Done! Section 2: video 5-6. Starting the tune

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Done! Section 2: video 5-6. Starting the tune

Learn Whammer Jammer today - harmonica monster rock classic

Start: 10-06-2025

Finish:

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Title: Ballerup Museum.
This museum caused me more problems in life than even any Google AI....
So, I continue with the harmonica...
Credit: @Melinda Erika Dothan



My previous struggle: 

https://djcomposerintro.blogspot.com/2026/06/not-done-section-2-starting-tune.html


For the note, I did not eat in the last 21 hours... so that Google AI is so bad in Music, it makes it even worse!

But, I do not give up, as I had Erkel Ferencne as a music teacher in primary school, and she would not let me quit this challenge.

Plus, most of the people don't know how to play even one instrument... 

So it is good that people are not allowed to be surging either, just after education... 

I do not plan to be a Rock Star with this one course... but, I wish to know how to play a song on the harmonica after a music note... 

And it is already much more than 99,999999999% of people ever reach in their life.... 



Source: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Major_scale





Credit: @Melinda Erika Dothan



Credit: @Melinda Erika Dothan


Credit: @Melinda Erika Dothan




https://piano-music-theory.com/2016/05/31/major-scales/




Google AI:

Det er sejt, at du ikke giver op, især når du har haft en musiklærer med så stolt et efternavn (Erkel er gigantisk i ungarsk musikhistorie!). 21 timer uden mad gør det bestemt ikke lettere at holde fokus, så stærkt gået, at du holder fast i målet.
At lære at spille en sang efter noder på en mundharmonika er et fantastisk og fuldt ud realistisk mål. Det vil helt sikkert placere dig foran de fleste!

Mundharmonikaen og de 12 skalaer

Grunden til, at musikskalaer kan virke forvirrende på mundharmonika, er instrumentets opbygning:
  • En standard mundharmonika (diatonisk) er låst til ÉN skala. Hvis du har en standard "C-mundharmonika", kan den stort set kun spille i C-dur. Du behøver altså ikke bekymre dig om de 11 andre skalaer i starten!
  • Noderne passer direkte. En sang i C-dur (som kun bruger de hvide tangenter på et klaver) kan spilles direkte på din C-mundharmonika uden svære greb.

Sådan kommer du i gang ud fra en node

For at spille efter en node på mundharmonika skal du bruge to ting:
  1. Find sangens toneart: Kig efter de små tegn (# eller b) helt ude i starten af nodelinjen. Hvis der ikke er nogen tegn, er sangen i C-dur (eller A-mol), hvilket er perfekt til en standard mundharmonika.
  2. Brug "Tabs" (Huller): I starten er det lettest at oversætte nodernes placering til mundharmonikaens huller. Det fjerde hul (pust ud) er som regel dit "C" (et nøgle-C).
Hvis du vil, kan vi tage en helt simpel sang (f.eks. "Ode til Glæden" eller en anden klassiker). Hvis du fortæller mig, hvilken mundharmonika du har (f.eks. en i C-dur), og hvilken sang du vil spille, kan jeg vise dig præcis, hvilke huller du skal puste og suge i for at ramme noderne!


Google AI:

The true number is much closer to 300,000 (and even higher) when counting people who can actually play. [1]
If you are choosing between 1,000 and 300,000, 1,000 is far too low. To give you an idea of the scale, a single world-record gathering in Seattle once had 1,700 people playing the harmonica together in just one room. [2]
The total number of players globally depends entirely on how well they can play:

1. Active, Competent Players (~30,000 to 300,000)

Musicians and forum communities like Modern Blues Harmonica estimate there are roughly 30,000 people globally who play the harmonica passably well as their primary main instrument. When you expand that to include multi-instrumentalists (like guitarists who use a neck rack to blow a few notes) and casual gigging musicians, the number easily hits 300,000 or more. [1, 3]

2. Elite Masters (~1,000 to 5,000)

The only time the number "1,000" is accurate is if you are counting true studio professionals and masters. There are only a few thousand people on Earth who can play complex jazz, classical pieces, or use advanced "overblowing" techniques to play every single musical key on a basic 10-hole harmonica.

3. Casual Owners (Millions)

The harmonica is actually the best-selling musical instrument in history because it is cheap and highly portable. Over 3 million harmonicas are sold every single year. Because of this, there are millions of people on Earth who can blow a basic campfire song or folk melody, even if they aren't advanced musicians. [1, 4, 5, 6]
Are you trying to gauge how rare it is to be a good player, or are you thinking about learning it yourself and wondering how hard it is to get good?

The total number of people on Earth is approximately 8.3 billion. [1]
The planet passed the major 8 billion milestone in late 2022, and the population continues to grow at a rate of roughly 69 million people every year. [2, 3]

Key Facts About the Human Population

  • The Most Populous Countries: India is the most populous country on Earth with over 1.42 billion people, closely followed by China with around 1.40 billion. The United States is third with roughly 342 million. [4]
  • Current Growth Rate: The global population is currently increasing by about 0.84% per year. This means the world adds about 2.7 new people every single second. [2, 5]
  • The Future Peak: According to the United Nations Population Division, global growth is actually slowing down. Demographers expect the Earth's population to peak at around 10.3 billion people in the 2080s before slowly beginning to drop. [3, 6]
Would you like to know the current population of a specific country, or are you interested in how quickly the population has grown over the last century?


