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@TCS_Aquatics4 жыл бұрын
I've learned some pretty technical things on guitar,bass and drums, but this is the most frustrating musical technique I've ever tried!! 😆
@prnzjon4 жыл бұрын
Agreed!!!😅😅
@TheJoeDev3 жыл бұрын
100% I’ve been trying to bend for so long now and just can’t get it
@TCS_Aquatics3 жыл бұрын
Joe Deverell-Smith Don’t give up!!! I got it and you will too!
@JQ4323 жыл бұрын
Totally agree! Reminds me of when I taught myself to whistle loudly with my fingers. Weeks and weeks and weeks of failure. But I eventually got it. I guess that's what keeps me going.
@FriendlySkiesProd3 жыл бұрын
Trying to incorporate bends in the blues scale.... my poor neighbors lol. It's like a chromatic squeaky toy. Over n over and over 😯
@lw48wp44 жыл бұрын
Man, you're my hero. My mom gave me a harmonica for my birthday when I was like 14 or so. Since then I've tried to bend. That's more then 10 years ago, I learned playing piano, guitar, bass and mandolin during that time but didn't manage to do that f*ing bend on my harmonica - until I watched your video yesterday. Turns out: I held that thing wrong for 10 years - tip 5 was the missing hint for me. You're the only one I've seen who actually shows that. Plus the eee-ooo and the last tip helped a lot. Thanks again 1000 times!
@TomlinHarmonica4 жыл бұрын
That's fantastic, took too long but I am so glad you picked the harp again! :-)
@FabioSilva-op2tn4 жыл бұрын
Me too! Bending for the first time since i bought this years ago.
@andrestp4 жыл бұрын
@@TomlinHarmonica I still strugling with this bending technics.. OMG, so hard for me.. I use my only cheap china's harp.. Do you think I use the wrong harp? And should I pick the good one?
@jenserjenson44074 жыл бұрын
@@andrestp from my experience from bending you probably should invest a couple more dollars for a good beginners harp that is easy to play and to bend with like a hohner special 20
@abhay41472 жыл бұрын
@@andrestp cheap harps are not a good way to start learning harmonicas. They usually have a really bad tone, and most of them are really leaky so are significantly harder to play than decent harmonicas. Bending would almost be impossible on those harps. Anyone would recommend a semi-decent harp over a cheap one.
@5StringRob2 жыл бұрын
This is crazy. I have been playing harmonica for about a week (total playing time maybe 1-2 hours), and have been focusing on bends because I know how hard it can be, and I never understood how it's done. Within 10 minutes of trying this stuff I had fairly consistently bent holes 1 through 6. !!!! Thank you Tomlin!
@Bobaixonado3 жыл бұрын
just incredible, hundres of videos that ended up being useless, but this video, this man, bro i fucking love you never gonna forget
@Guitarcope3 жыл бұрын
This one lesson gave me my first 2 draw bend. 👍😎
@ukcharlie17 ай бұрын
I’ve learned so so much from this lad in such a short time literally only just stumbled upon him today and after only two hours of practice I’ve learned more from him than I’ve learned in months paying rubbish teachers . Thanks
@northstar69205 жыл бұрын
water fire earth air these four nations once lived in harmony then everything changed when the avatar learned the harmonica.
@thanhhaistephan31394 жыл бұрын
Actually I am imagining the draw bend as some kind of airbending and it helps controlling the air flow...
@mikkey2464 жыл бұрын
I need to harmonbend as well
@firepro18694 жыл бұрын
Me too
@mrtambourineman61073 жыл бұрын
That's mad, I got it pretty much straight away! Keep at it, I'm sure you'll get it soon!
@mrtambourineman61073 жыл бұрын
The 'ee' 'oo' technique is what got it for me, as a guitarist I find it weird that the note bends down though!
