General Discussion

I've been using my iPhone Voice Memo app to record my LOA submissions, but it saves audio in .m4a format rather than .mp3, and I'm finding it a bit of a pain to convert for submission. Can anybody recommend either a reliable app that records in .mp3, or a convenient way to make the file conversion?

Thanks very much.

Hey,

i'm listening to alot of Muddy Waters and Little Walter lately. And its pretty easy to find Stuff  and How To'S on YouTube to different songs and licks and so on.

But i cant find anything related to Harmonica about the Song "Blue and Lonesome"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAHqQ8kS7OA

Im talking about the part he is playing at 1:40min

What Key of Harmonica is he playing in? And how does he "create" this sound? Tongue splits? I think he uses alot of flutter but thats all i could figure out at my state of knowledge. continue reading...

Hello!  I'm a beginning student here at Bluesharmonica.com and would like to know if there are any other students/teachers in the New Hampshire area?  Would love to get together and chat and learn from others in the area along with the website studies.

Brett

Manchester, NH

Hello all,

I have a question about the Amazing Slow Downer.  I have not purchased the program yet, but I want to try to manage my expectations.  I use a Macbook Pro with no CD drive.  I can import the BH study songs into iTunes, so I don't think I would have any issues dragging the study songs into ASD and having it work.   continue reading...

Hello.

I am a beginner with a good knowledge of musical theory and I have recently bouhgt a harmonica. I am here since I am entitled to a month free trial, which I think is great.

The problem is that I am not really committed (yet, at least). I have played different instruments, but now I just tentatively strum chords on my guitar. It's easy to master and quite enough to sing along.And this is what I though playing the harmonica could be. But I got blocked soon by tone... blocking. It is not so easy :)... But still; let me see if I can put my question clearly... continue reading...

I'm sure y'all have been asked this a thousand times before and I'm sure my answer is here somewhere.

battling limited practice time so still working on lesson 1 and leaning the last choruses of the practice song but in breaking up my time I'm spending a few minutes relearning to the metronomea and tongue blocking technique a couple songs I'd learned kinda sorta prior to coming here. continue reading...

Who deserves the honor of a SPAH award in 2017?

The June 30 deadline is fast approaching to nominate candidates for a SPAH award. SPAH members received the printed awards packet along with the Spring 2017 issue of the magazine Harmonica Happenings, but you can also go to the SPAH website and download the packet:

You don’t have to mail in the forms. In fact, you don’t have to use them at all. Just include all the required information in an email and send it to:

spahwards(at symbol)gmail.com. continue reading...

Hi 

I am a newbie to music learning and harmonica. 

I am at Level 1 of the lessons and have a couple of queries i.e.

1) while practicing playing I am facing an issue where my mouth dries up and I am having trouble 'sliding' the harmonica across my mouth.

related to this, I am also facing a 'stickiness/friction' with the top-bottom metal plates.

any suggestions on how do 'smooth sliding'

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I am hosting the musical entertainment at an outdoor event towards the end of July. For the final number several of the musicians are going to get together to play "Rocky Mountain Way" by Joe Walsh and Barnstorm. I plan to sit in and play harmonica. As far as comping during the song, I'm good. However some us plan to take solos towards the end. Iv'e started to think about solo lick ideas, but thought I'd see if anybody has experience with this song or had any cool soloing ideas for this.

Thanks

BC

Hello all, I'm a beginner who just today got a Special 20 in C and a Manji in A after more than a month of wating. I've been using a Hohner Silverstar and a Swan 10 hole in the meantime, both in C. Using the Special 20 after using the other two is like night and day. I always had trouble with attacking the 2 draw fast on the Swan and the Silverstar, but with the Special 20 it responds instantaneously and gave me such a great feeling. Unfortunately the leaky 2 and 3 hole on the Manji sucked all the happiness away. continue reading...