General Discussion

When I watch youtube I come accross some guys ( and it is not just harmonica )

who play songs with a lot of confidence and I see a lot of good comments down there but they play them so wrong.

So many notes are not correct and it seems they themselves are not aware either.

Is it because most harmonica players do not use music notes?

Where and when is the next SPAH convention?  I looked on there web page and could not find inforation about the next conference.  I"m not currently a SPAH member.

Also, what is the approximate cost of the convention for members?

THanks, Doug

Hello All,

I probably can't see the forest for the trees here.

I am looking for some "chugging" ideas; as in the "I am a man" lick-sort of thing, where the lick is played and then a "response" is made.

I would like to have a few of these ideas in mind so that I can use them for practicing when I am out and about with my harmonica in my pocket.

I don't have much of a repertoire of licks at this point, but it seems like a good way to acquire some. It is much appreciated.

Hank

You draw and draw but you need to go immediately to antoher note and that is also draw

so you have to get rid of extra breath but when you do this  you stop the music flow a little

I am trying to find out if there is a way to breath in and get rid of  some extra breath from nose similtanously 

Any idea , video tutorial or so?

OK , I hate Penta Harp with all my strength mind and soul LOL .

To save my money is there any way to tune it back to a normal harmoncia ?

Natural minor, Harmonic minor , Paddy or Major ?

I am a new aspiring player who has a special20, all of these lessons seem to be directed to a different instrument. Why would my. Complimentary lessons be for an instrument I don't have? 

I am buying harmonica one after another but for I am not sure if I have to invest

a lot for harmonica cases , bags . There will be scratches any way as time goes by

because I mostly use them in a guitar rack.

Guys what do you use to store your harmonica? 

What should I buy that not too expensive?

I know this will vary with each person, but I thought I would ask for a general answer. How long should we be at each level before progressing if we are playing 30min-1hr a day? When you came up with the LOA program did you have a timeline for level progression? Should I be on Level 1 for 1 month or 3months..? What is the general expectation?

Ok,  I've been trying to take what I've learned here and put it to active and practical use in song context.  (what good to bend if i can't do it efficiently in context of song?)

of late, I've been st trying to relearn some old songs and learn news ones making  use of dip bends for embellishments.  now that I've made some progress, dip bending draw holes 2 through 6 anytime I come upon a convenient draw note, I've begun to second guess myselfl?

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I recently purchased the Harpninja app for my iPhone. I think I have the app for diatonic harmonica; I think there was a chromatic app as well; not sure.

I have ios 14.7.1, there is an update to ios 15.2 available.

Anyway, I get an opening screen for the key of C major diatonic. I can't get past the opening screen. There is a settings button but only a few choices and none seem to work.

There doesn't seem to be any support available that I can find.

Any suggestions, anyone?

Hank