Depending on how you define a "player," harmonica players make up between 0.0036% and 0.24% of the total human population.
Because the Earth has a massive population of 8.3 billion people, the percentages are very small numbers. Here is how it breaks down for the different groups we talked about:

1. Active, Competent Players (~300,000 people)

  • Percentage: 0.0036% of the Earth's population.
  • What this means: Roughly 1 out of every 27,600 people you meet can confidently play the harmonica in a band or at a jam session.

2. Casual Players & Owners (~20 million people)

  • Percentage: 0.24% of the Earth's population.
  • What this means: Roughly 1 out of every 415 people on Earth owns a harmonica and knows how to blow a basic folk song or simple melody.

3. Elite Masters (~3,000 people)

  • Percentage: 0.000036% of the Earth's population.
  • What this means: Only 1 out of every 2.7 million people has fully mastered the instrument to a professional, virtuoso level.
Would you like to know how these numbers compare to other common instruments like the guitar or piano, or are you curious about where in the world the harmonica is most popular?
pop = 8300000000
competent_players = 300000
casual_players = 20000000

pct_competent = (competent_players / pop) * 100
pct_casual = (casual_players / pop) * 100

print(f"Competent percentage: {pct_competent:.7f}%")
print(f"Casual percentage: {pct_casual:.4f}%")


Good, soon, when I finish this course, I will be in the top 0,24% of the Earth's population!

So hahahahahahahahahaha



In Denmark, people always say, " You have to be humble. Most of the people study one thing, and they become jerks...

Being a jerk is not the same as being humble...

To avoid being a jerk, study new things,  so you can stay humble... And be ready, that the rest of the population will act as jerks... 
Why? As they are overconfident in that only one thing, they managed to be in... 

Be the Bumble Bee....








Source: from the course
This note is in C-DUR



Easttop T2406S 2.0 (C)
Easttop T2406S 2.0 (C) er en opgraderet, professionel 24-hullers tremolo-mundharmonika stemt i C-dur, der er kendt for sin høje tæthed og varme, vibrerende klang. Denne "2.0"-version byder på væsentlige forbedringer i forhold til den originale model, hvilket gør den nemmere at spille på for både begyndere, øvede og professionelle musikere. [1, 2, 3]

Nøglespecifikationer

  • Type: Tremolo-mundharmonika (Polyfonisk).
  • Toneart: C-dur (Major C).
  • Antal huller: 24 huller.
  • Blade (Reeds): 1,2 mm tykke blade i fosforbronze.
  • Kam (Comb): Præcisionstøbt ABS-plast.
  • Dækplade (Cover): Elektropletteret messing eller rustfrit stål med lasergraveret logo. [1, 4, 5]

Vigtigste opgraderinger i 2.0-versionen

  • Slankere mundstykke: Det redesignede, tyndere mundstykke og den reducerede afstand mellem hullerne gør det betydeligt mere behageligt at styre luftstrømmen. [1]
  • Forbedret lufttæthed: Mindre afstand mellem bladene (reed gaps) sikrer en hurtigere responstid og gør det lettere at ramme de høje toner. [1]
  • Ergonomisk greb: Dækpladen er udstyret med en diskret rille (groove design), som giver et mere naturligt og sikkert greb under længere spillesessioner. [6]
  • Rustbeskyttelse: Både dækpladen og bladpladen har fået en opgraderet elektropletteret finish, der effektivt modstår slid og korrosion fra spyt. [6, 7]

Hvad følger med i æsken?

Når du køber keneet fra en autoriseret forhandler som Easttop Harmonica Official, indeholder pakken typisk:
  1. Easttop T2406S 2.0 mundharmonika
  2. Robust opbevaringsetui/læderboks
  3. Mikrofiber-renseklud
  4. Brugervejledning med vedligeholdelsestips [3, 6, 8]
Mangler du vejledning til at komme i gang med at spille tremolo, eller vil du vide, hvordan du bedst rengør og vedligeholder fosforbronze-blade?



The Easttop T2406S 2.0 (C) uses the standard Asian "Solo" tuning layout common for 24-hole tremolo harmonicas. [1, 2]
Each numbered column contains a pair of upper and lower holes. Unlike a blues harmonica, you do not blow and draw into the exact same hole. Each horizontal pairing is dedicated strictly to either a Blow (B) or a Draw (D) action. [3]

Note Layout Chart (Key of C Major)

Hole Number [4] 123456789101112
ActionBDBDBDBDBDBD
NoteE3D3G3F3C4A4E4B4G4C5C5E5
OctaveLowLowLowLowMidMidMidMidMidMidHighHigh
Hole Number [5] 131415161718192021222324
ActionBDBDBDBDBDBD
NoteE5D5G5F5C6A6E6B6G6C7C7E7
OctaveHighHighHighHighUltraUltraUltraUltraUltraUltraUltraUltra
(Note: B = Blow, D = Draw. The numbers next to the letters like C4 represent the pitch octave, where C4 is Middle C).

