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I've been practicing for about 3 weeks with a new Hohner Special 20 in A and draw 2 and 3 are hard to draw and sound flat already. I'm not drooling in the harmonica when I practice and I'm definately not playing hard and loud. I took it apart and there's no debris in the reeds that I can see. Is there anything I can do other than throw it out and buy a new one? These aren't cheap and I certainly can't afford buying a new harmonica every 3 weeks! Thanks.

In the opening of the movie Once Upon a Time in the West, within the first minute, it sounds to me almost like Franco rattle the reeds.

Does anyone know what he does, and/or how he does it?

Just binge watched the entire interview and must say it was well worth the watch. Jerry is a master of the instrument and a truly beautiful person, a treasure of the blues community. If you have the time give it a go. you won't be disappointed. 

Here where I live there's a small sauna, about 1 by 3 meters, and I found out that it's a lot of fun practicing harmonica there because of the acoustic. Not only fun, but it's also helping me a lot! The harmonica sounds louder to the ears, so you can play lighter and hear the nuances of your technic, and there's a nice reverb effect.

Not everyone has a sauna, but I think a small bathroom would do the same trick. I know it sounds weird, to practice in the bathroom, but give it a try! The sauna is my favorite place to practice now 

Hello,

does anyone know if Paul deLay was a pure tongue block player (like Joe Filisko and Dennis Gruenling are) or did he use both techniques, lip pursing and tongue blocking, in his diatonic harmonica playing? All the best, Manuel

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HI everyone,

I've been playing (badly)for many years, primarily for my own enjoyment. Recently started this program. I can hit the chord changes, bend a bit, and generally play along with a jam track, albeit without much creativity. I have now been invited by a friend who is a solid guitar player to accompany him at a a local jam, but we need a few suggestions of what to play. We can both sing a bit, so I was thinking of a simple 12 bar blues that we can trade vocals, maybe each take a solo, and get out of there with no fruit hurled at us.

any suggestions?

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Hi everyone! 

Im pretty new to tongue blocking, things are going relatively well but it seems that i have some trouble playing draw notes from about hole 6 and above. It sounds about the same as the draw 2 does for some people. Is this a common problem, and if so. Does anyone have some tips to fix this?

Thanks :)

Im working to branch out a bit and would like to play For Once in My Life the stevie wonder classic.

I found tabs online in the key of C.  

The only backing track I find is in the key of F.  

So it appears I would need to transpose the Tabs to key of F and use an F harp (first pos) or a Bb harp Second position.

This is a lot of effort.

Then I see there are some sites that appear to customize Jam Tracks.  What does this mean?

Can anyone give me some guidance here?

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Hi, everybody. I'm from Brazil and this is only my second day here.Do you have some program that can be useful to learn songs by ear? I'm still a beginner but I guess it won't be a problem to try to learn some songs by ear. I always searched for the song tab on google but I guess this habit is not helping me at all. Sometimes I think that my ears are not so "well trained". So, since I never learned any song by ear, I thought it might exist some program with some usefull stuff in this case.Do you have any recommendation?