#1 Harmonica Exercise - ‘Relaxed Breath for Tone Control’

This is one of my weekly lessons on Patreon.
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I really love sharing this lesson as breathing relaxed gives you the best harmonica tone. Blues playing is 80% draw notes so this exercise is a fun introduction to drawing more and staying relaxed.

Get your key C diatonic 10 hole harmonica & give this exercise a go.
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The exercise is drawing -(123) which is a G chord for three bars then blowing (123) which is a C chord for only one bar.
Chord progression is Em G D C.
Em G D chord’s draw -(123)
C chord blow (123)
|Em |G |D |C |
-(123) (123)
Work on a good seal so you don’t loose air.
Breath gentle and relaxed as this will use less air.

A great experiment is to film yourself practicing this today then practice this everyday for a week and film again. Then try practicing this exercise for one month and then film yourself.

Your breathing should be much smoother therefore your tone and ease of playing will have improved.

If you have breathing problems let me know if this exercise has helped your breathing and lung strength.

Have fun!