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i've not got a musical bone in my body and my hand co-ordination is pants. i once had a bass guitar. bought purely because it had fewer strings than a normal guitar yet i could only play the intro from one song as it was a repeated and only used one string.

so i've now got a harmonica. does any one play one? i'd like to be able to. i quite like the idea of walking up to some lonely hill top and blowing some notes.

any tips and pointers gratefully recieved....


 
Posted : 23/03/2012 1:42 pm
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I've been known to take a penny-whistle on my travels. Very relaxing after a long days walking or cycling, sitting watching the evening sun and entertaining the wildlife 🙂

I always seem to sound better after a couple of whiskies too.


 
Posted : 23/03/2012 1:44 pm
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They are fun, but you need to be able to understand scales a bit. If it's a keyed one not a chromatic one, then if you blow you get a nice chord. If you can blow down one hole at a time then, moving upwards, it goes blow suck blow suck blow suck suck blow to get the scale 🙂

No idea how chromatic ones work, never tried. However those are typically the ones that blues people use afaik.


 
Posted : 23/03/2012 1:50 pm
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Posted : 23/03/2012 2:27 pm
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Check out Walsh & Pound on YouTube - clawhammer banjo & harmonica, far too young to be so damn good.


 
Posted : 23/03/2012 2:34 pm
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Check out Blues Traveler - But Anyway. He's fairly handy on the harmonica.


 
Posted : 23/03/2012 4:27 pm

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