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Music.From The Harp!Airwave Instruction BookletNotes, Chords & ExcitingPlay Along Songs!Learn to Play Right Away!Easy as 1-2-3!Free Lesson onthe Internet!HInstructionBookletDemoOn Line!ARMONICA10 HoleDiatonicKey of CThe Name You KnowInstruction Booklet BLUE.indd 1Model: AW-16/27/10 6/27/10

H A R M O N I C AInstruction BookletWritten by: Ronnie ShellistThe Name You Know 2010 Suzuki Musical InstrumentsAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproducedin any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrievalsystem, without prior written permission of the publisher. Makingcopies of any part of this book for any purpose other than your ownpersonal use is a violation of United States copyright laws.Instruction Booklet BLUE.indd 26/27/10 6/27/10

Table of ContentsThe Airwave Harmonica is Super Fun! Here’s why 4Harmonica Fun Facts! 5Holding Your Airwave Harmonica is Easy!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6If You Can Breathe, You Can Play the Airwave!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Let’s Play Some Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Play the C Major Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Ode to Joy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1You Are My Sunshine 12When the Saints Go Marching In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Row Row Row Your Boat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Amazing Grace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Let’s Play Some Chords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Boogie Down with Rhythm and Chugging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Awesome Blues riff #1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Awesome Blues riff #2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Playing a Blues Boogie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Cool Sound Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Congratulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21How to take care of your new SUZUKI Airwave Harmonica. . . . . . . . . . . 22There’s So Much Music You Can Make! 23Instruction Booklet BLUE.indd 36/27/10 6/27/10

The Airwave Harmonica isSuper Fun! Here’s Why:The harmonica is the only instrument you can playsimply by breathing in and out of it. You can play rightaway and sound really good in just a few minutes!Other harmonicas are really small and hard to hold,but the new Suzuki Airwave Harmonica has a coolmodern design that’s easy to hold and easy to play!And there are no metal parts on the outside to scratchyou or get hung up on.Fun for all ages, you can take your music with you.It’s OK to put your AirwaveHarmonica in your backpack orin your pocket. Your music goesanywhere you do!With a little practice, you’ll bemakin’ music in no time! Simplyfollow the easy instructions in thisbooklet. If you like, log on to thewebsite listed on the last page ofthe booklet and you can see andhear a demonstration of how toplay your new Airwave Harmonica.There’s even a free lesson!Most of all.have fun!!4Instruction Booklet BLUE.indd 4Airwave Harmonica6/27/10 6/27/10

Harmonica Fun Facts!The harmonica was invented over 200 yearsago. Millions of people all over the worldhave enjoyed it because its easy to play andgoes anywhere you do. You probably haveseen it played around a camp fire in moviesof the old west!The harmonica has some cool nicknamessuch as harp, tin sandwich, mouth organ andMississippi Saxophone.How does the harmonica make thosesounds? Inside, there are very thin reeds.When you blow air in and out of theharmonica, the reeds vibrate. Each reed isa different length and they each produce adifferent note as they vibrate.The harmonica was thefirst musical instrumentplayed in outer space!Early Astronauts tookone with them!Instruction BookletInstruction Booklet BLUE.indd 556/27/10 6/27/10

Holding Your AirwaveHarmonica is Easy!The Suzuki Airwave Harmonicahas a sleek new design that makesit really easy to hold on to. Its longand flat, and has a large surface area for your fingers.Other harps are short and stubby and hard to hold,but not Airwave!Hold the Airwave Harmonica with your thumbunderneath and your other fingers on the top, likeyou see in the picture. Pretend you are eating asandwich and hold the harmonica the same way!Just don’t eat it!!16Instruction Booklet BLUE.indd 62345Airwave Harmonica6/27/10 6/27/10

If You Can Breathe, You Can Playthe Airwave!Right now, lets not worry about playing a song. Letsjust play a few notes. We can learn the note names andsome songs later.Put the Airwave Harmonica up to your lips and gentlyblow some air OUT of the harmonica. You don’t haveto blow very hard to make a sound. Did you hear anote? Now, lets make another note by breathing airINTO the harmonica. Just breathe in and the harmonicawill produce another note. Did you hear it? Breatheout, then in. In and out. In and out. Move your lips toanother area of the Airwave and do the same thing.See, now you are producing all kinds of notes that canbe used to play a real song!5BreatheInInstruction BookletInstruction Booklet BLUE.indd 7BlowOut76/27/10 6/27/10

Let’s Play Some NotesNow that you can play some notes and make soundson the Airwave, lets figure out how to arrange themso that you can play a song.On the Airwave Harmonica, the holes you blow intoare placed farther apart than other harmonicas. Thismakes it easier to play individual notes and to choosethe note you want.Lets try to play one note at a time. Lookat the face. Push your lips out and forma small “O”. This is called the “Pucker”.It will allow you to blow air into theharmonica to make one note only. This isimportant because sometimes you want to play onlyone note at a time.Next, put your Airwave Harmonica up to your“Pucker” and gently blow into the hole marked q, onthe left side of the harmonica. Try to hear ONLY thisone note. It is the “C” note. Now, try blowing into thehole marked, w, e, r and all the way to 1).12345678910“C” Note8Instruction Booklet BLUE.indd 8Airwave Harmonica6/27/10 6/27/10