@bobsullivan571417 күн бұрын
I'm at the very beginning of harmonica playing. I have discovered something amazing that must be shared with those who are struggling to get a clean note. I have a Hohner Rocket C. The top plate has a slight valley, with the lettering ROCKET in the bottom and a curved lip on the forward edge. *PUT YOUR TOP LIP DIRECTLY ON THE LETTERING!* The up-curved leading edge will assist your positioning and the holes will be right where you want them. This should have been obvious. But it wasn't..... Tomlin's tip #5 at 6:40 was my essential clue. *THANK YOU TOMLIN!*
@dukedixon31927 жыл бұрын
I paused when instructed each time until I achieved an audible difference in tonality. I worked each section thoroughly and changed from slight bend to a clear and deep sustain. While trying to develop proper technique, I developed incorrect techniques simultaneously. Then upon resuming video each time, he explains precisely how to correct such errors as if he was present. By the end of this video (30 mins for me) I was bending smoothly and deeply, half or full! Complete NOOB here, credit due to this MASTERFUL TEACHER! Just started yesterday on your beginner 12 bar blues. Thank You. HOHNER BIG RIVER HARP "C"
@TomlinHarmonica7 жыл бұрын
+Duke Dixon dude! This is awesome to hear - I'm so pleased. Keep up the good work!
@xRS23x6 жыл бұрын
you're gifted, my friend
@auraleaks96274 жыл бұрын
Hows you playing now I'm new to Harp got seydel 1847 wood and it's a beauty
@tommorrisey39994 жыл бұрын
Tomlin Leckie, how much does the difficulty increase when one goes to steel reeds? I have the basic 5-harp Hohner Roadhouse Blues pack (essentially Chinese crap), and my thought is to replace those with quality harps as I blow them out. But my need right now is for an F harp, as I play ukulele and 75% of the songs I play are in the key of C. Rather than buying another piece of junk, I thought I would get a Seydel, but it will have steel reeds.
@sanukshrestha14074 жыл бұрын
ho did you find the toung position ?? 🤔
@dragunov8206 жыл бұрын
I've been playing the harp for a few months now on and off, happy with my progression, could not bend for the life of me. I installed one of those tuner apps on my phone that detect which harp note is being played and had it next to my laptop while watching this video, never once getting the 4 draw bend button to light up on the app. I practiced, rewatched this video, paused, repeat process for a good 45 minutes and all of a sudden with the culmination of all the tips I got the -4'! I was so happy I nearly cheered out loud! Now I'm just working on getting it every single time and getting it into the muscle memory, like learning how to play single clean notes. Thanks so much Tomlin!
@TomlinHarmonica6 жыл бұрын
That is awesome to hear! So pleased for you and well done for persevering and working through it :-)
@mrtrung84365 жыл бұрын
which app are u using`?
@yamilesgaib90185 жыл бұрын
Mr Trung which app?
@seandevine58365 жыл бұрын
What app??
@jgbalboa5 жыл бұрын
What app?
@Psykel4 жыл бұрын
Holy crap! I’ve been noodling on the harmonica for about 15 years (very casually), but never been able to bend notes. I didn’t even make it to the end of this video before I actually managed to bend notes! Seriously - I started learning literally 12 minuters ago and now I bend without much fail! Superb, my man!
@TomlinHarmonica4 жыл бұрын
That's fantastic news Psykel! Let me know if I can help you further with anything. :-)
@Psykel4 жыл бұрын
Tomlin Leckie Thanks! Can you help me pick up girls?
@Psykel4 жыл бұрын
Tomlin Leckie Never mind. You taught me how to bend tones on the harmonica, so the girls will be coming!
@bobsullivan571417 күн бұрын
@@Psykel There ya go!
