7 Tips to Improve Your Bends TODAY | Beginner Harmonica Lesson

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In today's harmonica lesson I'll give you seven tips for helping you to bend notes. This video is for you if you are trying to bend for the first time, or if you have been giving it a go but feel you need a bit of extra help.
I recommend learning to bend on a Hohner Special 20 harmonica. Here's an Amazon link (I receive a small affiliate payment if you buy via the link) - amzn.to/3ll6pGZ
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TIMESTAMPS -
00:00 Intro
01:31 Tilt the harmonica
03:49 Change your mouthshape
05:27 Practise clean notes
06:35 Find the sweet spot
08:48 Slow down
10:12 Buy a better harp
11:49 Be patient

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[@nr3rful]

tilting the harp helped me alot

[@johntaylor9381]

One thing I’ve noticed that helps with bending is the brand of harp you’re using. Honestly, practice is the main key to learning to bend and you can learn to bend on any harmonica, but I have noticed that bending is easier not only with certain brands but with different keys. I learned to bend on Suzuki Bluesmasters and struggled for a while bending the third hole without it going flat. I got a few Hohner Blues Harps and noticed my technique could be much less precise but it much harder to make that note go flat. So, what was difficult on one harp was easy on another. Also, higher keys like D, E and F tend to be easier to bend for me than lower keys like G or A. Not tremendously but it’s noticeable. Either way, keep practicing!

[@tobiasz6613]

I'm about a month in to playing harmonica and I've greatly been helped by your TH-cam videos. I've not got bending working yet but I keep practicing and my note isolation has improved and I'm sure I'll get there. I got a Seydel blues session standard packaged with a start learning book and it's a nice harmonica.

[@mikelvaz6110]

Thank you very much !!

[@dar.chardri]

Thank you

[@mk5586]

Thank you very much Liam for these tipps.
Many many greats Manuel

[@Learntheharmonica]

You're very welcome Manuel! 😎

[@griff8496]

Hi Liam, just started on the first two months of the learn harmonica beginners course. Wanted to say how much I'm enjoying it, can't keep my harmonica away from my mouth at the moment, which is hard as I'm trying to learn in secret so that I can surprise the family at a later date. Just a 60 year old in a sweet shop!!

[@Learntheharmonica]

That's awesome Griff, your secret's safe with me! 🤣

[@josephpark7]

Really many thanks for ur kind and well explanation for bending of 7tips. It is strongly helpful to learn it. ^^

[@Learntheharmonica]

You're welcome Joseph, thanks for watching :)

[@joecrumb1798]

Thanks Liam. Love your expertise. I’ve greatly improved my playing. 👍

[@Learntheharmonica]

You're welcome Joe, glad you find my lessons useful 😎

[@anandaarju5389]

Following your every video .thank you Liam

[@Learntheharmonica]

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

[@samuelsukenik5008]

Hello Liam, very good and helpful video for me and beginners, keep up the good work. Thanks!

[@Learntheharmonica]

Thanks Samuel!

[@sandrosiefke987]

Top!!!☺

[@joesk9]

Liam excellent video how do I get that bending video u were talking about? Thanks Joe😎

[@Learntheharmonica]

Thanks joesk9! Here's my video on bending for beginners - th-cam.com/video/fc-byWjMZ_0/w-d-xo.html

[@meucanal5887]

I loved the t-shirt! where can i get one?

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Yeah that design is my favourite. I sell them in my merch store - learntheharmonica-merch-store.creator-spring.com/?

[@Duende402]

I can bend holes 1, 2, 4 and 6 all day long and in tune now, but hole 3 sounds like I'm sucking through a straw. Wish I could blame the harp, but I bought two more and still have this problem. And 3 draw half step bend is probably the most used note. It's been a year!

[@rebeca2085]

Practice is the secret. Keep trying.

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[@dr.kroenen2425]

Somehow I'm don't believe this guy is going to teach you ant thing about bending when he's got a course he's trying to sell you on how to bend notes on the harmonica. Call me a pessimist but I have little to no faith his tips will work.