Background When I heard Charlie’s recording of Orange Blossom Special for the first time, I was utterly stunned at the speed and accuracy of his technique – it is both jaw busting and jaw dropping. In fact it ranks right at the top of the “I’ll never play like that” top 40. How do you [...]
Read more..OK so you’re following some harp tab, or working on a toon, and you encounter repeated notes. Let’s take the start of Amazing Grace as our example. You can start either from Blow 6 – Blow 7 – Blow 7 or, for the more daring, Draw 2 – Blow 4 – Blow 4. New students [...]
Read more..My harp must be dodgy! When learning to play individual notes for the first time, 2 draw is often the hardest to master. ‘Is it me or is there something wrong with my harmonica?’ is the question that follows. To be blunt, it’s rarely the harp. 2 hole draw is a long reed in a [...]
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