@edmorgan6598 Жыл бұрын
Hello Mr. Leckie. I'm a retired research scientist trying to help overcome the kind of frustrations I experienced due to the incomplete comprehension of bending in all harmonica instruction I've seen. Yours is the best bending instruction I've seen (I've seen quite a bit), but its partial and doesn't penetrate to the essential concepts as well as it would if it had a little more science foundation. Therefore, it is less helpful than it could be, by a fair amount. The physics and mathematics of bending have been known for about 150 years, and the principles are in very common use (for example, even by motorcycle engineers, from whom I recently learned it). Judging from current harmonica instruction, harmonica players have never encountered this knowledge (to my amazement). The basis for bending is not exceedingly simple, and it's easy for me to explain why its been hard to teach and learn, but it can be made pretty simple to teach and learn once you know all the principles and figured out the shortcuts (no math, suitable for children, etc). You are close to this goal in your instruction, but not there, and are missing a few critical elements. In my experience, with mild tolerance for science so that a harmonica player can understand what they are doing and why, all draw bends in all holes of diatonic harmonicas can be learned in less than an hour immediately after learning to play single notes. Only slight pitch refinement then remains. Blow bends use the same principles but are considerably harder to perfect, for reasons also easy for me to explain. The same principles used for bending can also be used to expand the kinds of harmonica sounds you can make in other interesting ways. I can make my own video of instructions, and might if I have to, but you are a person of eminence in the field and your help would ease the process of helping develop instruction. Let me know if you are interested in helping out. If not, I will probably proceed with the making and posting of my own clumsy video where i will feel like a science dork and have to endure a lot of 'artistic" rejection. Sorry for sounding arrogant, but I play guitar and piano also, and instruction for guitar and piano is so much better because you can play all the notes immediately. Maybe for that reason i have come feel much of the beginner harmonica instruction I've seen spends far too much time too far away from musical competence and is needlessly frustrating and unattractive. As I said at the beginning, I just want to help harmonica players out. I'm way too old and settled to be doing this to seek out fame or income.
@eraykck5 жыл бұрын
Most clear explanations about bending. Thanks a lot
@TomlinHarmonica5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@tlacuachemeade53614 жыл бұрын
Number 5 was the only thing I needed, I cannot thank you enough 😭❤️
@eduardojara69554 жыл бұрын
Can you actually bend better now?
@tlacuachemeade53614 жыл бұрын
@@eduardojara6955 yeah! But it took some time tbh hahaha
@mikkey2464 жыл бұрын
Time
@tommyharmonika5 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial. What I recently discovered is that no matter which harmonica key and which hole you're playing, you get a perfect bend when the sound of the airflow between your tongue and your palate matches the pitch of the bent note. Once you get that, bending becomes a natural thing to do. Keep up the good work!
@marg58634 жыл бұрын
Tommy Harmonika huh
@basssuzu61983 жыл бұрын
I'm trying to grasp how to get the pitch of the note. 🙄
@astonbeagle40054 жыл бұрын
I gave up on bending and the harmonica because i could never preform a bend. this video has helped me break that curse.
@neilz654 Жыл бұрын
Dude, I have being trying this for weeks based on different ways on internet. None of them works for me. But with your methods, I get it in 5 minutes!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you!
@williamj.sheehan20013 жыл бұрын
For anyone who may stumble onto this, I am new to the harmonica, and not real qualified to be giving advice, but here's what gave me my first bend, just last night-- while drawing the note in, "swallow" it ! That seems to create the proper configuration of the tongue, etc. It's a little hard to make yourself do the swallowing move while drawing the note in, but as soon as you start it, boom-- there's that bend!
@lancenuttman3 жыл бұрын
I train for a living, and you are a great instructor. Bravo. Thank you for this!
@joshanderson10255 жыл бұрын
100% percent difference in the tilt of the harmonica!! great tip
@anitazuck4 жыл бұрын
hey Tomlin, i am 71 years old and been playing harmonica badly for a decade, never could bend but always found your tips the most helpful of all the millions online and then yesterday, watching you and, on your recommendation, a bit of Gussow...BAM! i got the 2 draw bend. still takes work but i feel for the first time i'm on my way. at my age, gotta hurry!
@TomlinHarmonica4 жыл бұрын
Hi there! Glad you were able to finally work that out! It's never too late to learn new things :-)
@TomlinHarmonica4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to ‘Subscribe’ and turn on notifications to never miss another Harmonica video. :-)
@donnyroberts71214 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@bramvanhove594 жыл бұрын
Best explains I've seen so far! I am a follower now!
@buziosification3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much
@daledurham87573 жыл бұрын
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@phuochoangvo64343 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@CajunRemnant2 жыл бұрын
Picked up my first harmonica today ! Your a very good teacher I got this almost instantly! The eeee o thing really helped
@thamightybountykilla5 жыл бұрын
Wow, this is the only video that helped me pick up bending. The first tip to literally tilt your harmonica is perfect since it provided me with a reference tone. Thumbs up!
