How To Bend The Notes On A Diatonic Harmonica - Christelle Berthon

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[@paulandlesson]

I am a guitarist, who recently crushed my wrist in a motorcycle accident. For the six months which I am unable to play my instrument, I have turned to the harmonica. This video and the teachings of this young lady are the best that I have run across on the Internet. Thank you very much!

[@TFWS6]

No apology needed. I could understand you perfectly. Even if I couldn't it would be my fault for being ignorant. Thank you for the video.

[@joet4332]

Christelle, thank you so much! I started learning harmonica 4 months ago, and learning how to bend had been elusive for me. Your "sucking water from a straw" analogy did it for me! I immediately got it and was able to hit all the 3 draw bends immediately!! So much frustration trying to figure out what to do with my tongue, and all of the sudden, the light bulb came on for me. Thank you!!

[@srvtcsurvey04srvtc44]

Je souffle dans un l'harmonica depuis 60 ans et je peux dire que je n'ai jamais entendu des pareilles beaux sons joués par une artiste comme vous bravo Christelle. Un ptit cousin du Québec :O)

[@martifingers]

This is most generous of you to share your remarkable musical talent. Your English is wonderfully clear and beautifully delivered by the way.

[@301250]

Bon jour, Madame. I think it is not necessary to apologise for your accent for the simple reason that the French accent is oh la la, wonderful to hear! And your harp playing is the best!

[@williamconfer9784]

Just watch your video... Just started to play the Harmonica a few weeks ago and i'm 78 years old.. I love the challenge. Don't worry about your accent you do great! That goes with being French! Thank you again..

[@edwardmorton6691]

To hell with people who mind your accent. They're fools. I love it and your command of the English language is remarkably good. A delight to listen to your voice as well as your harmonica playing.

[@maryjane1916]

I am Russian and I can understand your English perfectly!!! Thanks for the vid and keep up the great work! Thumbs up.

[@scottt3100]

We should be buying CD's and concert tickets to see and hear this woman perform. Instead we get what the music industry of today shoves down our throats. Rap and Dropped D tuning so called music has pretty much rendered the youth of today tone deaf. This lady is truly a musician and plays from her soul. That she takes the time to teach the masses is icing on the cake. BRAVO!!

[@francieraymond]

Do not apologize for your French accent! It is delightful! And your harmonica playing is....well, shall we say....magnifique! Merci bien!!

[@1t2t3t4t5t6t7]

Great video for a beginner like me, and please dont apologize for your accent, I think your english is pretty good and I am glad that you give the non-french speakers the option to learn from you too!

[@tmo7734]

Your English and your accent sounds terrific. And your harmonica playing a second to none. Thank you.

[@kennethmay740]

Your accent is perfect, your French. I’m just a beginner but I know greatness when I hear it! We are better community because of our differences! Thanks.

[@lesleydyer5464]

I think your English is excellent..but your harp playing if even better. Like the person before I have been listening to you for a while, but only just found this page. I think in a couple of months, I'll be able to afford a few lessons. Right now things are tight. But, you have helped me a lot already. I can play along with you, though not like you..miss a lot of your flourishes. But I find following along with someone is much easier than trying to read harp tabs..I can intuit where to go, to blow or draw, much better than I can when reading tabs..and it's just a lot more fun. Thanks for all your free stuff on youtube. Keep up the great videos and never apologize for your English...so much better than my French.

[@woodsarthobbies6515]

You have the greatest accent ever! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Very inspiring.

[@Enn-]

Your accent is perfectly fine. No need to apologize.

[@Assimulatorful]

Hey Frenchie,no need for apologies, you are very talented, thank you so much for guiding us,your effort is greatly appreciated, thanks again 😊

[@olderwizard]

Thank you Christelle, very much. I have been able to bend notes for a while, I can make silly noises with my harmonica, mama or help me or choo choo trains of all types. BUT I have never really known WHAT I should be achieving, now I know because of your help. I will carry on with my silly noises BUT now I will also try to control those extra notes. Thanks again and please don't apologise for your accent, it is wonderful and certainly makes one pay attention.

[@BigPaddyFan]

I am not a Harmonica player but I need to listen you until the end. You are a great person and your explaining is a real pleasure to me. You are a very good musican. Thanks a lot.

