Hi guys welcome to Tune Basics the series that teaches you how to play the basics today we'll
be taking a look at how to play that famous sea shanty Wellerman on a diatonic harmonica
now in this tutorial we will be using bends now don't worry if you don't know
how to bend I've included some links to some awesome bending tutorials in the description
below here's what Wellerman looks like when it's written down and here is how it sounds
let's take a closer look at phrase one blow into three
breathe in through three and bend the note to produce A four times blow into four
and blow into five three times
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase two blow into five breathe in through five
breathe in through four three times
blow into five into five
breathe into six
blow into five
and blow into four
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
phrase three breathe in through three
breathe in through three and bend the note to produce A three times
blow into four
and blow into five three times
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase 4 blow into 5 twice
breathe in through 4
blow into four twice
breathe in through three
and breathe in through three and bend the note to produce A
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase five breathing through six twice
breathe in through five
blow into six
and blow into five twice
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase six blow into five breathe in through five
breathe in through four
blow into five breathe in through five
blow into five
blow into four
and breathe into three and bend the note to produce A
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase seven breathe in through six
twice
breathe in through five twice
blow into six and blow into five twice
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase eight blow into five twice
breathe in through four and blow into four
breathe in through three
and breathe in through three and bend the note to produce A
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
so let's try putting all the phrases
together
and there you have it and remember if you're the kind of person
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