Well, I was sailing a little sailboat today and got it stuck on some shallow rocks (yep, that was dumb!). Had to jump in to push it off, and I forgot my harp was in my pocket, so it got a little bath. should I take off the plates or do anything special, or will it air dry fine on it’s own? Thanks so much!
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.
A couple of questions:
1) My tongue is sore. Should I take a day off or so until it stops hurting, or just keep going and it will toughen up? Is it bad to practice every day? continue reading...
Has anyone here had or does any one know someone that has had Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery and had problems playing after. I have to make a decision wether I want to go that route and risk not being able to play.
Hi, Dave. Last night I saw Mark Hummel and his band Blues Survivors at The Turning Point Café, a small club in Piermont New York about an hour North of Manhattan. I had first heard about him on bluesharmonica.com. The music was absolutely fantastic, made more enjoyable because I had watched most of his videos. continue reading...
Posted Sun, 09/01/2019 - 10:30 by gwknopp@gmail.com
I admit I have been working on learning David's 'essential scales' for far too long. It just seems it should not be this hard.
1- Do you guys envsion the musical scale? In other words do you know the scale such that you could write it down from memory and then play those notes?
2- Learn the sounds from memory and essentially play by ear?
3- Have that 'mental map' David speaks of and envision the physical harp?
Posted Thu, 07/25/2019 - 13:13 by gwknopp@gmail.com
I have a friend who wants me to play with him and he's a piano player/signer. He can play most anything. Does anyone know of a Blues Harp player who works with a piano? Solo or accompanyment. Im looking to get some examples of 12 bar blues tunes that fit.
Posted Sun, 07/21/2019 - 07:30 by gwknopp@gmail.com
Ive been working with BH.COM for some time and am wondering if I could move faster with private lessons. Can anyone share experiences of using Skype type lessons? What do you have to pay and what are the results youve seen? Im an intermediate player.
Held roughly once a month, Joe Filisko & Eric Nolden get together to play a live streamed performance of their act Roots Duo, with a traditional raw sound.
Managed to see 2 out of the 3 shows that have passed me by since I heard about this and I hope to catch many more.