[@Leadran_Leah]

This is a joke. This is the only video that can properly explain how to bend a note. Millions of thanks to you. I am following your song for a good while but this is the first time to find this video of yours. I am really happy as a beginner harmonica player who were not able to learn to bend a note for a long time. Merci beaucoup :)

[@Tatt2Shannon]

Loving the lesson videos. And i agree u should never have to apologize for the accent and your English is fine. I understood you just fine and found your lesson easy to understand. And i have a hard time with instruction videos. Keep up the amazing playing and thank you so much for sharing.

[@TAWNoCents]

i have looked all over for someone to just play the 3 hole bend (all three of them) so i cant just hear how each sounds. thank you, you made my day!

[@jamesrogers2963]

Christelle- I re-watched this lesson, playing along with it and found it to be very helpful. Thank you very much for the detailed explanation and sounds!

[@arniemax1]

no apologies needed ...You are a great Harp player, and teacher...Bravo !

[@TheJesusr1]

Excellent video Christelle .. thank you, you already said everything that you wanted to say in French, English, Spanish, Chinese, Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and all the languages in the world but with your music. You are so good!

[@glennnaylor69]

Christelle you did a great job on this lesson very engaging, with lots of information and enthusiasm. Thanks Glenn.

[@CarlyWaarly]

Never apologise for an accent, sounds great, it is part of who you are!

[@josephlevacher995]

ENFIN!!! Ton petit voyage dans le voyage est tout simplement génial. J'avais tout essayer sans résultat. Quelque fois, le truc le plus simple est le meilleur. Bisou du Québec. MERCI!

[@andrewmorfitt2671]

you are amazing and perfect, i used to play as a child and now want to learn again.you are an amazing player, i have watched many of you videos tonight. thank you

[@folchandre]

Oh please, I'm jealous of your accent. My native language is Brazilian Portuguese and we just love out there hearing you, French speakers, speaking our language with your delightful accent. No apology necessary! My apologies for being jealous...

[@TheMonkeyMedicine]

Before i was the very beginning of your lesson, I love your teaching passion. Your awesome and thank you for teaching me from your point of view.

[@andreashoppe1969]

I swear this is the best video. I tried many approaches but only yours helped me creat my first glissando. It's working on the low g-note well. Not so well on the higher notes just yet. But it's lots of fun! Thanks

[@Baytoo]

Your accent is beautiful as is your harp playing!

[@DJSKWhirl]

Her voice is comforting.

[@jacksden1]

No need to apologise, Christelle. You English is better than my French.

[@CliffordWhite]

This has been the most helpful guide to bending I have found...thank you...very much!

[@marin4311]

Vous expliquez très bien la technique et votre anglais est fluide. Merci Mlle Berthon.

[@JackMarti1956]

Hi Christelle! As far as I'm concerned, you need not apologize for your accent! The information you're sharing is so interesting, your accent only makes it more interesting as I listen! You are a gifted musician, so any inconvenience on our part as listeners, is irrelevant in relation to what we can learn! Thank you for going to the trouble of making these instruction videos!

[@andrewmillwardwatford9410]

why apologise for a French accent. French is the language of love and one of the world's most beautiful languages. carry on with your fantastic accent so we can enjoy listening.

[@adr1701]

Don't apologize for your accent ... I understood you just fine. This has been very informative and I see I have a lot of work ahead of me. You play wonderfully.

[@ronrogers5724]

Thanks. I actually managed to get a few notes to bend using your tips. I have a long way to go. Thanks again.

[@vrndeshpande]

Thank you so much. I've been practicing for weeks, but I finally managed it after this video! :D

[@jefflynch-f8]

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! I have been trying and trying with little consistency and you have given me the gift of consistent bending. I can't thank you enough!

[@jamesfoote8916]

Wow no apology needed after all you are speaking in my tongue i have not learned french I think that make you very special.Many thanks for the video

[@vermatholang]

Thank you so much.you can be so inspiring to milons on this planet for Harmonica lovers.

[@stanroberts1385]

your accent is fine, thanks for sharing the bends, this helps us beginners a lot!

[@walkabout29]

Christelle....Did I just see a video of you playing a middle-eastern song on facebook. I can't find it now but it was beautiful. And thank you for helping us beginner harp players.

[@1823sunset]

Your accent is fine. And your harmonica playing in unbelievably beautiful.

