I play chromatic harmonica on a new CD, High Desert Bluegrass Sessions, with bluegrass greats: Pat Cloud, Eric Uglum, Christian Ward, and Austin Ward. I've...
Those are all good ideas. Keep working on them. I have a few scale exercises based on common fiddle tune and fiddle fill patterns that you may find helpful...
David, Your playing on High Desert Bluegrass is great! I read your information on Myspace. Beyond that, since you are (as far as I know) the only chromatic...
Hi all, In reclaiming my chops (such as they were) I have been mostly working on blues, though I have had an offer to play a few congregational songs with the...
Hi Bill Thompson, Glad you enjoyed my chromatic harmonica playing on the new “High Desert Bluegrass Sessions” CD. My interested in bluegrass is described...
When I play bluegrass, I typically use 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th positions most often and occasionally use 12th. My goal is to locate the tune/song most ...
"Down By The Riverside" is definitely Ionian. First position would prevent the need for the overblow. It sounds like you might be in 2nd as you are playing...
Sorry, 12th, not second. In 2nd position, the Ionian scale would need a 5 OB (key of G on a C harmonica, F# is 5 OB). In 12th, the Ionian scale would need a...
Andrew- A couple of quick thoughts: Forget about overblows. I know they are fashionable right now, but they take a lot of work to play right and you don't need...
Thanks for the info,Cara. You're right, my "country blues" DbtR is in 2nd, and the draw 3, 1/2 bend and the 6OB are required in their respective octaves. I...
Fellow List members, This is a reminder that you have till this Saturday the 14th to reserve discounted tickets for the ³One Day Harmonica Retreat/Seminar²...
Non-Richter tunings are always another posibility. If you want to try a good one, try circular tuning (www.seydel1847.com). It gets a bunch of chords...
Hi Tony. I enjoyed the articles. I found the major cross tuning very interesting. I split my time between standard richter and melody maker depending on the...
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Responding to your test - OK. By the way, I have recently discovered the joys of half-valving, and don't think I can go back to a regular harp again! I play a...
What is a valved harp ? Wayne ... From: Matthew Andrew To: bluegrassharp@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 7:31 PM Subject: RE: [BluegrassHarp]...
Hi Matt & Wayne, Matt, I don¹t play the Sessions model. I play the 1847¹s both in the plastic and wood combs. However, I really like the attention to detail...
I know a lot of you that post to Youtube have found the same thing that I have....the audio really gets degraded by the time Youtube makes it whatever size...
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