Who can take a sunrise
Welcome to part two of our Bubblegum Pop number.
By now you should be able to play all the good stuff. The head, harmony and fills of the chorus. This is the main bit which starts the song and many people will recognise straight away.
Now it’s time to round things off by learning the verse. Let’s get down to the candy store. (more…)
How to play harmonica with no hands!
In Sweden a harmonica is called a Munspel. Here’s crazy Filip Jers from Sweden showing us how to play harmonica with no hands…and read the paper at the same time.
Tack så mycket Filip. Thanks very much Filip.
I’m gonna make your life so sweet!
Time for some Bubblegum Pop. This is a style of music that was first enjoyed by children and teenagers in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Bubblegum music mixes catchy dance beats with sugar-sweet lyrics to make easy-listening, fun-time songs.
In 1969, a cartoon pop group called The Archies had a number one Bubblegum hit called Sugar, Sugar. It’s a great groove for the harmonica. So let’s put the pick’n’mix on hold and work on some real ear candy. (more…)
What do you call a group of four musicians?
Robbie stood up in class today and played a perfect rendition of the nursery rhyme London Bridge Is Falling Down. It was only his third week of learning the harmonica and he did really well.
“What do we call one musician playing alone?” asked the teacher. Lots of hands went up. The teacher pointed to one child. “Solo!” came the answer. “That’s quite right, well done you, and well done Robbie for being our very first soloist!” replied the teacher. (more…)
Let’s get together and feel all right
Here’s a great song to play in harmonica groups. One Love/People Get Ready was written by the great man of music and peace from Jamaica, Bob Marley.
Bob Marley’s musical style is called reggae. The reggae rhythm, or skank, uses the up-beat to create a relaxing and happy groove. We’ll be looking at this more closely in the final part of the series.
In this post we’re looking at the chorus of the song. So let’s get together and work out how a group of junior harmonica players can enjoy performing this cool instrumental. (more…)
Vegas is learning harmonica at school and she recently wrote a poem about it for the school forum. It’s great!
Other children at school have been writing their own tunes at break time and playing them in their music classes.
Why not try writing your own harmonica or musical poem too? Here’s Vegas’ harmonica poem.. (more…)
