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David's Tip of the Day: Singing in Key - Harmonica Pitch Reference

Posted Mon, 03/30/2015 - 10:21 by David Barrett Admin
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Harmonica players who like to perform find that if they sing, they get to choose the song and lead the band at jam sessions. Singing is approached like the study of any instrument. There are exercises, such as scales to built range and intonation, and each song needs to be studied for its rhythm, melody and phrasing. Most new singers don't realize this and just start to sing the words and unknowingly start singing either on the wrong note of the chord or commonly in the wrong key.

There's an easy way to fix this... continue reading...

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David's Tip of the Day: Yen Ming Chen - HOHNER Masters of the Harmonica

Posted Mon, 07/28/2014 - 07:03 by David Barrett Admin
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Yen Ming Chen speaks of the Sirius Harmonica Ensemble and the Chord Harmonica.

Yen Ming Chen - HOHNER Masters of the Harmonica
http://youtu.be/AuNspLIWEMw

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David's Tip of the Day: Playing above Hole 6 - Major Pentatonic Scale

Posted Mon, 02/24/2014 - 09:28 by David Barrett Admin
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The passage I had you practicing Friday (6+ 6 7 8) contains the first four notes of the ascending G Major Pentatonic Scale. Those notes, in this order, represents one of the best licks to transition you into the high end of the harmonica.

Here's the complete scale...

6+ 6 7 8 8+ 9+

Add the 10 at the end and you get another usable note = 6+ 6 7 8 8+ 9+ 10

Practice this ascending and descending 100 times today and you'll be ready for our next step. continue reading...

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