[@everythingtakin]

You look simply amazing. You are my new harmonica guru. I never heard it played so well not bluesy but you have a way of making it more of its own instrument. Meaning it don't sound just like blues or particular anything. This is how I would like to play the harmonica. This coming from watching a few of your videos christelle. Thank you. I hope to see more of what you play as well as instruction. I'll bet you have the most beautiful personality at peace with most things .

[@alisoncollins3205]

Thanks Cristelle. Great teaching, lovely playing.........getting there with the bending!

[@nucleararrow]

thank you for giving the easiest explanation on the whole thing .

[@ukuleleclare]

Best explanation I've seen for bending a note!! Merci, Christelle!

[@MegaBoomer666]

Mrs. Berthon they are super nice Too bad that I can not speak English Thanks for your efforts to help the people here Best wishes from Germany

[@kevinlambert9615]

Finally I can bend a note (not very well but early days) your straw sucking analogy was magnifique. Thank you so much

[@Xjumper46]

I love your accent, and really appreciate your teaching videos. They are excellent. I think I will finally be able to bend notes! By the way,you are one of the best players I've heard. Thank you for the music.

[@amccandlesandcameras]

Great video! I will be coming back to it again and again until I get this right.

[@simongeorge8184]

Wow thanks! I've watched loads of videos on here, some by harmonica legends, some by good teachers, all talk about bending by tongue position, jaw position, etc. I just wasn't getting it, then I found you and your drinking analogy, suddenly I can bend. Thank you so much.

[@trazeus]

You are multi-lingual as well as musically talented. You have no need to apologize. I'm looking forward to your videos and learning the harp.

[@Montrealestjazzmanouche]

Vous êtes une excellente communicatrice et pédagogue. Merci!

[@Montrealestjazzmanouche]

Et musicienne bien entendu

[@kd7txg]

Christelle, I LOVE YOUR ACCENT oui! please no appology necessary and you are a fantastic "harp" player and teacher. Merci. and 73's txg

[@BaorongZhang]

I have to say...I have watched a lot bending-teach videos both in Chinese and English...but the amazing moment only happens just a few seconds ago.... THANK YOU...begin with hole 6 then 5, 4 and 1, but still have trouble with hole 2 and 3

[@rek161]

un grand merci pour les français qui ne parle pas l'anglais merci compatriote ton pays es fière de toi

[@hukes]

Your accent is lovely, you should not apologize.

[@LindaMcRae42]

Holy cow! I've been trying to figure this out for ages...you really described it great!!!! By george I think I've got it!

[@Jenboo11]

Don’t ever apologize for your accent !!! My wife and I are from Brazil , I have been here 46 years and I lost my accent, she had only been here 6 years abs she had a very sexy accent ! Your accent is very sexy if I may say so! Don’t apologize . Americans have NO accent ! LOL . Greet artist you are !! Bon jour

[@orugamaldita]

What an amazing tone and sound you get from the harp... been playing for two years. I can play every bend easilly with good control very naturally now, but i'm so far away from that perfect tone you put in every note... amazing. my respect to you.

[@sameernagi]

Bless you for helping everyone. It has really really helped me a lot!! Thanks so much!! Ever so grateful to you...

[@jerryknox4841]

You don't need to apologize for a thing! You probably could not understand my French if you heard me speaking it. I'm a lot worse than you ever could be. thanks for the tutorial it was really interesting.

[@jean-lucconnen1309]

bonjour Chritelle j'apprend l'harmonica diatonique et j'adore t'écouter jouer. pour moi tu es la meilleure harmoniciste

[@zossie5h]

Wow... amazing. you have the best control of your bends that I have ever heard.

[@raulmejia9846]

Robert Hess español plis

[@raulmejia9846]

Quiero escuchar las lecciones de armónica en espanol

[@raulmejia9846]

Hola Muchas gracias por dar,e la opotunidad

[@mussieargaw5368]

OMG this my second day playing and the Technique works. . . . .WOW

[@JimSturdivantWoodButcher]

Wonderful lesson, thank you. You keep me playing and striving to improve.

[@FrancescaBruno-hq2eh]

Thank you so much! you're a very good teacher!

