A regular G or a country-tuned G will probably be fine. The entire piece can be played in the lower octave of a standard diatonic with a lot of bends, but...
Hello Everyone, New to the Harp and in the begging stages of learning, but enjoying every minute of it. Can any tell me where to find that Tabiture for "happy...
Hi Bob, Try this: http://www.volcano.net/~jackmearl/songs/hsongs/happy_birthday_to_you.html Happy Harpin' ~Ed [Non-text portions of this message have been...
hardylovers@...
Sep 1, 2004 12:58 pm
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... Happy Birthday To You 6 6 -6 6 7 -7 Hap-py birth-day to you, 6 6 -6 6 -8 7 Hap-py birth-day to you, 6 6 9 8 7 -7 -6 Hap-py...
Barry Leamon
harpintn@...
Sep 1, 2004 11:30 pm
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My name's Rob, I've heard from a few of you already. If you're planning on going to the festival, here are some directions to a very harp-friendly zone. Take...
hey rob, sounds like a blast, i would have liked to have hung out & jamed, hope many on the list stop by, the festival is a blast altogether. i've been blown...
Does anyone out there tune their own harmonicas, and if so what chromatic tuner would you recommend? Also what pitch do you tune to, and could you explain the...
Stanley Yoder Sr
yoder_doyle@...
Sep 6, 2004 4:54 pm
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That's ok, Doyle. Come back to the next SPAH in Kansas City and do the tech tables. Harmonicas are usually tuned to a 442 standard. Just make sure you get a...
DEFORD Bailey: A Legend Lost . Timeline | PBS ... December 1927, After DeFord Bailey played his "Pan American Blues," WSM Announcer Judge Hay got the idea to...
Thank you for posting this. Many of the younger players out there may not know who Deford Bailey is. A very important player in the history of music and the...
DeFord Bailey’s story, though the timeline may not show it, also is important in understanding where the music we love to play was and where it is now. He...
I hope you are someplace dry and safe, Charles. Here comes another one. It looks like this hurricane season will be a good time for Florida harmonica players...
Hello everyone, First let me say thank you to everyone who replyed to my Happy brithday tabature request. I learned it well enough to play along with my off...
Did you sign up for Grandpa Jack's mailing list ? Click on - or copy and paste: http://www.volcano.net/~jackmearl/songs/hsongs/how_about_you.html [Non-text...
hardylovers@...
Sep 9, 2004 4:11 am
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Thanks for thinking about me Cara. My house is still intact with the exception of a small roof leak and many downed trees. I'm a landscape designer so I used...
... Great story Charles! Been there, done.... etc I'm a chromatic player and fairly nifty... there was a pretty complex tune at high speed for nearly three...
"Not a rish man so I have been looking for all that is free" Just keep blowin that bluegrass harp, it may not be a lot of fun, but you'll make a lot of...
Situations like that are why I have chromatics in several keys. I shoot for the chromatic in a key that will make me work the least given whatever position in...
Found this site after following a link from another harmonica forum, read some, and joined. By way of introduction I've played harp in front of people for...
Welcome to the world of bluegrass and to the list. Bluegrass is very modal, so you will want to familiarize yourself with both 1st and 4th positions. 5th and...
I'm not a pro, but have been playing dietonic harmonica for 40 years. I play by ear, and play with country volunteer bands at Senior Centers and Nursing ...
East Tennessee State University offers a four year program on Bluegrass music. Scholarships waive out-of-state tuition for bluegrass players at various skill...
Hey Rich, You can think of playing a "position" as playing in a song key. Let's take a look at the C-Harp. 1st postion is the song key of C, with the chord...
Just reporting in on an old-time country harmonica experience. Last night at the Jackson Hole Hootenanny (weekly, acoustic), John Cooke (who was in the Charles...
http://coast2coastmusic.com/diatonic/cross_harp.shtml Some info on positions from our host's site. --johnk. ... wrote: <snip> What are you talking about when...
Rich: A few clarifications about position playing. The main point of playing in different positions is to be able to get different tunes, scales, and licks out...
Thanks for passing that information on, Tulsa. I knew they were working on one, but I did not know they finally put one together. That makes two bluegrass...
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