about 20 years on and off.. for a long while i way primarily a blues harp player with a side order of sax... for about the last 6 yeas I've been mainly sax but I've just started scoring doubling gigs a bit recently so have picked the harp up again.... a bag of Lee Oskars, a Hohner blues blaster and a pignose amp and I'm ready to go...How long you bin playing Jules?
anyone else care to join me in a general discussion of the finer points of the 10 hole diatonic harmonica?
about 20 years on and off.. for a long while i way primarily a blues harp player with a side order of sax... for about the last 6 yeas I've been mainly sax but I've just started scoring doubling gigs a bit recently so have picked the harp up again.... a bag of Lee Oskars, a Hohner blues blaster and a pignose amp and I'm ready to go...
http://home.freeuk.net/tosborne/swamp/ichap5.html
Actually I spent quite a bit of time with one of my old bands trying to emulate a cajun (or to be more accurate- Zydeco) accordion style on my harps... tongue block so you get octaves and hum/growl slightly and it's possible to get a vaguely passible Clifton Chenier/Queen Ida kind of feel.Have had three bellows blown ones, that were used to play Cajun and Morris. Although can manage Take the A train on my present box but find it virtually impossible to bend notes. Don't try playing Cajun on your harp as they are just tuned and you'll strangle your tonsils trying to keep up. The other problems is Arcadian French and strangled, nasal cries that are featured. Great dance music and improvisation. Bit like jazz.
Gobsmacked!Actually I spent quite a bit of time with one of my old bands trying to emulate a cajun (or to be more accurate- Zydeco) accordion style on my harps... tongue block so you get octaves and hum/growl slightly and it's possible to get a vaguely passible Clifton Chenier/Queen Ida kind of feel.
I have a Lee Oskar 10 hole [in A] - as well as a Suzuki SCX-48 [Chromatic in C] and a Musette 24 Tremolo also in C ...
I only started a few months ago but I am able to achieve single notes regularly now ...
I don't get on very well with the ole tongue block though ...
I often play a harp when the guvnor has gone off to the land of nod ... cos she gets a bit peeved off wiv me if I get the Alto or Tenor out when she is havin a kip ...))
There are loads of really great players out there ... uTube is teaming wiv stuff ...
How long you bin playing Jules?
brave man... chromatics are very scarey bits of kit.....
I bought a Hohner Marine Band in C earlier this year. Found it very difficult and haven't touched it since. Any tips for beginners?
Yeah Mate ...
Pick it up [it won't bite] and practice blowing in the little holes ...))
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brave man... chromatics are very scarey bits of kit.....
Am I missing something..??..'Chromatic in the key C'..would that be Major/minor..melodic/harmonic..pentatonic..modal..think about it, unless it refers to the range..eg..'C to C'..F to F etc....
Am I missing something..??..'Chromatic in the key C'..would that be Major/minor..melodic/harmonic..pentatonic..modal..think about it, unless it refers to the range..eg..'C to C'..F to F etc....
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