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		<title>Harping in Havana &#8211; a bluesman&#8217;s introduction to Latin diatonic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Latin American diatonic for the uninitiated To witness Cuba&#8217;s musical pulse first hand and sip Mojitos in the sweat of Havana&#8217;s Bar Montserrate is privilege enough, but to sit in with the house band Sabor de Cuba, play the diatonic harmonica and get out alive? Ay Caramba! That&#8217;s the stuff of dreams. The Montserrate is a tourist magnet for genuinely good reason. Kitsch-free, under a blanket of humidity and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joe Filisko, The Blackjacks, The Shoestrung: The Brunswick, Hove &#8211; Fri 30.July</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Joe Filisko Gig Joe Filisko is visiting Brighton &#38; Hove (UK) at the end of this month in preparation for the annual Blues Week at Northampton University. He will be playing on the evening of  Friday 30.July at The Brunswick in Hove. Tickets can be bought in advance from the venue website. Old school confidential Those who saw Joe play last year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jason Ricci Needs Help</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My, what a good time for an album review Writing about Jason Ricci has been on my agenda more or less since I started blogging on the Harp Surgery. It’s odd, really, that he doesn’t get much airtime here, considering he’s one of the most phenomenal players alive AND his unsolicited praise adorns our sidebar. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.harpsurgery.com/jason-ricci-album-review/</link>
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		<title>Learn How (Not) To Play Harmonica</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey Negrita&#8217;s harmonica player teaches our Apprentice a lesson about tasteful playing Some time back I got my hands on this acoustic single, &#8220;Burn The Whole Place Down&#8221; by the British country blues band Hey Negrita, which features my friend Will &#8220;Captain Bliss&#8221; Greener on harmonica. I&#8217;ve mentioned Captain Bliss once or twice here, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There&#8217;s A Duck In My Harmonica</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How to fix a broken 4 hole harmonica From time to time a harmonica can stop doing what it should do. Instead of playing clear notes, one reed sounds a bit strange. It may rattle, it may not play at all or, as one of our junior players recently discovered, a duck had climbed inside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Star Wars Theme [..with tab]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mmm&#8230;come to the Harp side you have!   One of our junior players asked if he can learn the Star Wars theme on his harmonica. We asked our good friend Chewbacca the Wookiee for help.    Chewy says you can play the theme on your harmonica. He sent us a lovely photo of his Rebel Alliance Harmonica Belt and a recording.      [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1st Position Blues Harp – An Introduction (Part 2)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A guide to straight blues harping In Part 1 we looked at an overview of first position. We considered why it may be something blues players put off till later. We noted that 1st position blues mainly comprises deep low end draw bends and confident high end blow bends, and that the middle octave has little to offer to those who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.harpsurgery.com/1st-position-blues-harp-an-introduction-part-2/</link>
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		<title>European Blues and Roots Masterclass 3-7.Aug, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[European Blues and Roots Masterclass Otis the Harp Surgery postman dropped in a letter from our friend Robert Koch in France today. Robert is organising a Blues and Roots Masterclass from Tuesday 3.August to Saturday 7.August 2010 at La Maison du Kleebach in Kleebach, France. The day offers instruction in guitar, cajón and harmonica. The great news for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blow The Man Down [...with tab]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I was walking down Paradise Street Welcome to the Toot Suite where junior harmonica players can have fun learning to play new songs, checking out top harmonica tips and sharing some crazy harmonica facts that will amaze and amuse. Here’s another tune you may know. It&#8217;s a Sea Shanty sung by Sailors and Pirates. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1st Position Blues Harp &#8211; An Introduction (Part 1)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A guide to straight blues harping No force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight. Elementary Treatise On Mechanics (William Whewell) The classic blues harmonica journey starts with a crusade to the Holy Shrine of cross harp. Whereupon, straight harp (normally in the guise of Oh Susannah) is swiftly abandoned. Drunk on the glories of success and now [...]]]></description>
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