Harp Lesson For Frustrated Beginners

[@damoneimad4217]

‘People respond to the music and the sound, not the technique’.... I absolutely love this quote from you!!

[@ignacioquilez8559]

Totally agree!! You are a great communicator and translator of knowledge Jon. I'm a spaniard from the Canary Islands, turning 55 son Sunday and on these quarantine I decided to reach a long lasted dream of discovering this magic instrument and I found your tips and tutorials. Many others are there but man, you did make me feel the energy and focus on the BEAT.. Thank you so much for this huge present and contribution to my joy.

[@omachidotube]

😊😊😊

[@TradIrishHarper]

Lately I have been getting so miffed at not being able to slide my lips across the harp, running out of breath, and my lips seem to get really tense on the harp. Which, equates to total junk in my playing and leaving me wishing I had taken up the triangle instead. Everything, and I mean everything you just talked about hits the nail on the head for me. I have been playing for maybe 6 months and frankly my playing really sucks. Why? I know now I am doing all the bad habits you mentioned. Well, looks like it is time to getting back to the basics. Thank you for the wake up call and great video.

[@jamcamp06]

skype lesson is $35 and can help a lot---plus fun! www.harmonicaskypelesson.com

[@lise-annedore8935]

The time was right. The info you/ we need to grow as artists.

[@rogerbjerkan67]

You are an excellent teacher Jon. I'm a beginner at 62 and you made me crack some codes here. Thank you!!!

[@pregoblin8943]

Jon book and tape taught me to play harmonica. Thank you, Jon.

[@stumped463]

I've watched a lot of beginner videos on harp playing and watching 2 of your videos has helped me put it together enough not to sound like a beginner . Thanks Jon you've put a smile on my face and took the plugs outa my neighbors ears .

[@warrenfloyd1484]

Jon you were my first teacher, I play blues harmonica right well thank you!!!

[@bobrobison1577]

Jon -- GREAT lesson! I attended Jam Camp in Clarksdale in 2018, and that was great fun. And this is the best 26 min and 46 sec I've spent thinking about my harp playing for quite a while. Thanks.

[@StefanBallReal]

Pure gold. Ta!

[@johnrobinson7036]

Great lesson! Particularly the kee-koo on the 2 draw and the Q and A analogy to call and response. Thanks.

[@lise-annedore8935]

B. E. A. T. Great lesson. I still need work on my breath control and the the k-sound. I'll be able to practice these breathing, articulation, and timing suggestions while recovering from dental surgery... Thank you for sharing.

[@warrenfloyd1484]

So refreshing to hear someone who knows how to feel the music

[@lobohombo2645]

Maestro te agradezco toda esa enseñanza he avanzado muchísimo con tus Clases you are the MAN

[@tnysteph]

A great lesson. You won’t remember but you told me to stop U-Blocking and start Lip Blocking. Well I did and I also learned to Tongue Block. Thanks for your books, lessons and all you do for us want to be Harmonica Players. The harmonica has changed my life. I started at age 52 and I am still going strong at age 62.

[@jamcamp06]

I remember you. Good for you!

[@maxdeville1]

This is a wonderful lesson. Probably the most useful so far.

[@joshuaboadway6155]

This is the most useful video I have seen so far, thank you so much!

[@jamcamp06]

thanks!

[@dyingtolive3147]

I play flute and I'm starting the harmonica your videos are helping great so far. My old music teacher taught me breathing before I ever even picked the instrument up, he said the exact same thing. He made me push a table with my stomach and there on after I could hold 20 beat notes on the flute now.

[@coopart1]

Wow...great teacher !!

[@scottjagodzinski9593]

Thanks John! Great playing and learning with You at the helm. Groove on......

[@rubinrajafilm]

How do feel sayin Jon or John .. .thanks I love the way you teach harmonica ...With great fun and knowledge ....be joyful

[@philm9593]

As a kid, I messed around with the harmonica without any real focus. Well, a lot of winters have come and gone since then so instruction classes like yours really help in dealing with long remembered bad habits. Thanks for this Jon, this is really helpful. Count me in as a new subscriber. 😎🤘

[@jamcamp06]

Do look into Jam Camps. Much more than me explaining things. .6 great instructors, band, jamming, Miss. delta, Sonny Boy's grave. gindick.myshopify.com/pages/jam-camps-1

[@HdhdHdhd-z2p]

B E A T!!! Thanks u so much. Wish I saw this sooner.

[@graemethorne4540]

Gr8 lesson gr8 advice hope to improve from this lesson

[@tonydailide1429]

You had me jamming along with you Jon. Fantastic as always. Love your lessons.