@caryls94364 жыл бұрын
These areTHE best harmonica lessons I've ever come across!
@damonchepren16595 жыл бұрын
Thank you Tomlin. I have owned a harp (albeit a cheap one) for most of my life. I currently own a Hohner Big River and a Hohner Super Chromonica, both in the key of C, however I just ordered a Special 20 to hopefully make my bending easier. I've never really committed to learning to play, but in the tinkering I have done in the past 40 years I have always struggled with getting a consistent, on key bend. I have have owned books & watched videos attempting to explain it till I'm ready to throw the harp into the ocean. This is the first time someone has walked me through the nuances, step by step, that made a meaningful difference. After just one viewing my bends are more solid and within a few minutes of practicing your tips there is a significant improvement. This just might be the breakthrough I needed to take my playing seriously.
@user-tj2op8zs4h5 жыл бұрын
I am a diatonic harmonica beginner at Taiwan. I like your lesson, I will try your method from now on.
@rafaelalejandroguilartemor61254 жыл бұрын
I've been trying to do the bending so hard since so long and this is the first video that really really helped me. I could do my first bending... thanks a lot you are the best
@eddieblz5 жыл бұрын
I like the EEE...OOO method the best. It was the first method I learned and have never changed.
@TomlinHarmonica5 жыл бұрын
Whatever works for you :-)
@Karthik-yy6up5 жыл бұрын
I really can't thank you enough for this. I was struggling with the whole step/whole and a half step bend, and your advice on not blowing too hard and mouth movements helped me nail it after so freaking long.
@TomlinHarmonica5 жыл бұрын
Aw thank you Karthik!
@bobbya768ra10 ай бұрын
I watched a half dozen other tutorials to no avail. I watched yours and I got it. Perfect explanation
@charligentry97206 жыл бұрын
I've played a straight tongue block method and do a lot of melodies but I think that's what was 'blocking' me from bending! After all these years and watching so many others try to teach a bending method, finally YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE that has made it so I can actually bend a note!! I bent the note first try with the tilt method! So easy! I can now bend a little with eeooo! I discovered I can't use the tongue block method and bend at all so thank you so much!! I'm gonna go play some blues!!!
@TomlinHarmonica6 жыл бұрын
That's awesome to hear Charli! Keep it up :-)
@justinsmith87216 ай бұрын
Utterly brilliant, effective and simple. Thank you!
@NS88crew2 жыл бұрын
I had watched loads of video how to bend before I saw this video. And finally!!! I got it! Thanks Tomlin! Now I finally can bend))
@StephenMooreOfficial2 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU! this is my first day with harmonica and I nailed the single note method but watched 5 other videos on how to bend but finally after watching yours I got it! I play the tin whistle and ocarina but this is a whole different beast. Awesome tips.
@srldvngrc5 жыл бұрын
What a great teacher! I've been trying to learn bending for months, and apparently I just need to watch this video to learn it!
@TomlinHarmonica5 жыл бұрын
Excellent Israel!
@alchance6622 жыл бұрын
Wow! This guys "nails it!" A true Teacher as in the Jethro Tull hit song.
@johna60526 жыл бұрын
I got it! Once I was able to get a tiny bit of a bend, it was just like you said in #4- slow controlled movements with a strong tongue to find the pitch. If I try to go too fast I lose it, but I've played enough wind instruments to know it's all just developing the muscle memory from here.
@claudioandreheckler46616 жыл бұрын
Amazing teacher! Total n00b here (two weeks), already doing a half decent job on single notes, unable to bend; after 15min on this video I got a solid bend on 4-draw. Thank you so much!
@TomlinHarmonica6 жыл бұрын
Excellent news Claudio!
@dankav44 жыл бұрын
Ok, so after getting frustrated and thinking everyone was bad teachers, including this guy, I realised i was doing mistake number 4. Make slow tongue adjustments, you don't pull it way back, it's only subtle. Thanks mate! Great video.
@hienchuongnguyenvo38762 жыл бұрын
I’ve read book and websites for this, but couldn’t touch anything until I see your video. The key tip is at the 5:40 that helps me a lot. Thay you for teaching me that!
