Wednesday, July 19, 2006

YouTube - Blues Harp Lessons

Ran across this by accident at You Tube. Apparently this guy has aspriations to put out a DVD. The Funky Blues Harmonica video gives a good view of his technique and overall talent. Looks like it's popular on You Tube with over 500 comments.

Here are all of his demonstrations and lessons (8 as of this writing):
YouTube - RonnieShellist

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Wikihow harmonica playing

The very cool Wikihow has an article on playing the harmonica. It's real basic, but worth a look. Even better, because it is a Wiki, you can add to or edit it! I made some additions including:

"Beginners will often find that the 2-draw single note is hard to play and sometimes suspect that their new harmonica is bad--it isn't. Don't draw too hard and keep adjusting your embouchure and angle of the harp till it rings true."

BTW: Howdy RSS readers out there! I see 6 of you at Bloglines, hopefully there are more elsewhere. I'm going to post a few more articles here at the Cool Harp Blog. Drop me an email, if you like.