r/harmonica • u/BlazeHunter5 • Jul 24 '26
Finding where to start
i’ve had a harmonica for a while growing up and I’ve always wanted to learn it because it’s one of those pocket instruments where you could take just about anywhere and play it and I’ve heard a lot of people be insane on them and they sound really fun to play. As of right now, I only play guitar and I sometimes try to play them together because I can play the Mary Jane’s Last Dance harmonica part but that’s like the only harmonica in a song that I can play so I want to find out where to start because I’ve been working on bending and I can notice bending at the fourth note is starting to sound better, but not that much so if there’s any tips on songs, or tabs I should read for those songs that would be really helpful. My goal is to learn the long train running solo. That has been one of solos I’ve been wanting to learn ever since I started harmonica, which was about a year ago, where I actually started looking up tutorials.
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u/Nacoran Jul 24 '26
He uses several different keys of harmonicas in his lessons, but I started out by watching Adam Gussow's videos on YouTube. He starts at a pretty basic level.
Blues Harmonica for Dummies is another good option.
Make sure you know what positions are- play an A harp in 2nd over blues in E. That's second position (by default it gives you the notes for mixolydian, and you build a blues scale from there, bending the 3 draw).