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Rhythm Harmonica
Rhythm Harmonica
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picardz
1 post
Apr 18, 2012
9:45 PM
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Hey guys! I'm new here and I hope you can help me.
I have looked up the FAQ and didn't find answers.
So I bought myself a looper, and I want to give myself the rhythm with the harp and then solo over it.
Now I a problem, maybe I am not doing something right but it seems that whenever I get to the 5th chord in the progression it's a tad too melodic
and does not supply enough harmony like for an instance a guitar would and it kinda sound weird when I solo over it.
What do you suggest ?
Do I lack some trick I need to learn ?
If Ill buy a low harp, will it sound better when soloing over with a regular one ?
Maybe there is a chord harp ?
Any help you can give me, I will appreciate!
Thank you !
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nacoran
5565 posts
Apr 18, 2012
11:41 PM
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I've done a little bit of that, not live, but in Audacity after the fact. A low harp can be nice for that. Also, running different effects on the different parts can help differentiate them a bit; you can mix positions too. I don't think you need a chord harp. You can play chords on your harp already. There are some tricks on lower harps that I like. There is a nice percussive pop noise you can get with a tongue slap. I can get it on A and lower harps but it really comes into it's own on lower harps. Keep one part simple sounding.
The best advice I can give is to listen to what some of the other guys doing it are doing. Around the web Son of Dave is doing it and our own Isaacullah and Harp Ninja both are doing it, and Boris has at least one video of him doing it (sorry, I'm not even going to try to spell Boris's last name, but he's on the forum).
Don't be afraid to throw in some cheap percussion too. You can make your own stomp box for probably less than $20, and those shaker eggs at music stores are only a couple dollars each. A foot drum like Adam uses can be used to make a loop too (we aren't all marathon runners- I couldn't play harp for more than 20 seconds while playing the drums like Adam does!) I'm trying to mix a little understated beatboxing into the mix. :)
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hvyj
2337 posts
Apr 19, 2012
6:17 AM
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Well, you don't say what position you are in or what chord progression you are playing. The chords available on the instrument are limited and what's available doesn't always fit the music being played.
So, sometimes you need to arpeggiate by identifying the correct chord tones and playing them as a repeating lick comprised of single notes over that particular chord change. This is because those chord tones may not be all blow or all draw notes and therefore not playable as a chord.
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