How To Bend a Note on Harmonica for Beginners

Thanks a lot for these useful videos 👌🔥😎✌️

Sadly none of these techniques worked for me. Perhaps my harmonica is too cheap

Thanks Luke! This video is gold... pure gold!

Not a huge deal but just so you know, the guitar is not playing the right chords in Country Roads

Yeah, I succeded with your explenations ! Thanks so much. 😃

Helped me a lot. TY

Question: do people use tonguing for articulation while playing bent notes? Like ta , ka, etc etc. Like, if im playing 4 draw, then 4 bend, should i articulate both with a ta ?

I’m a totally new-beginner. You are an excellent teacher. I don’t need to think how to do it because you explain it perfectly. Thank you.

Thanks for the tips, man. I just realized the sound from the “kk” zone on from me, is that I sounds like Darth Vader’s breath machine. Need more water to stay hydrated during practice

What thy said 😎

Every Video is perfekt! Best regards from Germany, Steffen 🍀👍🏻

Now I can bend on 1 !!! I need to work on my 4 and 6 more. Thank you❤ the first ten minutes helped me do it.

You’ve probably got this a billion times but I just showed my friends and family that I can play country roads take me home all because of you, thank you man.

Excellent tutorial !

I get a kick out of you saying bend the 4, now the 1. I can’t play the 1 note without a bend. Nothing comes out on those low notes. 😢

This is truly spectacular, what a lesson in bending. I came to this after watching your Amazing Grace lesson. I desperately wanted to bring in the bends but couldn't. Now I can 😃😃. I'm very happy 👍👍 Thank you so much

Luke I'm using the bend it better tool and the easiest is 3 then 1 then 2 but I just can't get 4, what am I doing wrong!! It just flickers.

Why i can bend in the 1 so easy and the rest it is almost impossible? Its me or my harmonica is rubbish?

I can bend hole one draw and managed it very easily, but can't get any of the others and have been trying for a month 😢

I don't know how to thank you Luke; I am originally a metal musician but love to learn some harmonica too. I did the whole bend the first session. Very excited to create more....You also helped me by selecting Hohner Crossover for my second harmonica. The first one was Suzuki SCX64. I will watch all your videos to learn more.

Great video thank you very much! Of course I’m having some trouble. I can bend, but my bending notes don’t sound as deep as yours do.
Is this still part of the process? Or could the difference be because my harmonica is not in tune? I’m looking forward to your response❤

It is important to take a brake after don't get it right LoL. In my case, I stopped for like 3 weeks after trying a lot without any success, and just now I come back and with this video I get it just really quick. Thank you very much, I'm happy with my noisy bending hahaha

Thank you Sir🙏It is after 3 years of my journey!! after watching your lessons ! Now I can🤝
Love you Sir💐
Can I play in solo tune harmonica for blues!

Obrigado... obrigado.... obrigado!

Merci

Sigh, I've been trying for quite a long time but still can't achieve a complete bend... I manage to lower the note just by half of the tone you can reach, and with great difficulty :...(

I've been a singer and dabbled with instruments my whole life, so bending has been very frustrating, because I know exactly what I WANT to do but couldn't. haha. During covid I tried to teach myself to whistle, with limited, but productive results. Again, I know the pitch, but can't always quite get it there. Some mouth shapes are more conducive to different whistling techniques, and for bending here, I wonder if that's the same.

Tilting the harmonica was the tip I needed to start to understand what was happening in my mouth's shape. If you also have had a hard time whistling, I suggest trying that.

And I too just got my first within about 45 mins with this video. They’re majorly inconsistent and happen about 30% of the time I try it but making progress, slowly 😂 thanks Luke!

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👌🏾 helping me to understand this awesome musical instrument, been loving this harmonica for for years, stil learning

Luke, when you play these -4 and -4' notes, are you saying 'ta', or are you saying 'ka'?

Thank you!!! All techniques helps a lot! I bend the note, even I play just for 2 days. Just practise. Thank you again.

You teach Harmonica like Joey Tribianni teaches acting... Ironically, you were the only one who taught me how to bend! Thanks man...

You are a gifted educator. Thank you. I loved all my classes with you thus far. Keep up the great work X

As a noob, I’m not sure if I should focus on tongue blocking for single notes or mouth pucker. Is it one of those “whatever is most comfortable” or should I focus on one or the other? I can get the notes fast and clean with a pucker but I’m having a harder time with tongue blocking. I ordered a tongue blocking trainer so I can see what’s going on but it hasn’t arrived yet.

Great lesson! I found the bend magic, FINALLY!!!

You're a magician. After tons of tutorials and not getting it, with yours I got my first bend in an hour. I don't even know how it just feels natural now. Thank you vert much from my small lutherie workshop in Madrid, Spain!

Excellent! Congrat's!

bending is only down ?? or i can bend do to do#??

Worked instantly. Thanks, this was so helpful, best video i could find on the topic!

Mann it's so hard at the high notes lol, but the low ones I'm getting slowly and its so much fun, I never imagined that I would be able to make bends in my old prima bends harmonica

Ha, I run out of air before I can begin to unbend.

Wow, I got my Harmonica a crossover Marine Band yesterday and can already play single notes and do some bending. Being in my 50's decided to pic-up the Harmonic as a new hobby.

so great!🙏

Hey, is it possible to bend while blowing, or is it only doable on "draw-notes"?

got a Hohner special 20 in C yesterday night, been loving it so far, so much more of an intricate instrument than I thought, Ive gotten a bend going a bit I'm sure just needs some practice! Ty for the great easy to digest info!

That's crazy you bend down! As a guitar player that seems insane to me

Thanks for the advice. My first day with a harmonica. The advice to try , then take a break and try again, will really help me, cause I tend to get frustrated fast if it doesn't work. I'll keep tryin little by little as it's just my first day. Keep smiling. Great video!🎶👍