General Discussion

ok.  hace to ask what I'm not seeing.  I dowloaded the level 1 pdf for the written portion and I can open and type in it but I'm only seeing a single page with half a dozen or so exercises on it.  

am I seeint it all, or is there more than a single page and I'm just doing something wrong?

Monty

I'm working on LOA 2 studies, and I thought I'd give it a go to start to learn to bend yesterday. Like many of you I'm sure, I had no success at all at first, leading me to think "will I ever get it?" I feel with patience and perseverance it'll eventually happen, probably all of a sudden. I'm just curious the amount of time until you had even the smallest success at getting a bent note. Also, what hole on the "A" or "C" harp did you have initial success with? continue reading...

Just wanted to share a way that helped me remember the placement of the draw notes on the C diatonic that may be helpful to students. With the world being so hot on using acronyms I figured that maybe I could use reverse acronyms to memorize the draw notes . The draw notes on the C diatonic are : D G B D F A B D F A. My contrived “ reverse acronym “ , using the first letter of each word to represent the note, is as follows :     Dennis - Gruenling - Builds - Damn - Fine - Astatics - Builds - Damn - Fine - Astatics. continue reading...

Hi All

I wonder if there is a place at the internet where I could find 'original' jam tracks for harmonica; with this I mean; the original full sound track of a harmonica song where only the harmonica sound is left out while all other instruments and possibly the voices are still in? If so, to my opinion this would provide an ideal way of learning songs from great players

Or would anyone know if there may exist a tool or app (free or payable) by means of which I could take a full sound track of a song and delete for example the harmonica sound from it....? continue reading...

Hello everyone , my name is Ronnie Sarkar , I am from India and I have started learning the harmonica from this site just few moments ago. That being said , I now possess only a C harmonica of Suzuki Manji .

Hoping to make proper use of the website throughout my stay over here and I also wanted some suggestions whether my current harmonica is suitable for the beginning levels or not. I am getting an A harmonica as soon as I can.

Any suggestions to a new member please ?

Good morning everyone. I would like to get this groups experiences with computer-based recording software and amplifier modeling. I need to practice quietly without disturbing the family so I use a PC, an interface and plug a microphone into that, either with an XLR cable or quarter inch. I then use a recording package known as Reaper. And I have an add-on module known as Amplitube. With Amplitube you can purchase additional amplifier models. I have purchased a 59 batsman. 

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Im a level 4 player and have always bought Special 20s.  My lastest harp is a Bb Suzuki Bluesmaster.   I find it much easier to bend than my Hohners.  Is that about Suzuki or is it being a Bb that makes it easier.  I now have c, a, d, g, d.  

Gary

I was wondering if the website has been under construction recently.  For two days I was unable to raise the site at all.  The computer just said "waiting on bluesharmonica.com".  Today I was able to reach the site, but had difficulty signing in.  It took several tries, but obviously I'm here now.  Anyone else experiencing difficulty?

EddieKnoxville

There is free "Harmonica Tuner" app, and it looks decent.

I wonder how it compares to HarpNinja.

Anyone keen to give it a test? (I am not a good at bending yet..)

I have been trying to record a rendition of David’s “Passing Time” to share as a celebration at achieving my LOA5. It’s a fast piece and I have been playing it to improve my speed playing.  Using Audacity for the recording I found that every time I made a recording my playing was a fraction of a beat slower than the background music. I tried a number of times with the same result. Then I noticed that the backing music in my recording was also showing a fraction late. I am using a USB Sampson mike and it is also picking up the backing music that I am playing to. continue reading...