How To Play Happy Birthday On Harmonica (A Step-By-Step Lesson Guide)

LEVEL 1: The Tabs, LEVEL 2: The Frosting LEVEL 3: Add Bends BONUS: Stevie Wonder
0:00 Introduction
0:49 Happy Birthday Harmonica Tabs
2:12 How to Play High Notes on Harmonica
4:40 Play Happy Birthday with the Jam Track
5:12 Adding the Frosting
6:39 Playing Level 2 Happy Birthday with Jam Track
7:30 Level 3: Adding Bends
10:00 Advanced Trill
12:24 Arpeggio
13:25 Playing Level 3 Happy Birthday with Jam Track
14:42 Stevie Wonder’s Happy Birthday
15:42 Stevie Wonder’s Happy Birthday with No Bends
16:57 Conclusion
17:37 Blooper Real

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Thanks so much for watching this free harmonica lesson on how to play the song Happy Birthday on the harmonica, with a bonus of how to play Happy Birthday by Stevie Wonder.

Okay, here are the harmonica tabs for Happy Birthday:

Happy Birthday Tabs Level 1 

 6      6     –6      6    7   –7 
Hap–py birth–day to you,  
  6     6     –6       6   –8   7 
Hap–py birth–day to you,  
  6     6      9        8   7  –7     –6
Hap–py birth–day to someone 
–9     –9     8       7  –8   7 
Hap–py birth–day to you.


Happy Birthday Tabs Level 2

  6     6     –6     6     7   –7 
Hap–py birth–day to you,  
  6     6     –6     6    –8   7 
Hap–py birth–day to you,  
  6     6      9      8     7  –7   7–7     –6
Hap-py birth-day to  some – one 
–9     –9     8      7    –8  8–8   7
Hap–py birth–day  to        you.


Happy Birthday Tabs Level 3

  6     6   –6’–6    6    7’7    –7 
Hap–py birth–day  to  you,  
  6     6    –6’–6   6    –8    7’7
Hap–py birth–day  to  you,  
  6     6     9’9    8’8   7’7 –7    7–7  –6’–6  –6’–6
Hap–py birth–day  to   some  –  one  
–9     –9    8’8    7’7   –88(Trill)   7’7  7  6  5  4  2  1 
Hap–py birth–day   to               you.


Stevie Wonder’s Happy Birthday

  6     5   –4–4′    –3–3”–2  2
Hap–py birth  –  day  to  ya, 
  6     5   –4–4′    –3–3”–2  2
Hap–py birth  –  day  to  ya, 
–3’ –3    –4   5–5 5     –4
 Hap  –  py  birth  –  day,

Congrats on learning how to play Happy Birthday on the harmonica. The Harmonica Tabs in C translate to any other key harmonica, so you can play these same tabs on a lower tuned harmonica, like a G harmonica for example, and it will be much easier to play the high notes and the timbre will be a bit sweeter to the ear.

If you have any other questions, please leave them in the comment section below.

Aloha,
Luke
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