hi guys welcome to Tune Basics the series that teaches you how to play the basics today we'll
be looking at some of the fundamentals on how to play a tremolo harmonica with
24 holes here we have a tremolo harmonica with 24 holes in the Key of C now we say 24
holes even though when you look at it it's technically 48 holes but we treat the holes
on top of and underneath each other as if they are one hole now unlike the diatonic harmonica
each hole is either a blow or a breathe hole and will typically only produce one note the
hole that produces the lowest tone is hole number one the hole next to it number two
and so on
but you'll notice that they didn't exactly make a scale so let's take a look at each hole and
see what the tones actually are and here's a piano keyboard to help you visualize where we
are on the scale as this tremolo is in the key of C it helps to know first where all the C's
are you'll find them on hole 3 9 15 and 21 likewise if your tremolo is in another key
holes 3 9 15 and 21 will represent the bass note for whatever key your tremolo is in for
example if your tremolo is in the key of G then holes 3 9 15 and 21 will all make the G sound
likewise if your tremolo is in the key of D major the holes 3 9 15 and 21 will all make the D sound
and so on so as always when learning any song on the harmonica no matter what key
your harmonica is in the numbers you blow into or breathe out from will
all still be the same but for now let's pretend our harmonicas are in the key of
C so blowing into the hole one produces G breathing in through two will produce D and
blowing into three produces C
but breathing in through four produces F
blowing into five produces E
breathing in through six produces A blowing into seven produces G
breathing in through eight produces B
blowing into 9 - C
breathing in through ten D
blowing into 11 - E
breathing in through 12 F blowing into 13 G breathing in through 14
A but blowing into 15 is C breathing in through 16 B blowing into 17 is E
breathing in through 18 is D blowing into 19 is G
breathing in through 20 is F
blowing into 21 is of course C again
breathing in through 22 is A and blowing into 23 is E and finally breathing into 24 is B
so if you played them all in succession you would
end up with something that sounds rather odd like this
so to play the C major scale or the scale that your harmonica is actually in the tab
would look something like this blow into three breathing through two
blow into five
breathe in through four
blow into seven
breathe in through six breathe in through eight
and blow into nine
the second octave would look like this blow into nine
breathe in through ten
blow into eleven
breathe in through 12
blow into 13
breathe in through 14
breathe in through 16
and blow into 15
and the third octave would look something like this blow into 15
breathe in through 18
blow into 17
breathe in through 20
Blow into 19
breathe in through 22
breathe in through 24
and blow into 21 now if you compare these three octaves you will notice that a pattern
starts to emerge and the instrument begins to make a bit more sense for
example the C is always a blow no matter where it is positioned on the harmonica
in fact C, E and G are always blows and D, F, A and B are always breathes as you play each
octave of the scale you'll notice that there is a distinct pattern of blow breathe blow breathe blow
breathe breathe as you move up the harmonica and once you've mastered that you're on your way to
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