Your First Melodica Lesson - how to play the melodica for beginners - tutorial

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In this beginners' tutorial, learn how to hold the melodica, the names of the notes, and how to play chords!
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[@oneoutoftwosockss9454]

I don't think I've ever seen a man so invested in the melodica

[@MelodicaWorld]

Lol

[@lundsweden]

Why not? I'm surprised the instrument isn't more popular, it's cheap, sounds good, can be expressive, it's very portable and doesn't need batteries. I absolutely love the Melodica, it's a real underdog instrument.

[@WinsomeJohnny]

After a 7year layoff due to a lack of melodica tutorials on KZbin, I'd like to say I'm finally dusting off my impulse buy melodica and giving it another go!

[@MelodicaWorld]

Good to hear!

[@doomer_5329]

i dont know why but this guy has an incredibly calming voice. love these videos

[@israel9350]

Thank you so much! I have my own melodica, but have no one around me that can teach me about melodica. I've had to go through piano tutorials to help me progress, but it isn't the same. Please teach us scales, chords, harmonies, whenever you can. You are a good teacher, keep it up!

[@MelodicaWorld]

Hey, really pleased it's helpful. What sort of music do you play, or want to play?

[@israel9350]

@@MelodicaWorld I'm playing very simple melodies right now, songs that most people would know how to play. But I want to learn how to play jazz, irish, and folk music. Those are the genres I really like.

[@MelodicaWorld]

@@israel9350 Yes, jazz, Irish and folk all sound great on a melodica, good taste!

[@ZvikaDror]

Great to see this, wonderful instrument and lesson from a genuine Melodica teacher! Cheers - and thank you for all you do in Melodica World - inspiring and lovely

[@MelodicaWorld]

Thanks Zvika!

[@celathewhitewolf6513]

Well I might have impulse bought a Melodica so I'm glad that at least someone is here on KZbin to teach me how to play it so I dont anoy my neighbours too much

[@lundsweden]

I'm really addicted to the melodica now! It all started when I was an Uber driver, a passenger was talking about this little instrument that didn't need any power, you just blew into it! Curious, I searched on KZbin and came across this channel. Sonically to me, the melodica sounds a lot like a harmonica. I personally find harmonicas really hard to play though! I've just bought my first one, a very cheap Chinese model with 25 keys. It plays surprisingly well, I seemed to really bond with the instrument and likely will only be the start of my melodica journey!

[@MelodicaWorld]

Great to hear! I also find the harmonica too hard 😀

[@foxtarel]

Thank you so much for this! I just ordered my first melodica last night and I'm now more excited for it to arrive.. please make this a series for us beginners!! Can't seem to find much about melodica..

[@manalghanem7403]

This is the first time I hold a melodica and I love it. The teacher is great and very encouraging. Thank you!!

[@yaibrooks1048]

I've always wondered what a melodica was and how it's supposed to be played. I'm glad I came across this video. This is very informative! Your pace of teaching is very good.

[@MelodicaWorld]

Really glad it helped

[@tanngominh9935]

An actually tutorial for melodica. Thank you for the amazing lesson.

[@KingfisherTalkingPictures]

I hadn’t thought about using a melodica like a guitar, in that you use the chords, but your breath is like the strum pattern.

[@MelodicaWorld]

Yeah, it’s good for accompanying!

[@seisveintiocho-x9e]

Today I bought the (in my opinion) better looking melodica soprano without knowing much about it. I just happened to come across it and it looked fun. I will clean it up and start playing! Thanks for the tutorial!

[@MelodicaWorld]

Definitely looks good, not as easy to play though!

[@franciscasuharyani7376]

Please do more the tutorial, my sister have melodica but never use it again. I want to learn melodica

[@wesleyjobe5051]

Fantastic beginners lesson! The pace and elaborations were very nicely done. Thank you for the help!

[@MelodicaWorld]

Thanks for watching Wesley, really pleased you liked it! :-)

[@worlanyogakpo1776]

I just got to know note "A" on the melodica. Thanks so much

[@thenaturalmd]

Love your Clavietta!

[@MelodicaWorld]

Such a beautiful instrument isn't it?

[@CreativeSteve69]

Im glad i discovered ya. I recently bought myself a melodica after getting interested from watching a friend use one. earned a new sub n hope to see more tutorials.

[@MelodicaWorld]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@Saamniferu]

As someone who plays melodicas and loves them I notice thats a clavietta Which are really cool melodicas!

