Harmonica Positions???!!! What are they? Why do we need to know them?

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  • This week's harmonica lesson will show you what harmonica positions are and why it is useful to know them. You will need a harmonica in the key of C.
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  • @TomlinHarmonica
    @TomlinHarmonica  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

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  • @ihh2921
    @ihh2921 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really informative for someone just starting out, thank you :)

  • @Nathanael3D
    @Nathanael3D 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very useful and informative, as always. Your weekly lessons are a great pleasure :)

  • @davemccraw3910
    @davemccraw3910 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great explanation thx

  • @Raymond-rr5iv
    @Raymond-rr5iv 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you !! This helps ..

  • @billmccannel1814
    @billmccannel1814 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome Tom...thanks..65 years old and this is so cool...peace

  • @robcassie2549
    @robcassie2549 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just watched this and I have no idea what you are talking about. Position1 and position 2, it’s all a mystery to me. Using a diagram of some sort would maybe help a complete and utter noob like me.

  • @kdon8497
    @kdon8497 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey Tomlin,
    Great job I can play and hunt around but this explains a lot, keep up the lessons
    Thanks

  • @TokiDesha
    @TokiDesha 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cheers!!

  • @RatRodStudios
    @RatRodStudios 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Always appreciated ....thank you.

    • @TomlinHarmonica
      @TomlinHarmonica  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Bob Kramer and i appreciate you watching them :-)

    • @TomlinHarmonica
      @TomlinHarmonica  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Bob Kramer and i appreciate you watching them :-)

  • @cyclonudista
    @cyclonudista 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I still don´t quite get what it means to play in first or second position...

    • @d-ro3266
      @d-ro3266 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Positions are just groups of notes that sounds good together based on their relative root notes if that makes sense

    • @LewisJackson
      @LewisJackson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I feel you

    • @robcassie2549
      @robcassie2549 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’m with you on this one 🤔

    • @justaweeb9086
      @justaweeb9086 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Jesse Mohammad I've either seen you somewhere else or that was another person but now I'm skeptical if that's sone sort of scam

  • @kzookid2051
    @kzookid2051 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great explanation. I've watched a lot of beginner videos, and your was the first to actually connect with my brain so I can understand why some of them said, "If you have an X key harmonica, you can play it like a Z key harmonica." Thanks! Very glad I subscribed.

    • @TomlinHarmonica
      @TomlinHarmonica  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's awesome - I'm so pleased :-)

    • @journeyfortwo5211
      @journeyfortwo5211 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      But to play in the key of Z you would want a V harmonica. 2nd position is a fifth interval away from 1st position

    • @moorha
      @moorha ปีที่แล้ว

      @@journeyfortwo5211 my brain just turned off after reading this...

  • @mommabear5132
    @mommabear5132 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thank you sssoooooooooooooo much,now I now what a positions is!!!!! :)

  • @ScottJones-ne8qx
    @ScottJones-ne8qx 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tom, I could ask this in any of your videos, but I have a question about hand position. I've gotten used to holding the instrument with my right hand, not my left. Is this a liability? Are there any artists you know that play this way? Should I try to relearn how I hold my harmonica?

  • @johandegreef3846
    @johandegreef3846 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello Tomlin,
    If you are inmprovising on a 12 bar blues, do you use these different positions/notes for each degree, or do you just use the G blues scale over all 12 bars? Thx

  • @nelxonmiranda
    @nelxonmiranda 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    TELL US WHAT A POSITION IS. THEN GO INTO WHERE IT IS! Geeeez.

  • @dennisdevine9563
    @dennisdevine9563 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Do all your elessons start when a person signs up, or do you do them on a schedule?

    • @TomlinHarmonica
      @TomlinHarmonica  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Some of my courses start as soon as you sign up but some are on a specific schedule.

  • @ARealToothbrush
    @ARealToothbrush 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a C harmonica and I have played all 10 holes blow and draw and none of them are making the sounds that he is making in the video . I can only match a few notes

  • @MegaBoomer666
    @MegaBoomer666 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Speak unfortunately no English but understood why it is
    Many Thanks

    • @TomlinHarmonica
      @TomlinHarmonica  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Wanderer x im glad you still found it useful my friend :-)

    • @TomlinHarmonica
      @TomlinHarmonica  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Wanderer x im glad you still found it useful my friend :-)

    • @TomlinHarmonica
      @TomlinHarmonica  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Wanderer x im glad you still found it useful my friend :-)

  • @lawnorder6804
    @lawnorder6804 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, a triple decker tin sandwich! Tomlin I'm still confused. My understanding is most blues operates in the second position. Eg. If I want to play a song in the key of G, I need to use a C harp. My confusion is that the C is the 1st. If the translation is G to C and we want to play in the 2nd position, wouldn't we need the harmonica that has C in the 2nd?
    Thank you and merry Christmas 🎄

    • @613brownie
      @613brownie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      F harp for blues in C

    • @moorha
      @moorha ปีที่แล้ว

      i dont understand at all... if i have a song in a key of G, why dont i simply take G harmonica??? And.. if i have a C harmonica and the song is in G.... how do i play it? For example the song in G starts with -4 and i have a C harmonica... what do i play? aaarrhhhghghghg....

  • @ArisianFusion
    @ArisianFusion 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What's with the Gustav Klimt?

    • @TomlinHarmonica
      @TomlinHarmonica  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      +ArisianFusion just an alternative background :-)

    • @TomlinHarmonica
      @TomlinHarmonica  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      +ArisianFusion just an alternative background :-)

    • @ArisianFusion
      @ArisianFusion 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice! :)

  • @Harp_and_Guitar_Moving_Forward
    @Harp_and_Guitar_Moving_Forward 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    🧐

  • @loke4949
    @loke4949 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beginners should learn chrods first or singles notes first

    • @TomlinHarmonica
      @TomlinHarmonica  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I generally start beginners with train rhythms. You can do my beginners course here; FREE 4 Week Blues Harmonica Foundation eCourse tomlinharmonicaschool.com/p/4-week-foundation

  • @SXHQQSSS
    @SXHQQSSS 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Totally Confused!

  • @juanantonioespinosa8816
    @juanantonioespinosa8816 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really like your videos.
    But, actually, in this case, you didn´t told us what is a "position".
    I guess it has to be something as electricity: a denied knwledge for me...

  • @guloguloguy
    @guloguloguy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    IMHO: Your explanation here was still not very clear, or well explained.

    • @SoundAssault
      @SoundAssault 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      After rewinding several times, what I think I deciphered is that 1st position starts at 1 blow, 2nd position starts at 2 draw, third position starts at 1 draw... ? Not clear...

  • @davidkendall589
    @davidkendall589 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Okay... sooo.... you didn't explain what they are.

  • @gobuns2
    @gobuns2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    man, I bit my harp yesterday as a joke but it made a clicking sound :||

  • @nw2394
    @nw2394 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I find "positions" mega confusing . I don't know why harmonica teachers are afraid of the proper musical terminology i.e. keys and modes. Why avoid music theory that every other musician knows only to invent new words!?