The wood may have swelled from the water. You could wait a few weeks for the swelling to go down. Keeping it in a dry, warm place might help. Water and wooden...
THERE MAY BE NOTHING WRONG WITH IT AT ALL... I get the impression that this is your first tremelo harp and I assume that you have not played it before you put...
Greetings!, The semi finals at The Ultimate Band List are down to the last ten days. Fewer than six hundred votes separate me from first place. Please visit...
So I bought a used Harp on eBay. An Octave; Hohner Auto Valve 105. Got it for 10 bux. Ah, plus shipping from Canada, about 15. It needs some new valves and one...
$10 is a great deal for this harp. It retails new for something like $70. It's actually two complete harmonicas, one one each reedplate - that's why you're...
Drop by http://www.ubl.com/nrp/content/contest/, scroll down to the "Miscellaneous" category and vote for Dennis Cooper. I'm only 210 votes away from making...
The B part of blackberry blossom lies beautifully on the harmonica, but the A part is extremely jerky when I take it up to speed. It's fine at medium tempo,...
*<Crazy Bob wrote>* *2. Since it's a major scale, it will probably work pretty good for bluegrass. However, you must determine what scale notes best fit a ...
I don't have any musical training. What exactly are scale exercises and how do they help you play better? J. William "Bill" Thompson, FASLA Editor Landscape...
Cara may have more to say on this, but to me it means taking an awkward-feeling sequence of notes, isolating it, and playing it over and over again as an...
I understand what you're saying about taking something complicated and breaking it down, practicing it, putting the pieces together and speeding it back...
Well, actual major-scale passages going up and down, arpeggios (chord notes played one at a time in sequence), and pentatonic (five-note) scales are the...
Here is how I play Blackberry Blossom: http://www.geocities.com/beads_59/tunes.html I can play these up to speed. There are two versions there plus a little...
... <SNIP> ... Winslow gave some GREAT advice in this message! Adding just a bit to his comment on playing the C, G, and F major pentatonic scales: All 3 of...
Is a "Melody Maker" the same as "Country Tuned?" BostonMoeJo@... No, it is a little different. It is a lot more versatile than country tuning. You can...
Scale exercises seem dumb at first and hardly any teachers ever takes the time to explain well why we do them in band or in lessons. However, they are...
What Winslow said about taking a passage and isolating it is what it is all about. My version of that, if the passage will lend itself to it, is to use a...
Cara - An excellent extension of the principle. Every now and then I get the bug to write out a comprehensive set of scale exercises, but that very quickly...
This will be of interest to players of Scots, irish, and Quebecois fiddle tunes, though perhaps not to strict bluegrassers. Seydel has come out with the...
Harpers, I hope everyone has a wonder holiday season! Be careful out on the road. Drink wisely and watch out for the other person in everything you do. Peace...
Looks like a good idea. I also notice they are selling a 10 hole diatonic with a plastic comb in a variety of tunings, including "Paddy Richter", which I use...
The Sydel harps look very interesting. Is there a dealer(s) in the States that anyone can direct me to? Thanks! [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Rex, I have a couple of the Seydel paddy richter tuned harps. Pretty nice, and they come in an antique finish which makes them easier to spot in a hurry. Nice...
Rupert Oysler is the U.S. represeentative for Seydel. He's also a very accomplished diatonic player and repair tech (he has published a two-volume video on...
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