Play the C Major ScaleThe C Major Scale uses all thebasic notes to play a song. It is aneasy set of notes to learn becauseit does not contain any sharps orflats. Perhaps you sang a C majorscale in school and learned thenames of the notes:Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do.When we begin playing a song, line up the numberthat is shown in the circle.If the number has a BLUE circle around it, youBLOW OUT.If the number has a RED circle around it, youBREATHE IN.q Blow Outq Breathe InThe number tells you which hole to use.Now let’s play the C Major Scale:r r t t y y u uInstruction BookletInstruction Booklet BLUE.indd 996/27/10 6/27/10

Twinkle TwinkleLittle StarLet’s start out with a simple song that everyone knows.Here’s a reminder of what to do for each color:q Blow Outq Breathe Inr r y y yy yTwinkle, twinkle little starttt tr r ry yt tt t rHow I wonder what you areUp above the world so highy y t t tt rLike a diamond in the skyr r y y yy yTwinkle, twinkle little starttt tr r rHow I wonder what you are10Instruction Booklet BLUE.indd 10Airwave Harmonica6/27/10 6/27/10

Ode To JoyEven you can play classical music! Here is a greatmelody written by L. Beethoven, a famous composerfrom long ago.tttyyttrrrrttrrtttyyttrrrrtrrrInstruction BookletInstruction Booklet BLUE.indd 11116/27/10 6/27/10

You Are My Sunshinee r r t tYou are my sun-shinet rt r rmy on-ly sun-shinerr t t yYou make me hap-pyyy t twhen skies are greyr r t tyYou’ll nev-er know dearyy tt rhow much I love yourr tPlease don’t taket r r trmy sun-shine a-way12Instruction Booklet BLUE.indd 12Airwave Harmonica6/27/10 6/27/10

When The Saints Go Marching Inr tty r t tyr tty t r trOh when those Saints go march-in’ inOh when those Saints go march-in’ int r r rty y y tLord I want to be in that numbert ty tr rrWhen the Saints go march-in’ inInstruction BookletInstruction Booklet BLUE.indd 13136/27/10 6/27/10

Row Row Row Your Boatr r r r tRow, row, row your boattr t tyGently down the streamuuu yyyMerrily, merrily,ttt rrrmerrily, merrily,y t tr rLife is but a dream14Instruction Booklet BLUE.indd 14Airwave Harmonica6/27/10 6/27/10

Amazing GraceLet’s try a little practice with the high end of theharmonica. Be sure to play gently, not too much air, toget the notes to play.yuiu iiu yyAmazing Grace how sweet the soundyu iu i i oThat saved a wretch like meioi oi u y yuuy yI once was lost but now am foundyu iu i i uWas blind but now I seeInstruction BookletInstruction Booklet BLUE.indd 15156/27/10 6/27/10

Let’s Play Some ChordsA chord is 3 or more notes played at the same time.Let’s start by breathing out on the 123 Chord (that isholes q, w and e played at the same time)Be sure that your mouth is more open than it is for asingle note. Take a look at the picture and match yourmouth shape to play the chord.Blow out onqwe to play theC chord on your Airwave.Good job! Now let’s breathe in onqweto play the G chord.16Instruction Booklet BLUE.indd 16qweC chordqweG chordAirwave Harmonica6/27/10 6/27/10

Boogie Down with Rhythm andChuggingNow that you have learned how to play the C and Gchord, you will be able to play some really fun CHUGS.A CHUG is when you are playing rhythm on theharmonica.Let’s try this one first:qwe qwe qwe qwedon’t stop, keep going and you’re Chugging. You cantry speeding up this rhythm slowly to make it take off!Here’s another awesome Chug you can try:Try saying the word DEE while breathing in on theqwe chord. Good. Now say DO while breathingout on the qwe chord. You don’t need to useyour voice at all just breathe and whisper the words.Ok! Now let’s get Chugging!DEE,DEE DO,DO DEE,DEE DO,DO DEE,DEE DO,DOCan you hear the train coming down tracks?TIP:Keep your foot tapping while you play through thisand all exercises to keep good timing in your music.Instruction BookletInstruction Booklet BLUE.indd 17176/27/10 6/27/10

Awesome Blues Riff #1A riff is a series of notes and it’s used in many typesof music.Got the blues? Try playing Riff #1 and you will be onyour way to playing the blues in no time:Reminder: breathe out on blue numbers and breathein on red numbers that are circled.ere ewTry playing this blues riff and thensinging a line and repeating. Like this:ereewI was walking home from schoolereewThe sun was shining brightereewI didn’t have any homeworkereewI was feeling outta sightAwesome Blues Riff #2Here is another great blues Riff to play your blues away!erer18Instruction Booklet BLUE.indd 18Airwave Harmonica6/27/10 6/27/10

Playing a Blues BoogieHere’s a great way to get your boogie going.TIP: Before you try playing this, blow all of your airout so you can get ready to breathe in.wer wer rty rtywer werq Tap your foot 3 times and hold this noteq Tap your foot 3 times and hold this notenow finish withwertttrNow that’s how you boogie!Instruction BookletInstruction Booklet BLUE.indd 19196/27/10 6/27/10