Part 1 - Harmonica Note Bending Exercise
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- This tutorial will help improve your note bending on the blues harmonica. Intended for intermediate players and above. You need a C diatonic harp to play along.
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Very cool, Lee. Thanks. Lots to think about and work on. Cheers, Eric.
gaijin134 Yo Eric, reassuring to hear that. Cheers, Lee
I’ve had a whole morning with your YT lessons. You’re a very insightful teacher! Every video is a little gem. Thanks a lot for that and looking forward to your Brainstruments book. Best. Konrad
Thanks for watching my lessons and I'm glad they are useful to you Konrad. Email me at elist@leesankey.com for updates on Brainstruments. Cheers, Lee
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well understood and explained, I got)
thanks a lot, lee.
there's no much harmonica book lessons out there,and you're doing a great job spreading an elaborated harmonica blues culture.
I'm still working on your TB videos, but decided to check this out. careness cheers.
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Thanks for message Duarte. There's lots of fine harmonica lessons on CZcams so never been a better time to tackle some new techniques! Lee
Amazing video Lee, I am working on it. Thank you.
Edgar Arantes Cool, there's a part 2 as well. Lee
Excelente!!!
Awesome Video Lee :-)
Just written the notes down and I'm off to have a go!
Many Thanks for your time in doing these videos, they're ever so helpful and inspiring!
Richard Sherwin Cool, let me know how you get on. Part 2 is live too. Thanks, Lee
This does show big advantages of tongue blocking. Very cool to do it with both the left and right sides of the tongue. I have got to start working on that.
Tony Stephens Hi Tony, thanks for checking out the lesson. You can also get a similar effect switching between LP and TP. But swapping sides, especially on the 1, gives a bigger sound. Lee
This is a HUGE lesson Lee. I'm trying with TB now, as a Beginner advanced LipPurser is a little intimidating, but your lessons are awsome. So grateful of people like you sharing knowledge.
Glad to hear this connected with you. Always great when people let me know a lesson has helped them. Don't be intimidated by TB. The key is not to try to TB everything from day 1. I have a 25 lesson course here on CZcams which will take you through the steps. Check it out: czcams.com/video/oquWOi0F21c/video.html
Brilliant. Thanks so much 👍
No worries.
Great lesson Lee,thanks for posting.Its a little bit beyond me at the moment but i will persivere with it...thanks again!!!
Thanks for watching. Keep practising and you'll be ready for this stuff soon. Lee
It's a great riff which is standing between the riff and solo, awesome!
Thanks for watching and glad you dig the riffs as well as the lesson. Lee
Always something to get your teeth into with your vids, Lee. Simple but not easy. Great stuff (as is part deux) and thank you ever so much.
Huw Davies good feedback Huw, difficult to know how to pitch the lessons sometimes. Glad there's some ideas here for you. And thanks for following through to part 2. It's amazing how few people watch the additional elements when you split lessons across 2 or more videos. Cheers, Lee
Lee Sankey
I'd rather work on something that I can get a (rough) hold on relatively quickly (Part 1), then maybe the embellishments (part 2), and then polish up at my own pace, than be presented with more advanced stuff that is great in theory but just out of my reach. My own personal opinion, as a fairly useless player! And thanks again!
Will do Lee as usual it always looks easier on the video ;-) but I think I'll get it with practice. I'm learning tongue blocking at the moment and finding that my TB bend notes are not as accurate or strong as the Pucker but I suppose. 'Proper practice makes perfect!' ;-)
Cheers
Richard
lee you are a good teacher... i ilke your videos..
Thanks for your kind words and interest in my videos Sudhir.
Great lesson cheers Lee!
Cool, thanks for watching. Did you check out my other exercises on note bending?
I know part 2 is there but I want to practice part 1 first until I'm fairly confident. I just jumped from a cheapo chinese harmonica i picked up in India, to a Hsp20 and the dynamics of the bends are quite different, almost like learning to bend again!
You'll adapt to the new harp pretty quick I'm sure. The Special 20 is a great choice.
Another excellent video Lee. I got your point but I think that there are others things/licks that shows better the interest and even the neccessity of TB on both sides of the mouth. For instance, on the live video of S'picious woman you posted a few years ago, there's a lick at about 3:10 where you obviously TB on both sides. This lick can be achieved by puckering and tongue blocking both but the articulation won't be as smooth as yours. These are the things that really raised up my interest in learning to TB on both sides.
Bertrand Werbrouck Hi Bertrand, thanks for posting. this is very interesting. I have to tell you that I played that Sp'icious Woman lick alternating between LP and TB. That was 11 years ago and at the point I was not TB'ing to the extent I do now. I wasn't TB'ing on the 1,2 or high end in 1st for example. My playing has evolved considerably during that time. Although I probably don't have the fluency that I used to when I was touring, my tone and technique are better now than then. Cheers, Lee
Lee, thanks so much for the these Lessons, I actually watched the second lesson first. Some how I was not paying attention - LOL. This is my 60th year of playing harp. My father was also a harp player and an avid tongue blocker. Till this day I have not mastered some of the rifts he used to do. Even though our styles were a lot different, I did learn a lot from him. He played country harp and I was more of 60s blues. I am looking forward to your country blues lessons !! I have been told that you can never be to old to learn new things, so as long as I have the breath to blow my harp I look forward to learning !! - FLOYD
Floyd Amason Hey Floyd, thanks for your comments. It must be great to have knowledge handed along from your father. Country blues techniques totally crossover into 60's style blues. In some respects, players like Sonny Terry etc laid the foundation for later styles. Sounds like you're are as passionate about the harmonica as the day you started. Let me know what you think of the country blues course if you follow it. Cheers, Lee
1-How to choose which pitch to use in each song? one must have notions about other instruments,
to know the tone of the song and choose the right harmonica? or do you have to always ask the band?
