20 awesomely different ways to play a tune on your harmonica

Have you ever played a tune a couple of times and thought - hmm, what next? How can I make this interesting?

Me too. Let me imagine you have to play a tune 20 times - can you make it different every time? And I'm not talking about improvising - that would also make it different.

No, just the melody without embellishments.

So here's how we will do it.

• Chordal playing

• Single notes puckered in the middle octave using second position

• Single notes puckered in the low octave using second position

• Single notes puckered in the top octave using second position

• Playing in first position in the middle octave

• Playing in first position in the low octave

• Playing in first position in the top octave

• Playing in fourth position in the middle octave

• Playing in fourth position in the other octaves

• Playing in twelfth position in the low octave

• Using tongue block (TB) single notes in different octaves

• Using TB with rhythm and TB to the left in different octaves

• Using TB with rhythm and TB to the right in different octaves

• Sonnyboy Williamson 'pull slap' style in different octaves

• Yikes - how many's that?

• Using the 'mandolin flutter' in different octaves

• Using a 'bagpipe drone' - playing one note constantly whilst playing the tune

• Playing octaves

• Playing split 3s in different octaves

• Playing it with a bluesey, gospel style

• You could add other positions but let's stop there!

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