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harmonica reading music

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Tue, 02/09/2021 - 16:48
wahoo
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I have been playing for some yrs now and following the lessons but .. I am playing passing thru and I realized if you take the tablature away I would be lost ? I have memorized the diatonic note layout and can read notes on paper but if you  white out all the numbers I would not be able to play . What can I do so I can just look at the music and play ?? I can with my trumpet but can't with the harp .

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Tue, 02/09/2021 - 16:52
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Hello wahoo. You can continue

Hello wahoo. You can continue using the TAB and your ear...there's nothing wrong with that. If you want to learn how to site read, then it would be smart to go back to lesson 1 and white out all the TAB and read from the beginning. I write everything in C Score (as if you're playing a C Harmonica all the time), so this should be a quick study.

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Tue, 02/09/2021 - 21:28
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thanks I checked that out and

thanks I checked that out and could be fun

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