General Discussion

Hi

I'm trying to transcribe all of big Walter's solo on skip it, off his can't keep lovin' you album. I'm using a standard c Richter tuned harmonica because I think the song is in Dm. Some of the parts I play sound right but just a little bit off, I don't know if it's because I'm using the wrong harmonica or just not listening well enough. continue reading...

Hi

I'm trying to transcribe all of big Walter's solo on skip it, off his can't keep lovin' you album. I'm using a standard c Richter tuned harmonica because I think the song is in Dm. Some of the parts I play sound right but just a little bit off, I don't know if it's because I'm using the wrong harmonica or just not listening well enough. continue reading...

A friend of mine who is a professional musician suggested doing "practice performances" to get experience playing in front of an audience.

A great way to do this is by creating a Facebook Live event in the future or just going live on Facebook and playing, say, study songs to jam tracks.

But I don't see a way to allow the audience to hear the jam track I'm playing. I do use software called Feedback Loop, which (for example) allows Dave to hear the jam track I'm playing on my end during our Skype lessons, but I don't see a way to do this with Facebook. continue reading...

Does anyone in here have some tricks how to figure out the tabs of very fast played songs?

I'm working on the tabs of Life's like a Mountain Railroad from Buddy Greene but he plays it that fast, I don't have an idea how to hear one clear single note or even a whole lick

It would be very helpful if you'd share some tricks or tools you'd recommend for finding the tabs

Northface

Hello,

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BrJrDUmVLhY

this is Buddy Greenes Song God is with us

My question is how he gets that nice sound at 0:36

Is he using a special technique?

Northface

Good evening everybody,

Is there a lesson about how to do and practise a vibrato on bluesharmonica.com or do you have any references how I can get one for that country sound?

(English may contain mistakes)

Thankfully, Northface

Hi,

I am relatively new at this, and an old guy so please treat me gently. I have searched Google and youtube but cannot find the overall package of how do I get backing tracks on a cell phone, run the backing track via the cell phone into the Aux input on my Fender Champ 20? Is this easy or am I missing something? Obviously, I am looking for free backing tracks (if there are any?) and how to run them through the Amplifier. 

Any help for this old guy would be deeply appreciated.

Hi all,

just finished "Ear Training Study 1 - Figuring out the Key of a Song" (second time) and I think the methods presented are great ! But now, when trying to get better and faster at this, I sure need to train more, i.e. with more songs.

For this, any blues-harmonica playlist on spotify is just the right material. But after working out the key of a song by myself, I want to check, if my result is correct or not. This can be easily done with a web-service at play.soundplate.com (and probably there are others too). continue reading...

Hi Guys,

What hearing protection do you all use, if any, on stage and equally important at home with a small amp?

I wear hearing protection with my work, but when I wear musician earplugs when I play amplified harmonica at home with my windy city 10 it is difficult to hear in enough detail and so usually take them out, but I am going to kill what's left of my hearing if I continue this way.

Recommendations for something that takes the harshness away but still allows you to hear quite clearly would be great please?

Hi everyone

I have just started to watch the videos from Lessons part, but Im kinda confused about the order

Could anyone please guide me the order of lessons inside each Level? is it started simply from left to right? or it has some special precedure?

Thank you in advance