General Discussion

I recently started trying to play the harmonica and also started feeling very nausious shortly afterwards but I didn't put the two togehter until I did a search to see if the harmonica could cause it.  I have had GERD for years and it is under control and I can't remember feeling like this except the time I was not taking medication (at least 30 years ago).  I play sax and clarinet in several bands and never had a problem.  One post I found from a long time harp player suggested he had no problem for years until he started using throat vibrato ( I think he meant tremolo). continue reading...

Any harp students around the Charlotte NC area.

Hi all

Is there a tutorial of Walter's Boogie by Big Walter on the website? If so can you provide a link to it. 

Thanks

Sean

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Hello All,

I am about 6 months in to harping and would like to check out some live harmonica players.  Nothing big, just a local bar, club, coffee shop or whatever.  Does anyone know of any spots near Los Angeles County or San Gabriel Valley where I could go?  Everything I find is either North CA, San Diego or out of state.

Thanks in advance

1 month ago I bought myself a Chromatica, a 270 Deluxe Hohner, and a method book by Max de Aloe. At first, I was enjoying myself learning it, I could from the start play it quite well because of my training here in Blues Harmonica, but quite rapidly I lost interest in it. I just don't have fun playing it because of its timbre and the kind of music it's used for. I don't know exactly, but the timbre is too clean to my taste, almost like a flute, and all the songs inside the book don't have that swing driving feel of Blues. continue reading...

Hello All,

I'm interested in learning to adjust my reeds for better bends but as a starter dont have any old ones to practice on. Has anyone ever bot a cheap $10 harp to practice? Would it be worth it or would the reeds and plates be so cheap it wouldnt be worth it? I figure I'll use a French tuner to avoid the leaks on the cover plate. Any advice from those more advanced than a newbie like me would be appreciated.

Hello everyone, I just got a harmonica as a present and what a grateful surprise to discover I had a 30 days free lessons coming with it! 

But when I started viewing the videos I noticed that David says that you just need an A key to go through the begginer lessons, and mine  is G key. My father got me this present and neither him or me know a single thing about harmonicas, so it was an innocent error.

So, is is possible to learn and have a good example of how to play in my key in the website? continue reading...

Hi, 

Do many of you guys sing as well as play harmonica?

I don't feel comfortable singing,  but have done a few times at an acoustic guitar open mic venue.  Any suggestions for developing singing voice would be most welcome. 

In another subforum, I mentioned Musescore, a free software program that creates sheet music. I first started using it several years ago when my daughter was in a school band and had some really poorly copied sheet music. I also used it to transpose music from one instrument (clarinet) to another (alto saxophone). My main use has been to write horn charts for a band I'm in. It's very convenient to have sheet music in electronic format when the singer decides to change the key or a trumpet player starts playing a part written for another instrument.  continue reading...