Hi guys welcome to Tune Basics the series that teaches you how to play the basics
today we'll be taking another look at the famous hymn Nearer my God to Thee
and how to play it on a diatonic harmonica but in this tutorial
we won't be using bends let's take a closer look at phrase one blow into eight
breathe in through eight
blow in to seven twice
and breathe in through six twice
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
For
phrase two blow into six
blow into seven
blow into eight and breathe in through eight
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
Now
phrase three is exactly the same as phrase one
so let's move on to phrase four blow into six
blow into seven
breathe in through seven
breathe in through eight
and blow into seven
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase five blow into nine
breathe in through ten
blow into nine twice
blow into eight
and blow into nine
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this For
phrase six blow into nine
breathe in through ten blow into nine twice
blow into eight
and breathe in through eight
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
Now phrase seven is exactly the same as phrase one
and phrase eight is exactly the same as phrase four so let's try putting all the phrases
together
And there you have it and remember if you're the sort of person who prefers learning the harmonica
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