General Discussion

I'm a lefty, so I feel that my wawas are much better if I use my left hand; is it alright if I hold my harmonica with my right and use my left for the wawas, I know it's contrary to what is in the lesson but I just want to know if this could cause me any problems in later lessons.

Hello!

Can someone please tell me which harp key Mr. Musselwhite is using in this beautiful song: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM_bU92nIAQ

 Grateful for answers! All the best!

I know I am going to embarrassed when I find out but can anyone point me in the direction of "Working with a Metronome" referred to in preamble to Level Test 1 in LOA.

Thanks in advance

As a beginner the one thing I notice (like photography) there appear to be "no rules" to Blues.  Thats fine but I have just been looking at a copy of Blues Harmonica for Dummies and I notice that all the graphics related to the layout of the harmonica are inverted to what I typically see and understand. I do find it very disconcerting, the phisical makeup of the instrument is that the blow reeds are at the top and draw below. All other literature seem to comply with a "convention" of the layout as the harmonica is designed so why the flip in this book. continue reading...

Im not sure that this is what the forum is for but here goes. I thought I would introduce myself. I live in Australia and am 73 years old. As a youngster I use to “play” the harp, pucker and pick and very rudimentary, so a raw beginner. Members of my family, grandkids are taking music/instrument lessons of one sort or another, guitar, piano, and ukulele so I thought it fun to learn the harp that I have always loved and yearned to play well. Hope to jam along with them. continue reading...

I just recieved this book and for the life of me, it seems a lot of the tabulature is incorrect. This book has been around for awhile with little if any negative reviews. I'm a biginner, but like to think I can read music pretty well. Quite a few of the tabs for these songs in this book seem wrong. Has any one else noticed this?

Hi mister Barret, till now I have only played a little bit to a tremolo harmonica. But I've decided to start learning diatonic harmonica, however for the time being I'm completely lost especially with the bends.My question is - is The Special 20 a good harmonika to begin learning.Thank you in advance.Regards Krasimir

Ive been working with the harp for nearly two years and am doing okay in a number of areas.  Ive increased my practice in the past 6 months and technique is improving.   Bending, however, remains a mystery.   And it looks to me as if bending is mandatory if you want to play blues....I get that. continue reading...

I think I just posted my Hohner experience in the wrong spot - sorry I'm a newbie to this site. I really wanted to share my experience so I'm re-posting here. Based on David's recommendation I ordered 3 Crossovers in the keys of C A and G. They arrived and the A harp was defective on the 1 blow. I called the company I ordered from and they said I needed to deal with the manufacturer directly and provided an 800 number. continue reading...

Ross Garren is the overblow advice columnist here at bluesharmonica.com. But he's also a multi-instrumentalist and a film composer. As half of the duo Sheriffs of Schroedinham with guitarist John Schroeder, he's got a new CD out (the second from this pairing).

Ross plays just about every type of harmonica known to man and beast, and manages to find creative ways to use them all. I've published a review at my blog, with some links to video and audio from the recording:

http://winslowyerxa.com/blog/