@kevenymartins24575 жыл бұрын
I started playing the harmonica back in february (got it as a birthday gift) and I have to admit, bending is HARD, but now, after a LOT of practice I can finally do whole step bends...so if you're struggling, just keep practicing!
@vinnyblue23425 жыл бұрын
That moment you make a Bend for the first time. :D Feels REALLY GOOOOOOOOOD. Stop video and repeat. Because from now on i'm better than when i first started it :P.... And repeat…..
@elsacarstens61125 жыл бұрын
Tomlin thanks n million. Within 5minutes i beat bending with your tips. Was so frustrated for not succeeding for months. You teaching is brilliant!!!
@TomlinHarmonica5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Elsa!
@cormacrussellmusic2 жыл бұрын
Best video on bending by a long shot! your tips were a lifesaver!
@Al_gre10 ай бұрын
6:02 I think this part is most important and most common mistake amongst novices like me who just bought harmonica. Thanks Tomlin!
@helentinner35803 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for helping us novices. I inherited my Dad's Hohner harmonica (he was 93) so quite an old one and loving getting to use it. Just working on the bends now :0)
@davidlarson81382 жыл бұрын
This is the best tutorial on bending I have seen!
@Vatruha6662 жыл бұрын
The best explanation of how to bend. Thank you!
@javedweb13 жыл бұрын
Just i was frustrated that everyone can bend harmonica without me so i cant bend then youtube recommended me this video i just click and then i got this treasure from you just very very thanks
@joeypeluka59385 жыл бұрын
I got my harmonica yesterday afternoon and just now got bending 4 down. Tip eight really helped!
@TomlinHarmonica5 жыл бұрын
Awesome Joey!
@joshl43586 жыл бұрын
Tip #4!! It changed my technique and now I can bend note on any hole! Great vid.
@josephmarshall30585 жыл бұрын
Watched several of these from other instructors - yours made the most sense to me, and I got my first 4-hole true bend....THANKS!!
@robcook84564 жыл бұрын
Nailed it at tip 5! Thanks buddy. You are the best harmonica teacher on KZbin
@dougemt1234 жыл бұрын
Awesome tips. Watched a lot of videos before this one. The eeeoooeee tip helped me nail it!
@svaphrodite6 жыл бұрын
Tipping up slightly and the E O were the two most important tips for me!
@everett86035 жыл бұрын
I've had the harmonica for 3 days, and I'm getting bending from this video! It's so funny, I was about to make a comment saying you can hear the tone because you pass by it, expecting such a big note change to be produced by an exaggerated movement, but then he covered it! Lol, but that really is the biggest tip that helps. Play with the movement of your tongue, and listen carefully to the point in your mouth where it's closest to the bend tone, then practice starting with your tongue at the front of your mouth, and stopping at that point but really drawing in a lot of air still. You'll find it, good luck!
@TomlinHarmonica5 жыл бұрын
Woo - awesome work Everett!
@jabarzua3 жыл бұрын
I have seen tons of videos explaining the same thing, but for some reason after this one I was able to bend on 1, 2 and 6 son thanks for that
@stevescott79823 жыл бұрын
I really learned alot from that short video, on how to bend properly !!!!
@RamStrat Жыл бұрын
Count me as another beginner who has benefitted from your bending lesson! I can now draw bend on #4, getting a bend on 3 draw seems harder but will keep experimenting! Thank you for these lessons!
@davelynas55613 жыл бұрын
You taught me something on the first lesson. Thanks very much.
@jakub38512 жыл бұрын
Thanks I got it on the first try every “technique” thanks to you
@Whatzzzz999 Жыл бұрын
Reminds me so much of Once Upon a Time in the West...! If you haven't seen that movie, you should. Great lesson, thanks for your time and expertise.
@irrelevantscooopdy94875 жыл бұрын
Wow thank You a lot Man. I felt like I want to finish with playing harmonica but you saved me! I saw tousends of videos about how to do it but after wathicng your it finally helped me! THANK YOU!
@TomlinHarmonica5 жыл бұрын
Woo that is awesome news!
@JonathanDowe3 жыл бұрын
Been struggling with bending, worked through your tips. The first one told be what I was aiming for, tip 5 was a game changer. I can now bend, so grateful.