[@jimmy59ca2001]

thanks Jon, i heard you had some health problems, i hope you are feeling good, you have a special way of teaching from the heart, jim

[@jamcamp06]

thanks Jim. I am feeling fine.

[@paulotoole4634]

@@jamcamp06 That's good to hear. You take care ok👌👍

[@tonydailide1429]

Thanks again for a great reminder on the key basics of good harp playing. The drum shuffle had me playing along with you. Still trying to get that breathing sorted and relaxing while playing using less air volume. The k consonant method is very useful. A real help.

[@ZvikaDror]

Good to see you man! 100 years from now, people would be frustrated beginners out on a pocket instrument which would look like a harmonica but will play like a full orchestra, and a young Gindick will have a speed run tutorial on live youtube session projected on thin air from Samsung Galaxy 520S+ running on hybrid energy from the 3rd Sun rays, split water drops and Chia seeds :) Oh and music notation would be written without staff, clefs and scales - only TABS :)

[@jamcamp06]

there will be no young Gindicks. One of a kind.

[@paulcook68]

I'm inspired again! Thanks John.

[@nowirehangers2815]

Thank you Honestly. So much .

[@НиколайТыда]

Thank you so much! An amazing lesson, especially about K consonant

[@davidbrown5367]

Great lesson. Thanks 🙏

[@Raulo707]

Just wanted to say , I've been in your rock and blues book for about a year , everything is coming along better than i could of imaigined . Maybe i should get some lessons from you , really need feedback , program etc . thks jon keep it up

[@jamcamp06]

www.harmonicaskypelesson.com

[@ER-me1ii]

This is a brilliant lesson. Straight up Thanks !

[@billydarico6180]

Great lesson as allways your right it really is all about the breathing beaing relaxed

[@gortagnan]

Well Jon some good news and some less so ! Sometime back, after my comment (another vid) you wrote me “it’s easier than you think” ! Oh not for me tho’...BUT I did keep trying and suddenly Eureka (yes that good) I bent a 6 hole, then lost it etc then got it etc -and now got it to 100%..anytime... Huge Thanks to yr advice and tuition....However I now find the two draw hard ! I seem to need more ‘power ‘ to pull it through and down K etc. Now it May be - I fitted new reed plates to an older harp that was finished ?? and the ‘air gaps may be too tight on hole 2 !? Or : is a 2 draw (let alone bend) MUCH harder than a six hole (c harp key) ?? You get such VOLUME and TONE on that no 2 ! I have other harps ..could I try on a G say at hole 2 and compare the air resistance (or my own !) to see if I wasted my money on the plates I inserted (to an earlier older model) Or do different keys on same holes have different playability ? A lot to ask ..maybe too much but I will persevere and always follow the Gindick pathway as my default harmonica journey, even as an old beginner ...I know you have the answers, as shown here in the ‘basics’...

[@warrenfloyd1484]

I'm playing with my nose now!🤣👍

[@billgausman5887]

Way good, Jon!

[@rogerking8959]

Great Lesson!!

[@WolfsBlues]

Awesome lesson as always Jon..

[@DavidNance-gn2ly]

Good video Jon

[@zhenhuanliu5485]

really helpful! I mean for an old beginner but maybe not so helpful for a new beginner.hah

[@nothankyou8365]

This whole bending business should have been kept confidential . I am very unhappy now every body will learn how to bend :)

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

I'm on track with the E, A, and T. The breathing kills me!

[@jamcamp06]

you should be able to improve that by developing a better habit.

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

@@jamcamp06 I'm working on it. Love your tutorials man. Pure inspiration. Thanks for all your hard work. From New Zealand.

[@warrenfloyd1484]

Jon do you do the backrattel? Where you make the epiglottis vibrate?

[@sasaivanovic783]

True!! Bravp!

[@umitkayabas2186]

I wanna see this guy in x ray

[@jamcamp06]

so does my doctor!

[@umitkayabas2186]

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[@rstarnes1574]

Good stuff...........how about frustrated intermediates?....lol

[@jamcamp06]

Thanks. My theory is that the reason an intermediate is frustrated is because he/she doesn't have these fundamentals right. Once you get the fundamentals, it becomes so much fun! Rushing ahead is a problem, especially with so much information on the tube.

[@Raulo707]

Great question and great answer . Talk about a call and response. Iol .

[@marthahewett7730]

Breathing 0:44 Embouchure 4:44 Articulation 9:57 Timing/Phasing 16:40 Sorry I don't know how to make the times into links.

[@HieronymusBosch229]

Thank you very much kind sir! Amazing :)

[@damoneimad4217]

‘People respond to the music and the sound, not the technique’.... I absolutely love this quote from you!!