2-gaita and compass, when you play the harmonica you're counting the bars, to know the time to get in and out?
3-gaita and improvisation, is there improvisation wrong? is because it seems that in the blues of you plays a note it fits in the ear,
but it looks like they could fit any other note, if it was not that one played. and when it fits a note of ear
is out of range?
4- gaita and evolution, I learned many techniques used, but I packed, I can not play or improvise anything, but I know
do almost everything that the players use in the songs, how can I get past this phase? Is decorating music?
Hi Joao, these are good questions but too complex to answer in a comments box. My suggestion would be to take a private lesson with a professional in your area or over Skype if there are no professional teachers near you. A teacher will be able to answer these questions in a lesson or two. Thanks, Lee
Lee, can you tab out the notes you are playing on this (or do you have them some where)? Many thanks for all your help!
I generally don't provide tabs for my lessons. Partly because of time, but also I believe people need to work their ears rather than having everything handed to them. CZcams can make things too easy for people which means you don't develop the mental machinery for advanced playing. Have a go at working them out by ear and come back to me. Lee
Brilliant, as usual Lee. Been playing harp for a while now, played around with tongue blocking but now going for it full on. One problem, when I play the 2-5 split the 2 draw always sounds horribly flat unless I breath through my nose at the same time, this cant be right! my 2 draw is fine otherwise. perhaps you can help, its driving me mad. Thanks.
jonmombs Hi Jon, thanks for watching and posting a comment. Hmmm the flatness on the 2 draw is weird given it's fine when played on it's own. There must be something you're doing to put a slight bend on it or perhaps it's a sonic illusion. Do you have the same issue on the 2-5 blow split on the same harp or other harps? And are your other splits like 1-4 draw/blow o.k? Lee
Lee Sankey Hi Lee, thanks for replying, means a lot. All my other splits sound ok, its just the 2-5 draw. Have noticed the lower A harp sounds worse than the C harp so perhaps I`ll practice exclusively on the C harp until tongue blocking becomes more natural to me, and then move on to lower harps. Thanks again Lee, you're a true gent, Jon
Hi Jon, I wouldn't shy away from that A harp. It's good to practise on a range of keys. Lee
Hey lee, great 12 bar for me to practice! I was wondering how you put your stuff together.. I'm assuming it's a lot of listening , technique and playing. I love your Vimeo stuff too, though I'm only on the second episode. Tongue blocking + bending leads to a ton of fox chase: barn dance rhythms ! I'm still just trying I piece it all together and keep it in my memory ( which I find the hardest thing for riff memorization ) I think the only answer is just play more harp and listen to everyone else play
ian donohue Hi Ian, thanks for your comments, interest and checking out my country blues series on Vimeo. There isn't a simple answer to your question. I guess like any artist it's a case of inspiration. I find that in lots of places. Musical ideas come to me when I'm playing but also when I'm not playing. Putting the lessons together is pretty straightforward though. There it's a case of finding things that I know I struggled with that you suspect and hope others will find useful knowing about. In a sense I'm just revealing how I learnt to play. Cheers, Lee
Have you thought of putting together a DVD? Or maybe Vimeo lessons on construction of 12 bar blues? Chord tones, call and response, turn arounds, etc
ian donohue Hi Ian, I think the DVD model is dead, right? I am planning on a new Vimeo series soon but am trying to cover something different rather than 12 bar things that have been covered in detail already. Lee
I suppose you're right about the dvd bit. I'll be staying tuned to the Vimeo channel. I was just looking for more direction. It's difficult being intermediate and trying to create something unique without jut rippin other people's phrasing and riffs . Cheers thanks for the knowledge
ian donohue let me know how you get on with the Country Blues Series 1 if you follow it through, There are 15 lessons. Lee
How do you articulate your 3 draw half step bend and is there a little bit of the 4 draw in it? It sounds so nice.
Ho Jürgen, thanks for your question and kind words. Can you let me know which specific passage in the video you are referring to so I can answer your query more accurately. Thanks,. Lee.
Thanks for your response:)
For example the 3 draw half step bend at 1:33 before you switch to the 2 draw.
As you say Lee: you pretty much tongue-block everything. However; when you played the same piece, lip-pursed - to me at least - the notes sounded just that bit richer. I can imagine there are a lot of advantages to playing tongue-blocked and I've yet to fully grasp that; and this was just an observation my side of things. Thanks for the upload anyway Lee - it's much appreciated.
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Hah! A fellow upside-downer!
MrCopperthwaite Cool. Do you use tongue blocking in your playing? Lee
No, I've tried and just can't get the hang of it. Is it something should be persevered with do you think? I have to mention I'm a novice and have only a few draw bends under my belt. Love playing though and I appreciate the way you explain stuff here.
MrCopperthwaite It's definitely worth persevering with Tongue Blocking. The trick is not to switch to it completely until you build your confidence with single notes on certain holes and using techniques like octaves. It's good to mix both lip pursing and tongue blocking. I have a 24 lesson course on my channel about tongue blocking. Maybe try working your way through that? Check it out here: czcams.com/play/PL62DB037B81B15454.html . Either way it's an important technique to add to your skill set at some point in your learning journey. Cheers, Lee
Lee Sankey Thanks, I'll go to.
Why doesn't anyone just teach people how to bend. You don't need all this talking! Not just you, everyone on youtube are talking way way too much.