There are many ways to hold the piano, but there is no uniform regulation. But remember, sometimes different playing skills need different ways to hold the piano together. For example, the hand vibration method requires the thumb and forefinger of the left hand to hold the harmonica, and the right hand and the left hand form a resonance cavity. One thing to note is that there is no rule that the bass is on the left and the treble is on the right when holding the piano. I once saw a player named Jack holding a piano on the Internet, with high notes on the left and low notes on the right. But I still suggest that the bass is on the left and the treble is on the right when holding the piano, which is in line with the habits of most people.
Playing method
There are two common ways to play, one is to tilt your lips and hold only one hole; The other is to hold down multiple holes and block other holes with your tongue, leaving only one hole to play a single tone. These two methods should be mastered, because these two different playing methods can produce different timbres and use different playing skills. This will be discussed in a later tutorial.
Playing skills
Hand vibrato, throat vibrato, pipa sound, back beat accompaniment, front beat accompaniment, bending sound, overflow, overstrain and so on. ...
Scale arrangement (C major 10 hole 20-tone blues harmonica)
Mid-range scale practice demonstration
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4e 4i 5e 5i 6e 6i 7i 7e
You may find that in the bass part, the blues harmonica has no 4(Fa) and 6(La) notes, so you should play it with a technique called bending. This will be a demonstration of scale practice in future content.
musical notation
Just like the six-line notation of guitar, 10 hole blues harmonica has its own notation, that is, the notation of hole number symbols. There is no uniform standard for this notation, but on the whole, it is almost the same. The following symbols are used in this tutorial. The number 1- 10 stands for one to ten holes, and the letter "I" stands for suction. For example, 5i stands for sucking the fifth hole, and the letter "e" stands for blowing. For example, 3e stands for blowing the third hole. The beat is indicated by "\" and written above the number of sound holes. A simple piece of music is expressed by hole number notation as follows:
\ \ \ \ \ \ Golden Bell \ Golden Bell
5e 5e 5e 5e 5e 5e
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \
Golden bell, golden bell chord
456 e 456 e 456 e 456 e 456 e 456 e 456 e 456 e
- - - - - -
How's it going? Simple, right? This is the basic notation, and other symbols such as inflection will be explained in later tutorials.
Easy access
It is not easy for beginners who know nothing about harmonica and have never played other instruments. Like most people, I think the best way is to find a tune you are familiar with and try to play it. Of course, this is another necessary prerequisite for you to be able to play clear and accurate single notes. Seeing this, you may have a feeling of being cheated, and there is no way. (//Shrugging) I used this method many years ago. I played red river valley at that time, and then I played other popular songs at that time. In the process of playing a single note, you can build a sense of each hole and scale of the harmonica. So it's more important to play single notes well. When playing a single note, pay attention to the clear and clean pronunciation, that is, when playing a note, the position should be accurate, and other holes should not be pronounced. The following is a clip of Bach minuet I played.
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 6e 4e4i 5e5i 6e 4e 6i 5i6e 6i7i 7e 4e 4e
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 5i 6e5i 5e4i 5i5e 4i4e 3i 4e4i 5e4e 4i
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 6e 4e4i 5e5i 6e 4e 6i 5i6e 6i7i 7e 4e 4e
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 5i 6e5i 5e4i 5e 5e 4i 4e 4i 5e4i 4e 3i 4e
Introduction skill-hand vibrato (hand wow, wow)
When playing many musical instruments, we can hear the effect of vibration, such as violin, saxophone and clarinet ... although the methods are different, they have the same effect on us. There are many ways to vibrate harmonica, and each effect is different. The following is the simplest and most pleasant one-handed vibration.
Main points: 1. Hold the piano body with the lower jaw of your left hand, buckle it with your thumb and forefinger, and the other three fingers will naturally come together. 2. The root of the right hand is close to the root of the left palm, the thumbs of both hands overlap, the other four fingers are close together and slightly tilted, and then the left palm is wrapped, and the outer edges of the two palms are also attached to each other to avoid too much space. At this time, the sound blown out is darker. 3, the left hand is fixed, with the palm root as the center, and the right hand is opened outward, but the two palm roots are inseparable, and the opening angle does not need to be large to avoid excessive force. At this time, the timbre blown out becomes brighter. 4. When doing hand vibrato, repeat steps 2 and 3 repeatedly, and we can hear obvious vibrato effect.
Note: 1. Because the folk harmonica is a monophonic harmonica, the hand vibration effect is obvious. 2. The vibration frequency of hand tremolo should not be too slow, otherwise the effect will be poor. 3. Beginners may have the problem that their hands and brains can't be used at the same time when practicing, so they need to practice more.
