Hi guys welcome to Tune Basics the series that teaches you how to play the basics
today we'll be taking a look at that American classic Turkey in the Straw
and how to play it on a diatonic harmonica here's what Turkey In
the Straw 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 blow into eight breath in through eight
blow into seven
breathe in through seven
blow into seven breath in through eight
and blow into seven
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this for Phrase Two blow into six
blow into five
breathe in through five blow into six
breathe in through six
blow into six
blow into five blow into six
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for Phrase Three blow into seven
breathe in through eight
blow into eight three times
breathe in through eight
blow into seven and breathe in through eight
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
For Phrase Four blow into eight
breathe in through eight twice blow Into eight
and breathe in through eight
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
now Phrase Five is exactly the same as Phrase One
and phrase six is exactly the same as phrase two
so let's move on to Phrase Seven blow into seven
breathe in through eight
blow into eight
blow into nine
breathe in through ten
blow into nine
blow into eight
blow into seven
breathe in through eight blow into eight
breathe in through eight
and blow into seven
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
for Phrase Eight blow into nine
blow into five
blow into six
blow into five
blow into six twice
blow into five
blow into six
blow into five
and blow into six
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
For
Phrase Nine breathe in through five
breathe in through six
breathe through five
breathe in through six twice
breathe in through five
breathe in through six
breathe in through five
and breathe in through six
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
For phrase Ten breathe in through six
breathe in through seven
blown into seven twice
blow into six twice blow into five twice
and breathe into four
and practice this until you end up with something that sounds like this
now for Phrase 11 if you want to you can just play that exactly the same as you did for Phrase Seven
or you can play at an octave lower like this blow into four
breathe in through four
blow into five
blow into six
breathe in through six
blow into six
blow into five
blow into four
breathe in through four
blow into five
breathe in through four 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
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