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David's Tip of the Day: Custom Harmonicas - Summation

Posted Thu, 07/09/2015 - 07:53 by David Barrett Admin
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Lastly, everything's just easier to play on a custom harmonica. The big one is that bending is easier (draw, blow and overbend) and the middle bends are less airy in tone. When playing a 3" you'll notice that there's an airy quality to the bend... this is normal for all harmonicas, but is greatly diminished with a custom harmonica.

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Balanced
Same breath for each reed, making playing across the range of the harmonica effortless

Dynamic Range
The main reason for playing custom harmonicas is so you can play softly, giving you great dynamic range

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David's Tip of the Day: HOHNER Affiliated Customizers Program explained by Joe Filisko

Posted Wed, 06/03/2015 - 07:35 by David Barrett Admin
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Just released today. Joe Filisko talks about the HOHNER Affiliated Customizers Program https://youtu.be/IkCGb7HXw1A

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David's Tip of the Day: Warming up a Chromatic Harmonica

Posted Thu, 06/05/2014 - 07:20 by David Barrett Admin
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Practicing on a cold chromatic causes the warm condensation from your breath to collect on the reeds and wind-savors, causing the annoying buzz we hate so much. The answer is to warm it up. Some players stick it in their shirt pocket near their body, put it under their arm or even on a little heated pillow throne (very regal). If you use a laptop, just rest it on your laptop for a bit... this works great.

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