[@MelodicaWorld]

Yes, beautiful instrument!

[@eunsoolee7226]

Thank you so much. You're great teacher and Your teaching has helped me a lot.

[@MelodicaWorld]

Thank you! Really pleased to hear this

[@no_special_person]

Thank you for your wisdom💜 First Instrument for me and your various videos have got be playing

[@MelodicaWorld]

Great to hear this!

[@mahtoujin]

You made it so easy to understand! Thank you.

[@MelodicaWorld]

Glad it was helpful!

[@JamesMatteoCano2810]

Thank you for sharing! I love playing melodica.

[@MelodicaWorld]

Thanks for watching, me too! :-)

[@SomeGuyOnTheInterweb]

Thank you SO much! I learned how to do SO much! -Gamor

[@MelodicaWorld]

You're welcome!!

[@EddsterTheGamer]

this actually elped me so much thank you so much

[@MelodicaWorld]

So glad to hear that!

[@EddsterTheGamer]

@@MelodicaWorld thank you

[@wewenrourou]

fianlly a good tutorial. besides, you look so mysterious and kind, thanks a lot!

[@MelodicaWorld]

Glad to be of help :-) Thanks for watching!

[@uppotukki]

Oh, thanks for the lesson!

[@MelodicaWorld]

My pleasure!

[@BxJct0]

more vids pls

[@Otra_Chica_de_Internet]

It's 6 AM and I don't even have a melodica what am I doing here

[@lundsweden]

Sing us a song, you're the piano man! Sing us a song tonight!

[@wanchenbao2354]

非常棒，期待着接下来的课程，谢谢老师

[@MelodicaWorld]

谢谢，新影片即将推出！

[@Fenixnaveen]

Sir piano and melodica have same lessons?

[@MelodicaWorld]

Yes, they’re very closely related

[@Jacksmusicshack]

Just got my melodica :) 20$ well spent! Learning

[@MelodicaWorld]

Cool!

[@violethill4454]

Can you please do videos on how to apply basic music theory on melodicas? 🥺

[@MelodicaWorld]

I cover basic music theory in the lessons 1-10

[@mamatessa.official]

Thank you Sir Daren 😄

[@MelodicaWorld]

You're welcome 😊

[@olive1992]

Hi. Thx for your videos and lessons. Have you any advice for the position of the teeth on the mouthpiece? I am a sax player a'and sometimes my teeth are aching due to the pressure. Is there this kind of problem with the melodica? Thx. Regards

[@MelodicaWorld]

You don’t need to use teeth on a melodica mouth piece :-)

[@Cnj310]

Very nice vdo. I am playing keys with left hand but it is found difficult to play due to blowing pipe interfere on keys. Can you please tell solution. Thanking you 🙏🙏🌹

[@olive1992]

Hi Darren, Is there a melodica with the keys having the same width than the piano ones (2,3 cms). Thx again for your work Olivier

[@MelodicaWorld]

I don’t think there’s one available with full size keys…

[@danenakasone3547]

I'm on your Facebook. How wonderful is that. Melodica is my favorite.

[@elvieochoa9899]

i do this and wach it every day

[@MelodicaWorld]

Great to hear this

[@gurl_on_a_break]

I have a 25 key Hohner melodica, it belonged to my grandpa and I want to play it, but I am so confused. How do I mark the C,A and B etc etc?

[@MelodicaWorld]

Look for the a group of 3 black notes, find the black note in the middle, and play the white note immediately to the right. That's an A. The note to the right of that is a B, and to the right of that, a C, and son on. After you get to G, it doesn't go to H, it loops back to A. Notice that A is also inside the next 3 black note group. Does this help?

[@powskier]

But if you play it with it in your lap with a tube, can't you play with both hands? Then you can play the base line with your left and melody with your right?

[@MelodicaWorld]

Yes, that's a great advantage of playing on your lap

[@powskier]

@@MelodicaWorld I'm looking for an instrument to bring on wilderness whitewater river trips to accompany guitars which is what most people bring, believe it or not. (in waterproof protective cases) But I only know keyboard. I thought of a small one because you can do different sounds which would be great, but I think the batteries would run out and remember m there's no power out there. I never even heard of a melodic until I watched this video. What other options are there?

[@MelodicaWorld]

@@powskier I can only think of melodica, nice and light too!

[@vinny691]

In the long run, would you prefer a 32 notes or a 37 one?

