harmonica help

[firebirdV]

Does anyone have some experience with harmonica? I would like to play Neil Young and hopefully eventually some blues, but am on a budget. Currently, I do not know anything about harmonicas other than the keys they come in, so any info would be helpful. I do know that many of the Neil Young songs that I like use a harmonica in the key of G.

[jake_xms3_punk]

cant go wrong with a hohner or lee oskar. in blues a song in "E" you would usually use a harmonica in the key of "A" and a song in "G" you would use a "C" harmonica, so you use a harmonica thats the sub-dominant of the root note, but in folk bob dylan-y stuff i think its usually in the same key of the song. if you can afford to get a few different keys just play about and see what sounds good to you.

[jeremy]

yeah cross harp is up a 4th i think

[ES350]

Most folky stuff is first position...

[firebirdV]

Thanks

I think this is enough information for me to start playing some songs.

[StalePretzel]

A baby dies prematurally.
A dog gets hit by a car.
A dad won't make it home alive...to feed his daughter..

YEAH!! Keep on rockin in the free world.


Can't stand that guy for second...

[Funkfingers]

Some players swear by soaking the reeds before playing.

At all costs, avoid the harmonica preparation technique practiced by the disgruntled road crew of a well-known Belfast singer-songwriter. (Truly, the BROWN sound!)

[wolf5150]

This is a guitar site !! It clearly says at the top.. GUITAR SHOP

harmonica's are right up there with nails on a chalk board for sheer pain.

[Funkfingers]

This is a guitar site !! It clearly says at the top.. GUITAR SHOP

harmonica's are right up there with nails on a chalk board for sheer pain.

Some of them taste real bad too! ;o)

[Hurricane]

Does anyone have some experience with harmonica? I would like to play Neil Young and hopefully eventually some blues, but am on a budget. Currently, I do not know anything about harmonicas other than the keys they come in, so any info would be helpful. I do know that many of the Neil Young songs that I like use a harmonica in the key of G.

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Several great online sources :

http://www.harpinanawhinin.com

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Heres' just one .

HR

[Hurricane]

Here's a cross harp rendition .

Song name : " America "

Composer : Chan Romero ( Hippy Hippy Shake 1959 )

Vocal Chan Romero

Harp : Me

http://www.harpinanawhinin.com/MP3s/...3s/america.mp3

Started on harp in 1954 at age 4 . This last September marks 55 years at it .

HR

[Hurricane]

http://harp-l.com/mailman/listinfo/harp-l

Great forum for things harp

HR

[Hurricane]

Some players swear by soaking the reeds before playing.

At all costs, avoid the harmonica preparation technique practiced by the disgruntled road crew of a well-known Belfast singer-songwriter. (Truly, the BROWN sound!)

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So's not to irritate those who hate harps I just practiced my bass .

Soaking is old old school with the new plastic bodied harps it's a none issue .

Air tightness is the key issue here , wooden bodied harps would get swollen and then shrink so they lost their air tightness . Soaking works but at a maintenance factor that makes plastic bodied harps popular .

HR

[Hurricane]

This is a guitar site !! It clearly says at the top.. GUITAR SHOP

harmonica's are right up there with nails on a chalk board for sheer pain.

Wolf :

Your writing appears to show maybe a person who's been traumatized by bad harmonica playing by maybe a wannbee Blues man .

Hey man even me the consummate harp player ( I have earned the right to claim ) get uptight over these type of musicians too like you . In my case it's any wannabee musician that I have problems with when they try to get on stage with me and others I play with .

So easy man he just wanted to get a direction to go on and didn't spam us , it's not like he walked in front of you while you were about to take a ride on a solo in front of a crowd .

Easy .

HR

[Hurricane]

Some of them taste real bad too! ;o)

Man - - what a bad memory you just brought back - - -

I left a few harps out one night - - next day I packed them away for a gig - -

It's show time - - I'm on stage and I take a big drag on a harp I'm about to kick out a really low bent note with power and ----

I choke on pieces of linted up fruit loops !


Always keep children away from your harps for YOUR OWN SAFETY !

:
HR

[Funkfingers]

Man - - what a bad memory you just brought back - - -

I left a few harps out one night - - next day I packed them away for a gig - -

It's show time - - I'm on stage and I take a big drag on a harp I'm about to kick out a really low bent note with power and ----

I choke on pieces of linted up fruit loops !


Always keep children away from your harps for YOUR OWN SAFETY !

:
HR

'Cane, I'm in a mood to gamble. I wager that mushed up breakfast cereal and household fluff cannot possibly taste as bad as sweaty roadie's butt crack. Let's ask Ivan!

[Hurricane]

'Cane, I'm in a mood to gamble. I wager that mushed up breakfast cereal and household fluff cannot possibly taste as bad as sweaty roadie's butt crack. Let's ask Ivan!

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Yeah ask Ivan ........ For the life of me I can't tell ya what a roadies sweaty butt crack would { taste } like ....

..... I almost barf'd just thinking of the possibilities .

Oh some small hairs were in those fruit loops crumbs too .

¿ Oh ....... Who's Ivan ?

HR

[Funkfingers]

Oh ....... Who's Ivan ?

HR

(I)van Morrison.

[firebirdV]

It grew while I was gone!

Thanks for the added advice.
For the record the forum says Guitar Shop: Guitars, guitar accessories other musical instruments. (underlining added for emphasis)
I will try to be considerate of those around me when I get a harmonica.

[Hurricane]

So - -
What kind of guitar do you play - style of music - who made you mad and insane to take up the guitar and now the harmonica .

HR