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Hobostubs Ashlock
760 posts
May 12, 2010
1:55 AM
This is one of 2 tunes i have to learn for Soph,year in the tunes sect.of Harmonica Academy it has some mistakes but ive spent 4 months on it,and im ready to move on to the next lesson,I'll play it daily for awhile as a warm up so hopefully it will improve.
tookatooka
1393 posts
May 12, 2010
11:47 AM
Good going there Hobo. Those irish tunes are a bit tricky to play. I have a couple under my belt now and some of the reels really do help to build up speed playing.
Hobostubs Ashlock
761 posts
May 12, 2010
12:31 PM
thanks Tookatooka
Yea this tune,I finaly said the heck with it and recorded it,so i could move to the next one in the course whiskey befor breakfeast,I know it could of been better but sometimes you got to move to the next lesson.These Irish tunes are tuff,But i hope in the long run they will help me improve as a harmonica player.What i find hard besides memorising all the notes to songs ive never heard befor,Is trying to pull a clean note with out it going a little flat that is hard for me right now.Im wanting to bend it a little not on purpose but it sometimes bends just a hair and it makes it not sound right.

Last Edited by on May 12, 2010 12:36 PM
oda
312 posts
May 12, 2010
12:36 PM
4 months well spent! Is this the first tune you've mastered?
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Hobostubs Ashlock
762 posts
May 12, 2010
12:39 PM
Well i havent mastered any :-) but no i spent about 8 months learning Ode to joy the 1st tune in the course,But most my practice time is done with improv blues,so i try and spend some quality time with a song that cant be improvised.well i say cant but i guess any song can be

Last Edited by on May 12, 2010 12:48 PM
ElkRiverHarmonicas
413 posts
May 12, 2010
1:49 PM
Hobo,

This would be a good one to learn octaves on.

Dave
Hobostubs Ashlock
764 posts
May 12, 2010
2:04 PM
Not a bad idea,i might have to try that.


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