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Bending Study 4

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Sun, 10/13/2013 - 11:24
flavio
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Can you suggest a way to approach the five technique exercises?

 

- is it better to work on one exercise and move on after a couple of weeks, or is it better to practice all of them from the start?

- is it a good idea to change the harp key every day, or is it better to work with multiple keys every day?

 

I apologize if the questions are already answered somewhere in the website.

 

Thank you

 

 

Flavio

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Sun, 10/13/2013 - 16:09
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David Barrett
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As the exercise numbers increase, their difficulty level increases. I would work on one unit you're starting to feel good results, then add the next exercise, and so on. Using the A Harmonica is your focus, but every now and again using a different key of harmonica is a great idea, since they are different. I personally like to have my jamming (foolin' around harp) to be a different key often, this way it takes care of playing all the keys. Once you get half way through the exercises you can start the study song.

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Sun, 10/13/2013 - 16:09
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As the exercise numbers increase, their difficulty level increases. I would work on one unit you're starting to feel good results, then add the next exercise, and so on. Using the A Harmonica is your focus, but every now and again using a different key of harmonica is a great idea, since they are different. I personally like to have my jamming (foolin' around harp) to be a different key often, this way it takes care of playing all the keys. Once you get half way through the exercises you can start the study song.

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