Hello It's my first posting here. Just recorded a few jigs on diatonic harmonica, don't know, if it appropriate here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVwtNKQp9kE
My heroes of irish harmonica are Phil Murphy, Mark Graham, Brendan Power, James Conway, Howard Levy (he can play everything, including irish music, i heard a couple of tunes and it's great)
updated: thanks Stickman and sorry about darkness :)
Last Edited by on Sep 06, 2010 6:48 AM
rmiker Thanks for a kind words, and shame on me - i forgot to mention Steve Shaw. It was his article that brought me to use Low D harmonicas.
I've also forgot to mention Buddy Greene - he's a brilliant musician, i can listen to his music for days!
I've been playing a harmonica about a year, and started to play irish music on harmonica about a 8 month ago, so my skill is not very high now..
Last Edited by on Sep 06, 2010 11:05 AM
rmiker I have not so much time to practice (there is a work and a family), but i try to practice as much as i can, music means a lot to me. And when i'm not playing i always listening to great Irish musicians - The Bothy Band, Tony MacMahon, Chieftains, Andy Irvine and so on.
I have a Paddy Richter harp (D and G), but today i like a standard Richter layout more, because of G chord everywhere and octave playing. May be tomorrow i'll change my mind, it happens sometimes :)
Orm, You certainly listen to some good players. For me, listening is as important as playing. I learn the tunes in my head first, then go looking for the notes on the harp.
I have several pairs of Paddy Richter tuned, Lo D and G harps I keep just for ITM. Not worrying about octaves and chords.
I look forward to seeing more of your YouTube vids in future. Cheers, Mike
