General Discussion

Hello,

i want to ask how important is the body/mouth size (volume) of the player for good tone?

I'm rather a slim person and i wondered, if someone with more body size has a better tone from the beginning or can everybody who tunes the mouth and everything else to the pitch, archive a good/fat tone?

Thanks alot & best regards

Hello All,

I'm looking to purchase a small (around 5w or less) amplifier that I can use for practice at low volume. It needs to be small and reasonably portable as I travel around a lot so I'm looking at amps like the Yamaha THR5, Boss Katana Mini. It's unlikely that I will be able to try the amplifier before purchasing so recommendations are very welcome.  I have a Lone Wolf 'Harp Attack' pedal which I can use with the amplifier if required.

- Jim

I use a program called Anytune which is a more modern adaptation of Amazing Slow Downer.   

I there anyway to get a you tube audo into such a product without having the basic file?  Can I record it on Garage Band and then input the resulting file? 

Are there any sites for harmonica in a genre other than blues?  I play a lot of country and bluegrass and it seems like there's nothing out there.  I retune all of my harps to paddy richter because country required a lot more melody...and I thought I was pretty much committing a sin until I learned that Charlie McCoy does the same thing sometimes although his standard is country tuning.  I have a full blues set and don't plan on giving that up, but there are better tunings for the type of music I'm interested in and very little instruction on playing it. continue reading...

Hi everyone!

I just finished transcribing my first song by ear! That was a lot of fun! It is Roy Orbison's 'Candy Man', key of G. I also had a crack at writing down the music (first time writing music, also - I know there are some errors in there, but I got a bit lost and wasn't quite sure how to write it :)). There is a link below to the PDF - thought you guys and girls might be interested, it has some fun licks in it, plus a couple of easy bends. Let me know what you think. Enjoy! continue reading...

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Hi all,

Glad to be here. I have been practicing for about a week, now, and really enjoying the tin sandwich. I bought a special 20 in ‘c’ and followed the coupon to this great site. The intro on tongue blocking was so much more helpful than my Harmonica for Idiots book. 

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