How to Play a Hand Tremolo
Hold your harmonica correctly in your left hand. You may want to review the correct method in Lesson 1.
When you hold your harmonica in this way, a cup is formed around the harmonica by the palm and fingers of your left hand. Now use your right palm to cover the cup formed by your left hand.
Keeping the heels of your hand together, open and close the cup while you play.
You will hear the tone of the note change. You can open and close the cup slowly or rapidly.
In this song, the hand tremolo is fast and continuous during the half notes.
Use the hand tremolo effect during any of the dotted half notes of this 32 bar song.
Class Sessions
1- INTRODUCTION
2- An Easy Way to Know Which Hole to Play
3- The Note D
4- The Half Note
5- The Note F
6- The Note G
7- Staccato
8- How Much Air to Use
9- The Three Four Time Signature
10- The Hand Tremolo
11- The Whole Note
12- Parts of the Harmonica
13- Playing Chords on Purpose
14- When to Breathe
15- How to Play a Hand Tremolo
16- The Trill
17- The Lead-In (or Pickup)
18- Now You Try It!
19- Note to Teachers: "Key of C" Harmonica
20- How to Hold the Harmonica
21- What to Do with Your Nose
22- How to Make Sounds on the Harmonica
23- How to Read Music
24- Music Notes
25- A Lip Lesson
26- The Note C
27- The Musical Alphabet
28- Two Ways of Playing Notes
29- How to Play "Chords" on the Harmonica
30- Bars
31- A Warning to Beginning Harmonica Players and Their Teachers
32- Double Bar Line
33- Low Sounds, Middle Sounds, High Sounds
34- The "Pucker" Method of Playing Notes
35- Same Holes, Different Sounds
36- Hordes of Chords
37- Playing Notes on Hole Number 1
38- Playing a Note on Hole Number 2
39- The Note Middle C
40- Playing Other Notes
41- Notes We Will Use