Harmonica Positions???!!! What are they? Why do we need to know them?

This week's harmonica lesson will show you what harmonica positions are and why it is useful to know them. You will need a harmonica in the key of C.
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[@davemccraw3910]

Great explanation thx

[@kdon8497]

Hey Tomlin, Great job I can play and hunt around but this explains a lot, keep up the lessons Thanks

[@TomlinHarmonica]

+K Don thank you my friend :-)

[@kzookid2051]

Great explanation. I've watched a lot of beginner videos, and your was the first to actually connect with my brain so I can understand why some of them said, "If you have an X key harmonica, you can play it like a Z key harmonica." Thanks! Very glad I subscribed.

[@TomlinHarmonica]

That's awesome - I'm so pleased :-)

[@journeyfortwo5211]

But to play in the key of Z you would want a V harmonica. 2nd position is a fifth interval away from 1st position

[@moorha]

@@journeyfortwo5211 my brain just turned off after reading this...

[@ihh2921]

Really informative for someone just starting out, thank you :)

[@cyclonudista]

I still don´t quite get what it means to play in first or second position...

[@d-ro3266]

Positions are just groups of notes that sounds good together based on their relative root notes if that makes sense

[@LewisJackson]

I feel you

[@robcassie2549]

I’m with you on this one 🤔

[@justaweeb9086]

@Jesse Mohammad I've either seen you somewhere else or that was another person but now I'm skeptical if that's sone sort of scam

[@billmccannel1814]

awesome Tom...thanks..65 years old and this is so cool...peace

[@robcassie2549]

I just watched this and I have no idea what you are talking about. Position1 and position 2, it’s all a mystery to me. Using a diagram of some sort would maybe help a complete and utter noob like me.

[@Raymond-rr5iv]

Thank you !! This helps ..

[@Nathanael3D]

Very useful and informative, as always. Your weekly lessons are a great pleasure :)

[@RatRodStudios]

Always appreciated ....thank you.

[@TomlinHarmonica]

+Bob Kramer and i appreciate you watching them :-)

[@TomlinHarmonica]

+Bob Kramer and i appreciate you watching them :-)

[@ScottJones-ne8qx]

Tom, I could ask this in any of your videos, but I have a question about hand position. I've gotten used to holding the instrument with my right hand, not my left. Is this a liability? Are there any artists you know that play this way? Should I try to relearn how I hold my harmonica?

[@mommabear5132]

thank you sssoooooooooooooo much,now I now what a positions is!!!!! :)

[@TomlinHarmonica]

That is awesome to hear Alicia :-)

[@TokiDesha]

Cheers!!

[@TomlinHarmonica]

+TokiDesha thank you!

[@dennisdevine9563]

Do all your elessons start when a person signs up, or do you do them on a schedule?

[@TomlinHarmonica]

Some of my courses start as soon as you sign up but some are on a specific schedule.

[@johandegreef3846]

Hello Tomlin, If you are inmprovising on a 12 bar blues, do you use these different positions/notes for each degree, or do you just use the G blues scale over all 12 bars? Thx

[@lawnorder6804]

Wow, a triple decker tin sandwich! Tomlin I'm still confused. My understanding is most blues operates in the second position. Eg. If I want to play a song in the key of G, I need to use a C harp. My confusion is that the C is the 1st. If the translation is G to C and we want to play in the 2nd position, wouldn't we need the harmonica that has C in the 2nd? Thank you and merry Christmas 🎄

[@613brownie]

F harp for blues in C

[@moorha]

i dont understand at all... if i have a song in a key of G, why dont i simply take G harmonica??? And.. if i have a C harmonica and the song is in G.... how do i play it? For example the song in G starts with -4 and i have a C harmonica... what do i play? aaarrhhhghghghg....

[@nelxonmiranda]

TELL US WHAT A POSITION IS. THEN GO INTO WHERE IT IS! Geeeez.

[@ArisianFusion]

What's with the Gustav Klimt?

[@TomlinHarmonica]

+ArisianFusion just an alternative background :-)

[@TomlinHarmonica]

+ArisianFusion just an alternative background :-)

[@ArisianFusion]

Nice! :)

[@MegaBoomer666]

Speak unfortunately no English but understood why it is Many Thanks

[@TomlinHarmonica]

+Wanderer x im glad you still found it useful my friend :-)

[@TomlinHarmonica]

+Wanderer x im glad you still found it useful my friend :-)

[@TomlinHarmonica]

+Wanderer x im glad you still found it useful my friend :-)

[@loke4949]

Beginners should learn chrods first or singles notes first

[@TomlinHarmonica]

I generally start beginners with train rhythms. You can do my beginners course here; FREE 4 Week Blues Harmonica Foundation eCourse tomlinharmonicaschool.com/p/4-week-foundation

[@ARealToothbrush]

I have a C harmonica and I have played all 10 holes blow and draw and none of them are making the sounds that he is making in the video . I can only match a few notes

[@Harp_and_Guitar_Moving_Forward]

🧐

[@juanantonioespinosa8816]

I really like your videos. But, actually, in this case, you didn´t told us what is a "position". I guess it has to be something as electricity: a denied knwledge for me...

[@SXHQQSSS]

Totally Confused!

[@davidkendall589]

Okay... sooo.... you didn't explain what they are.

[@guloguloguy]

IMHO: Your explanation here was still not very clear, or well explained.

[@SoundAssault]

After rewinding several times, what I think I deciphered is that 1st position starts at 1 blow, 2nd position starts at 2 draw, third position starts at 1 draw... ? Not clear...

[@gobuns2]

man, I bit my harp yesterday as a joke but it made a clicking sound :||

[@nw2394]

I find "positions" mega confusing . I don't know why harmonica teachers are afraid of the proper musical terminology i.e. keys and modes. Why avoid music theory that every other musician knows only to invent new words!?