonica is one of the hardest technique to learn

[@GregoryPearsonMusic]

I am having trouble with 10 hole blow bending on a C harp - I can get the 8 and 9, but on the 10 can't seem to get any leverage to even begin a bend to the B and Bb. Any thoughts?

[@Jack-fs2im]

When you said the Manji Sky was easy to bend so bought one but still can,t bend.You said the the Arkia signature was the easiest harmonica was the easiest you have ever had to bend.Help Help aaaarrrggghh

[@HarmonicaRevolution]

These are easier, but gear is not what makes you bend: your technique does. So if you can’t get a bend properly, you’re just not doing the technique properly. Have you watched this video? kzbin.info/www/bejne/opaanIukmLJ7hKc

[@tnatstrat7495]

JFC these worked fucking instantly wtf. XD

[@pmwheatley]

So this is how you play sharps and flats......?

[@HarmonicaRevolution]

Yes, to some extent, though there are still extra notes hidden that are only accessible with overblows/overdraws.

[@jiprochazka]

Oh man, I have the exactly opposite experience. The lower the key is the harder it is to bend. C is easy for me, A is so so and G I must really try and the bends are not so clean...

[@wadenoble3333]

This may not be the case for you...but every person I’ve ever spoken to or heard from about bending says the opposite of you . As in A’s and G’s much harder than a c to bend on, I find it 1000% easier bending on a c than I do a G or A

[@HarmonicaRevolution]

Yeah, I realized that this wasn’t the case for most folks after I published this. It was definitely was better for me, I think it was because the motions that I was doing took a little less nuance, it just came easier on a G. I also am a tongue block player, that might have something to do with it.

[@wadenoble3333]

@@HarmonicaRevolution I’m an intermediate player and haven’t really explored tongue blocking yet - that could be it, or part of it. Thanks for taking time to reply

[@kirkross6753]

It’s not free!