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Probably a silly question but a week after signing up for 1 month free access, I got a cold and am leary about using the harmonica. Do you folks continue to practice or wait until you recover?

Hello,

absolute beginner here. While practicing tongue blocking (I am at level of achievement 1 step 1 still after a forced break) i recognized, that i have poblems not to breath a bit through the nose simultaneously to drawing and blowing and so far I was not able to get it under control (only by manually closing my nose). Are there any tricks/advice on how to stop that?

So, I first learned bending using lip pursing, which came pretty easy for me,

I'm having a harder time bending using the Tounge Blocking, do you still use only tongue blocking

or is it kinda like a combination?

Is there a lesson somewhere about how to play the above song please?

How does this guy play classical guitar together with Harmonica?

https://youtu.be/NBhQvmmDsSc

Is that difficult?

Is there any online lessons for this?

David's most recent post about practic habits is right on the money. (See https://www.bluesharmonica.com/practice_tip_convenience#comment-form) For many years I've taught ukulele, to groups and individuals. New players sometimes ask, "Now that I've got a uke, what's the most important accessory to buy first?" Often they're thinking of a tuner ... or a case ... or a shoulder strap. I tell them to pick up a good wall hanger or stand for their instrument, and to be sure to leave the uke out where they can pick it up right away each time they come home. continue reading...

Has anyone had any experience with Jacques Dalcroze Eurythmics ? 

In Theater School I had classes based on his methods and it improved my rythm.

I still got problems with rythm. I practice with metronome, and It's not bad, but when playing with Jam Track or friends im really losing it. I think the problem is in my mind because about 10 yrs ago some teacher said to me: " You have no sense of rythm you got no feeling" and it really stayed uncounciously in my mind for a long time.. 

Any tips and tricks for "feeling" and rythm practice ?  continue reading...

After waiting in our local public library's on-line queue for a couple of months, I finally was able to check out Mike Edison's Sympathy for the Drummer: Why Charlie Watts Matters (Backbeat Books, 2019). A wonderful read. I couldn't put it down, and finished it within days of picking it up. Written prior to Watts' death last summer, it's an outstanding tribute to an outstanding musician. continue reading...

I.e., who was the first harmonica player you heard who set your feet marching on the blues harmonica highway?

I'll go first, tho' the time between that first hearing and when I finally took up harmonica (after playing a lot of other instruments) is measured in decades. continue reading...

It seems it is because this harp is new , not much information out there

What is the exact note layout ?

I found this

https://images.static-thomann.de/pics/atg/atgdata/document/manual/535147...

but it only tells about blow and the first draw notes not the bending .

Where can I get the complete layout?