We often see foreign harmonica players wrap the whole harmonica with their hands and then open it. The result is that you can hear the effect of "Woo-hoo". Don't underestimate this skill. When combined with other skills such as bending, you can get amazing results. Doing "wow" in rapid and continuous movements has become a hand tremolo technique. The following is a somewhat sad melody that I played with the martial arts technique. Two or three curved holes are used here. If you can't imitate it, don't worry, take your time. :-)
We often see some harmonica players play the microphone directly in the palm of their hands. On the one hand, it is easier to express the subtle timbre changes of the harmonica through the microphone, on the other hand, it will not lose some opportunities to express body language because the traditional microphone has to play at a fixed point. Although this method has many advantages, it is an obstacle when hands are shaking. Hand vibrato needs to be opened and closed with the palm of your hand to produce bright and dark effect, but it is easy to knock the microphone to make abnormal noise, so in order not to make the abnormal noise too prominent, the amplitude of hand vibrato is reduced, so the effect of hand vibrato is not obvious. Generally speaking, players who are used to holding microphones generally do not use hand vibrato, but use throat vibrato, abdominal vibrato and lip vibrato.
Bending (bending) skill
Bending is the most attractive part of the blues harmonica. If you don't know the bending technique, you haven't learned it. For people who play polyphonic harmonica, bending technique is a very strange concept, but I believe most people have heard the charming timbre of blues harmonica in some American movies more or less in movies and TV. The following picture shows the notes that can be obtained by using the bending technique on a C major 10 hole blues harmonica.
Technical points:
Inhale and press the sound: the upper and lower lips hold the piano hole, the tip of the tongue is placed on the lower gum, the tongue is pressed forward to the lower palate, the tongue is bent downward, the mouth is forcibly expanded, the lower palate moves downward, and the breath is forcibly inhaled; (For 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 holes)
Blowing air pressure sound: the tip of the tongue is placed on the lower gum, the tongue is bent and arched, the mouth is forcibly flattened, the lower palate moves upward, the front arch of the tongue is toward the hard palate, and the lower palate is forcibly pulled up and blown; (For 8, 9, 10 holes)
Examples of performance: 2 sound-absorbing holes, 3 sound-absorbing holes and 8 sound-blowing holes are the holes that I think are easy to master the sound-dropping technology. Other holes can be practiced with reference to the above methods.
Playing method
1, accompaniment: there are seven holes in the mouth, six holes on the left side of the tongue cover piano case and one hole on the right lip to play a single note. When you meet the accompaniment mark, loosen your tongue once and put it back in place quickly. The accompaniment is "clang".
2, treble accompaniment: the mouth contains seven holes, the tongue cover has six holes on the right side, and the left lip plays a single tone. The movement of the tongue is the same as when playing an ordinary single tone.
3. Chord playing method: also known as air accompaniment method. The playing method is the same as that of ordinary accompaniment, that is, the tongue opening time is prolonged.
4. Hand vibrato: Hold the piano in your left hand, put your palms together, and beat your right hand constantly to make a "woof-woof" sound, that is, hand vibrato.
5, violin playing method: lips closed, mouth with a single hole, when playing, the air pressure is tight, and the right hand quickly shakes the harmonica back and forth.
6. Mandolin playing method: also known as tongue vibrato playing method, the mouth is empty, the mouth is round, and the tongue swings left and right or up and down in the lips, making a quick staccato sound, like plucking the fingers of an instrument.
7, the third harmonic: the mouth contains three holes, and the tongue has no cover to play.
8. Three-degree violin playing method: the mouth contains three holes on the piano, and the tongue is not covered. The hand movements are the same as the violin playing method.
9, octave harmony: the mouth contains nine holes, there are five holes in the middle of the tongue cover, and the two lips play octave harmony.
10, fifth harmonic: the mouth contains five holes, the tongue cover has three holes in the middle, and the lips play the fifth harmonic.
1 1, drumming: the tip of the tongue rolls on the upper root, making a continuous rolling sound.
12, Echo: The movement of the hand is based on the vibration of the hand, and when the right hand is opened, it makes a "purring" sound.
13, arpeggio: Starting from the octave with lower tone, push the harmonica to the left quickly with your right hand. If there is an extension mark on the note, the speed of the harmonica will be slower. Extend the tone by hand.
14, Lian Yin: the second rapid repetition.
15, vibrato: Repeat the second tone continuously, and quickly push the harmonica left and right with your right hand.