[@olimphus26]

Ikr

[@daveybalmer]

Well Christelle, I am probably making a lot of mistakes as a very beginner harmonica player. The biggest mistake is watching you play all of the fabulous tunes that you have mastered. Your performances are so completely wonderful and I guess I should just content myself with watching you play. But of course, you are inspirational as well. And that's the real problem. When I start trying to play, I sound like a drunken duck. And when it comes to bending notes, I wonder if I will ever get it. Practice is all I can do and while I am driving the rest of the house crazy, perhaps there will come that magic moment. By the way, I love your accent. After five years of high school French here in Canada, I was not too bad but that was in 1963. Now, just like my harmonica playing, there is a lot more effort required.

[@missstorrm]

This is great! I've watched countless videos about bending notes and hasn't been able to make any change in the pitch yet. Until now! I mean, it sounded awful but the pitch did change. (Then I think I lost it, watched the explanation again, got it again, and lost it again xD But at I know it's there and I'll keep practicing!) Thank you so much!!

[@san1can1]

You are AWESOME. Thank you so much for all this learning.

[@86Eugene]

you have a beautiful accent! no apologies!

[@141sharon270]

You need not to apologise for your accent, besides being perfectly understandable, your French accent is as sexy as hell. Thank you for taking your time to make these great tutorials which are free. Keep up the good work.

[@lparistheo5542]

Bravo Christelle! Très aaaaaaappréciéééé - (avec un accent québécois...) Reste à continuer à pratiquer - qui sait, peut être un jour...

[@ciccioxyzk]

Christelle I love you how explain blending! I'm a fan of yours. Merry Christmas!!

[@Soapysolution]

A wonderful analogy for bending, I learnt using the E,O technique. Breathe in making an E sound and then change that sound to an O whilst still breathing in. The action your tongue makes is the basis of bending. From there it was just a case of playing with the action whilst playing the harmonica to find the sweet spots and the HBs etc. The only trouble I'm finding is muscle memory, my tongue almost automatically enters a bend now when I draw, sounds wonderful at first but gets boring quickly, everything I play sounds very similar to each other. Another fantastic video. :)

[@brenthunt471]

Thank you, my bends aren't precise. But I now have a structured exercise to practice. Bending to precise notes is very hard. I (u tongue block) and I have to practice the pucker tech more, to gets better bends. I can normally with u blocking get the first half step but no more. Puckering and re-positioning the tongue I have more success. But need to practice to hit single notes well. I love your playing, and your interpretation of the songs you play.

[@michaelgallucci4085]

just came across you videos. your video on how to bend and then the exercises video are simply outstanding! Thank you. my 2 draw is improving though I find it easy to go directly to F missing F#. I am sure that it is a control issue. thanks

[@christelleberthon]

Thank you for your feedback I'm glad it has helped you

[@omarsaad1575]

Don't apologize Dear Christelle your accent is as sweet as your music .. Peace Love & Music

[@angelpaz9233]

Muchas gracias Christelle! Este vídeo es una ayuda ideal para usuarios de nivel intermedio a dar ese empujón que necesita y la motivación para llevar la armónica al siguiente nivel. Admirable. Saludos, que sigas bien.

[@Producer3081973]

i love your accent ;)

[@MrJackwombat]

Thanks for the lesson and please don't lose the accent love it.

[@rapidrhinoplumbing-monrovi3269]

thank you Christelle , we love you already

[@balakrishnaniyer]

Pranaams Christello. Superb lesson. Thank you very much.

[@azertyquerty6072]

Moi j'adore votre accent Christelle, cause i am French lol. Merci pour cette vidéo, vous êtes mon Graal.

[@gillesrenard2267]

Très bonne comparaison avec la succion d'un liquide sur une embouchure étroite! Bravo

[@pierrefistarol5077]

Merci Christelle ! d'une pierre 2 coups ! je travaille mon anglais et j'apprends l'Harmonica ! merci pour ta disponibilité . et tes competences ! Pierre de Balirustique

[@MosheAttas1]

Greatest teacher

[@vernondsingh607]

Great lesson. You speak lovely English. Thans

[@Mati-blues]

Thank you for the video. Your accent is lovely for me. Thanks again :)

[@ninamariamolinari5902]

You have a good english! But more importantly, you are such a good player!! Keep it up, kisses from Madrid:)

[@lostangel9617]

No need to apologies for being french be proud merci. ..

[@hyabussa5747]

Thank you for sharing Christelle!

[@steenjimmy833]

Old video, still great for learning! Thanks for this!