@yangyon3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your technical tips on how to play diatonic harmonica .. very useful for me as a beginner to learn from you..Regards from Indonesia
@Subhabrata4 жыл бұрын
2:34 Tomlin, tip number 2 worked for me, I think. EEE-UUU. Never found another video as good explanation as yours. You are a divine teacher! 🙏🙏🙏
@TomlinHarmonica4 жыл бұрын
Awww, glad that it worked for you! :-)
@nerenahd7 жыл бұрын
Tomlin, I'd like add tip number 9 (or number 0) = get a good professional harp. Many begginners start off with cheap ones, like the BluesBands and it is such a disservice to the player. I've struggled for 4 months to get one single good bend on those, until I finally decided to get me some Special 20s... Man, what a difference. What I couldn't do for months on those, I've learned pretty much on a week on the S20s. Though I am still perfecting my bends, I can hit all of the draws (even the 1 and 1/2 step on 3th hole). Just to show that a good instrument DOES make a huge difference on this case. Cheers from Brazil.
@henriqueaac7 жыл бұрын
Man, i think i'm having the same problem here. When i'm bending on the fourth hole, i can't get the full bend, and mine is the Bluesband model haha BR assistindo vídeo aqui também, que coincidencia. abraço
@nerenahd7 жыл бұрын
Henrique Alves - this Blues Breaker I don't know, but you should get at least some Special 20s. Abraços e não desista! 😐
@henriqueaac7 жыл бұрын
É a bluesband mesmo cara, eu me confundi. A mais genérica de todas
@NoOne658477 жыл бұрын
Nerenahd Dhaneren eae cara... comprei uma meio no susto, sem presquisar antes... erro meu :( comprei uma hohner em C... queria saber se comprei uma decente
@nerenahd7 жыл бұрын
Luiz Felipe Alves Kkkk, comprei no susto foi boa. Olha, existem várias Hohner, muitas são horríveis, muitas são excelentes. Depende de qual vc comprou, se foi qualquer uma mais barata que a Special 20, com certeza é fraca. Agora, eu fiquei nas BluesBand baratas por uns 4 meses, e aprendi umas músicas, aprendi a isolar as notas etc. Pra isso, até q tá valendo. Se vc vai evoluindo e chega num ponto de começar a fazer bends, aí é hora de trocar por uma melhor. Ou se vc está sério sobre tocar gaita, vai logo pra uma Special 20 que vc vai evoluir muito mais rápido. Abs.
@HardTimesStudios4 жыл бұрын
Literally your first tip helped me bend so much easier. I know covering the hole a bit had something to do with it but this was just such an obvious method that works so good. Gonna keep watching the rest but thank you so much.
@jem50406 жыл бұрын
First lesson I’ve done that allowed me to bend. Thank you so much.
@TomlinHarmonica6 жыл бұрын
Thats awesome news John! well done for hitting that bend!
@FigsArtsandCrafts4 жыл бұрын
I’ve tried so hard to get it and I practiced everyday to no avail but watching this video helped me get it straight away. Awesome!!!
@wyeung1684 жыл бұрын
That eeee....ooooo work very well for me..... I got it right away before the this tutorial video even done playing. Thank you!
@biscuit675 жыл бұрын
Thank you thank you thank you! The key tip for me was to tilt the harmonica slightly up. The tongue action is not as severe as I thought but by bringing it a little back and to the roof to create a narrower channel I can bend 4 🤠
@GeoSkywalker4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! You have the Best harmonica lessons!!! Best and easy explanation and your smiling face makes me learn with joy!
@MarkMoshchinsky Жыл бұрын
Yes frustrating as I was gonna lost this it’s started to sound more like a bender note. Good explanations 👍
@jessejamez7073 жыл бұрын
Man I just bought a new harmonica yesterday after years!! I used to be able to when I was younger probably 15 years ago and I can’t bend for the life of me anymore!! It’s like it just completely left my brain 🧠 🏃 💨🥺
@mrpmessina2 жыл бұрын
Oh my god! I got it finally. 2 min literally! Awesome!!!
