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[Harmonica Teaching] How to play the harmonica Thursday, February 1, 2007 02:58 pm Buy a single tone first Harmonica, don’t ignore its functions just because it is called “monophonic” on the surface. In fact, compared to other types of harmonicas, its playing techniques are more varied and its functions are greater. It can be used for both solo and accompaniment. , is a very practical harmonica. The price of this kind of harmonica with 24 holes is generally about 20 yuan. The twenty-eight-hole one may be a little more expensive, but the price/performance ratio is still good. Furthermore, when buying a harmonica, merchants generally do not allow sound testing, so the quality issues can only be known after you buy it. It is best to accompany a friend who can play the harmonica to buy it and play it on the spot. As long as there is nothing wrong with it, I suggest you buy a "Shanghai" brand single-note harmonica, a twenty-four-hole one is enough.

Compared with other wind, string, strum, and percussion instruments, it is certainly easier to learn the harmonica, but don’t underestimate it. You know, there is no need to talk about basic skills, only the harmonica There are more than twenty kinds of playing techniques, but don't worry, because no matter what kind of instrument, if you have solid basic skills, you can learn by analogy no matter what technique it is.

As for the learning method, I think the following is that you need to prepare a teaching material at hand. If not, you can just buy the small teaching material that comes with the harmonica (it is just simpler, but still very practical) ); secondly, you need to be patient and figure out the scale and blowing and sucking characteristics of the piano grid no matter what (don’t overthink it at the beginning, just figure out the commonly used scales, for example, from bass 5 to treble 3 This range will do); third, it’s best to have a few simple songs you like on hand, even if they are children’s songs, as long as you like them.

If you are self-study, you can start from the following aspects:

1. First practice the "monophonic playing method". The characteristic of this playing method is that you only point your lips towards a certain note. With the sound holes (the upper and lower holes, the same as the bottom), just blow what should be blown and suck what should be sucked. During the practice, you can find a simple song for adaptive experience. After you become more familiar with this practice, you can blow or inhale by aligning your lips with the two sound holes. However, as far as the characteristics of the harmonica are concerned, the effect of holding two sound holes in the mouth is exactly the same as holding one sound hole. Therefore, the purpose of practicing according to this process is to be able to quickly and accurately find the scale you want to play.

2. After you have mastered the single-note playing method (quickly, you can play a song in a few hours), you can start practicing the "new single-note playing method". The characteristics of this technique are It is performed on the basis of the single-note playing method. You can hold seven holes in your mouth, cover the five holes on the right with your tongue, and then play the remaining two sound holes on the left. The sound produced is the same as the single-note playing method. This is a basic exercise. No need to ask for advice. If the efficiency is high, this process will take about a week.

3. Forebeat accompaniment practice. The characteristic of this practice is based on the "new single-note playing method". When practicing the new single-note playing method, the tongue covering the hole should follow the The running of the beat hits the sound hole, that is, the tongues fall together quickly without interrupting the performance of the music, and an accompaniment sound similar to "哐, 哐" appears. Compared with the above two exercises, this exercise is more difficult and may It will take you a little more time, but this is the most basic technique for playing the harmonica.

In the above practice process, it is best for you to perform it with a piece of music that you are familiar with, but remember that the music must be simple and something you know (even if you don’t know much about musical notation) It’s big, but you have to practice it by looking at the score), and you have to play it by memorizing the music score, and you just need to play it more smoothly.

If you can fluently use the uptempo accompaniment technique to play music, it means that you already have a very good foundation in harmonica playing. From now on, there will be nothing that can stump you. Tips.

With this foundation, all other skills can be learned by analogy - I have said this before, of course, you will have to study it yourself in the future!

Finally, I’ll give you a piece of advice: keep singing the tune, practice makes perfect, I wish you can experience happiness from learning!