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Hundreds of Free Harmonica Lessons
for All Skill Levels
Just starting out and working on getting the basics down? Check out our beginner content and build your skills. Learn how to play clean notes, master simple melodies, and learn about 12 bar blues.
Feeling a bit more confident and coordinated? Check out our advanced beginner content. Level up your improv, master more complex skills like bends and chugging, and learn some new tunes.
Mastered simple melodies and got your 4 and 2 hole bends down? Take your playing to the next level with our intermediate content. Expand your jam skills beyond root notes, master that bluesy tone, and learn more complicated techniques.
Feel comfortable with 12 bar blues and mastered draw bends, tongue-blocking, & chugging? Let’s take it up a notch! Explore positions beyond 2nd, stop playing it safe when you solo, and expand your musical knowledge.
Want to improve faster and get more out of your practice sessions? Check out our practice tools for all levels.
Our Harmonica School
If you want to have fun making regular progress in your Blues Harmonica playing this is the place to be.
Step-by-step Curriculum from Beginner to Advanced
Lessons, exercises and study pieces you need in the right order so that you always know that you are moving in the right direction without developing bad habits.
Guidance and Feedback from Professional Teachers
Students get weekly personalised feedback from our faculty of world-class teachers who will actually listen to you play and tell you what you are doing well and how you can improve.
Harmonica Community
In our student community you can hang out with fellow harmonica players, get your questions answered, and get feedback and support from your peers.
What Our Students Are Saying About Us
Your personal touch, obvious focus and attention to detail, and your ability to inspire students with your online videos is just fantastic! I feel very fortunate to have found your online school to take me on my Harmonica learning journey!!!
About 15 months ago I started at Tomlin’s school, and I will tell you it was the best move I made to learn this instrument. I am amazed at how much there is to know about the harmonica. What I find nice about this course is the structure. Every time I spend days and weeks even on a lick I sometimes get frustrated. Then with all the resources in the school and a lot of practice it seems like magic, I can play the lick and move on. What a good feeling that is. So I just wanted to take a minute out of my day to say thanks to Tomlin and the many others that have helped me so far. I am not a fast learner, and have a long way to go. I cant believe I can now play the Hook on Hoochie Coochie Man. now i get to work on the next ten licks, hahaha.
Monthly Live Seminars
Every month inside Tomlin Harmonica School we have two live seminars on wide-ranging topics from guest teachers such as Todd Parrott, Adam Gussow, Joe Filisko, Hank Shreve and many more.
Students also have access to an archive of all previous seminars.
Monthly Live Q & A Sessions
Our Students Q & A Sessions are a great place to get your questions answered by Tomlin and the rest of the faculty in our monthly live sessions over at the forum.
Fresh Free Lessons
New free lesson content every 2 weeks!
Best Harmonica for Beginners Blues – What You Actually Need to Get Started
If you’re just getting started on your harmonica journey, it can be really tempting to go on a gear-buying spree. But here’s the truth—most of that stuff isn’t going to help you improve. In fact, buying the wrong gear can actually make things harder. So in this post,...
How to Solo on Harmonica Without Sounding Like a Beginner
Do you ever take a solo and think—"Why does this still sound like a beginner?"You’ve learned some licks. You’ve got decent technique. But something’s just not clicking. The good news? The key to sounding like a pro on harmonica has nothing to do with fancy bends or...
First Harmonica Lick for Beginners
Hello, Tomlin from Tomlin Harmonica School here. Today, I’m going to show you how to play your first harmonica lick for beginners on a C harmonica. Then we’ll play it as a full solo over a 12-bar blues backing track. Don’t worry if you’re brand new—this lick is simple...
Hi, I’m Tomlin.
Hi guys, I’m an Edinburgh-based blues harmonica player and teacher. I founded the Tomlin Harmonica School becuase I’m passionate about teaching music and making it accessible to those who really want to learn. Having taught myself to play Blues Harmonica after wrist injuries stopped my career as a guitarist, I decided to create an easy-to-follow learning system to help others learn Blues Harmonica. I’m so glad you’re here. Happy harping!