hi guys welcome to Tune Basics the series that teaches you how to play
the basics today we'll be taking another look at how to play that famous song that everyone knows
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star but this time we'll be looking at how to play it in the second position
on a diatonic harmonica playing your harmonica in the second position basically means that
whatever key your diatonic harmonica is in we will be playing the song in the key that
uses the Draw note on the second hole as its root base note so if your harmonica is in the key of c
blowing into the first hole produces a C sound
but when you breathe in through the second hole it makes a G sound so if you're playing a song
in second position on a C harmonica then that means the song is going to be in the Key of G
if you're still confused don't worry i've included some links in the description below to help you
but for the purpose of this lesson i'll be showing you how to play this song on
a C harmonica but in the key of G if your harmonica is not in the key of c
don't worry just turn the volume down and follow the arrows
now for this tutorial we'll also be using bends now don't worry if you don't know how to use bends
i've put some links in the description below to some awesome bending tutorials here's what Twinkle
Twinkle Little Star looks like when it's written down in the Key of G and here is how it sounds
g g d d e e d c c b b a a g d d c c b b a d d c c b b a g g d d e e d c c b b a a g
let's take a closer look at phrase one breathe in through two twice
breathe in through four twice
blow into five twice
and breathe in through four
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase two blow into four twice
breathe in through three twice
breathe in through three twice and bend the note to produce A
and blow into three
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase 3 breathe in through four twice
blow into four twice
breathe in through three twice
and breathe into three and bend the note to produce A
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
now phrase four is exactly the same as phrase three
and phrase five is exactly the same as phrase one
and phrase six is exactly the same as phrase two
so let's try putting all the phrases
together
and there you have it and remember if you're the kind of person who prefers learning the harmonica
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