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Dirty-South Blues Harp forum: wail on! >
The more I learn the less I know.
The more I learn the less I know.
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bluemoose
324 posts
Sep 28, 2010
4:41 PM
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Well the sad news is...after 13 or so years of taking this little tin sandwich seriously that's the way I still feel somedays.
There's no bottom to this well. :)
moose.
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OzarkRich
261 posts
Sep 28, 2010
4:42 PM
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BRs are the best bargain out there. It doesn't take much tweaking to make them play well. The coverplates are too fat for my taste but I can put up with that for the price. I tend to mix and match a lot of parts anyway.
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Greg Heumann
794 posts
Sep 28, 2010
5:22 PM
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If I were you I would stop worrying about what kind of harp to buy. You've been playing for what, a month now? Just buy a "decent" harp - Hohner SP20's, Lee Oskar's - something and stick with it. Learn to play some harmonica. The title of the thread is right. Frankly I think if your focus at this point is on choosing gear, you are simply going to throw dollars down a rat hole. You don't KNOW ENOUGH YET to make an educated decision. Many, many beginners go down the same path - I know I did. But that doesn't make it right.
And again, if you want to learn to play harp you do not HAVE to learn music theory. Yes, it is useful knowledge and helps any musician. It is not necessary for it to come early in your learning process if it doesn't interest you. You can certainly learn to play basic blues without it. Many, many people do.
Theory bigots don't shoot me. I'm not knocking theory!!! I just don't believe it is essential curriculum to get started enjoying harp. You're not going to learn a lot of hard-to-undo bad habits by NOT knowing theory as you learn to listen, play notes that fit, learn groove, develop lick repertoire, master lip pursing and tongue blocking embouchure, bending, overblowing and a host of other techniques that most harp players want to learn. Its up to the individual to prioritize.
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/Greg
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Honkin On Bobo
387 posts
Sep 28, 2010
6:28 PM
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Greg,
great post....
nothing more to say....
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CaHarpz
1 post
Sep 29, 2010
3:44 PM
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Rod Piazza told me about the harmonica........They are easy to play and hard to master.
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barbequebob
1267 posts
Sep 30, 2010
10:01 AM
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@CaHarpz --- And I agree with Rod 100% on that. These days with the internet, there is so much more information about the instrument than when I started playing some 30+ years ago, but even with the amount of info that's out there (both right as well as wrong), it still pales by comparison compared to what's out there for guitars, drums, sound systems, keyboards, horns, etc..
@TNFrank --- Now I come from more of a pro's standpoint, but even for a pro, life is an ongoing learning process and the minute you stop learning, you essentially become musically senile. Even with with you feel you now about blues in teems of the chord changes, bass lines, etc., the one thing many people don't really learn about is the groove and there are few instructional materials that truly teach it particularly well and it's too often highly overlooked and go to many open jams and it will become obvious and jsut learning how to play solos is clearly not enough and rhythm and 'comping plus developing real listening skills (snd by that, not the way the average music fan/hobbyist/jammer usually listens to music, which is essentially solos first and everything else is dead freaking last) more along the lines of a pro musician/music producer/recording engiineer does, which means you got to be anal about the details that the average fan will never bother to learn but is vital.
Life is a NEVER ending learning process.
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Sincerely,
Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA
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nacoran
2846 posts
Sep 30, 2010
10:26 AM
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"Life is a NEVER ending learning process." BBQBob
Well, until the ride ends at least.
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