General Discussion

Greetings All,

I've been practicing 45-60 minutes per day, most days and progress has been slow and somewhat discouraging. I've been doing the LOA (not for credit), Lessons and watching Hob Bosold and Sharon Barrett. Please share any practice routines that keep things interesting and allow some forward progress.

Thanks.

Phil S.

Greetings All,

I've been practicing 45-60 minutes per day, most days and progress has been slow and somewhat discouraging. I've been doing the LOA (not for credit), Lessons and watching Hob Bosold and Sharon Barrett. Please share any practice routines that keep things interesting and allow some forward progress.

Thanks.

Phil S.

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I'm on the very first lessons and have no musical background.  I downloaded a soundbrenner metronome app.  The lesson says to set it to 60bpm, but doesn't talk about time signature.  Should it be 4/4?  Also, when should it be a draw x2 per beat and then blow x2 per beat?  My ears aren't tuned yet and it seems as though David is playing faster than me when I do a single draw/blow per beat.  The road ahead seems long when my questions are so basic!

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Hi everybody, I'm the new kid in town.  The past several years I've mostly been a blues guitar guy, before that clawhammer banjo, before that bluegrass banjo.  A tiny bit of harmonica over the years but nothing serious.  Last week I injured my right hand (nearly lost my index finger but surgeons were able to save it--hopefully permanently).  Needless to say, I wont be playing guitar for a while.  Making lemons out of lemonade, I figured it was a good time to dive into blues harmonica.  This seems like a good program and a supportive forum.  I look forward continue reading...