Kyle Wrote: "You should do a song book. with all the tunes on your sight." Hi Kyle, I'm planning to produce video lessons for each song on my two most-recent...
Hi All, I'm just checking in to announce the development of a new harmonica site: "Country and Easy Listening Harmonica" Designed for folks who like the mellow...
that is great!! will it include foggy mountain breakdown? when is it coming out? From: bluegrassharp@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bluegrassharp@yahoogroups.com] On...
Wow what a great sight. A country harmonica sight is long over due on the web. I joined Dennis please confirm me. Thanks! From: bluegrassharp@yahoogroups.com...
Subject: [Harp-L] Buckeye Harmonica Festival & Charlie McCoy's induction ceremony I just wanted to remind all my fellow harpers that the Buckeye Harmonica ...
I've been playing Bonapart's Retreat using 2 harps. Sam Hinton uses two harps for Flop Eared Mule and some other tunes on his CD. What other tunes work well...
... throat vibrato is cool and not that hard to do' but look into DIAPHRAGM vibrato.. it takes work, but will fatten your tone and overall make you a better...
... Richard, I learned throat vibrato from Cham-Ber Huang, starting with a chromatic harmonica. He instructed folks to "cough" from the throat while...
I cannot do it, I'm a newbie, still working on bending but, Adam Gussow does throat vibrato. If you contact him maybe he can give you some tips. Good luck ...
Diaphragm vibrato seems easier to me than throat vibrato. Can you tell me more about it? -Richard D. ... throat vibrato is cool and not that hard to do' but...
... Think how a small child SOBS , little puffs of air originating way down by the belly button [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hey Bill, You say you have MMs and want to look at the Paddy? I recently swapped the top plates on my D MM and my G richter to get a Paddy in G and a Country...
Rex, Thanks for the conversion tip. Guess this is the push I need to actually try out a Paddy Richter. I'm pretty sure I'll like it. You mentioned Blackberry...
I took the plunge and bought two Seydel circular or zircular tuned harps. When I first found out there was such a thing I thought it was a great idea. Now...
Bill, I consider myself more of an Old Time music and Gospel music player, not a bluegrasser. I play Blackberry Blossom with sort of an Irish lilt, the same...
When playing a fiddle tune continually for a few minutes, naturally my lips get dry after a while. It seems one would have to skip a few notes at some point...
you could switch from pucker to tounge for a while or take a quick break in the turn around of the song kinda like the way a vocallist sneaks in a breath of...
don't know if it will work for you but........ i tilt my head down and slip my tounge under the harp with a semi u-block for a while...slobers it right up and...
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 11:05 AM, <bluegrassharp@yahoogroups.com> wrote: If dry lips and/or mouth is a problem I keep onstage a bottle of water with a little...
Sunday, May 17th, Jellyroll Johnson and I played for Charlie McCoy¹s induction ceremony into the Country Music Hall Of Fame. I was asked to play Charlie¹s...
Dear friends, Can you explain to me what is the purpose of valving or half-valving a harmonica? Is it to make the harmonica louder? I'm about to buy a new...
by half valving the harmonica, a skilled player can play chromatically by bending notes a half step ... for instance if the number blow note1 was valved on a...
Hi harmonica people! I use lip gloss. This is far more necessary in winter when it's dry...I suppose on occassion in the summer if I forget and then play...
very good ideas.? Joyce? Especially the lemon water ... From: Kevin McNamara <harmonicakev@...> To: bluegrassharp@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, 29 May 2009...