Harmonica for Beginners: Play Your Favourite Songs in Minutes
Start Your Harmonica Journey Today You need a 10-hole diatonic in the key of C—and that's it! I'll give you 5 tunes as you arrive and 2 more every month. You can even request songs! Skip the Jargon, Start Playing This course is for beginners who want to skip technical jargon and play the music they love. Using a standard C Harmonica, you will master classics without complex "bending" or years of practice. What You Will Master We focus on a "No-Bend" approach, breaking melodies into simple steps. You will learn: Crystal-clear single notes Deep diaphragmatic breath control Soulful "hand vibrato" A Perfect Hobby Whether you’re looking to keep your mind sharp or serenade the grandkids, this is your foundation. No prior musical experience or sheet music reading is required. Grab your C harp and let’s make music that stands the test of time!
Watch Promo to get a sneaky peek!
Did you ever want to play those classic harmonica tunes that you?
Well now you can.
It took me quite a while to work it all out and write out the tab for you but it's all done now.
And I think beginners will be able to do it because many of the performers here are not expert harmonica players; great musicians of course but you wouldn't call Billy Joel or John Lennon expert harpers but here they are playing very simply here.
I'll show you how to play all these on a C diatonic harmonica - you are going to love this!:
- Love Me Do
- Low Rider
- Stairway to heaven
- Piano Man
- He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother
Your Instructor
Ben Hewlett is passionate about teaching people like you how to play the harmonica really well.
Ben's video courses are available here. If you prefer personal coaching and mentoring from Ben, please visit www.harmonicamastery.com.
He works hard using his teaching skills to figure out how he can help you get better as a player, understand more, have more fun, and he hopes you will enjoy sharing his love of the harmonica and music in general.
He has attracted nearly 65,000 on-line harmonica students with 95,000 courses purchased and has nearly 5 thousand Youtube subscribers showing nearly 2 million views. They can't all be wrong!
Ben is the ex-Vice-President and ex-Chairman of HarmonicaUK - the community for UK harmonica players
He has been a full-time Professional Harmonica Instructor since 1995
Ben is a qualified harmonica teacher and was awarded the Accredited Diatonic Harmonica Teacher Certificate in 1993 - HTAB (Harmonica Teachers Accreditation Board, supported by Lee Oskar Harmonicas, HarmonicaUK and the International Harmonica Organisation)
Ben is a qualified music workshop leader and was awarded the Certificate of Music Workshop Skills (Goldsmiths University of London) in 1995
Ben is a qualified music teacher and was awarded the Certificate of Teaching - Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music in 2002 (CTABRSM)
Course Curriculum
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StartWW intro (1:56)
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StartTab using + (blow) and - (draw)
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StartWonderful World +:-Tab
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StartColour Tab using + (blow) and - (RED draw)
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StartSheet Music
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StartWonderful World Band Only
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StartWith Ben Playing
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StartWonderful world Ben Singing
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StartJamzone Video Half Speed Wonderful World Ben Singing No Harp (4:36)
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StartJamzone Backing Track Half Speed (4:36)
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StartWonderful World tab, flash-harp (5:40)
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StartWonderful World green tab, flash-harp, Ben singing and playing (5:40)
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StartLouis Armstrong Playing Wonderful World - the original was in F so use an F harmonica (2:24)