The Course

Harmoniclass is Indiara Sfair’s harmonica method. A 100% online course, which you can access wherever you are, whenever you want and as many times as you need. You determine your pace of learning. You will have more than 150 exercises, scales, phrases and riffs in animated tablatures in an exclusive tool to practice, where you can control the speed, add or remove the accompaniment of the guitar, harmonica, increase or decrease the volume of each instrument. It's incredible! The 27 classes are filled with theme songs, effects and master tricks and are organized into 2 modules, each with its own skill level.

Module 1 Module 2

Module 1

The first module is basic level, for those who have never played harmonica before to learn the first steps like how to hold the harmonica, simple melodies, even the first bends and contact with the blues language on the harmonica.

Lesson 00 - Introductory

This class is essential for you who have just arrived at Harmoniclass. It is an introduction to the harmonica world. It is in this video that you will learn about the paths and tools available on the Harmoniclass website: where to find support materials, extra exercises and The Harplayer which is ou

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Lesson 01

In this class you will learn to position the harmonica correctly, make the first sounds of the instrument and identify if you are doing it correctly with your hand in the form of tweezers, numbering upwards and fitting the fingers. Let's do a very interesting dynamic, so that you can play together.

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Lesson 02

You have already learned how to make sounds on the harmonica, but now you will refine this process through the mastery of the mouth. Playing one note at a time, achieving “cleaner” sounds and practicing your first melody are the goals of this class. It is ideal to repeat the exercises until you ca

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Lesson 03

The harmonica is an instrument that is very sensitive to stimuli. Depending on the way your mouth moves, the shape it is in while the air passes, it will sound a certain way. In this class you will learn how to use vowels to produce a fuller sound, in addition to practicing well-known musical themes

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Lesson 04

In this class, you will come to understand the concept of scales and the importance of their sequences of notes for musical logic, based on the C major scale. The two very famous musical themes in this class, will make you assimilate and gain agility in practice. The scale notes, like the steps, a

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Lesson 05

You will learn how to make the famous “crying harmonica”, a sound effect called the “Wah-wah” and its applications. You will know how to let your sound more expressive, with more feeling, practicing this effect on a classic that marked an era. The “Wah-Wah” is nothing more than the contrast between

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Lesson 06

For beginning students, the low notes can be the most challenging. Calm down, your harmonica is not defective! You will really learn how to access notes from the first holes. It's time to practice your first Blues on the harmonica! So far, the songs and exercises that you learned, were played in th

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Lesson 07

The bend is a characteristic element of the blues. It is a technique used to extract more notes than those that are naturally available on the harmonica just by blowing and drawing. In practice: The bend will always be in the “Uh” vowel sound. So in the vowel sound "Ah" the throat muscle is relaxed,

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Lesson 08

The concept of time signature is considered as a way to divide a song into smaller equally spaced parts. It facilitates the execution of the music by defining time, pulse and rhythm, practically "organizing" the notes. The vast majority of the blues that we know, has a structure of 12 bars that are

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Lesson 09

The real motivation to develop this harmonica course was to think about creating tools so that people could express themselves in the most truthful way possible through the instrument. A truly impactful song is not always virtuous and is not always up to standard. What really connects people is the

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Lesson 10

In this class, we will learn a style that emits a lot of emotion and a lot of feeling. It's a 12-measure slow blues where you can use and abuse the effects, like the ‘’wah wah’’ for example, which fits like a glove in the slow blues, in addition to the trill that you will see in this class. Play as

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Lesson 11

In this class you will learn a new style of blues, The Boogie Woogie. In fact, it is nothing new, it is very old and was originally played on the piano, with a very interesting rhythmic balance between the two hands. The sound is full of rhythm and balance, inspiring bold dance moves. It became popu

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Lesson 12 - The Challenge

We brought you a theme, where we will cover all the things, all the effects, the notes and scales that we saw in module 1, and as it is a challenge, it is slightly above the level of difficulty that you are used to, and this is very good because it will help in your learning ... So if you feel a lot

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Module 2

In module 2 we dive deeper into the more advanced techniques. I will show you different melodic routes, riffs, phrasings and effects that I use. The lessons will be very hands-on and therefore intimate with the harmonica.

Effects Lesson

This class can be viewed and reviewed at any time during the course. It is a class of effects and additional resources for you to make your harmonica more expressive. You will learn how to make vibrato, tremolo, glissando and one of the most characteristic effects of the harmonica blues: the sound o

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Lesson 00 - Introductory

To understand the multiple sound possibilities, effects and the feeling that the songs in the harmonica express in Blues, it is necessary to know a little more about this musical style, its origin, its variations and how much it was responsible for the popularization of the instrument. The bends to

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Lesson 01

It is now, in module 2, that you will really start to differentiate yourself from the beginning harmonica players. The time has come to get out of the basics and improve your skills by practicing the bend of hole 2, which is one of the pillars of the Blues and the gateway to the most striking blues.

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Lesson 02

In this class you will learn this riff from the Hoochie Coochie Man song, which is certainly one of the most famous riffs in the history of the blues. Furthermore, it is a key song to learn, a simple but very intense riff that expresses the emotion of the Blues well. This riff became so popular tha

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Lesson 03

In this class we will take another step towards the development of the bends, we will start to practice one of the bends of hole 3. It is the hole with the most bends on the harmonica. We use each of them in different scales, to obtain different sounds and, depending on the music, we use one or the

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Lesson 04

This class is a little different, there is no music or exercise, there is no practical part, it is a theoretical class, but it is very important for you to be able to enter the real world of improvisation. It is inserted in the course as extra content – it is not mandatory. It is purely a theoretic

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Lesson 05

The first scale you will learn to play in this module is the major pentatonic scale. As the name says, it is a 5-note scale. It is the No. 1 scale of Western and Eastern music. It's everywhere, blues, rock, country, pop ... all of these musical styles use the major pentatonic scale. It is excellent

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Lesson 06

This is a very practical class. You will learn 2 themes created from the major pentatonic scale, the one we saw in the last video. However, in a country groove. The difficulty of this theme is in the tempo, that is, in the speed of the phrases you will play. The faster it is, the greater the challe

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Lesson 07

The time has come to add a little poison or spice, in a good way, in the pentatonic scale, which we saw in the last two videos. In this class you will learn how to insert the Blue Note in this scale. But what is the Blue Note? Watch and see the meaning of this note that is so characteristic of the b

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Lesson 08

This is the subject of this class, the true Blues Scale. Which is the reason for being here today, talking about harmonica, about blues, in short, we finally arrived at the most used and widespread scale by any blues player in the universe. We have already seen the bend of hole 4 as a passing note,

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Lesson 09

In this class you will understand how the blues harmony basis works, that is, what instruments like guitar, piano and guitar do during music. It is important for us, as harmonica players, to understand what is happening in music, so that we can get the best out of the instrument, and thus know what

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Lesson 10

This is definitely one of the most controversial subjects of the harmonica: Positions! Basically, this concept shows us that it is possible to play several different keys using the same harmonica. So this is “Position”: it is the relationship between the harmonica's key and the key of the music we

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Lesson 11

Did you think you would finish this course without learning Indiara's signature style? Third position. It’s her favorite position. “It is a position that moves my sentimental side more, I can express my feelings more through the bends, due to the way they are arranged in the degrees of the scale.

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Lesson 12 - The Challenge!

There is Nothing better than a challenge that brings everything we've seen throughout this course together, so you can put everything you've learned into action! It was a wonderful journey, but it doesn’t end here, who knows, maybe a module 3 is ahead?

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