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Level 5 solo harmonica

Posted Thu, 02/04/2016 - 16:28 by Emanuel Taborda

Hi David.

Sorry to bother you.

I was studying the level 5 of LOA solo harmonica 2.2

Is the pdf correct? Seems like you are playing something different in the end of the first 1 chord.

Best regards.

Emanuel

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Adapting Licks for improvisation

Posted Thu, 02/04/2016 - 09:09 by Intervaltraining

Hi David, when I'm apply the licks ive learnt from the study songs to say for example 12 bar blues rock track, should i be aplying licks that come from the blues scale or licks with half step and whole step bends due to the genre of the music. The reason I say this is, if I try and jam to a rock track with a lick that has no bends, then it doesn't sound quite right, the lick sounds to bright. continue reading...

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Blues for Big Nate

Posted Mon, 02/01/2016 - 17:05 by harooki2

I seem to have lost the Jerry Portnoy MP3 that was unlocked for me upon completion of Level 1. Is there still a link available to me for it? If so, where?

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1 draw sounds .... funky

Posted Mon, 02/01/2016 - 16:43 by joey.kendall

So I've been working on the study song #1 for about a month now. Things are going pretty good, however, when I hit my 1 draw I'm getting kind of this metal on metal clanking sound. Is this an indicator that the reed is bad or going bad? I'm aware enough of the troubles on 1, 2, 3 draws to know that most of the time 'its not the harmonica' but this seems different.

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Holid the harmonica

Posted Sun, 01/31/2016 - 02:27 by Shauncad

Hi David,

Thank you all of the information and adbice you have compiled n this site. It is really appreciated by novice musicians continue reading...

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DI input on a harp amp?

Posted Tue, 01/26/2016 - 20:26 by Andrew Lord

Hi David,

I have an amp coming my way and it has a DI input. Not something I was looking for specially but it's there.

Anyway I don't recall this mentioned in the many videos on amps. Could you share any thoughts on this and the potential use of this feature?

Andrew

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Question About Tongue Blocking

Posted Tue, 01/26/2016 - 17:14 by P.PAlminteri

I'm a beginner having trouble with tongue blocking. My question is, can i tongue block on the lower or higher notes? Like the 2 draw/blow?

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Lesson1 Music theory scale

Posted Tue, 01/26/2016 - 14:13 by Nazarien

Deer Teacher

lesson1 Ex 3.5 Major scale. I apply (step,step,half,step,step,step,half). IM not sure but I understand Ab replace Gsharp because double sharp its not good. You says we have 12 scales. On the chart Csharp is a scale, right? But I can replace Cshap scale by Dflat. Its working when I apply (step,step,half,step,step,step,half). Wich one is the right scale and whats happening with the signature?