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How to Play the Harmonica

How to Play the Harmonica

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Matt Bradshaw
How to Play the Harmonica
http://www.myspace.com/mattebradshaw  
703-628-2814

Matt Bradshaw is a musician and a songwriter in the Washington D.C. area.  He performs around the mid-atlantic region in various groups, namely D.C. rock band Tereu Tereu (http://www.myspace.com/tereutereu) and Fredericksburg/Richmond funk rock group Junk Science (http://www.myspace.com/junkscienceband)

How to Play the Harmonica

This video series will show how to play the harmonica. Harmonica player Matt Bradshaw goes over all the basics of harmonica playing.

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Matt Bradshaw: Hi, my name is Matt Bradshaw, and I am a musician in the Washington DC area, and I'm going to teach you how to play Harmonica.

I'm going to talk about what type of harmonica to buy? Where to buy? I'm going to talk to you about breathing techniques, I'm going to talk about harmonica transcriptions, then I'll talk a little bit about bending notes on the harmonica, and then I would like to talk about the 0:00:35 harmonica and at last I'll show you how to clean and maintain your harmonica.

All you'll need for this is a harmonica, and in the next clip I'll show you what kind to get and where to get them.

Before we get started I would like to tell you little bit about myself. I have a Degree in Music, from the University of Mary, Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and I've been playing in bands in the DC area for about eight years, and I currently play in two groups called Junk Science and Tereu Tereu.

Now let's get started on learning to play the harmonica.

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