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 italian folk song Bella Ciao
and how to play it on a tremolo harmonica with 20 holes here is a tremolo harmonica with 20 holes
now we say it has 20 holes even though when you look at it it obviously has 40 holes but
we treat the holes that are on top of and below each other as if they were one whole
this harmonica is in the Key of C now don't worry if your harmonica is not in the Key of C
because it's the numbers that are important and if your harmonica is in a different key and you're
finding it difficult to follow this tutorial just turn the volume down and follow the arrows
now when you see this red arrow it means blow into your harmonica and when you see
this blue arrow it means breathe in through your harmonica got it?
Good! here's what Bella Ciao looks like when it's written down and this is how it sounds
let's take a closer look at phrase one blow into nine
breathe in through twelve breathe in through fourteen blow into 13
and breathe in through 12.
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
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phrase two blow into nine
breathe in through twelve twice breathe in through 14
blow into 13
and breathe in through 12. and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase three blow into nine breathe in through 12 breathe in through 14
blow into 13. breathe in through 14
breathe into 12 blow into 13
breathe in through 14
breathe in through 12 and blow into 15 three times
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
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phrase 4 blow into 15
breathe in through 16
blow into 15
breathe in through 18 twice
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase 5 breathe in through 18
blow into 15 twice
breathe in through 16
and blow into 15
and blow into 13.
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase 6 blow into 13 three times
breathe in through 14. blow into 15
blow into 13
breathe in through 14
and breathe in through 12. and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
now 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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