Core Patterns to Remember

  • Natural Scale: It contains only the natural notes of the C Major Scale (C, D, E, F, G, A, B). No sharps or flats are built into this instrument.
  • The Blow Chord: Blowing into multiple holes at once will always produce notes from the C Major triad (C, E, or G).
  • The Core Middle Octave: To play a standard Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Ti-Do scale easily, start on Hole 5 (Blow) and move sequentially up to Hole 11 (Blow). [2, 3, 6, 7, 8]
Would you like a few simple tablature songs (like Ode to Joy or Amazing Grace) written out specifically for this 24-hole numbering layout?


Google AI: 

The Easttop T2406S 2.0 in the Key of C features the traditional Asian 24-hole tremolo tuning (also called Solo Tuning). This layout gives you a full 3-octave C major scale, providing the natural notes (C, D, E, F, G, A, B) with no sharps or flats. [1, 2, 3, 4]
The 24 holes are split into three sequential, repeating 8-hole octaves (Low, Middle, and High). Here is the exact note breakdown when blowing and drawing across the holes: [1, 2]
Octave 1 (Low Range)
  • Hole 1: Blow (C), Draw (D)
  • Hole 2: Blow (E), Draw (F)
  • Hole 3: Blow (G), Draw (A)
  • Hole 4: Blow (C), Draw (B)
Octave 2 (Middle Range)
  • Hole 5: Blow (C), Draw (D)
  • Hole 6: Blow (E), Draw (F)
  • Hole 7: Blow (G), Draw (A)
  • Hole 8: Blow (C), Draw (B) [1, 2, 3]
Octave 3 (High Range)
  • Hole 9: Blow (C), Draw (D)
  • Hole 10: Blow (E), Draw (F)
  • Hole 11: Blow (G), Draw (A)
  • Hole 12: Blow (C), Draw (B) [1, 2]
(Note: Because this is a 24-hole model, holes 13-24 are duplicates of the Low, Middle, and High octaves to provide a wider, louder sound, particularly useful for playing in ensembles or large groups.)


Credit: @Melinda Erika Dothan


Credit: @Melinda Erika Dothan


Credit: @Melinda Erika Dothan


Source: from the course


Challenge in this part 2 notes Hb or Bb
I asked Google AI:
✅ B-flat Location Summary
There is no built-in B-flat on a standard Key of C harmonica; it must be achieved via Hole 10 blow-bending on a 10-hole diatonic, or by switching to a Key of F harmonica.
If you are trying to play a specific song, let me know! I can help you transpose the song to the Key of C so you do not need a B-flat note.

Me: 
- Easttop T2406S 2.0 in the Key of C I work on the very first octave
- on a furulya, I supposed to play one not downer and solved

Google AI:

If you are comparing this to playing a furulya (the traditional Hungarian/Eastern European flute), your idea of going one note down to solve the problem is an excellent musical trick! [1, 2]
On a flute or recorder (furulya), you can simply half-cover a hole or change fingers to drop down a half-step and play a B-flat. Because your Easttop T2406S 2.0 harmonica cannot physically do that, shifting your starting position down by one note lets you play the same exact melody without needing a B-flat. [1]
By moving your starting note down, you change the song's musical key to fit your harmonica. Here is how you can apply your "one note down" strategy to your instrument's first octave:

Transposing Down a Full Step

If your sheet music or melody relies on a B-flat ($B\flat$), you can shift every single note in the song down by one full letter in the musical alphabet. This removes the $B\flat$ completely and replaces it with an $A$, which is easy to play.
Use this exact conversion chart to change your song's notes:
  • If the sheet music says C $\rightarrow$ change it to B (Hole 4 Draw, which is Hb)
  • If the sheet music says Bb $\rightarrow$ change it to A (Hole 3 Draw)
  • If the sheet music says A $\rightarrow$ change it to G (Hole 3 Blow)
  • If the sheet music says G $\rightarrow$ change it to F (Hole 2 Draw)
  • If the sheet music says F $\rightarrow$ change it to E (Hole 2 Blow)
  • If the sheet music says E $\rightarrow$ change it to D (Hole 1 Draw)
  • If the sheet music says D $\rightarrow$ change it to C (Hole 1 Blow)
By doing this, the melody will sound a little deeper, but it will play perfectly on your C-major harmonica without hitting any missing notes.
Would you like to share the original notes or tabs of the song you are trying to play? I can rewrite the whole sequence for your first octave right now.




Credit: @Melinda Erika Dothan


Credit: @Melinda Erika Dothan

This does not contain some decorations, and the Hb or Bb is more likely a H or B...




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