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 their classic Irish song oh Danny Boy and how to play it on a diatonic
harmonica now for this song we'll be using bends now don't worry if you don't know how to use bins
i've included some links in the description below to some awesome bending tutorials here's
what Oh Danny boy looks like when it's written down in the key of c and here is how it sounds
let's take a closer look at phrase one breathe in through three
blow into four breathe in through four
blow into five
breathe in through four
blow into five
breathe in through six
blow into six
blow into five
breathe in through four blow into four
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 two blow into four
blow into five
breathe in through five blow into six
breathe in through six
blow into six
blow into five
blow into four
blow into five and breathe in through four
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
now phrase three is exactly the same as phrase 1.
so let's move on to phrase four blow into four twice
breathe in through four
blow into 5
breathe in through 5. blow into five
breathe in through four
blow into four breathe in through three
and blown to four and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase five blow into six
breathe in through six breathe in through seven
blow into seven
breathe in through seven twice
breathe in through six
blow into six breathe in through six blow into six
blow into five
and blow into four
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase six blow into six breathe in through six
breathe in through seven
blow into seven
breathe in through seven twice
breathe in through six
blow into six
blow into five and breathe in through four
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
For
phrase seven blow into six three times
blow into eight breathe in through eight twice
blow into seven
breathe in through six
blow into seven
blow into six
blow into five
and blow into four
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for phrase eight breathe in through three
blow into four breathe in through four
blow into five
breathe in through six
blow into six blow into five
breathe in through four
blow into four
breathe in through three and bend the note to produce A
breathe in through three
and blow into four
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 kind of person who prefers
learning the harmonica using tabs then check out my tabs page there's
a link in the description below and until next time stay tuned
Brought to
you be the dude who does the stuff.