hi guys welcome to tune basics the series that teaches you how to play the basics today
we'll be taking another look at that famous mexican folk song la kakoracha and how to
play it on a tremolo harmonica with 24 holes here is a tremolo harmonica with 24 holes
this tremolo is in the key of c but don't worry if your tremolo is not in the key of
c it's the hole numbers that are important if your tremolo is not numbered then the first
hole that produces the lowest note is hole number one the second hole is hole number
two and so on right up to the last hole which is hole number 24. you will also notice that
each number actually has two corresponding holes but for this lesson just pretend that
there is only one hole and treat them as such for this lesson when you see this red arrow
it means blow into your tremolo harmonica and when you see this blue arrow it means
breathe in through your tremolo harmonica got it good here is what lika karacha looks
like when it's written down in the key of c
and here is how it sounds
extremely good singing
this guy should have a record deal
let's take a closer look at phrase one blown to seven three times
blow into nine blow into eleven
blow into seven three times
blow into nine
and blow into eleven
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase 2 blow into 9 twice breath in through eight twice
breath in through six twice
and blow into seven
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase three blow into seven three
times
breathe in through eight
breathe in through ten blow into seven three times
breathe in through eight and breathe in through ten
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase 4 blow into 13
breathe into 14.
blow into 13
breathe in through 12
blow into 11.
breath in through ten
blow into eleven
and blow into nine
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
phrase five is exactly the same as phrase one
phrase six is exactly the same as phrase two
and phrase seven is exactly the same as phrase three
so let's move on to phrase eight blow into thirteen
breathe in through fourteen
blow into 13
breathe into 12
blow in to 11.
breathe in through ten
and blow into nine
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase nine blow into seven twice
blow into nine twice
blow into eleven twice
blow into 13
and blow into 11.
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase 10 blow into 13 twice
breath in through 14
blow into 13.
breath in through 12
blow into 11
blow into 13
breathe in through 12
and breath in through 10.
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase 11 blow into seven twice breathe in through eight twice
breathe in through ten twice
breathe in through 12
and breathe in through 10.
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
now phrase 12 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
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