General Discussion

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

Hi, first of all my best wishes to all of you for the New 2022! May it bring you happiness and more more music!  continue reading...

Thomas Sterner's The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life - Master Any Skill or Challenge by Learning to Love the Process (New World Library 2012) is one of the books that David recommends. I found a copy in our local public library, and recently finished it. continue reading...

Back some months ago I received some advice from Brian in Tennessee. I was stuck in Level one; trying too hard to make it sound better than was necessary. Below, in brackets, is the advice Brian provided for me (I saved it because it was so helpful): continue reading...

I recently joined a blues band, which have some songs by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee on their setlist such as 'I was born with the blues' and 'Walk on'. As this is my first time playing in a band I'd love to have the security of sheet music to play from to get started. Does anyone have a transcription of the harmonica parts on these songs, of others by the same artists? Thanks in advance!

Episode No. 50 of Neil Warren's Happy Hour Harmonica Podcast (https://happyhourharmonicapodcast.buzzsprout.com/) is a wonderful interview with Richard "Magic Dick" Salwitz. Magic Dick talks at length about his approaches to tone and dynamics, as well as how he thinks about practice. (E.g., sing it first, then play it.) Plus a lot of cool history with the J. Geils Band. Great stuff here! (As with all of Warren's interviews.)

I am brand new to harmonicas, just purchased a Special 20 on amazon tuned in C . After checking some of the fundamentals on bluesharmonica.com, I realized that the tuning in A is recommended and I also see that it seems to have a high focus on Blues tyle. continue reading...