@martinbarrixxx66967 жыл бұрын
OMG I LOVE YOU I play the harmonica since December and i never get the bend NEVER and just play start on the video and befor listen to you i got it.
@pasmith46684 жыл бұрын
Tip 2 and 5 did it for me. Good video.
@casey56466 жыл бұрын
Thank you. The eee-oooo really helped. I'm trying to hit my wife up for your 12 week course as a Christmas present.
@Onward_and_Rword3 жыл бұрын
did she get u the course
@hooligan6a6 жыл бұрын
Tomlin, of all the lessons on the Internet yours, are the best
@dottmcse6 жыл бұрын
Finally after you tutoring I was able to bend. Thanks for the tips!
@TomlinHarmonica6 жыл бұрын
That is fantastic to hear - I'm so pleased for you :-)
@JBattler4 жыл бұрын
You are just so awesome!! After a lot of videos, I finally got it watching this one - on hole 4 anyway......it was the tongue movement. 4 needs the pressure at the back upper palate for me. Seems to be a quite different for each note though...can't get anything on 1 and 2 yet, and not much on 3 (if any?). 6 works by changing the tongue nearer the front of the mouth, at which time the tongue starts to flutter! More practice. Thank you so much!
@John1867JS3 жыл бұрын
"Bend down" - so to play an F# I should bend on the G? Love your videos! You are helping me to achieve my retirement goal of learning to play harmonica!
@bitrastornado5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, master! I don't have my harmonica at this moment, but I know that when I get home and grab it your tips will work perfectly!
@TomlinHarmonica5 жыл бұрын
My pleasure Juan Martin!
@RAY78086 жыл бұрын
I have Been Practising bending the note's and I have nailed it. I now need to start to learn so to play some Tunes !
@nickcheng81936 жыл бұрын
I bended for the first time in my life....! THIS IS FUN! CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THE TUTORIAL!!
@TomlinHarmonica6 жыл бұрын
That is awesome news Nick! I'm so pleased for you :-)
@indravadan95484 жыл бұрын
Fantastic Tips. Made it easy for me. at 62 I've learn to bend! Thank you, IV
@dawsonb.34614 жыл бұрын
I achieved it using the eeeeeeooooooooo! So happy
@murat72596 жыл бұрын
Thanks from Turkey!
@cathyflaig94564 жыл бұрын
Yes!! You're such an awesome teacher!!! I got it!!
@michelleybgl40313 жыл бұрын
Came here from Karin Gredge. Subscribed, thanks for the tutorial
@natesmultishop18144 жыл бұрын
The tilting trick totally worked!!! I could not for the life of me get the four hole to bend!!
@MadGoat2 жыл бұрын
Great! This is the only one that seems to have covered the tilt of the harmonica on tip 5! Not Gussow, not anyone of the other online instructions mentions the tile That slight tilt made a world of difference. Hot damn, I've been trying to figure this out all week.
@aconsciousnaut5323 Жыл бұрын
Your techniques are amazing. I have been able to get both blow bends and draw bends quickly after watching your videos, which I was struggling with when following other channels.
@Crawfly3 жыл бұрын
Tip 5: Tilting it up helped THE BEST. I had it tilted too low and that one tip made it for me
@thelionandthelamb77956 ай бұрын
Thanks a million the ee ooh helped a ton first bend right on the spot just need to practice and control my tounge
@laurentrichard78184 жыл бұрын
Hi, great lesson. I'm beginner, I went through some other interesting lessons, but you give a tip here that really triggered something in my feeling: actually two tips: NOT GOING to far, and not pulling hard. Thanks to this, I felt something great. Actually I was sucking too strongly... and probably damaging the reeds. Thanks for these tips.
@TomlinHarmonica4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome Laurent, glad to be of help! :-)
@annemiekedebruin-vanravest68414 жыл бұрын
Such a clear video! And how frustrating to not find that bend... The end was very reassuring, that it can take un to six months!
@DeZomer354 жыл бұрын
Just received my harmonica and had pretty much trouble with bending still after watching some videos and now after your video I just can do it by ! You explained it perfectly, very cool dude ! Thanks.
@TomlinHarmonica4 жыл бұрын
That's great! So glad you have finally made it work! :-)