[@MelodicaWorld]

I like the size of the 32 note, but I need more notes for some tunes. So in the long run, I'll go for the 37

[@greatkingkay7954]

I love your voice

[@camh6328]

I'd never even heard of this instrument until today. How old is that instrument?

[@MelodicaWorld]

1958!

[@johanndysen4924]

Hazle más videos!!!!

[@MelodicaWorld]

Bueno!

[@sonijam]

What brand/model melodica are you using in this video?

[@MelodicaWorld]

It’s a vintage clavietta

[@kaio8330]

Olá eu sou BR sou brasileiro cara eu tava querendo muito que você falasse os nomes daquelas caneta que tu fez um vídeo que eu toco só que eu tô querendo muito saber esses nomes dessas novas que eu quero trocar valeu

[@gliderrider]

Now I gotta sneak my son’s melodica out of his room again.

[@MelodicaWorld]

That made me laugh!

[@michellejeffries9280]

Um I need help I have a bontempi melodica and I don’t know the letters to label it as I can’t find anywhere what the keys are :

[@elvieochoa9899]

this is sooooooooooooooooo easy very i am like seventeen and i like this

[@terrybyrd5105]

I might get one to help me learn and recognize chords, but ultimately I intend to take up flutes.

[@MelodicaWorld]

Good idea Terry!

[@michaelraith9481]

I am a little bit confused. After A there should be "H", right - the black one before that should be the "B" note. Or is different with piano keys? [ (His)C, Cis/Des, D, Dis/Es, E(Fes), (Eis)F, Fis/Ges, G, Gis/As, A, Ais/B, H(Ces), (His)C ]

[@MelodicaWorld]

Melodicas the same as piano - A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, A...

[@momotaro7816]

Can you write a chord on the it all?

[@MelodicaWorld]

You can play chords on it. Is that what you mean?

[@Neyghene]

The lower 3 buttons on that model threw me off so much Xd

[@MelodicaWorld]

Yeah, I should’ve used a more common melodica

[@got2v720]

My Month Old Melodica had a off tune reed but when i came to tune it, another reed got bent into a 10° angle. Any tips or ideas? I would really like to preserve the melodica but i dont know how to fix this

[@MelodicaWorld]

It takes a bit of practice to tune the melodica without making things worse! Maybe you can gently bend the reed back? Sometimes once its been bent, its difficult to get it to sound properly, even when you get it back into shape

[@samlovett2444]

is this the only tutorial video for melodica on your channel?

[@MelodicaWorld]

Yes, the only one so far, what are you interested in learning about?

[@rejecttiger]

I don’t know if you mentioned this but is the first chord a G chord? Because I notice it wouldn’t make sense is A was the first chord

[@rejecttiger]

Are all melodicas like that?

[@MelodicaWorld]

@@rejecttiger Hi Tiger, on the instrument I'm playing in the video, it starts on a G. But different melodicas start on different notes. Many start on an F, or other notes. Does this help?

[@rejecttiger]

MelodicaWorld yes, much appreciated

[@zeena4615]

Why i have an extra black key on my melodica ?

[@zeena4615]

And 19 white keys 😭😂

[@MelodicaWorld]

@@zeena4615 melodicas come in all different sizes, and start on different notes of the scale!

[@zeena4615]

MelodicaWorld oh thank you

[@Lenitgo]

I’m struggling with the fingers

[@MelodicaWorld]

Anything I can help with?

[@elvieochoa9899]

i subscribed to you

[@MelodicaWorld]

Thanks!

[@lundsweden]

... But what I really want to know is how to get to Sesame Street!

[@MelodicaWorld]

😂😂😂

[@dveros]

I need it subtitled in Spanish😭

[@prussiamdephangrell6305]

Mine is 3 2 3 2 3 2

[@MelodicaWorld]

it sounds like yours start in an F, and probably ends on an F too. 37 note

[@centipedism]

Heh, sound

[@violethill4454]

Same

[@HaydenMZ79]

You lost me when you dropped the minor from the D chord.

[@MelodicaWorld]

Oh :-(

[@anbusasi2257]

I need melodica words

[@GoaWay4Sanity]

you basically gave a piano lesson for a melodica😁

[@MelodicaWorld]

Yes, the melodica is really similar to a tiny piano!

[@Froggyman780]

Mines numbers and has do re me fas

[@marcusrapsing4114]

I don't even have a melodica how'd I get here

[@MelodicaWorld]

Lol