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Howdy... im new, in Vegas & would love to meet local students... i learn better with a little help... im in the Northwest but willing ti travel, even bring the goodies...

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I may be late to the party, but I stumbled upon one of David Gruenling's websites - badassharmonica.com

Among other things the site has to offer, are biographies of many of the harp greats. He also offers a recommended discography with comments for each player.

For anyone unaware the Special 20 cover plates are razor sharp both front and back edges. When working on /disassembling  them for cleaning or gapping treat as if a razor blade.

Hi all,

I was curious how much time people need to move from one LOA step to another. And because I have some data processing skils, I computed that. Here you go:

Each bar in the chart shows average number of days between consecutive levels. The chart is based on David's posts to the LOA Awords sections of this forum.

Cheers,

Marek

Hi

i was reading about types of tuning: compromissed, just intonation, equal temperament.

i read and i didnt understand much....lots of doubts.

but my question is: since each model of harmonica has a type of tuning, what tuning/model should i use to have a great blues sound?

in other words: i believe that marine band deluxe, marine band 1896, suziki promaster, suzuki olive, maji, seydel's... each one model has a type of tuning (just intonation, equal temperamet....). so wich one of this types of tuning is best for blues sound? continue reading...

I wonder if anyone has the software ‘Transcribe ‘. I often would like to establish what key/pitch a certain lick in played in. I understand that Transcribe has the capability to decipher that info. Most of its other capabilities are covered by other programs.

first I have to say my tys. I don't always get around to thanking y'all for your prompt respones but I am grateful

I've started the bending exercises in prep for level 3 studies

Ive stuggled mostly with the 1 draw and whole step 2 draw bends.  in reading today in the forums I learned that I've been fighting the tongues urge to scoop instead of goiing with it. and that I need to relax the tongue's tip.  early experimentations indicate both tips are going to help continue reading...

a 5 set of special 20s got me to this site with the encolsed 30 free trial, and I've learned so much.  set came with G A C D E, but I thought at some point I would find a full set of 12 in either marine band delux or crossovers.  that's not chump change though.  found a set as large as 7 harps on hohners recomded online retailer but not the full 12 set

what, if I had aspirations of playing along with the church band one day in the near future, are the harp keys that I could do without?  

is having all 12 harps a necessary or luxury?

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Hey David--I've been loving the small amp reviews and am extremely curious about the Princeton. I noticed that you had the volume on 2 and cranked out a marvelous tone. In a gig situation, how much more can the volume knob be twisted before feedback begins to creep into the mix? continue reading...

forgive me for asking, but I swore that I have looked at a chart in either level 1 or 2 of all the music notations such as ties, octave symbols, etc...  

I can not find it again.  was I dreaming?  I am woindering about the half circle with a dot in the middle of it that's at the top of the staff at the end of "temperature"  once I find that chart, I'll print it  :)

thank you in advance for your help

Monty Wheeler